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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    UKG Pro

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AUKG 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

    Varicent

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AFrom quotas to sales and compensation, Varicent helps revenue leaders in enterprise organizations chart a more effective, connected path to revenue by providing vital data, insights, and sales go-to-market planning tools.N/A
    Pricing
    UKG ProVaricent
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    UKG ProVaricent
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    UKG ProVaricent
    Considered Both Products
    UKG
    No answer on this topic
    Varicent
    Chose Varicent
    We did look at other vendors, but Varicent stood out in terms of offerings for the price. There were certainly fancier options, but this hit all marks--cost, quality, and features.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    271 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    35 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    243 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    31 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    284 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    36 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    145 Answers
    77%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    20 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    76%
    Implementation went as expected
    151 Answers
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    25 Answers
    Features
    UKG ProVaricent
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of UKG Pro and Varicent
    Feature
    UKG Pro
    7.8
    955 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Varicent
    -
    Ratings
    Employee demographic data8.5865 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employment history8.2890 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration8.0861 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.5842 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organizational charting7.2755 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organization and location management8.0768 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.3606 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of UKG Pro and Varicent
    Feature
    UKG Pro
    7.9
    869 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Varicent
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation8.0823 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors7.6414 Ratings00 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.0328 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration7.5739 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files8.3809 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.1667 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management8.057 Ratings00 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of UKG Pro and Varicent
    Feature
    UKG Pro
    7.6
    677 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Varicent
    -
    Ratings
    Approval workflow7.5603 Ratings00 Ratings
    Balance details7.6633 Ratings00 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment7.6524 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of UKG Pro and Varicent
    Feature
    UKG Pro
    7.8
    922 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Varicent
    -
    Ratings
    View and generate pay and benefit information8.0889 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update personal information8.2894 Ratings00 Ratings
    View company policy documentation7.7659 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee recognition7.1346 Ratings00 Ratings
    View job history8.0873 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of UKG Pro and Varicent
    Feature
    UKG Pro
    7.6
    233 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Varicent
    -
    Ratings
    Tracking of all physical assets7.6233 Ratings00 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of UKG Pro and Varicent
    Feature
    UKG Pro
    7.0
    857 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Varicent
    -
    Ratings
    Report builder7.2831 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-built reports7.2846 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data6.6590 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of UKG Pro and Varicent
    Feature
    UKG Pro
    7.8
    651 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Varicent
    -
    Ratings
    New hire portal8.1644 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.5523 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of UKG Pro and Varicent
    Feature
    UKG Pro
    7.4
    443 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Varicent
    -
    Ratings
    Corporate goal setting7.3349 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting7.4422 Ratings00 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility7.5303 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking7.5391 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of UKG Pro and Varicent
    Feature
    UKG Pro
    7.4
    548 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Varicent
    -
    Ratings
    Performance plans7.5490 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans6.9387 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review status tracking7.6504 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review reminders7.5474 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.5398 Ratings00 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of UKG Pro and Varicent
    Feature
    UKG Pro
    7.1
    239 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Varicent
    -
    Ratings
    Create succession plans/pools6.8192 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate ranking7.3206 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate search7.5210 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate development7.0190 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of UKG Pro and Varicent
    Feature
    UKG Pro
    7.4
    537 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Varicent
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management7.5505 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company Website Posting7.4496 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media7.1393 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting7.3458 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.1388 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking7.6493 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.5458 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales ICM
    Comparison of Sales ICM features of UKG Pro and Varicent
    Feature
    UKG Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Varicent
    6.7
    55 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Sales compensation plan creation00 Ratings7.148 Ratings
    Complex sales crediting00 Ratings7.548 Ratings
    Sales compensation process automation00 Ratings7.452 Ratings
    Incentive auditing/regulation compliance00 Ratings6.546 Ratings
    Sales compensation dashboards & forecasting00 Ratings6.447 Ratings
    Incentive modeling00 Ratings6.243 Ratings
    Agile incentive strategy00 Ratings6.538 Ratings
    ICM mobile visibility00 Ratings6.232 Ratings
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    UKG ProVaricent
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    UKG ProVaricent
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1097 ratings)
    7.3
    (67 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (197 ratings)
    4.8
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (334 ratings)
    7.0
    (59 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (76 ratings)
    5.2
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (333 ratings)
    5.8
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.6
    (496 ratings)
    6.8
    (6 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (88 ratings)
    7.7
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (206 ratings)
    7.7
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (87 ratings)
    6.8
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.7
    (78 ratings)
    5.2
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.9
    (68 ratings)
    4.3
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (95 ratings)
    6.8
    (58 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.4
    (57 ratings)
    5.9
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (50 ratings)
    5.9
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    UKG ProVaricent
    Likelihood to Recommend
    UKG
