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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Namely

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ANamely is an end-to-end HR, benefits, and payroll solution for mid-sized businesses. The cloud-based platform can be used to manage the entire HR process.N/A

    Zendesk Guide

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AZendesk Guide is a smart knowledge base built to help support teams continuously improve content, keep it up to date, and serve it to customers.N/A
    Pricing
    NamelyZendesk Guide
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    NamelyZendesk Guide
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    NamelyZendesk Guide
    Considered Both Products
    Vensure Employer Services
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    Zendesk
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    66%
    Would buy again
    59 Answers
    88%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    72%
    Delivers good value for the price
    51 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    70%
    Happy with the feature set
    62 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    54%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    31 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    62%
    Implementation went as expected
    37 Answers
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    NamelyZendesk Guide
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Namely and Zendesk Guide
    Feature
    Namely
    9.7
    144 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Zendesk Guide
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    Ratings
    Employee demographic data8.0133 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employment history10.0139 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration10.031 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.10.0133 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organizational charting10.0135 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organization and location management10.0130 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)10.083 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Namely and Zendesk Guide
    Feature
    Namely
    9.2
    128 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Zendesk Guide
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    Pay calculation10.0112 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors10.054 Ratings00 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment10.058 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration8.0110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files10.0114 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management10.0101 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management6.657 Ratings00 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Namely and Zendesk Guide
    Feature
    Namely
    10.0
    125 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Zendesk Guide
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    Approval workflow10.0122 Ratings00 Ratings
    Balance details10.0117 Ratings00 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment10.096 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Namely and Zendesk Guide
    Feature
    Namely
    7.2
    142 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Zendesk Guide
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    View and generate pay and benefit information10.0130 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update personal information10.0141 Ratings00 Ratings
    View company policy documentation7.0128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee recognition2.1117 Ratings00 Ratings
    View job history7.0135 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of Namely and Zendesk Guide
    Feature
    Namely
    5.9
    53 Ratings
    31% below category average
    Zendesk Guide
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    Tracking of all physical assets5.953 Ratings00 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of Namely and Zendesk Guide
    Feature
    Namely
    7.8
    122 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Zendesk Guide
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    Ratings
    Report builder8.0118 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-built reports8.0113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data7.574 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Namely and Zendesk Guide
    Feature
    Namely
    6.5
    117 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Zendesk Guide
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    New hire portal8.0111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools5.086 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Namely and Zendesk Guide
    Feature
    Namely
    6.3
    97 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Zendesk Guide
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    Corporate goal setting5.087 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting3.194 Ratings00 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility10.073 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking7.090 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Namely and Zendesk Guide
    Feature
    Namely
    6.3
    108 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Zendesk Guide
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    Performance plans5.097 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans5.069 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review status tracking7.096 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review reminders7.099 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.485 Ratings00 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Namely and Zendesk Guide
    Feature
    Namely
    5.9
    21 Ratings
    29% below category average
    Zendesk Guide
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    Candidate search5.921 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Namely and Zendesk Guide
    Feature
    Namely
    8.8
    6 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Zendesk Guide
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    Job Requisition Management8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company Website Posting8.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media8.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention8.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts8.66 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score9.4 out of 10
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    Score5.7 out of 10
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
    Bloomfire
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    NamelyZendesk Guide
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.6
    (146 ratings)
    7.4
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (72 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.0
    (28 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.5
    (85 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    NamelyZendesk Guide
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Vensure Employer Services
