Sparkrock vs. Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Sparkrock
Score 9.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Sparkrock’s cloud-enabled solution helps organizations manage their finance and accounting, human resources and payroll, human services case management, and donor and fundraising activities. According to the vendor, key benefits and features include: Finance Management with capabilities to help organizations increase transparency and reduce risk. Workforce Management to help front-line employees deliver services to clients, with tools that help them to be…N/A
Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
Score 7.3 out of 10
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Kronos Workforce Dimensions, later UKG Dimensions was a solution used to automate critical workforce processes such as timekeeping, scheduling, and leave management. The product has been discontinued, and is no longer available for purchase.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup Fee$50,000 per installationOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
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Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Sparkrock
9.4
3 Ratings
26% above category average
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Pay calculation9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Sparkrock
10.0
2 Ratings
32% above category average
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API for custom integration10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Plug-ins10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Sparkrock
9.5
5 Ratings
16% above category average
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Single sign-on capability10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Sparkrock
9.0
4 Ratings
25% above category average
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Dashboards9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Sparkrock
8.8
5 Ratings
14% above category average
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Accounts payable10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Accounts receivable9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Global Financial Support10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Standardized Processes9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Sparkrock
9.3
2 Ratings
17% above category average
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Inventory tracking9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic reordering10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Location management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
Sparkrock
9.6
1 Ratings
26% above category average
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Billing Management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Period Close10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
Sparkrock
9.4
1 Ratings
21% above category average
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Budgeting and Forecasting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Costing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost Capture10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Capital Project Management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
Sparkrock
9.3
1 Ratings
21% above category average
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Award Lifecycle Management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
Sparkrock
9.6
1 Ratings
32% above category average
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Bids Analyzed and Compared9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Authoring9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Repository10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Supplier Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
Sparkrock
9.3
1 Ratings
25% above category average
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Forecasting9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Planning9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Monitoring9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
SparkrockKronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
Small Businesses
Acumatica
Acumatica
Score 8.7 out of 10
When I Work
When I Work
Score 8.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Infor VISUAL
Infor VISUAL
Score 7.2 out of 10
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
SAP Business ByDesign
SAP Business ByDesign
Score 7.4 out of 10
Calabrio Teleopti WFM
Calabrio Teleopti WFM
Score 7.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(9 ratings)
7.5
(32 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
7.1
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
SparkrockKronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
Sparkrock
For all companies that want to improve the performance of their employees and increase productivity, this software helps all daily business tasks to be executed on time efficiently and smoothly. A very useful program that's why we don't stop using it.
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Discontinued Products
UKG Dimensions will work well with a company size of [fewer] than 10,000 employees. Once you hit over 10K, you start to notice that batch jobs will time out, clocks will perform slower or become unresponsive requiring manual restarts and the employee demographic will take hours to complete. Will the vendor has on their roadmap to increase the performance of the product, it is not at that point.
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Pros
Sparkrock
  • Data collection - the system is robust and we can tailor it to collect the information we need.
  • Easily configurable - the system is easy to configure to meet our specific business needs.
  • Reporting and data extraction - the system allows for easy access to information that helps inform business decisions.
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  • rule analysis- the rule analysis in this product is much cleaner and easy to follow compared to WFC
  • The level of granularity on FAPs is very helpful for configuring access compared to other platforms
  • UI is very easy to follow and intuitive
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Cons
Sparkrock
  • Many of the improvements are being met with each upgrade. Altus Dynamics has an idea portal that customers can add ideas to and vote on other customer ideas. This means that most issues that come up are resolved with each new upgrade.
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Discontinued Products
  • You got to have a solution for employees with multiple jobs
  • Need to allow customers to easily access your integration technology
  • Your business structure is too restrictive and making the application far less flexible
  • Your professional service team needs a lot of improvement, especially in the execution part
  • Need to have a proven and working interface for business structure automation.
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Likelihood to Renew
Sparkrock
We are already scheduled for our upgrade to NAV 2016 beginning in May 2016.
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Discontinued Products
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Usability
Sparkrock
Complete workflow management to keep up to date and orderly the daily activities of employees. Allows for seamless cash flow, invoicing, general ledger, payroll, and inventory.
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Discontinued Products
UKG Dimensions is very user-friendly from an employee and supervisor standpoint. It is very robust on an admin level and can get complicated; however, you can do so many things with it that is outweighs the complexity. The security for UKG Dimensions needs to be revamped however. It is very cumbersome and not user-friendly.
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Support Rating
Sparkrock
Complete tracking of employee performance, hours worked, attendance and absences, vacations, and overtime.
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Discontinued Products
  • Kronos Workforce Dimensions a new product, and it has a lot of scope for improvement, with future releases. One of the best tools to perform time tracking.
  • Their support team is very knowledgeable, and their SLA's are pretty tight. Any query raised would be addressed in a few hours.
  • Timeclock configuration can be complicated; however, their support team knows the processes and guidelines.
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Alternatives Considered
Sparkrock
  • Real-time data that is available at our fingertips
  • Flexibility of the system to address changing needs over time
  • Elimination of the huge administrative burdens that we were experiencing as a result of the previous system due to lack of integration
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Discontinued Products
UKG Dimensions provides an enterprise-wide integrated suite for timekeeping, staff scheduling, and clocks. We were an existing Workforce Central customer for timekeeping only and were interested in providing holistic experience between staff scheduling and timekeeping. In addition, [UKG] Dimensions established a great foundation for transitioning our organization from departmental focused scheduling solutions to enterprise.
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Return on Investment
Sparkrock
  • As a technician it's hard for me to say what effect the ROI has had on our organization, however our finance team seems satisfied on it. We look forward to deploying the staff dashboards for better financial tracking throughout our whole organization.
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Discontinued Products
  • It is neutral. We enjoy having somewhat of a seamless system between HR, PR, and timekeeping.
  • When a person uses the Reset Password link, the system sends the user an email with a link to set their password. Then when the person logs in with their new password, the system forces the user to change their password a second time. This second password change is unnecessary and creates confusion.
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