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    UKG Ready

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AThe UKG Ready® software suite is a centralized HCM solution designed for small to mid-sized businesses. It automates and streamlines HR, payroll, benefits, time, talent, and scheduling processes. UKG Ready's suite of tools offer actionable insights while helping to ensure compliance. Using AI, it draws on work, people, and culture data to boost efficiency and productivity. For example, UKG Ready streamlines core HR functions by centralizing…N/A

    Upland PSA

    Score5.8 out of 10
    N/AUpland PSA helps professional services teams grow their business.

    $15

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    Pricing
    UKG ReadyUpland PSA
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    UKG ReadyUpland PSA
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    UKG ReadyUpland PSA
    Considered Both Products
    UKG
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    83%
    Would buy again
    161 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    136 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    171 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    75%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    62%
    Implementation went as expected
    90 Answers
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    Features
    UKG ReadyUpland PSA
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of UKG Ready and Upland PSA
    Feature
    UKG Ready
    7.8
    264 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Upland PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Employee demographic data8.8235 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employment history8.1226 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration8.1230 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.5213 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organizational charting5.7175 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organization and location management7.7201 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)8.3172 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of UKG Ready and Upland PSA
    Feature
    UKG Ready
    8.3
    256 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Upland PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation9.0236 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors7.0143 Ratings00 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.1129 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration8.1190 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files9.0199 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.2179 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management8.67 Ratings00 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of UKG Ready and Upland PSA
    Feature
    UKG Ready
    8.0
    231 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Upland PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Approval workflow8.1213 Ratings00 Ratings
    Balance details7.5221 Ratings00 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment8.4190 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of UKG Ready and Upland PSA
    Feature
    UKG Ready
    8.1
    244 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Upland PSA
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    Ratings
    View and generate pay and benefit information8.4225 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update personal information8.4232 Ratings00 Ratings
    View company policy documentation7.9192 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee recognition7.88 Ratings00 Ratings
    View job history7.9199 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of UKG Ready and Upland PSA
    Feature
    UKG Ready
    8.4
    93 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Upland PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Tracking of all physical assets8.493 Ratings00 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of UKG Ready and Upland PSA
    Feature
    UKG Ready
    7.8
    245 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Upland PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Report builder8.0240 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-built reports7.9240 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data7.512 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of UKG Ready and Upland PSA
    Feature
    UKG Ready
    7.5
    173 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Upland PSA
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    Ratings
    New hire portal7.8172 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.2144 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of UKG Ready and Upland PSA
    Feature
    UKG Ready
    8.0
    109 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Upland PSA
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    Ratings
    Corporate goal setting9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting7.2101 Ratings00 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility8.69 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking7.2107 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of UKG Ready and Upland PSA
    Feature
    UKG Ready
    7.8
    135 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Upland PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Performance plans7.7123 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans7.5111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review status tracking8.0120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review reminders8.0126 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.8110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of UKG Ready and Upland PSA
    Feature
    UKG Ready
    7.7
    56 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Upland PSA
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    Ratings
    Create succession plans/pools7.348 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate ranking7.629 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate search8.034 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate development8.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of UKG Ready and Upland PSA
    Feature
    UKG Ready
    7.9
    139 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Upland PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management8.0120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company Website Posting8.5115 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media7.888 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting8.095 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.790 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking8.3120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.8128 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    UKG ReadyUpland PSA
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (292 ratings)
    6.0
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (19 ratings)
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (175 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    5.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    5.0
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (75 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.0