    Namely is aesthetically very pleasing and navigates like other social media platforms which can be appealing to potentially a remote workforce who interacts more online than in person. Unfortunately, it did not serve our population well as we are primarily manufacturing where people are not as interested in utilizing the HRIS for interactions when they would rather connect in person.
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    Zendesk
    In our company, we host our benefit articles based on country on our Zendesk Guide. However, these articles should not be seen by employees that are outside their respective article country. For example, an employee that is based in Thailand shouldn't be seeing Malaysia benefits article as employees might compared benefits. With Zendesk Guide, the system allow us to set the configuration of the article so it is only visible Thailand-based employees, and for Malaysia article, only Malaysia-based employees
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    Pros
    Vensure Employer Services
    • Namely has helped with our COVID sick leave response. It has made a major difference both with the weekly payroll and the 941 tax filing
    • Keeping track of our multiple PTO plans. Thank goodness for Namely, I have shredded my old PTO spreadsheets.
    • Employees like the convenience of the cell phone app. As a payroll administrator, I like the Geo Tracking tool where I can see where some are when the clock is in or out.
    • The flexibility inside of the payroll system both as you are finalizing an employee profile and when you are processing payroll is a major advantage.
    • The reports I get out of Namely in Excel format work well for me.
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    Zendesk
    • They give us ability to control the whole frontend of the Communities by giving us access to manipulate HTML (in HBS file), CSS and JS
    • They give handlebars templating engine in backend which helps us to show various listing rendered through server side without having need to implement client side rendering of the listing and features.
    • They provide us dynamic content fields, which can be useful for mapping categories or storing category and topic IDs so we don't need to hard code IDs in Sandbox and Production separately.
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    Cons
    Vensure Employer Services
    • Limits to custom reporting
    • No direct feed for Ohio Workers Comp (now a manual process on our end)
    • No option to place an employee on Leave of Absence and exclude them from payroll while they are "inactive"
    • No option to suppress certain deductions for certain pay types (i.e. allow 401K for commissions but block remaining deductions - also now a manual process to uncheck the suppress box for 401K for each commission check)
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    Zendesk
    • Formatting according to our brand guidelines can be tricky
    • Reporting metrics are lacking
    • The user interface can be confusing
    • Their support team takes a long time to respond
    • They have comments open on their KB articles, but almost noone responds, which is frustrating.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Vensure Employer Services
    Administrators and employees love Namely. It is very easy to use and streamlined. Employees stay engaged with news feed updates and enjoy all the self service options. The time cards are very easy to access and clocking in and out for non-exempt employees is a breeze. Namely is part of our family.
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Vensure Employer Services
    It is very simple to use for myself, the HR team, and our employees. I find the payroll process very user-friendly. Reporting is simple to navigate and produce the required information requested. I know our employees enjoy the self-service feature and use it on a regular basis, which saves me time.
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Vensure Employer Services
    Namely platform has pretty good support: knowledgeable and relatively fast response times. Namely Payroll and Namely Benefits are very much depending on the quality of the support agent or CSM: we have had knowledgeable and attentive ones, but also ones that have provided erroneous information or failed to respond to urgent asks in a timely manner
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    Zendesk
    The support is good but can sometime be frustrating to get a quick answer. We end up being sent articles that don't answer the question and then we have to go back and try again
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    Implementation Rating
    Vensure Employer Services
    Implementation was a bit complicated and our company had to carry most of the weight. It often felt like our implementation manager was giving us extra work that she did not want to do herself. It also took much longer than expected - I believe almost 2 months. I believe our company carried a bit too much of the weight.
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Vensure Employer Services
    The reason I continued to choose Namely at multiple employers is due to the continuity of employee experience. And the features have continued to grow since I initially onboarded in 2014. Also, through the years, I have had terrific benefits teams. The customer service has been the worst part of the experience outside of the benefits team.
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    Zendesk
    It is an attribute of Zendesk that allows for easy over the phone communication between agents and customers. It is more personal and allows for better productivity. Phone support from anywhere with reliable internet connection which is essential to call center communication whether in the office or in the home of the agent.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Vensure Employer Services
    • We were able to transition to a fully digital onboarding process which saved us hours in time per new hire and made the process smoother for the new hire.
    • Namely is our first HRIS and has helped the HR department to find data and information quickly.
    • Namely helped us digitize our performance management process which the company undergoes on an annual basis.
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    Zendesk
    • We used it for multiple customer so we can say ROI of Zendesk Guide is very competitive.
    • Zendesk meet[s] most of the business objective[s], which suits [a]s best product among its competitor.
    • I highly recommend to use Zendesk for knowledge base and tickets and agents.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Namely Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Namely employee dashboard. This creates a central hub to access payroll and benefits info, share announcements, celebrate milestones, and navigate everything HR, from a desk or on the go.Screenshot of Namely Payroll, which is backed by automation and built-in compliance.Screenshot of the Onboarding interface, for new hires.Screenshot of the Applicant Tracking interface, which supports processes from job posting to onboarding with tools for hiring teams and candidates.Screenshot of the Benefits Administration interface, which supports open enrollment, plan changes, and employee elections.Screenshot of the Workforce Management interface. From here, viewers can track time, manage schedules, and handle complex workforce needs.