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Sage HR
Formerly CakeHR

Starting at $5.50 per month
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Overview

What is Sage HR?

Sage HR is HR software for small to medium businesses. The vendor states Sage HR is designed to be easy to use, and automates every step of the human resource process. Sage…

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Popular Features

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  • Approval workflow (9)
    6.0
    60%
  • Employee demographic data (9)
    5.1
    51%
  • Employment history (9)
    5.1
    51%
  • Balance details (9)
    1.3
    13%

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Pricing

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Expenses Management

$1.50

Cloud
per user, per month

Performance Management

$3.00

Cloud
per user, per month

Shift Scheduling

$3.00

Cloud
per user, per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://sage.hr/pricing

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $5.50 per month
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Features

Human Resource Management

Organizing, tracking and providing instant access to critical employee data, job profiles, transfers, promotions, and benefits information.

4.9
Avg 7.8

Leave and Attendance Management

Streamlines communication between HR and employees and facilitates efficient management of employee leave including requisitions, approvals, balance calculation, and annual carry-forward.

2.8
Avg 8.1

Employee Self Service

Employee portal allowing employees to view and update their personal information.

7.8
Avg 8.1

Asset Management

Maintaining a record of assets such as laptops, pagers, cell phones, etc. issued to employees. Record typically includes asset type, number, serial number and date of issuance.

1
Avg 7.7

HR Reporting

Pre-built and custom reports, and integration with external data.

3.5
Avg 7.6

Onboarding

Employee onboarding is the process of orienting new hires to the social and performance aspects of their jobs so that they are able to function in their new roles as quickly as possible.

8
Avg 8.0

Performance and Goals

Goal alignment is the practice of ensuring that all employees have clearly defined goals in support of the overall corporate strategy.

3.7
Avg 8.1

Performance Management

Performance management is the process of ensuring employees meet pre-determined objectives and goals through regular check-ins and appraisals.

4.6
Avg 7.9

Succession Planning

Succession planning is the identification and development of internal employees with the potential to fill key business leadership positions in the company.

9.1
Avg 7.9

Recruiting / ATS

Recruiting or Applicant Tracking Software is software used to manage the recruitment process electronically by handling job postings, applicant status, resume management, etc.

6.5
Avg 7.7
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Product Details

What is Sage HR?

Sage HR is HR software for small to medium businesses. The vendor states Sage HR is designed to be easy to use, and automates every step of the human resource process. Sage HR is designed with modular functionality to be customized for users' needs.

According to the vendor, key differentiators include:

1. Easy to use

2. Modular functionality

2. Automates the end-to-end HR process

3. There's a mobile app (iOS & Android)

5. Feature set that will meet the needs of users


Sage HR targets small-to-medium businesses that want to automate their HR process while engaging their employees. Sage HR is cloud based and offers remote access.


Sage HR Features

Human Resource Management Features

  • Supported: Employee demographic data
  • Supported: Employment history
  • Supported: Job profiles and administration
  • Supported: Benefits information
  • Supported: Organizational charting
  • Supported: Organization and location management
  • Supported: Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

Payroll Management Features

  • Supported: Support for external payroll vendors
  • Supported: Reimbursement management

Leave and Attendance Management Features

  • Supported: Approval workflow
  • Supported: Email notifications
  • Supported: Balance details
  • Supported: Travel absence management
  • Supported: Annual carry-forward and encashment

Employee Self Service Features

  • Supported: Employee login
  • Supported: View and generate pay and benefit information
  • Supported: Update personal information
  • Supported: Request time off
  • Supported: View job history
  • Supported: View company policy documentation
  • Supported: View company news and information
  • Supported: Employee recognition

Asset Management Features

  • Supported: Tracking of all physical assets
  • Supported: Asset issue and transfer management
  • Supported: Asset return

HR Reporting Features

  • Supported: Report builder
  • Supported: Pre-built reports
  • Supported: Ability to combine HR data with external data

Integration with other HR capabilities Features

  • Supported: Additional HR capabilities (talent management, LMS, etc.) supplied by different vendor

