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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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  • No setup fee

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

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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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January 14, 2022

Timekeeper keeps a lot of my time.

Verified User
Administrator in Other
Sports Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
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.
Pros and Cons
  • 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.
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
Most Important Features
  • Timekeeping
  • Scheduling
  • Payroll
Return on Investment
  • Scheduling still takes longer than it had with our previous software, requiring additional man hours.
  • It has centralized our HR, payroll, timekeeping and scheduling.
  • A web based software system allows for more flexibility in terms of accessing it remotely and checking staff in.
Other Software Used
Users and Roles
24
Human resources, payroll, timekeeping, scheduling, self-service, finance, IT, Operations.
Support Headcount Required
We have a point of contact internally who will reach out to Ascentis with questions and turnaround time is usually pretty quick. However, we have noticed that support of NOVAtime will eventually be discontinued.
Business Processes Supported
  • Payroll
  • Scheduling
  • Timekeeping
  • Self-Service
Innovative Uses
  • The ability to have multiple check in locations for our game day staff has allowed us to be more efficient with staffing. Rather than one location indoors that would back up easily our employees can now go to their specific briefing area more quickly.
  • Since generating schedules on a monthly basis across multiple departments is very time consuming the ability to auto generate during non-business hours has been a tremendous help.
Future Planned Uses
  • I don't believe we will be utilizing the software much longer as it is limited to meet our business needs.
Likelihood to Renew
2
The overall satisfaction within the organization has been luke warm, at best. The software may be more conducive for a hospital but I believe there is a reason why we are the lone baseball team utilizing it.
Products Replaced
Yes
ABIMM. We wanted to centralized our HR, payroll, timekeeping and scheduling in lieu of a patchwork of integrations that at times would have hiccups.
Key Differentiators
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
Price. HR Suite is viewed as the better software but at least three times the price.
Evaluation Lessons Learned
Unfortunately I don't think we would have. Going into the negotiations we were promised many features that were never followed through. Ascentis' acquisition of NOVAtime enabled them to offer a more competitive suite of products. More likely than not we will look for an HR software alternative.
February 07, 2021

Novatime has provided a great timekeeping solution for us!

Verified User
Administrator in Human Resources
Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing Company, 201-500 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
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.
Pros and Cons
  • 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.
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
Return on Investment
  • We've had great positive impact from our employees and supervisors, who have been really appreciative of improvements over our last timekeeping system.
  • Less time has been spent in dealing with system issues/errors for timesheets, etc.
Alternatives Considered
Novatime has been a ground-up overall improvement over our previously used timekeeping system (Ceridian), and the user experience overall has been well received. We selected Novatime over other timekeeping systems as it had the best user interface, and flexibility when it came to adding additional schedule types, pay policies, and pay codes.
Other Software Used
UKG Pro (formerly Ultimate Software UltiPro), SumTotal Talent Development, Fuze, MS SharePoint
July 13, 2020

Novatime is Rad!

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Health, Wellness and Fitness Company, 11-50 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
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
Pros and Cons
  • Good user interface
  • Good user navigation
  • Good support documentation
  • User documentation that includes videos
  • Faster GUI
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
Return on Investment
  • Customer service
  • HR support
Support Rating
8
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. 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. Processing payroll is quite simple. PTO request off is straightforward.
April 09, 2020

NovaTime use in a company of 60

Verified User
Administrative Assistant in Human Resources
Hospital & Health Care Company, 51-200 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
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.
Pros and Cons
  • 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.
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
Return on Investment
  • We have had a few scenarios where the PTO accrual dropped off and it did take 3 attempts of reaching out to customer service to get it sorted.
  • The customer service team has collaborated with me in creating new PTO categories to automate certain needs to save me some time.
Support Rating
9
Overall, NovaTime does meet our needs and it is quite simple to use. I am the main admin and the ability to pull reports and process payroll is really quite simple and straight forward. To add new employees and remove old ones is very easy as well. I also am a user and clock in and out daily and the use of that interface is really easy as well.
Other Software Used
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