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Novatime (discontinued)

Overview

What is Novatime (discontinued)?

From Ascentis, NOVAtime was a set of workforce management solutions providing timekeeping, payroll, leave management, and employee scheduling needs. Ascentis was acquired by UKG in March of 2022, and along with NOVAtime, will be discontinued.

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Recent Reviews

Timekeeping Solutions

9 out of 10
April 21, 2021
Incentivized
Novatime is used by our entire organization. We have physical time clocks for our driver and warehouse personnel, and mobile and online …
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Novatime is Rad!

8 out of 10
July 13, 2020
Incentivized
Novatime is being used by my organization to manage all of our employees in different departments across my whole organization. We use …
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Time for a Change?

6 out of 10
August 27, 2019
We are currently using Novatime across our whole organization. In one department, we have it set up as a kiosk for employees to punch in …
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What is Novatime (discontinued)?

From Ascentis, NOVAtime was a set of workforce management solutions providing timekeeping, payroll, leave management, and employee scheduling needs. Ascentis was acquired by UKG in March of 2022, and along with NOVAtime, will be discontinued.

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Product Details

What is Novatime (discontinued)?

From Ascentis, NOVAtime was a set of workforce management solutions providing timekeeping, payroll, leave management, and employee scheduling needs. Ascentis was acquired by UKG in March of 2022, and along with NOVAtime, will be discontinued.

Novatime (discontinued) Features

  • Supported: Advanced Scheduling
  • Supported: Compliance
  • Supported: Time and Attendance
  • Supported: Mobile App
  • Supported: Geo-fencing
  • Supported: Biometric Scanning
  • Supported: Facial Recognition
  • Supported: PTO Tracking

Novatime (discontinued) Integrations

Novatime (discontinued) Competitors

Novatime (discontinued) Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesUnited States, Canada, Mexico, China

Frequently Asked Questions

UKG Ready, TimeClock Plus, and ADP Workforce Now are common alternatives for Novatime (discontinued).

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 8.3.

The most common users of Novatime (discontinued) are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We utilize NOVAtime for our payroll, timekeeping, and scheduling systems whilst integrating seamlessly with our HR office suite. Previously we had three separate software programs to handle each aspect for our staff, which was inefficient and lead to human errors. I am the main user of NOVAtime for our organization and I work closely with IT, HR, and managers to ensure we are utilizing it to the fullest potential to fit our organizational needs.
  • HR suite integration
  • Employee Self-Service
  • Timekeeping and Payroll
  • Scheduling shifts for FT employees
  • Generating reports can be cumbersome and is limited in terms of parameters.
  • Auto generating schedules is a great tool but rather than 'x' number of days I wish a date range was available.
  • Editing and updating the ASM is very time consuming.
  • Generating schedules is solely qualification based with little nuance for an employee eccentric approach.
We continue to remain the only professional baseball team that utilizes NOVAtime for our scheduling of staff, mostly because it was designed to schedule hospital workers. The lag time when updating the ASM is extremely time consuming and the inability to work in multiple internet tabs or windows makes it that much more inefficient. I am sure it is a fantastic system for other organizations but it continues to be a challenge for us.
April 21, 2021

Timekeeping Solutions

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Novatime is used by our entire organization. We have physical time clocks for our driver and warehouse personnel, and mobile and online access for all other employees. All information flows over to our timekeeping system for payroll tracking. All PTO, bereavement, sick pay, etc. are tracked on Novatime and is readily accessible with the various reports they offer. With the Novatime and Ascentis integration, everything just flows perfectly from Timekeeper to our payroll module.
  • The report database is very extensive--there is a report for everything
  • Easy to use
  • Various ways for EEs and supervisors to access information
  • For people who don't use it often, they often forget how to navigate the site
  • Be able to narrow down PTO options by company
It does all aspects you need for timekeeping and PTO accruals. They also have back-end options to apply rules to applied breaks or PTO rollovers from year to year. The system is very complex, but at the same time, very simple to use.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use NOVAtime throughout our whole organization for our non-exempt employees, recording their time in timesheets. It's been a great improvement on what we used previously (Ceridian time & attendance), especially with ease of use for administrators, expansion of schedule types, 9/80 work schedules, etc.
  • User interface is great for administrators.
  • User experience has been really appreciated by our users (managers/supervisors).
  • User experience has also been really appreciated by our non-exempt employees when punching in and out.
  • There does need to be more support and knowledge when it comes to alternate workweek schedule types (9/80, etc.), as there have been a few unique challenges with those.
NOVAtime is an excellent choice for employers who need a timekeeping solution with an easy-to-use and understand user interface, great user experience, and great support from the Ascentis user support teams.
July 13, 2020

Novatime is Rad!