Performance Management Features

  • Supported: Performance plans
  • Supported: Performance improvement plans
  • Supported: Review status tracking
  • Supported: Review reminders
  • Supported: Multiple review frequency

Succession Planning Features

  • Supported: Create succession plans/pools
  • Supported: Candidate ranking
  • Supported: Candidate search
  • Supported: Candidate development

Onboarding Features

  • Supported: New hire portal
  • Supported: Manager tracking tools

Performance and Goals Features

  • Supported: Corporate goal setting
  • Supported: Individual goal setting
  • Supported: Line-of sight-visibility
  • Supported: Performance tracking

Recruiting / ATS Features

  • Supported: Job Requisition Management
  • Supported: Company Website Posting
  • Supported: Publish to Social Media
  • Supported: Job Search Site Posting
  • Supported: Duplicate Candidate Prevention
  • Supported: Applicant Tracking
  • Supported: Notifications and Alerts

Additional Features

  • Supported: Shift Scheduling
  • Supported: Timesheets
  • Supported: Expenses
  • Supported: Leave Management
  • Supported: Recruitment
  • Supported: Core HR
  • Supported: Mobile HR

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Sage HR Integrations

Sage HR Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Samsung Knox
Supported CountriesGlobal
Supported LanguagesEnglish, Arabic, Armenian, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, French, Georgian, German, Hebrew, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Thai

Frequently Asked Questions

Sage HR starts at $5.5.

BambooHR, Access PeopleHR, and Hibob are common alternatives for Sage HR.

Reviewers rate Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.) and View company policy documentation and Employee recognition highest, with a score of 8.

The most common users of Sage HR are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).

Sage HR Customer Size Distribution

Consumers0%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)70%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)30%
Enterprises (more than 500 employees)0%
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Reviews and Ratings