    I feel UKG Pro has been so horribly rolled out at the City of Houston. I'm amazed that, as a system administrator, it even works at all. In my opinion, the greatest expense the city has budgeted is managed by a shoe-string, janky, bug-ridden mess. I truly hope UKG is bought out for 2 cents and scattered to dust. In my opinion, terrible maintenance and support, the worst consultants money can buy, the sleaziest sales accountants. This system tries my patience as a lead system administrator and I would caution anyone considering bringing in this mess to their business. It's been a year now, and we still have workarounds and bugs daily.
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    Varicent
    For the use cases we have at the bank, ICM is a perfect solution. For any bank or institution that has similar requirements, ICM would be a perfect solution. But I also think for any use case that has any sort of incentives based on Sales done, this would work amazing, as both Calculations and reports are handled by ICM very well; it's an all-in-one solution, I feel like.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Varicent
    • Flexibility - Varicent is not template based. You can implement the model specifically for your organisation.
    • Scalability - Since it is not stick to templates you are able to expand the model for other domains as well.
    • Reporting - Several ways of reporting are possible and each has their own benefit/purpose.
    • Strong/Powerfull Calculation Engine delivering fast results/speed to insight
    • User Interface is minimized to what you need and is not showing off all the functions it can "also" do
    • Strong audittrail
    • Appears to be almost unlimited in what you are able to create
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    Cons
    UKG
    • Teachers that are hard functionality. Okay. I would say the most issues that we've had is the admins or the HR department losing their access and it throws us for a loop. It's like, what happened? What's going on? So that's the main thing. And then some of our employees struggle with the hourly employees try to struggle with timekeeping as in clocking in and clocking out. But we got that resolved. Thank you UKG Pro. And our employees are happy again. I would recommend UKG Pro.
    Incentivized
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    Varicent
    • As [the] model gets more and more transactional data, the calculation time increases. This should/can be handled internally with better model optimization.
    • Migrating from one env to other sometimes is challenging. There can be better 'Alerts' or 'Explanation' provided to handle it or at least to give a hint of the error.
    • For managers viewing their rep's report, the access part can be made easier. It should be linked to Payee hierarchy and access can be done automatically.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Varicent
    Customer support from IBM is impeccable. They are quick to respond and they don't nickel and dime you for every request you make. Their goal is to ensure your success and as a user, I really feel like they listen to my concerns. That's not to say there are no problems. All software has its issues, but I don't feel like those issues fall on deaf ears.
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    Usability
    UKG
    It gets the job done, but not with a few deep sighs. Once you know where stuff lives, it's manageable, but the first learning curve is steep, some menus feel buried. However, it's consistent, reliable and doesn't crash on me, which counts for a lot. With a little UI glow up it could push into a 9 zone.
    Incentivized
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    Varicent
    Any calculations can be implemented as there are hardly any limitations on complexity. However, online real-time usability is lacking - a simple user enters, and the system calculates work in a way that it is in the browser and hence still needs overnight to be properly reflected in the batch calculations and backend tables.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    Varicent
    Never went down in last 3 years that I worked with it (every hour of the day basically). That is a 10 in my book.
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    Performance
    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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    Varicent
    All is fast, but with API's it is sometimes slower due to the application we are pulling data from. Reports are loaded directly or within seconds and our reports are very detailed with many columns and rows.
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    Support Rating
    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
    Incentivized
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    Varicent
    Giving a 10 would suggest there is no room for improvement. I don't feel like their support is perfect. However, I have never met another team that was more dedicated to making sure we get what we want and need.
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    In-Person Training
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Varicent
    The training was good in general with a nice trainer as well. But, the training could be better if it is more focussed on our process/data etc.
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    Online Training
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Varicent
    There is a learning portal with many videos about navigation, creating reports and managing your model.
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    Varicent
    Test test test. Make sure that the product is calculating everyone 100% correctly. DO NOT accept a 70% pass rate as some companies would like to have you believe is acceptable. This means conducting thorough testing by providing 100% of all expected results, but it will be worth it when you know that the compensation plans are working entirely as expected.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Varicent
    In 2015, we used a scorecard containing 80 attributes in our review of Oracle, Callidus, and Xactly & Varicent. Oracle did not have true self serve capabilities- programming was heavily required, not intuitive, out of the box functionality was limited. Callidus & Xactly could not provide us a demo using our data, statements could not be sent out in bulk form, difficulty in importing/exporting to CRM. Varicent excelled in most areas and was the clear winner.
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    Scalability
    UKG
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    Varicent
    It is very scalable and adaptable to changing complexities of calculations and business rules under a variety of different scenarios. It does not get full points because in large data loads the time needed to calculate and import the data increases exponentially and may cause issues related to timing potentially.
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    Return on Investment
    UKG
    • My company acquired another company, and with a UKG partner, we were able to bring them online in UKG within two months of the acquisition date.
    • When COVID sent us remote, we could configure custom fields to track vaccination status.
    • The C-suite can get custom reports done in minutes, or ours, where our previous HRIS would have taken days to accomplish, as data would have had to have been exported to Excel and then manipulated inside Excel.
    • UKG has allowed to go virtual paper free as both a candidate and employee.
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    Varicent
    • Compliance - with a central system used for calculation incentive payments and commissions, we are able to provide reports and data showing every detail of how payments are calculated and why they are justified. We can also identify anomalies and outliers.
    • Integration with our payroll system is seamless. Except for regular pay, nothing goes to payroll without going through ICM. The process for paying incentives/bonuses/commissions is now very structured and efficient.
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    ScreenShots

    UKG Pro Screenshots

    Screenshot of included workforce analytics.Screenshot of the payroll gateway.

    Varicent Screenshots

    Screenshot of Varicent providing clarity and transparency to sellers, helping them to find answers faster and have confidence in compensation plans.Screenshot of Tools for sellers that help them align strategic initiatives, and that help them understand which deals will help them win.Screenshot of Varicent ICM model compensation plans that display the financial impact of changes. Its ability to more accurately forecast commission payouts with “what-if” assumptions, users can budget more effectively for sales compensation costs, manage target total compensation for sales representatives and assess plan effectiveness.Screenshot of Shareable information sent to the right people to drive the right results.