Ascentis - Cost Effective HRIS for Smaller Firms
Updated January 22, 2021

Ascentis - Cost Effective HRIS for Smaller Firms

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Ascentis

[It's] Used by Human Resources and Payroll. Utilize HR, Payroll, ESS, and ATS. Limited MSS at this time. It provides us with payroll processing, maintenance of associate data and changes as well as our annual benefits enrollment.
  • User intuitive
  • Able to modify fields and create screens fairly easy
  • System does not maintain some historical information that would be helpful - i.e. prior supervisor/manager. It makes it difficult when computing turnover especially when employees move throughout the organization.
  • Handling service for East Coast clients is poor in this day and age. If they are to provide a product nationwide they should have better support in the call centers.
  • The benefits module is a challenge.
  • Training could be improved for new users. A lot of it seems to be trial and error and having to reach out to their call center for help. Better upfront user training could reduce the number of calls.
  • We were sold a completely integrated system yet the payroll and hr still reside on different platforms.
  • Positive - Reduced the manual tracking of data or using Excel.
  • ACA - a time-consuming task that has taken my benefits manager away from working on more strategic valued added work.
It is an adequate lower end product. I've used Paychex, ADP, Lawson and UltiPro
Follow up has been poor in the past with our account manager and there has been a lot of turnover in their organization. They need to better accommodate their call center hours with users on the East Coast.
It was a cost-effective package for a growing company.

Ascentis (discontinued) Feature Ratings

Employee demographic data
7
Employment history
4
Job profiles and administration
6
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
8
Organization and location management
6
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
4
Pay calculation
9
Support for external payroll vendors
Not Rated
Benefit plan administration
6
Direct deposit files
7
Salary revision and increment management
9
Approval workflow
6
Balance details
6
Annual carry-forward and encashment
6
View and generate pay and benefit information
8
Update personal information
8
View job history
Not Rated
Tracking of all physical assets
6
Report builder
7
Pre-built reports
7
Performance plans
Not Rated
Performance improvement plans
Not Rated
Review status tracking
Not Rated
Review reminders
Not Rated
Multiple review frequency
Not Rated
Create succession plans/pools
Not Rated
Candidate ranking
Not Rated
Candidate search
Not Rated
Candidate development
Not Rated
New hire portal
1
Corporate goal setting
Not Rated
Individual goal setting
Not Rated
Line-of sight-visibility
Not Rated
Performance tracking
Not Rated
Job Requisition Management
6
Company Website Posting
6
Job Search Site Posting
5
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
5
Notifications and Alerts
Not Rated