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Attribute Ratings

Reviews

(1-5 of 5)
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Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
CakeHR allowed us to bring our entire HR function remote during difficult COVID times and has made our partial return to the office smooth and complete.
  • Employee reviews/goal setting
  • time management
  • document management
  • Shared document access
  • time tracking
CakeHR works great for general HR management. We are not utilizing it for hiring.
Human Resource Management (6)
95%
9.5
Employee demographic data
100%
10.0
Employment history
100%
10.0
Job profiles and administration
100%
10.0
Organizational charting
100%
10.0
Organization and location management
100%
10.0
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
70%
7.0
Payroll Management
N/A
N/A
Leave and Attendance Management (3)
100%
10.0
Approval workflow
100%
10.0
Balance details
100%
10.0
Annual carry-forward and encashment
100%
10.0
Employee Self Service (5)
100%
10.0
View and generate pay and benefit information
100%
10.0
Update personal information
100%
10.0
View job history
100%
10.0
View company policy documentation
100%
10.0
Employee recognition
100%
10.0
Asset Management (1)
100%
10.0
Tracking of all physical assets
100%
10.0
HR Reporting (3)
53.33333333333333%
5.3
Report builder
80%
8.0
Pre-built reports
80%
8.0
Ability to combine HR data with external data
N/A
N/A
Integration with other HR capabilities
N/A
N/A
Performance Management (5)
100%
10.0
Performance plans
100%
10.0
Performance improvement plans
100%
10.0
Review status tracking
100%
10.0
Review reminders
100%
10.0
Multiple review frequency
100%
10.0
Succession Planning (4)
N/A
N/A
Create succession plans/pools
N/A
N/A
Candidate ranking
N/A
N/A
Candidate search
N/A
N/A
Candidate development
N/A
N/A
Onboarding (2)
80%
8.0
New hire portal
80%
8.0
Manager tracking tools
80%
8.0
Performance and Goals (4)
95%
9.5
Corporate goal setting
100%
10.0
Individual goal setting
100%
10.0
Line-of sight-visibility
80%
8.0
Performance tracking
100%
10.0
Recruiting / ATS (7)
N/A
N/A
Job Requisition Management
N/A
N/A
Company Website Posting
N/A
N/A
Publish to Social Media
N/A
N/A
Job Search Site Posting
N/A
N/A
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
N/A
N/A
Applicant Tracking
N/A
N/A
Notifications and Alerts
N/A
N/A
  • Employee time has been streamlined
  • Employee assets are controlled
We selected CakeHR because it was plug and play. There was no long "onboarding" process or extra required "onboarding" fees. We didn't require the job posting module, but rather the asset and time tracking sections. We had the entire system up and populated within 10 days.
Support was perfect during COVID. We would put a question into the chat box and the CAKE team would just pop up and answer it concisely!
My staff "actually" likes it! I can tell because they are actively in the program almost daily!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I have tested many HR software and finally found a cool one. The features I like are performance management and leave management. There are simple 1-2-1 schedules, personal/company goals, and training. We can even set-up birthday alerts! Support is great and easy to reach.
  • Leave tracking.
  • 1-2-1.
  • Goals.
Cake HR is well-suited for managing people and supporting them!
Human Resource Management (6)
83.33333333333334%
8.3
Employee demographic data
100%
10.0
Employment history
100%
10.0
Job profiles and administration
100%
10.0
Organizational charting
100%
10.0
Organization and location management
100%
10.0
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
N/A
N/A
Payroll Management
N/A
N/A
Leave and Attendance Management (3)
100%
10.0
Approval workflow
100%
10.0
Balance details
100%
10.0
Annual carry-forward and encashment
100%
10.0
Employee Self Service (4)
100%
10.0
Update personal information
100%
10.0
View job history
100%
10.0
View company policy documentation
100%
10.0
Employee recognition
100%
10.0
Asset Management (1)
100%
10.0
Tracking of all physical assets
100%
10.0
HR Reporting (2)
100%
10.0
Report builder
100%
10.0
Pre-built reports
100%
10.0
Integration with other HR capabilities
N/A
N/A
Performance Management (5)
100%
10.0
Performance plans
100%
10.0
Performance improvement plans
100%
10.0
Review status tracking
100%
10.0
Review reminders
100%
10.0
Multiple review frequency
100%
10.0
Succession Planning (2)
100%
10.0
Create succession plans/pools
100%
10.0
Candidate development
100%
10.0
Onboarding (2)
100%
10.0
New hire portal
100%
10.0
Manager tracking tools
100%
10.0
Performance and Goals (4)
100%
10.0
Corporate goal setting
100%
10.0
Individual goal setting
100%
10.0
Line-of sight-visibility
100%
10.0
Performance tracking
100%
10.0
Recruiting / ATS
N/A
N/A
  • It is engaging to use.
  • Leave tracking has made my job easier.
  • Makes monthly meetings better.
Support is helpful and easy to access.
March 04, 2020