    (11 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.3
    (136 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    3.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    5.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    5.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    UKG ReadyUpland PSA
    Likelihood to Recommend
    UKG
    UKG is great for storing personal information and is easy to use for clocking in and out. And you can easily find the next payday at the bottom, your calendar with requested time off, and the available hrs. UKG is less user-friendly and more difficult when editing your personal information, like your phone number, and requesting time off is a little confusing to me.
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    Upland Software
    We have discovered over the last few years using Tenrox that we could adapt our needs or processes to fit in the Tenrox box rather than adapting Tenrox to fit in ours completely. I feel like Tenrox would be better suited for a company that has fewer clients and projects over the course of a year, as well as fewer users. We have approximately 350 clients, 21,077 projects in Tenrox at this exact moment (we close projects as we can), 188 active users currently, and 415,635 tasks (some of course assigned to now closed projects).
    With this much information hosted through the Tenrox cloud server, we experience increased lag time frequently. This causes a lot of unwanted rejection towards Tenrox in our company.
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    Pros
    UKG
    • The mobile app experience is terrific. Once the employees figured out the navigation, they now prefer the app over the web version. The app mirrors the web version, although the navigation is somewhat compressed due to the mobile view. Other than that, the tools in the app work exactly as the web.
    • Reporting - there hasn't been a time when I couldn't run a report on the information I needed. And the reports dashboard is very robust - my most important reports were already built in the system. I saved so much time because I didn't have to cobble together the data from multiple reports or contact support to build the report for me.
    • Community page - I log into UKG's Community page daily. I learn so much from experienced UKG users and the UKG moderators are quick to provide answers and best practices. When I have a question about how to use a feature in UKG Ready, my first stop is the Community - I almost always find what I need without the need to submit a ticket/case or call Support. When I can't find what I need using Community, I can trust that Support will be responsive and helpful. For example, I needed help learning how our onboarding process was configured and submitted a case for assistance. The representative scheduled multiple meetings with me to help me not only navigate the onboarding setup but also to teach me how to revise the associated workflows and test the changes. I was also able to ensure our onboarding was set up correctly as well as modify it as needed.
    • Employee Self-Service - Once employees were trained to find their HR Actions tool, they quickly adapted to submitting their requests through UKG Ready rather than asking for help from an admin. Now, they readily submit change requests to update their direct deposit, address, and withholding. Sure, they still need a little help from time to time, but employees are initiating these changes without the need for payroll or HR to chase down signatures or paperwork.
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    Upland Software
    • We love that our timesheets are pre-populated with all our employee's assigned contracts and we get to control what is on their timesheet as far as funder and contract codes.
    • Tenrox did very well with our integration and getting a timesheet that exports well with our payroll provider.
    • Tenrox has a great email reminder system for when people need to submit or approve timesheets.
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    Cons
    UKG
    • Custom reporting is not intuitive
    • Learning and training is poor and has not provided our team with a way to approach our problems in a cost-effective and meaningful way
    • Consistent glitches in some areas result in errors that persist through multiple payrolls despite a thorough review of all settings
    • Reports don't live in the same place, multiple types of reports exist in multiple places with little explanation of the difference. We often build custom reports only to have them disappear or have to spend a long time trying to find them.
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    Upland Software
    • Tax calculation per state tax rules. Tenrox's current capabilities relative to tax codes is extremely limited and we have to do several time-consuming work-arounds in order to apply the tax as needed for our business. What is particularly frustrating about this aspect is that our need is based on tax laws and codes set by states and I feel a financial system should be able to sufficiently structure for legally-defined tax codes.
    • Tenrox Project Planning add-on module. This portion of the system has never worked as seamlessly as you would assume given they were designed to work together. We've run in to many bugs and just oddities over the years. It's very finicky in my experience. We only use TPP for a small portion of our projects - those being our smaller or need to have huge task lists per client naming requirements.
    • (The bad that became the good!) In the past, we have had significant customer-service challenges with Tenrox and then Upland, however over the past several months we have noticed a marked change in this. If we had not previously experienced issues with the customer service, I would not have any issue with the level of service that we are currently receiving. Given the history, I am cautiously optimistic that our current level of customer service will continue. I think our service concerns finally reached the 'right' people and I am reasonably confident the positive changes are here to stay!
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    Likelihood to Renew
    UKG
    We plan to renew our support and use of UKG Ready each year unless it becomes unavailable or the district seeks another vendor. As of now, there are no plans to changes vendors. The district staff is now familiar with using UKG. Another vendor will need to meet the same expectations we have come to enjoy with using UKG
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    Upland Software
    I am not in charge of renewing the Tenrox contract. However, if it was up to me, I would renew in a heartbeat. Tenrox is an asset to our organization and it keeps us focused. I am not aware of other products similar to Tenrox that provide the depth that they do.
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    Usability
    UKG
    We have been very happy with the product. Occasionally, there are things we run into that do not seem so clear, yet the customer service provided by UKG community and service cases is unparalleled. Their specialists have been great to take the time to walk us through how to properly set up open enrollment and we appreciate the written follow up from the service cases so we can save the instructions.
