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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)
    1.2
    12%

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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.

3.4
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.

4.5
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 Small Businesses (1-50 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

(26)

Attribute Ratings

Reviews

(1-5 of 5)
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December 13, 2023

Problems and no Support

Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use SageHR for Time Tracking, Time and Attendance and Performance Management.
  • The mobile app is decent.
  • Quick Feedback is good.
  • Time Off policies are confusing to setup and don't work as expected. We've particularly had issues with long-term leave interacting incorrectly with accrued PTO - such that employees on long-term leave had their PTO automatically adjusted incorrectly and we had to resort to complicated manual calculations to determine the correct amount. When we reached out for support around this we never got an answer as to why the system had done the automated adjustment it had done and no advice on how to prevent it from happening again in the future, despite multiple efforts to follow up with them.
  • Performance Reviews are confusing, with many different components housed in different areas but all controlled by the same configuration settings. On the dashboard the Self-Reviews and Peer Reviews look almost exactly the same and HR is constantly having to retrain and help users to complete their reviews.
  • Their support is basically non-existent. Support staff will reply to chat or email, but don't offer any assistance beyond restating what is in the help documentation, which isn't helpful. When real issues arise, such as a system glitch that wiped out the vacation accrual for all staff, they just respond that 'engineering will look into it' without communicating an ETA, or explaining what the problem is.
Don't use it.
Human Resource Management (5)
42%
4.2
Employee demographic data
50%
5.0
Employment history
50%
5.0
Job profiles and administration
40%
4.0
Organizational charting
30%
3.0
Organization and location management
40%
4.0
Payroll Management
N/A
N/A
Leave and Attendance Management (3)
26.666666666666664%
2.7
Approval workflow
60%
6.0
Balance details
10%
1.0
Annual carry-forward and encashment
10%
1.0
Employee Self Service (3)
73.33333333333333%
7.3
Update personal information
70%
7.0
View job history
70%
7.0
Employee recognition
80%
8.0
Asset Management (1)
10%
1.0
Tracking of all physical assets
10%
1.0
HR Reporting (2)
20%
2.0
Report builder
20%
2.0
Pre-built reports
20%
2.0
Integration with other HR capabilities
N/A
N/A
Performance Management (4)
35%
3.5
Performance plans
30%
3.0
Review status tracking
20%
2.0
Review reminders
20%
2.0
Multiple review frequency
70%
7.0
Succession Planning
N/A
N/A
Onboarding
N/A
N/A
Performance and Goals (4)
35%
3.5
Corporate goal setting
40%
4.0
Individual goal setting
40%
4.0
Line-of sight-visibility
40%
4.0
Performance tracking
20%
2.0
Recruiting / ATS
N/A
N/A
  • In some ways it is better than documents and spreadsheets, but more frustrating when it doesn't work and no support is available.
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
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.
Maaike van der Kroon | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use CakeHR across the whole organization. Everybody in the office uses it to manage their days off. It allows us to have a good overview per person on the working days, days off, overtime, etc. This overview wasn't there before at our company and everything was tracked manually.
  • Super easy and usable system.
  • Great customer service; listens to feedback and does something with it, answers really quickly.
  • A good overview per team for managers.
  • An app available for every employee to quickly arrange a request.
  • Not all features for an HR system are available in CakeHR, but they are working on it to improve and expand
I would really recommend it to other companies. Especially to companies like ours, startups, 10+ employees. CakeHR gives you a good overview of all the teams, days off, and you have all the data about employees in one system.
Human Resource Management (6)
51.66666666666667%
5.2
Employee demographic data
70%
7.0
Employment history
60%
6.0
Job profiles and administration
80%
8.0
Organizational charting
100%
10.0
Organization and location management
N/A
N/A
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
N/A
N/A
Payroll Management
N/A
N/A
Leave and Attendance Management (3)
66.66666666666667%
6.7
Approval workflow
100%
10.0
Balance details
100%
10.0
Annual carry-forward and encashment
N/A
N/A
Employee Self Service (4)
47.5%
4.8
Update personal information
100%
10.0
View job history
90%
9.0
View company policy documentation
N/A
N/A
Employee recognition
N/A
N/A
Asset Management (1)
N/A
N/A
Tracking of all physical assets
N/A
N/A
HR Reporting (2)
80%
8.0
Report builder
80%
8.0
Pre-built reports
80%
8.0
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)
100%
10.0
New hire portal
100%
10.0
Manager tracking tools
100%
10.0
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
  • The system shows us all days off and overtime, so we can manage this and know everything is like agreed in the contract.
  • A simple and affordable system with room to grow.
This is the first HR system we have used in our company.
Tim Henry | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
CakeHR is for the entire organization to manage HR data for our team members. This includes personal information, sick and holiday tracking, and internal employee notes.
  • Amazing customer service. Questions have been answered fast and product updates were even made based on feedback.
  • Requesting time off interface is nice for employees and managers. There is also a native mobile app available too.
  • Priced very reasonably.
  • Some features available in other HR products have not been available in Cake in the past (Performance, ATS), however, these are being rolled out now.
  • The user experience for the Admin interface is not completely intuitive.
  • Overall look and feel could be updated one day.
I'm not sure how well it scales for very large businesses, but would definitely recommend for a small to medium-sized businesses.
Human Resource Management (4)
70%
7.0
Employee demographic data
50%
5.0
Employment history
40%
4.0
Job profiles and administration
90%
9.0
Organizational charting
100%
10.0
Payroll Management
N/A
N/A
Leave and Attendance Management (2)
90%
9.0
Approval workflow
80%
8.0
Balance details
100%
10.0
Employee Self Service
N/A
N/A
Asset Management
N/A
N/A
HR Reporting (1)
60%
6.0
Pre-built reports
60%
6.0
Integration with other HR capabilities
N/A
N/A
Performance Management (5)
88%
8.8
Performance plans
80%
8.0
Performance improvement plans
70%
7.0
Review status tracking
100%
10.0
Review reminders
90%
9.0
Multiple review frequency
100%
10.0
Succession Planning
N/A
N/A
Onboarding
N/A
N/A
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
  • The system adds accountability and effectively reduces days out of office.
  • Tracking via other methods is prone to error.
  • The most affordable solution you'll find out there.
For core HR functionality, this is the only product we use. For ATS, we have experimented with BreezyHR. We've learned that CakeHR is adding an ATS module soon though.
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