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Ascentis (discontinued)

Overview

Recent Reviews

The Good and the Bad!

7 out of 10

September 23, 2021

We use Ascentis HR for our "system of record", ESS, open enrollment, etc. We are just starting to learn and use Performance Management, …

Santis offers you everything in the sales call and delivers only a part of it. Implementation and often is unavailable to communicate with you at all for a long time

5 out of 10

September 20, 2021

We used Ascentis across the entire office workforce as our Intranet solution and we’re trying to incorporate it into payroll. We also use …

Ascentis HR is where you want to be with your firms HR offering if you want a local company that cares about what they are selling.

8 out of 10

September 02, 2021

We currently use the cloud based version of Ascentis HR. Up until a year ago we were using a copy that was locally hosted. We use the …

Ascentis HR - It just works!

8 out of 10

August 30, 2021

Ascentis HR is used by the entire organization. We use it to allow employees to request time off and to track HR for all staff. Our …

One and a half years in.

9 out of 10

May 14, 2021

We use Ascentis/Nova time for time and attendance across our company. We also use it for PTO accruals and requests. We also use it for …

User friendly software in a hard times industry

9 out of 10

May 07, 2021

We are using Ascentis across our entire company as we have locations in several states. We are using the Time, Payroll, Recruiting and HR …

New User w/ Honest Feedback

8 out of 10

February 21, 2021

We use Ascentis for HR and Payroll. We utilize the Employee Self-Service Portal throughout the organization. This helps all forms be …

Medium Product

7 out of 10

February 11, 2021

Whole organization [uses Ascentis] for timekeeping purposes

HRIS and Payroll System Excellence

10 out of 10

February 07, 2021

We currently use Ascentis for several parts of the employee services area. We use it for hiring, training, timekeeper services, payroll, …

Ascentis is great and could be even greater with a few tweaks

10 out of 10

February 07, 2021

We use Ascent HR, Payroll, and Novatime to offer HR and payroll consulting services to our clients. I personally use Novatime and Payroll …

Short, Sweet and Simple, Sincere Review

8 out of 10

February 07, 2021

Ascentis is being used as the human resource, payroll, benefits, and timekeeping platform across the entire organization. It has …

More bang for your buck! And great support to boot!

10 out of 10

February 07, 2021

Ascentis/Nova Time is used throughout our whole organization for our timekeeping and attendance needs in all seven locations, coast to …

Technical System View

7 out of 10

February 07, 2021

[Ascentis] allowed us to transition from paper processes to electronic and streamline our work. It provided a platform for employees to …

Ascentis--once you get past the learning curve, it's great

10 out of 10

February 05, 2021

We use Ascentis in the HR department as well for our employees (as a timekeeping system).

Ascentis - Cost Effective HRIS for Smaller Firms

7 out of 10

January 22, 2021

[It's] Used by Human Resources and Payroll. Utilize HR, Payroll, ESS, and ATS. Limited MSS at this time. It provides us with payroll …

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2022

Popular Features

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Update personal information (151)
8.8
88%
Employment history (140)
7.8
78%
Pre-built reports (142)
7.3
73%
Report builder (144)
6.5
65%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Ascentis HR allows you to attach anything to the EE's records, so you can be quite paperless.
Somewhat of a "choppy" learning experience.

Verified User

Professional in Human Resources

Textiles Company, 201-500 employees

Clearly and concisely relaying what their product can do for the company
They have not been very responsive when we have had problems in fact sometimes it takes several weeks to get back to them

Philip West

IT Technician/System Analyst

Metals Fabrication (Building Materials, 201-500 employees)

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Pricing

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Ascentis (discontinued)

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What is Ascentis (discontinued)?

Ascentis HR uses web-based management programs to help automate complex HR processes. Ascentis’ other services included customizable payroll, time and attendance and recruiting modules. Ascentis was acquired by UKG in March of 2022, and will be discontinued.

Entry-level set up fee?

No setup fee

Offerings

Free Trial
Free/Freemium Version
Premium Consulting / Integration Services

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Alternatives Pricing

Paychex Flex

$59

per month/+$4 per employee

What is Paychex Flex?

Paychex Flex, of Paychex' Online Payroll Services, is a cloud-based human resource management and payroll platform. Paychex offers core and specialized services, and scales to meet the needs of small businesses, SMBs, and large enterprises.

Oracle PeopleSoft HCM

$85

Per User Per Month

What is Oracle PeopleSoft HCM?

Oracle's PeopleSoft HCM is a complete, customizable suite including Global Core Human Capital Management, Workforce Management, Workforce Service Delivery, and Talent Management. PeopleSoft can be integrated to run on the Oracle Cloud.

Features Scorecard

Human Resource Management

7.5

75%

Payroll Management

8.3

83%

Leave and Attendance Management

8.1

81%

Employee Self Service

7.9

79%

Asset Management

6.0

60%

HR Reporting

6.6

66%

Onboarding

6.3

63%

Performance and Goals

7.0

70%

Performance Management

6.4

64%

Succession Planning

6.0

60%

Recruiting / ATS

6.4

64%

Product Details

What is Ascentis (discontinued)?

Ascentis was an a-la carte full suite workforce management (WFM) technology platform and human capital solutions. Ascentis WFM provided time and attendance solutions that provided clients with scheduling, compliance, complex calculations, and time collection options. The HCM suite, included a fully a-la carte solution.

Ascentis was acquired by UKG in March of 2022. The service will be discontinued.

Ascentis (discontinued) Screenshots

Screenshot of Access all of your details including, paychecks, personal file, timeclock, etc via our mobile app.

Screenshot of Punch-in and punch-out on the go.

Screenshot of Centralized location for everything related to a user or admin.

Screenshot of Every employee has access to their personal information in one location.

Screenshot of Pre-built reporting along with Ad Hoc reporting gives you the ability to understand your business as a whole.

Screenshot of Benefit enrollment made easy for your employees.

Screenshot of Manage your employees schedule, PTO, accruals through our best of breed timekeeping system.

Ascentis (discontinued) Competitors

Ascentis (discontinued) Technical Details

Operating Systems	Unspecified
Mobile Application	No

Frequently Asked Questions

UKG Pro, Paylocity, and Paycom are common alternatives for Ascentis (discontinued).

Reviewers rate Direct deposit files highest, with a score of 9.2.

The most common users of Ascentis (discontinued) are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees) and the Hospital & Health Care industry.

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February 05, 2021

Ascentis--once you get past the learning curve, it's great

Verified User

Employee in Human Resources

Government Administration Company, 51-200 employees

Score 10 out of 10

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Reliability and Availability

They normally give you notice when an update will affect the use of the system. Otherwise, when we have an error , we send a message to the support team. Sometimes someone will get right back with you and sometimes it takes a while.

December 23, 2020

My Ascentis Review

Christina Miyamoto, PHR®

Human Resources Manager

N/A (Entertainment, 51-200 employees)

Score 1 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

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Reliability and Availability

Constant system outages, constant errors, internal errors on ESS, random/mysterious ESS layout changes (links disappearing, verbiage on links changing, with no notice), errors on NovaTme with rule builders also mysteriously changing with no notice, accruals not properly loading for employees.

December 01, 2020