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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    PeopleGuru™

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/APeopleGuru is a cloud-based Human Capital Management solution designed for mid-market organizations. From recruitment to retirement, PeopleGuru HCM manages the entire employee life cycle. PeopleGuru's single platform, single database, solution includes: HR, Payroll, Benefits Management, Onboarding, Recruiting, Reporting and Analytics, ACA Management, Salary Administration, Performance Management, and Social Collaboration Tools. In addition to PeopleGuru's next generation technology, PeopleGuru…N/A

    Slack

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASlack is a group messaging or team collaboration app that aims to simplify communication for businesses. Features include open discussions, private groups, and direct messaging, as well as deep contextual search and message archiving, and file sharing. Slack integrates with a number of other tools, such as MailChimp, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Slack was acquired by Salesforce in December 2020. The product is free to use, and also has paid plans with more features and greater controls. The…

    $8.75

    per month per user

    Pricing
    PeopleGuru™Slack
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
    Pro
    $7.25*
    per month per user
    Business+
    $12.50*
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PeopleGuru™Slack
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional Details—*Per active user, per month, when paying once a year. Pro is $8.75 USD per active user when paying month to month. Business+ is $15.00 USD per active user when paying month to month.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    PeopleGuru™Slack
    Considered Both Products
    PeopleGuru™
    No answer on this topic
    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    85%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    97%
    Would buy again
    503 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    426 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    510 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    295 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    75%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    330 Answers
    Features
    PeopleGuru™Slack
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of PeopleGuru™ and Slack
    Feature
    PeopleGuru™
    6.5
    13 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Slack
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    Ratings
    Employee demographic data5.812 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employment history5.711 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration7.710 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organizational charting4.49 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organization and location management8.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)6.99 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of PeopleGuru™ and Slack
    Feature
    PeopleGuru™
    7.5
    12 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation7.712 Ratings00 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.39 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration4.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files8.211 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management7.810 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of PeopleGuru™ and Slack
    Feature
    PeopleGuru™
    6.6
    11 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Approval workflow7.311 Ratings00 Ratings
    Balance details5.911 Ratings00 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment6.79 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of PeopleGuru™ and Slack
    Feature
    PeopleGuru™
    8.1
    13 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    View and generate pay and benefit information7.913 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update personal information8.213 Ratings00 Ratings
    View company policy documentation7.810 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee recognition8.96 Ratings00 Ratings
    View job history7.99 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of PeopleGuru™ and Slack
    Feature
    PeopleGuru™
    6.0
    5 Ratings
    29% below category average
    Slack
    -
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    Tracking of all physical assets6.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of PeopleGuru™ and Slack
    Feature
    PeopleGuru™
    6.6
    13 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Slack
    -
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    Report builder5.913 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-built reports6.313 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data7.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of PeopleGuru™ and Slack
    Feature
    PeopleGuru™
    7.6
    10 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    New hire portal7.910 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of PeopleGuru™ and Slack
    Feature
    PeopleGuru™
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Corporate goal setting6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting7.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking7.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of PeopleGuru™ and Slack
    Feature
    PeopleGuru™
    6.4
    4 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Performance plans6.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans6.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review status tracking6.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review reminders6.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency6.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of PeopleGuru™ and Slack
    Feature
    PeopleGuru™
    6.1
    2 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Create succession plans/pools5.51 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate ranking6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate search6.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate development6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of PeopleGuru™ and Slack
    Feature
    PeopleGuru™
    6.9
    6 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management7.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company Website Posting7.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media6.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting6.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking6.25 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts6.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of PeopleGuru™ and Slack
    Feature
    PeopleGuru™
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    7.9
    628 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings7.6430 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings6.961 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings7.8363 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.0396 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings9.4601 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings8.2608 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings7.3275 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of PeopleGuru™ and Slack
    Feature
    PeopleGuru™
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    8.7
    636 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Chat00 Ratings9.6635 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings8.7632 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings9.2620 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings8.1413 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings7.8412 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings8.9110 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings8.7182 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings8.9120 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of PeopleGuru™ and Slack
    Feature
    PeopleGuru™
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    8.4
    603 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings8.2326 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings8.2541 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings8.4527 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings7.9429 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings8.3411 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings8.3362 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings9.0211 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings9.0455 Ratings
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    PeopleGuru™Slack
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    Score9.4 out of 10
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    Score9.5 out of 10
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    Zoho People
