Small Improvements vs. UKG Pro

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Small Improvements
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
Performance Reviews & 360s Provide employees with structured opportunities for reflection and assessment through performance reviews and peer feedback. Customize the questions, define who participates, establish a cadence that suits an organization’s schedule, and run reviews for different departments at the same time. Ongoing Feedback Praise coworkers for a job well done and request feedback at any time from anyone. Prepare for…
$2
per user, per month
UKG Pro
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
UKG delivers cloud-based HCM solutions including UKG Pro that help businesses simplify payroll computations, accelerate talent acquisition, manage time and attendance, and support proactive, strategic talent management on a global level.N/A
Pricing
Small ImprovementsUKG Pro
Editions & Modules
Engagement and Retention Add-on
$2
per user, per month
Performance Starter Pack
$5
per user, per month
Feedback and Performance Suite
$7
per user, per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Small ImprovementsUKG Pro
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsWe also offer volume discounts if you have over 200 employees! Please see the calculator on our pricing page to calculate your exact price.
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Community Pulse
Small ImprovementsUKG Pro
Features
Small ImprovementsUKG Pro
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Small Improvements
8.3
9 Ratings
10% above category average
UKG Pro
7.4
392 Ratings
7% below category average
Corporate goal setting7.02 Ratings7.2304 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting7.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting10.09 Ratings7.4373 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.83 Ratings7.4262 Ratings
Performance tracking9.08 Ratings7.6346 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Small Improvements
9.3
9 Ratings
13% above category average
UKG Pro
7.4
481 Ratings
6% below category average
Performance plans10.08 Ratings7.6429 Ratings
Plan weighting8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager note taking10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans8.33 Ratings6.9339 Ratings
Review status tracking9.09 Ratings7.8449 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders10.08 Ratings7.3413 Ratings
Workflow restrictions9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency10.06 Ratings7.4348 Ratings
Reporting9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Small Improvements
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
8.0
828 Ratings
1% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.7752 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.5785 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.1756 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings8.1742 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings6.9664 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings8.1677 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.3536 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Small Improvements
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
8.4
769 Ratings
5% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings9.1731 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings8.3353 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.9252 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.7663 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.0723 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.2592 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings8.057 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Small Improvements
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
7.8
584 Ratings
4% below category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.0524 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings7.7546 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.8449 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Small Improvements
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
8.4
821 Ratings
4% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.4792 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.7797 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.6583 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings7.6302 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.6782 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Small Improvements
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
7.8
201 Ratings
2% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.8201 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Small Improvements
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
7.6
758 Ratings
1% above category average
Report builder00 Ratings8.1737 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.7748 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings7.0515 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Small Improvements
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
7.9
579 Ratings
1% below category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.1575 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.7461 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Small Improvements
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
7.1
198 Ratings
10% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings6.9163 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.2172 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings7.2172 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings7.1161 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Small Improvements
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
7.6
475 Ratings
2% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.7451 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.0439 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.4348 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.6407 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.0339 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings7.8438 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.0406 Ratings
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User Ratings
Small ImprovementsUKG Pro
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(11 ratings)
8.3
(955 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.8
(196 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(189 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(75 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(332 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(4 ratings)
4.3
(495 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.9
(87 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(205 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(86 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.2
(77 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(66 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.9
(94 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.8
(56 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(49 ratings)
User Testimonials
Small ImprovementsUKG Pro
Likelihood to Recommend
Small Improvements
I'm honestly not sure why my company chose to use Small Improvements. We used Lattice before for the all the same use cases I mentioned here. The employee performance review feature might be a bit better in Small Improvements, but the goal-setting tool and the 1:1 tool are very weak. I may not have benefitted yet from all the features that Small Improvements have to offer, but so far it looks like a pretty basic HR tool with much better alternatives out there. If it's cheaper than the competition, that might be the only argument to go with it.
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UKG
As a hospital with 1300 employees, we find that UKG is fully scalable and addresses all our needs with one product. UKG offers the Ready solution, which is aimed at smaller organizations. There are several different benefit solutions. Because of the other offerings, UKG products would work well for large, global organizations and smaller businesses that need automation and technology for payroll and timekeeping.
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Pros
Small Improvements
  • Goal Tracking: Enables users to chart goals, track progress, and provide details about what they want/expect to achieve.
  • Praise Wall: A public place to post positive and encouraging comments about other employees.
  • 360 Reviews: Users can request and gain 1:1 feedback; this can be anonymous if desired.
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UKG
  • UKG has an amazing support team to reach out to if assistance is needed
  • All add-ons of UKG Pro integrate seamlessly making it a powerful software program