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Novatime is being used by my organization to manage all of our employees in different departments across my whole organization. We use Novatime to keep track of our employee's hours. We also use Novatime to send payroll data to external payroll services. It addresses most business problems. We are running an older version of Novatime
  • Good user interface
  • Good user navigation
  • Good support documentation
  • User documentation that includes videos
  • Faster GUI
I believe that Novatime would be well suited for a business that has multiple people working the same or similar shifts. I would think that such places like a fast-food restaurant, hotel/hospitality industry, movie theater, and/or retail store would be a place where something like this would be a place where this software might flourish. In small businesses that have personalized care settings and jobs where the hours may change from day to day, I would recommend this particular timekeeping software.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our company of 60 employees all use NovaTime as our time management system. Exempt or non-exempt employees all use it to either log their hours, request/submit PTO, or view the company-wide PTO request off.
  • Processing payroll is quite simple.
  • PTO request off is straight forward.
  • It's rather intuitive in use.
  • It can be very slow and delayed in punches.
  • It doesn't always capture everyone's punches immediately.
  • There are quite a few areas where you have to be mindful of saving it correctly otherwise the information is all lost and that can be frustrating for users.
I was part of the launch of NovaTime for our company and the transition was received rather well because it is a rather intuitive and straight forward system from the user side. The main frustration that our users have had are with the non-exempt employees who have to clock in. The system can be delayed or miss punches that individuals have tried to make. Overall, customer support has been very helpful, and for the most part, rather timely.
Adam Bander | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I am the lead trainer for clients using Novatime products for all types of businesses.
  • Timesheets
  • Schedules
  • Labor tracking
  • Customer service
  • Training
  • Expense tracking
  • Customizable reports
The product can be modified to use in all types of businesses, manufacturing, health care, and everything in between. This software can be used for labor tracking, employee hour verification.
August 27, 2019

Time for a Change?

Jennifer Steffens | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We are currently using Novatime across our whole organization. In one department, we have it set up as a kiosk for employees to punch in and out during their shifts as an electronic timecard. The nice thing is that we can put in our own schedules for employees and it will match up their actual hours to their scheduled hours. In another department, employees are able to put in the number of hours they work per day and Novatime calculates the hours per week and/or pay period. Another department of salaried employees does not need to enter hours at all as Novatime will fill in the salaried hours; nevertheless, it does give the employees a chance to edit hours for PTO request and/or holiday hours.
  • It has some really nice scheduling features that allow managers to see the difference between hours expected to work and actual hours worked as well as overtime, absences, and non-scheduled shifts.
  • There are easy ways you can transfer a manager's caseload/employees to another manager temporarily if that person is going to be out of the office for an extended period of time without giving away too much personal information - just what would be needed for payroll or time off requests (this can be customized by your administrator).
  • The program itself can be customized in many different ways to meet the needs of the company/organization that it is working with.
  • The charts/graphs on the new homepage are somewhat helpful and link to useful information.
  • You cannot write your own reports. All of the reports are canned ones and if you want one that is not included, you have to go through their design team and pay for it to be added to the list.
  • Since they have "upgraded" their tabs and added things to their pages, their site has slowed down and it takes much longer for some of their pages to load because of the amount of information that is now stored on each of their individual pages. It is nice to have all that information on one page, but it does take longer for it to come up.
  • The scheduling system is set up for organizations that have set schedules and/or multiple people on the same schedule (i.e. 3 people who work 9-3; 5 people who work 3-7; 4 people who work 4-11). If you have only one person who works each individual shift, the scheduling feature is not as helpful. It still works to show actual vs. worked hours and such; however, it will not work as easily to help fill in missing spots if one of your employees is on leave and/or absent.
I believe that Novatime would be well suited for a business that has multiple people working the same or similar shifts. I would think that such places like a fast-food restaurant, hotel/hospitality industry, movie theater, and/or retail store would be a place where something like this would be a place where this software might flourish. In small businesses who have personalized care settings and jobs where the hours may change from day to day, I would recommend this particular timekeeping software.
Karen Halladay SPHR, SHRM-SCP, CCP, CTM | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The timekeeper is extremely configurable and meet and exceeds the needs of any setup. It's easy to use and handles even the most complex organization's policies.
  • Flexibility in configuration
  • Ease of use
  • Reporting capabilities
  • International configuration
  • Payroll export is a little cumbersome
Ascentis Timekeeper is very well suited for organizations with highly complex configurations. Less useful for very small organizations.
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