BLR HR Hero vs. Brightmine

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BLR HR Hero
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
BLR's HR Hero is a centralized hub of HR resources and tools created and maintained by employment law experts. The solution provides busy, compliance-minded HR professionals with the ability to accomplish their daily workload with confidence.N/A
Brightmine
Score 8.5 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Brightmine (formerly XpertHR) is a global provider of people data, analytics and insight. Brightmine is a division of LexisNexis Data Services, within RELX®, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools. RELX serves customers in 180+ countries with 35,000+ employees.N/A
Pricing
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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BLR HR Hero

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Brightmine
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Compared to Workday, Brightmine is more specialized and faster for HR compliance and policy work, whereas Workday is broader and stronger for core HR operations like payroll, workforce management, and analytics. We selected Brightmine because it provides more direct, practical …
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Having used both Mineral and Brightmine, overall I think they are comparable tools. Brightmine has stood out as being an easy to use platform. I also appreciate that when searching for information, on the Brightmine site, there are suggestions links/additional links presented …
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We use multiple products for our needs
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We have not considered using anything else at this time.
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I think SHRM has great resources and more resources for "nuanced" situations or scenarios and can get more into the nitty gritty issues, whereas I use Brightmine for just the facts on "what" is being updated and not "how" to make it work for our organization. SHRM can be …
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n/a - not used another provider
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Much more reliable market data for salary benchmarking and easy to understand reporting and navigation of the platform
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Brightmine is more comprehensive regarding the information and resources available for employment laws at the federal level and in all states. I access Brightmine daily, and find more relevant resources on Brightmine than on any other website. Other sites are good for articles …
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I got to Brightmine when I want to understand the laws and regulations in the 50 states and federal. I will go to SHRM to assist with developing HR policies.
Chose Brightmine
For HR compliance database, Brightmine is the only tool I have used in that product area so I am not really able to compare with other products. My experience with Brightmine has been a very positive one. Keep up the great work!
Chose Brightmine
Brightmine provides better data coverage, has a far more responsive support team, and we were able to negotiate a better price than our previous provider.
Chose Brightmine
More cost effective and more user friendly being able to add a number of licenses per company.
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Different continents are available for more cost, which we will need as business grows.
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I'm not sure about similar products.
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I used this for a year as it is much cheaper. I found it didn't have the variety of information Brightmine has, so I returned to Brightmine.
Chose Brightmine
I have previously used Croner. I wouldn't say it's any worse than Brightmine, but I have found Brightmine much easier to navigate, and the overall customer experience seems better. I do think Brightmine could offer more webinars.
Chose Brightmine
We were previously with Make UK but were not on the list above, and the range of policies and templates was limited. Brightmine has a more extensive library.
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You get what you pay for.

Other companies tie you in for ridiculous contracts, make it difficult to leave and sell you insurance that doesn't pay put.
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Has a more comprehensive set of documents and reference material and more template policies etc.
Chose Brightmine
Brightmine is easier to use and has more resources than CIPD HR inform and so was preferred by us
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User Ratings
BLR HR HeroBrightmine
Likelihood to Recommend
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8.5
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Likelihood to Renew
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8.8
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Usability
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8.8
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Availability
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9.1
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Performance
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9.1
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Support Rating
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9.1
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Online Training
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9.1
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Implementation Rating
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8.0
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Configurability
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6.5
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Ease of integration
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4.5
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Product Scalability
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8.3
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Vendor post-sale
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4.9
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User Testimonials
BLR HR HeroBrightmine
Likelihood to Recommend
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When troubleshooting and needing state specific compliance, I have been able to quickly access and validate data to make informed decisions. For example, when working with a multi-state population of employees, I have repeatedly used Brightmine to review state specific laws at employment separations. When working on employee handbook updates, I have been able to utilize Brightmine to review current policy requirements as well as use as a starting point for drafting policy updates. It has been a very great tool - very turnkey.
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Pros
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  • Legal updates - keeping up with constant changes.
  • Great letter and other document templates.
  • Useful and well formatted Policy Templates - helping us keep up with changes to legislation.
  • Handy dashboard with trending topics, updated & last viewed items.
  • Daily newsletter updates are very useful for keeping up with current issues and changes to policies.
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Cons
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  • Frequent technology issues - the system will not be available and I get an error code. This is not good when I need to find information right then. I feel concerned when this happens because I pay a lot for the product and I expect it to be available when I need it.
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Likelihood to Renew
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Without realising it we use Brightmine so often and it is so beneficial as our daily roles are onerous. By having a tool there that covers such a wide variety of products we can rest assured we know if we need something we can find it on there easily. With no hassle.
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Usability
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So simple to use and really a few clicks to finding what you need, also appreciate the layout and alphabetical organisation. Not to mention how things are written out it makes finding templates a breeze and navigating to exactly what you need. Makes a stressful job so much easier!
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Reliability and Availability
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It is almost always available when I need it. I have only ran into 2 situations where I received an error message and could not get logged in but was told this was a widespread issue that would quickly be resolved.
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Performance
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Everything loads quickly and is exactly where I need it to be. I like how the sidebar breaks down different sections of policies for each state to help me find what I am looking for or gives suggestions or documents to review that may also be helpful
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Support Rating
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I reached out to Brightmine support when i could not get logged in and I received a personal response within hours that was very helpful! I love that it was a real person and not automated. This type of support makes me feel that their support team truly cares about getting issues fixed timely.
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Online Training
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The people on the call training us were very friendly and knowledgeable! They helped me learn of new tabs for finding templates to create new trainings to update departments on policies and procedures. It also has great excel sheets so I can see side by side differences between states regarding different laws and compensation changes.
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Implementation Rating
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I didnt implement but just wanted to say the person providing the training was brilliant and guided us through each page so we knew how to navigate, also allowed us to ask a lot of questions if we needed to which was helpful. So we could go away with confidence to use it
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Alternatives Considered
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Compared to Workday, Brightmine is more specialized and faster for HR compliance and policy work, whereas Workday is broader and stronger for core HR operations like payroll, workforce management, and analytics. We selected Brightmine because it provides more direct, practical support for compliance updates and policy creation without the complexity and configuration overhead of Workday.
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Scalability
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It can be used across all disciplines on our team, from recruiting to training, to our generalist team. Our legal team could also jump in and use it to research.
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Return on Investment
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  • Reduced legal expenditures -- I didn't have to pay lawyers to make a handbook for me.
  • First point of reference for legal questions
  • Reduces our risk and ensures we make the right legal decisions.
  • Easy to research and find content using the search function of the home page dashboard.
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