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One of the biggest priorities for an HRIS buyer is finding a system that is intuitive, so that their employees and managers can easily navigate the system and take on more self-service tasks. However, it's not always easy to figure out which systems are best from a user interface standpoint. Here's the top 10
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OutSail works with hundreds of businesses every year to help them select the right HRIS system. And while companies always have different needs and requirements, one commonality is that user interfaces matter.
Buyers want to ensure that the system will be navigable and intuitive for their tasks, but it's also equally important to ensure the system is straightforward for employees so that admins can offload more work to their team through employee self-service.
In this article, you can learn about the 10 best HRIS vendors of 2022 from a user interface perspective, and you can see some recent screenshots of each platform.
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Average Customer Size: 25-350 employees
Founded in 2008, BambooHR has steadily risen to become a market leader in the SMB and Mid-Market. Bamboo offers a modern user interface and a wide breadth of modules - performance, recruiting, onboarding - all at a competitive price point. While Bamboo owns a payroll company, called Trax, many customers will use their own payroll / ben admin tools and use Bamboo for more employee-facing activities. Bamboo is also open to integrating with a variety of 3rd party HR tools
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Average Customer Size: 50-500 employees
Vendor Snapshot: Hibob is a great solution for modern companies that want culture at the center of their organization. Unlike most HRIS's that began as payroll vendors, Hibob started with performance, engagement and compensation at the core of their product. The emphasis on employee engagement leads to high usage from employees and better reporting for companies. Additionally, Bob is a global company and their solution is a strong fit for multi-national companies.
Average Customer Size: 25-300 employees
Vendor Snapshot: Rippling is the fastest growing companies in the HRIS industry today. Rippling takes a very modern approach to the market by emphasizing employee experience, integrations and people management. Rippling's integrations go beyond HR point solutions and can also work with tools like Slack, Teams, Salesforce and more. This can save IT hours of headaches, especially at companies with white collar workforces that use many business apps.
Average Customer Size: 3-50 employees
Vendor Snapshot: Gusto is the modern leader in small business payroll. This space has been dominated by ADP and Paychex for years, but Gusto's modern user interface and ease-of-use have made them a popular choice for new companies. In the last few years, Gusto has adding benefits admin, time tracking and onboarding capabilities to the system to provide more value to clients
Average Customer Size: 20-250 employees
Vendor Snapshot: GoCo provides sleek, easy-to-use HR tools with some surprisingly robust capabilities under-the-hood. GoCo's strengths are around onboarding, benefits admin and leave management, but they have also developed unique expertise to facilitate payroll integrations and have rolled out a workflow builder tool that allows HR teams to build automated processes from scratch.
Average Customer Size: 50-500 employees
Vendor Snapshot: Paylocity started off as a payroll vendor and has the second most payroll clients (behind only ADP). Over time, however, they have developed a full suite HRIS system that can serve as a one-stop-shop for companies. The system is designed for mid-market companies and gets above average reviews for ease of use. Paylocity is strong in integrations and can support companies with global workforces too.
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Average Customer Size: 200-250 employees
Vendor Snapshot: Zenefits offers a sleek, easy-to-use HRIS platform that is used by many growing, modern companies. Zenefits' platform can cover all Core HR needs including payroll, HRIS, onboarding, time and performance. And the only modules they don’t make in-house are an ATS and LMS, where they partner with market leaders instead.
Average Customer Size: 50-2,500 employees
Vendor Snapshot: ADP Workforce Now is a full suite HRIS system that has end-to-end capabilities, covering everything from payroll, benefits and HR to recruiting, onboarding, performance and learning. Workforce Now is utilized by companies of all shapes and sizes, but their strongest audience is in the Mid-Market. ADP is known for their strengths around payroll and tax filing, and also provides expertise to support virtually any business scenario. ADP also has a unique outsourced service, called Comp Services, that allows companies to put their payroll processing and benefits management on auto-pilot.
Average Customer Size: 50-350 employees
Vendor Snapshot: Namely was built with the employee experience in mind and designed their HRIS from the ground up to be mobile-first, employee-centric and on-par with other consumer apps that younger workforces use outside of work. Their solution covers a large portion of Core HR functionality and, where they can't offer certain functionality, they have integrations with leading 3rd parties.
Average Customer Size: 1,000+ employees
Vendor Snapshot: Workday is a full suite HRIS system that can serve as a one-stop-shop for companies, covering everything from payroll, benefits and HR to recruiting, onboarding, performance and learning. Workday is primarily an enterprise solution and they have become the vendor-of-choice for a large portion of the Fortune 500. The primary strength for Workday is their strong enterprise architecture which allows the system to be configured to meet any client's requirements, without sacrificing the continuity of the entire system. In addition to being a highly configurable tool, Workday also has a very approachable user interface and a number of advanced capabilities on the HR / Talent Management side.
FAQs
In 2019, businesses were increasingly focused on finding HR tech solutions that provided the best combination of ROI and competitive pricing. Key considerations included functionality, user experience, customer support, and the ability to bundle multiple features with a single vendor to maximize value.
JazzHR is recommended as a cost-effective Applicant Tracking System (ATS) because it offers a modern, full-featured platform for less than $350 per month. With features such as job distribution, candidate tracking, automated communication, and digital offer letters, JazzHR provides essential functionality at a competitive price point.
BambooHR is recommended as a cost-effective Human Resources Information System (HRIS) because it offers functionality across recruiting, onboarding, HRIS, time & attendance, performance, and surveys at a market competitive price. BambooHR provides a great user experience for admins and employees, along with responsive customer support, making it a comprehensive and value-driven choice for budget-conscious buyers.
Bob stands out as a cost-effective culture-focused HR software platform by bundling employee-centric tools into a modern HRIS. Bob goes beyond traditional HR systems by emphasizing employee engagement and development, offering features such as performance management, employee engagement, surveys, and peer-to-peer recognition. By providing a comprehensive solution at a competitive price, Bob addresses the need for meaningful cultural engagement without breaking the budget.
Coassemble is recommended as a cost-effective learning platform because it offers a modern and intuitive solution for as little as $150 per month. Coassemble streamlines the administration and tracking of learning for employers, with workflow integrations and automations to simplify course creation and management. For HR teams with limited resources, Coassemble provides an efficient way to stay compliant and keep up with training requirements without significant time or financial investment.