My thoughts on CakeHR

Michael Gabriele | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Today, CakeHR is being used within my organization to track time off, one-on-one's, annual reviews, and goals. The features that CakeHR offered ant the price they offered was by far more superior than other HR applications I looked at. Prior to using CakeHR, we were keeping track of time off in a manually managed Excel document. CakeHR was implemented across our entire organization and has been a huge success since day 1.
  • Time off policies are clear and transparent.
  • The review process functionality was extremely easy to use.
  • Support is outstanding . If you ever run into an issue they are always available to help.
  • Onboarding document control is really easy to manage and stays consistent with a growing company.
  • A few more override features for time off. For example, I would like certain people to get notified of PTO. CakeHR can't do this currently. So I had to grant authority to approve, which gave my admin the ability to see the email of approval.
Keeping an accurate time off calendar, with specific buckets, is extremely important. It has helped my company grow without having to manage things in Excel. Also, implementing an annual review process by using CakeHR has been very clean and transparent with my employees. This also allows me to see year over year. In years past, we used Word or a Jotform which made it challenging to pull up years past.
Human Resource Management (5)
100%
10.0
Employee demographic data
100%
10.0
Employment history
100%
10.0
Job profiles and administration
100%
10.0
Organizational charting
100%
10.0
Organization and location management
100%
10.0
Payroll Management
N/A
N/A
Leave and Attendance Management (2)
100%
10.0
Approval workflow
100%
10.0
Balance details
100%
10.0
Employee Self Service (4)
100%
10.0
Update personal information
100%
10.0
View job history
100%
10.0
View company policy documentation
100%
10.0
Employee recognition
100%
10.0
Asset Management (1)
100%
10.0
Tracking of all physical assets
100%
10.0
HR Reporting (2)
100%
10.0
Report builder
100%
10.0
Pre-built reports
100%
10.0
Integration with other HR capabilities
N/A
N/A
Performance Management
N/A
N/A
Succession Planning (2)
100%
10.0
Create succession plans/pools
100%
10.0
Candidate development
100%
10.0
Onboarding (2)
100%
10.0
New hire portal
100%
10.0
Manager tracking tools
100%
10.0
Performance and Goals (4)
100%
10.0
Corporate goal setting
100%
10.0
Individual goal setting
100%
10.0
Line-of sight-visibility
100%
10.0
Performance tracking
100%
10.0
Recruiting / ATS
N/A
N/A
  • In 2019, we found a few missing time off requests that were not updated on our spreadsheet. CakeHR has a definite ROI since its all kept electronically and updates with full history view.
  • Asset management was another tool we used Excel. This was a feature we were not shopping but it was like the cherry on top of the cake :-)
  • An easy to use organization chart. We were using PowerPoint before Cake. As we continue to add employees, this makes it clean and easy to update.
I searched for plenty of HR applications. Some wanted a ridiculous amount of money but didn't have many features. One wanted us to move our payroll over to them which wasn't an option. As a smaller to mid-sized company 50-200 employees, we have a central accounting dept that we wanted to keep most of our processes with. CakeHR delivered with all the needs plus more. I know there are some features we are not using because they don't fit our needs at this time but I am aware of them. Finding a web-based application that solved all of our needs and more was a homerun for us. All the others I searched were always missing or wanted us to pay substantially more for a key component we needed.
Customer support is amazing. There are times I post a question and I don't get back to support. They will always follow-up with an email to make sure our questions are answered. I even had a call with Julianna who was wonderful and very personable. You definitely get a level us service that exceeds most companies. Keep up the good work CakeHR.
Sugar Sell (SugarCRM), Microsoft 365 Business, Float
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use CakeHR to manage any day off requests for our team. It's a great tool for keeping everyone updated on their day-off allowance and vacation day requests. It's also easy to approve requests and see reports on remaining time off. We also use this service to keep track of employee start dates and other valuable information.
  • Day Off Requests
  • Management Approvals
  • Setting up unique holidays can be a little confusing
  • Setting specific profiles for employees is a little tricky
We use CakeHR for keeping track of day-off requests and vacation time. Works great for us!
Human Resource Management (6)
100%
10.0
Employee demographic data
100%
10.0
Employment history
100%
10.0
Job profiles and administration
100%
10.0
Organizational charting
100%
10.0
Organization and location management
100%
10.0
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
100%