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    Upland Software
    I feel like if the user interface could combine time and expense for users to be entered on one screen rather than two completely separate locations it would greatly improve usability. If the expense entry process could be improved completely, it would greatly improve the usability as well. Everything else within Tenrox, makes everything very user friendly.
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    Reliability and Availability
    UKG
    The system seems very stable. Being hosted in the cloud, we are vulnerable to internet speeds and busy times. The system has been down a couple times over the 3 months we have been live, but Kronos resolved the issues very quickly. To have access from a desktop, tablet, time clock, or phone app is one of the best features....users have almost NO REASON they can't clock in.
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    Upland Software
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    Performance
    UKG
    We were always told that Kronos was the best, but there are reports that we got out of ADP and other payroll providers that we cannot get out of Kronos. One example is a report of Productive/Non-productive hours by department. We also need the dollar amount associated with the hours. This is information that is required on our cost report and we were told that that report is unavailable. It is very frustrating when I can't get what I need.
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    Upland Software
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    Support Rating
    UKG
    If I was only rating support itself that would be a 10. Every support case I have entered has been addressed efficiently and with the desired result. On the implementation and transition to support there were multiple issues that those doing the implementation or transition could not answer or workflows and various settings left undone only to be discovered later. We implemented 3 different modules and the expertise we got for each one varied widely.
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    Upland Software
    The support team is always very helpful and strives to ensure they have met your needs and corrected your issues in a timely manner. If they need more information or cannot recreate the issue themselves, then they will follow-up to gather the necessary data themselves. They are constantly striving to meet the needs of all users and understand so many different industries and types of environments out there, it is very impressive.
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    In-Person Training
    UKG
    Our in-person training was a hybrid. Live online training with an instructor. They were very knowledgeable of the product & the area they were training on. I asked several specific questions and if they didn't know the answer immediately they followed up after class.
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    Upland Software
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    Online Training
    UKG
    Pretty good online training, you have many how to options and can watch them several times. It can be hard at times to dig through the amount of data online but can usually find what you are looking for. Also you can download documentation for setting up the profiles and policies.
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    Implementation Rating
    UKG
    Make sure the people who are doing the build have extensive knowledge on employment law and asking the right questions. I would bet that the people who helped with our builds did not read any of our employment contracts or ordinances; and when I asked questions about how other companies handled certain basic dictates from federal employment laws, they didn't have any idea what FMLA, FLSA, etc were.
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    Upland Software
    The main thing with implementation is to make sure you have taken full advantage of the "sandbox testing" site that Tenrox provides to you during development. Try out every scenario you can think of, have other people enter information if needed, so that you can make sure you have not missed any big items. If you have the opportunity, roll out implementation to small groups of users. Depending on how your company is set up, I would choose groups that are not all in the same department so that you can address questions across all areas before adding in more users in the next wave of implementation.
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    Alternatives Considered
    UKG
    UKG is much easier to use and customize for our business needs. I enjoy that the time piece is directly connected with the payroll function. This is something that we didn't see when working with Paylocity. There was a manual time data upload that we needed to process into the Payroll function to process payroll. UKG has this setup and it's just a click of a button, so simple!
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    Upland Software
    The Tenrox software looks and feels older and is not as user friendly! Harvest, for example, is an upgraded version that is easier to track and compile. This is what I'm comparing it to and it's not even close! We only selected Tenrox because it was cheaper and we had a connection in the company with someone at Tenrox to use that platform. We are currently looking for a change.
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    Scalability
    UKG
    Thus far we are able to add as many users as necessary, implement 3 different bargaining units, 5 different types of user groups. Very flexible.
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    Upland Software
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    Return on Investment
    UKG
    • The system has allowed us to understand what goes into background vendors and helped us transition in a troubled time.
    • The system has allows us to move forms to custom forms vs using Docusign.
    • The system has helped us cut back on paper usage and storing folders.
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    Upland Software
    • Tracking, tracking, tracking. It keeps the data we need and gives us the ability to look at it in countless different ways with just a few clicks, which is a big time saver. Without Tenrox, we would definitely have to increase our headcount in order to accomplish billing and payroll.
    • We recently were able to automate a huge portion of business that was still (yes, still in 2014!) being managed out of an Excel spreadsheet. We experienced a great deal of resistance to the change with our own employees, however now that we have it going we have cleaned up our invoicing and impressed the highest-financial officer for two consecutive months - our first/only two months billing directly from Tenrox for that group.
    • A newer development for our team - Some client managers in the other divisions our company have begun to look at what we are able to do with Tenrox and our other primary system and get some of their work moved over to our group. This is great and is giving us new opportunities - we will likely need to increase the headcount of our admin. team, but for a good reason (too much work coming our way!).
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