  • UKG Pro is very configurable to meet the specific needs of companies
  • It is easy to use and navigate
  • The mobile app is loved by all employees and provides on-demand access
  • The Ultimate Community is amazing!! On-demand information on all products and how they are used. Connect with other companies that use UKG Pro and learn from each other.
  • The Learning Centre is also amazing!! Learning right at your fingertips anytime, anywhere.
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Cons
Small Improvements
  • Being able to edit projects more easily (and have a documented edit history) would be beneficial.
  • Possibly integrations with popular platforms (such as JIRA) to give expanded detail of project tracking.
  • Gantt charts would be a nice to have for a top level management view.
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UKG
  • Onboarding and recruiting need an environment that is more stable and dependable.
  • Core Benefits could be enhanced to allow OE and LE events via the mobile app.
  • Service and support need to be increased; days and weeks now, when we first went live, it was minutes and hours.
  • Adapting all version of time management into one or two versions, at no cost to the customer would allow the resources from UTA, UTM and WFM Classic to be directed to future enhancements and would allow support services to be increased for the 2 remaining platforms.
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Likelihood to Renew
Small Improvements
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UKG
We have been a customer since 2015, we have gone to market and find that UKG Pro product is both user friendly for administrators as well as the employee. The qualify of support and service of UKG team is valued and we trust the product.
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Usability
Small Improvements
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UKG
Mobile App: Really easy to use and its nice to have an HR software that actually has an mobile application to be able to enter time and to take care of everything with. Web App: The system is relatively easy to use with maybe a little training at the beginning if you have used another system. But the site is really easy to use and a lot better having everything under one roof
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Reliability and Availability
Small Improvements
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UKG
For the most part UltiPro has been reliable, but it could definitely be better. There have been several notable server issues where we were unable to access the product or unable to utilize some of the features. Customer support is usually quick to respond to questions about these issues, but they do not proactively reach out to customers whose environments have been effected by outages
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Performance
Small Improvements
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UKG
Normally UKG Pro loads quickly. We had been having major issues with reports running in a timely manner but recently they broke out our virtual server to another instance where is wasn't sharing resources and that seems to have helped reporting run more efficiently.
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Support Rating
Small Improvements
The customer support is quick and thorough, they have access to our account to answers are tailored to our needs. They also have a good knowledge base and self-help site with some video tutorials and FAQs which saved us time as opposed to just calling or emailing support. For the times that we did reach out, it only took one response to get our issue resolved.
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UKG
The quality of UKG Support is related directly to the UKG rep. who handles the issue. In some cases you get someone who really is good at supporting the product and others may not have as much experience and it shows
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In-Person Training
Small Improvements
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UKG
I've been to a few in-person (hands on) training sessions and it is very similar to the online classes. You have the same reference material to look back on after the training. So regardless of in person training or online you really get the same thing.
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Online Training
Small Improvements
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UKG
Most of the online training was very generic (to be expected) but we had specific requirements for configuration that could have been better addressed with more individual sessions earlier on from our project team. However, we did finally begin booking training sessions with our implementation team which were recorded, and so provided additional information for how to correctly configure and test the system.
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Implementation Rating
Small Improvements
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UKG
Make sure you have all of your tax account information with all the states you are registered in available and that you are knowledgeable about the filing status, frequency, etc. We had some unique challenges with our state unemployment tax set up that I was not aware of and needed to be addressed prior to going live. Working with the state unemployment office can be a challenge.
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Alternatives Considered
Small Improvements
Lattice was able to link in with core OKRs whereas from my memory, Small Improvements didn't support this goal setting and tracking framework. While it was good for sentiment and management frameworks, it was unable to connect with the greater company vision as well as Lattice - that was the reason that we moved.
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UKG
We used ADP WFN prior to switching to UKG. We interviewed three different payroll companies to see what our options were. UKG stood out and aligned with our company values. The sales team was very helpful and asked questions about what we were currently doing and how they could assist with simplifying things. I personally had a side meeting with them to see if there were options for a process that we manually process and if UKG could actually eliminate the process. We came to the conclusion that we weren't able to get it 100%, but we could pull 80% of what we needed from UKG, and then we would only need to manipulate 20% of the information. It was also determined from that meeting that we wouldn't need to pay extra to have a special report built. The customer service is what we were sold on. The other companies that we looked at didn't give us the confidence that their customer service would be any better than what we previously had.
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Scalability
Small Improvements
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UKG
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Return on Investment
Small Improvements
  • Before we had Small Improvements, personal goal setting was completely disorganized. Some managers made sure it was done, likewise many did not.
  • Having past goals collected in one repository has been a blessing. I couldn't imagine not having Small Improvements or something comparable.
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UKG
  • Personally as a veteran user of UKG Pro, in past employers I have seen many amazing increases in employee engagement and ROI.
  • With QuVa, we are still very new to the UKG Pro platform and are just now beginning to get out of the implementation phase where we can start measuring the change. I will be looking for changes in Overtime spending to reduce as a result of more informative and actionable dashboards for managers to monitor overtime and timeclock abuses in real time. I am also expecting employees to engage more with new features being pushed out to the mobile app.
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ScreenShots

Small Improvements Screenshots

Screenshot of Provide employees with structured opportunities for reflection and assessment through Performance ReviewsScreenshot of Decide whether or not you want manager to approve nominations for 360 FeedbackScreenshot of Share agenda items, meeting notes, and follow-up discussions with 1:1 MeetingsScreenshot of Create templated 1:1 meeting agendas for your managersScreenshot of Identify goals, set success measures, and track the results with ObjectivesScreenshot of Give public kudos to your colleagues with Praise

UKG Pro Screenshots

Screenshot of UKG Pro People CenterScreenshot of UKG Pro PayrollScreenshot of UKG Pro Mobile AppScreenshot of UKG Pro RecruitingScreenshot of UKG Pro Employee Voice