10.0
Payroll Management
N/A
N/A
Leave and Attendance Management (3)
100%
10.0
Approval workflow
100%
10.0
Balance details
100%
10.0
Annual carry-forward and encashment
100%
10.0
Employee Self Service (4)
100%
10.0
Update personal information
100%
10.0
View job history
100%
10.0
View company policy documentation
100%
10.0
Employee recognition
100%
10.0
Asset Management (1)
N/A
N/A
Tracking of all physical assets
N/A
N/A
HR Reporting (2)
50%
5.0
Report builder
100%
10.0
Pre-built reports
N/A
N/A
Integration with other HR capabilities
N/A
N/A
Performance Management (5)
N/A
N/A
Performance plans
N/A
N/A
Performance improvement plans
N/A
N/A
Review status tracking
N/A
N/A
Review reminders
N/A
N/A
Multiple review frequency
N/A
N/A
Succession Planning (2)
N/A
N/A
Create succession plans/pools
N/A
N/A
Candidate development
N/A
N/A
Onboarding (2)
50%
5.0
New hire portal
100%
10.0
Manager tracking tools
N/A
N/A
Performance and Goals (4)
N/A
N/A
Corporate goal setting
N/A
N/A
Individual goal setting
N/A
N/A
Line-of sight-visibility
N/A
N/A
Performance tracking
N/A
N/A
Recruiting / ATS
N/A
N/A
  • Better visibility for employees' time off.
  • Better communication for approvals.
I've used the online chat for support and it's been very responsive and helpful when needed!
Edward McKay | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use CakeHR to manage all aspects of HR (ex payroll and recruitment) for all our employees in HK and Shenzhen. It's particularly useful for managing time off and employee data, and is very user-friendly - I only have to do minimal user training as its very intuitive. More recently I have been using the performance management modules to great effect and this has saved me many hours of admin and Excel sheets!
This system allows for a good deal of employee self-service through the desktop and mobile apps and speeds up their onboarding/removes the associated HR admin so we can focus on the person rather than the papers.
  • Employee self service - the apps and desktops GUIs are very intuitive.
  • Leave management - this manages itself through the app and system, saves lots of admin.
  • Customization - you can tailor the system more and more to suit your specific needs.
  • Updates and Customer Service - the CakeHR team gave dedicated a lot of time to bring out weekly updates and systems improvements which shows they are dedicated to making this a great product - the fact that they were bought by Se recently is also testament to their ongoing mission.
  • Only minor tweaks to the functionality that they have queued to implement anyway.
  • The recipe functionality can be improved as some of the functions are still a bit buggy.
Wells suited for startups and SME's as it's well priced and has everything you need.
It could be used for bigger enterprises but depends on the features big firms would want - cakeHR is still growing and now with Sage, I think they will be able to target the big firms.
Human Resource Management (6)
51.66666666666667%
5.2
Employee demographic data
70%
7.0
Employment history
90%
9.0
Job profiles and administration
N/A
N/A
Organizational charting
50%
5.0
Organization and location management
100%
10.0
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
N/A
N/A
Payroll Management
N/A
N/A
Leave and Attendance Management (3)
90%
9.0
Approval workflow
100%
10.0
Balance details
80%
8.0
Annual carry-forward and encashment
90%
9.0
Employee Self Service (4)
75%
7.5
Update personal information
100%
10.0
View job history
N/A
N/A
View company policy documentation
100%
10.0
Employee recognition
100%
10.0
Asset Management (1)
100%
10.0
Tracking of all physical assets
100%
10.0
HR Reporting (2)
100%
10.0
Report builder
100%
10.0
Pre-built reports
100%
10.0
Integration with other HR capabilities
N/A
N/A
Performance Management (5)
100%
10.0
Performance plans
100%
10.0
Performance improvement plans
100%
10.0
Review status tracking
100%
10.0
Review reminders
100%
10.0
Multiple review frequency
100%
10.0
Succession Planning (2)
N/A
N/A
Create succession plans/pools
N/A
N/A
Candidate development
N/A
N/A
Onboarding (2)
N/A
N/A
New hire portal
N/A
N/A
Manager tracking tools
N/A
N/A
Performance and Goals (4)
N/A
N/A
Corporate goal setting
N/A
N/A
Individual goal setting
N/A
N/A
Line-of sight-visibility
N/A
N/A
Performance tracking
N/A
N/A
Recruiting / ATS
N/A
N/A
  • Saved me lots of admin time with employee self service.
  • I can run this system by myself for over 100 employees so no need to hire extra staff to manage.
  • Easy performance management allows the business to review and appraise employees and make everything more efficient (cost and time).
CakeHR (for me) had the best combo of price, features, and functionality for what the business needed. It had transparent pricing unlike some of the others and although many are quite similar, for me one of the standout things is the constant updates and strong customer service.
Response time is very quick, and they feedback bugs and ideas to the Development team for them to implement in new releases and updates.
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