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PeopleGuru™Slack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.3
    (13 ratings)
    9.1
    (639 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    6.4
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (255 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.7
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (68 ratings)
    Online Training
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.5
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.6
    (13 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PeopleGuru™Slack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    PeopleGuru™
    I'd say PeopleGuru is well suited for most businesses -- a more significant (200+ employees) company may want to use something with a sleeker design. This provider is willing to work with cannabis businesses, which is unusual for payroll providers now.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    Slack is ideal for Scrum and agile teams that need continuous communication during sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, testing, and retrospectives. Slack is well-suited for maintaining team knowledge through searchable conversations and dedicated channels, where experienced team members help onboard new QA analysts.
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    Pros
    PeopleGuru™
    • One system for all human resource functions.
    • Easy ticketing function if you have an issue with the software.
    • Cost effective option.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    • Customer issues: Threads feature allows us to group a particular issue in a single thread and discuss within that thread. I can use the thread link to embed in JIRA ticket for tracking progress in JIRA (which is our details engineering tracking system).
    • Ability to add folder to Slack channel helps keep important information, documents easily accessible. e.g., we use this to keep a "ramp up" folder that can be used by any new joiner.
    • Global search is effective when I forget which group a particular message was in.
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    Cons
    PeopleGuru™
    • Position change future dating
    • Timecard reporting including approval (multiple reports to show timecard with approval)
    • W2 Reconciliation Reports (had to calculate wages to verify accuracy)
    • Benefit Plan effective dating & how it affects the deduction effective dating (results in payroll errors if not careful)
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    • Would love a better integration with GitHub. For example, notifications when your PR is updated, when review is requested, @-mention in comments, etc.
    • Improved "Later" tab, for example the ability to create to-do lists or making the "Later" tab into a more powerful to-do list (annotate items with notes)
    • More powerful integrations, e.g. Google Calendar could render a calendar view within Slack, rather than sending the daily schedule
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    Likelihood to Renew
    PeopleGuru™
    The software is cost-effective and exceeds our needs compared to the previous software.
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    Salesforce
    To be more transparent, I give 10 because Slack serves our collaboration needs. It provide us a good platform for team communication relaying important update within the company, it has even mobile app where you can install in your phone to monitor any updates within that team that needs your immediate attention and intervention.
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    Usability
    PeopleGuru™
    The software is intuitive and user friendly.
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    Salesforce
    Slack has good usability. Devs that are not familiar with the platform are able to jump into conversations and start sharing code and links within just minutes. Non developers are also able to understand the layout such as the Project Managers that are keeping the projects on track. We have not seen any tickets where employees are having trouble understanding Slack.
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    Reliability and Availability
    PeopleGuru™
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Yes, the app works 24/7. I don't even recall having any period that we could not use since the implementation. Even the maintenance periods are barely noticeable and our work is not impacted by it when it happens.
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    Performance
    PeopleGuru™
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Slack is a soft app, we don't have many issues with it. I recall one or two people complaining about something during our usage period, but I didn't have a bad experience. When the app is slow, usually the problem is with my computer or my internet. The app works just fine.
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    Support Rating
    PeopleGuru™
    The customer service is great for the most part. There are a few issues with tax filings but overall I am pleased with the customer service provided by PeopleGuru.
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    Salesforce
    Whenever I've had to troubleshoot an issue with Slack (which, to be honest, has not happened very often), their online documentation has been easy to locate, easy to understand, and effective in resolving my issue. Slack's ever-growing popularity also means that there's a large community of practice out there that can be depended upon.
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    Online Training
    PeopleGuru™
    The trainer was difficult to understand.
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    PeopleGuru™
    The implementation process was cumbersome and stressful. It took an extremely long time to complete this process. We had to learn a lot on the fly because this was the first implementation for all of us. The process would have been a lot easier if there was a third party that could assist with a lot of the work required to transfer and verify data.
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    Salesforce
    I was not part of the implementation team, but I recall being 100% happy and excited to learn and use a new tool. I'm still am to be honest.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    PeopleGuru™
    PeopleGuru is better than other cannabis-friendly payroll systems, like CheckWriters or MyPaperlessOffice (companies so small they were not available in your dropdown). It is not as good as bigger companies that are not cannabis-friendly, like ADP or Paylocity. ADP is super expensive but given the choice I would be with Paylocity over PeopleGuru.
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    Salesforce
    I like Slack better than ClickUp, because I would spend 30-60 minutes a day updating my ClickUp tasks. The way ClickUp was used was very micromanaging. I billed by the hour, so I was willing to put in the time to alert the boss what tasks I was working on.
    One of my jobs used Hive - I mostly just ran it in the background in case anyone messaged me. I did not use it often.
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    Return on Investment
    PeopleGuru™
    • Less platforms that need to be managed or maintained
    • Less platforms to pay monthly or annual fees for
    • More costly than Gusto
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    • Slack has been incredibly helpful in connecting various tech apps and ecosystems, creating a more streamlined and responsive process.
    • Slack has made it significantly easier to communicate with our team members across multiple time zones, creating a more engaging environment for our all-remote team.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    PeopleGuru™ Screenshots

    Screenshot of A single employee profile panel stores all employee data including personal documents, PTO requests, banking, skills, certifications, and awards.Screenshot of PeopleGuru HCM is delivered with client defined dashboards which can be configured and controlled by an employee and/or administrator to improve the employee experience and drive user adoption. All dashboards can be exported to Excel.Screenshot of A user experience designed to help employees select the right benefits for themselves, family members, and dependents.Screenshot of The Employee Master, which can be used to manage a large, dynamic workforce. Filter by different locations, departments, or other various structures.Screenshot of the employee portal, available either via mobile or self-service, where employees have access to their pay stubs, W-2s, compensation statements, and PTO management.Screenshot of PeopleGuru's Daily Feed- communication platform to engage, reward, recognize, and collaborate with people. With the Daily Feed, employees can communicate with work groups, use direct private messaging, and publish posts for their peers.