Brightmine vs. CIPD HR-inform

Brightmine

331 Reviews and Ratings

CIPD HR-inform

9 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Brightmine	Score8.5 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
CIPD HR-inform	Score8.6 out of 10	N/A	HR‐inform from CIPD is presented as a one‐stop shop for employment law guidance, HR best practice, industry news and useful tools at every point in the employee journey.	$80 per month per user

Pricing

Brightmine

CIPD HR-inform

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CIPD Member 1-Year Subscription: £80.00
per month per user
Non-CIPD Member 1-Year Subscription: £160.00
per month per user

Pricing Offerings
Brightmine	CIPD HR-inform
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Discounts available for multi-year membership and annual payment. CIPD members receive 50% off the price.

Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Brightmine	CIPD HR-inform
Considered Both Products	Brightmine Mandi Crusco MCIPD HR Director in Human Resources at Netcall (Information Technology & Services, 201-500 employees) Chose Brightmine I honestly haven't found anything similar, only CIPD but that's quite different in terms of its offering. Incentivized Helpful? Sophie Lyall, Assoc CIPD People Advisor in Human Resources at RM Resources (Education Management, 201-500 employees) Chose Brightmine One-stop-shop - has more tools and templates to access. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Brightmine More cost effective and more user friendly being able to add a number of licenses per company. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Brightmine 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. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Brightmine Has a more comprehensive set of documents and reference material and more template policies etc. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Brightmine Brightmine is easier to use and has more resources than CIPD HR inform and so was preferred by us Incentivized Helpful? Michelle Batt Group HR Director in Human Resources at ILX Group (E-Learning, 51-200 employees) Chose Brightmine I feel Brightmine is far more comprehensive. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Brightmine We specifically liked that Brightmine is separate from the CIPD Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Brightmine Brightmine is very similar, it is a better presented product but comes at a considerable cost in comparison. For that reason, we are looking at alternatives for our renewal. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Brightmine CIPD resources are well-researched with citations and links to external research and provide valuable insights to HR professionals. The difference with Brightmine is the very practical nature of resources, particularly template letters and draft policies that can be put to use … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Brightmine Haven't used any others to compare it to Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Brightmine We find Brightmine as a great tool. We would like the price to be competitive as CIPD Inform is much cheaper and includes legal within their costs. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Brightmine I have not used this platform personally but our HRD decided that Brightmine is a better platform to suit our needs. This led to cancelling that service and we're currently users of Brightmine. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Brightmine I needed an equivalent to an advisor and "font of all knowledge". As most HR teams experience, we are exposed to a huge number of different scenarios and problems to solve and Brightmine has, so far fulfilled that. I hadn't used it before but know people who recommended it so … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Brightmine CIPD Inform offers very similar services but is much more cost effective. Whilst Brightmine remains the main tool for us CIPD are stating to make an impact on this market. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Brightmine Brightmine provide comprehensive advise like CIPD HR Inform. Advise is easy to understand. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Brightmine Different uses - PLC more legal; Brightmine practical HR Incentivized Helpful? Borja Cobian HR Advisor in Human Resources at Tenon fm (Facilities Services, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Brightmine Brightmine is efficient and quick. It provides more examples than any other application or supportive tool. It is also good when you want to compare opinions with other products since normally the answer are not contradictory but help to enriched the answer. Brightmine works … Incentivized Helpful? Freddie Voller HR Project Manager in Human Resources at Tenon FM UK (Facilities Services, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Brightmine Brightmine continues to give us consistency with our policies and processes. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Brightmine I have not directly used it but used it by passing on questions and queries to my HR network to obtain their advice. Often I felt that they do not provide direct advice to directly address my concerns or queries but more generic feedback that might be applicable or not. I think … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Brightmine Brightmine has more templates and topics to look through and review. The information available is more comprehensive and up-to-date. The language used is easy and user-friendly. Has add-ons like free webinars, lots of tools and examples, and free legal advice compared to the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Brightmine When comparing services to use it was important to have something that was relevant to the sector we work in, we found that Brightmine was the most relevant and had specific information that would benefit us compared to CIPD which is more generic and does not give a lot of … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Brightmine I found HR Inform not comprehensive enough for our needs and Croner was very expensive. I also did not feel that despite the cost, Croner was detailed enough and I found the library/documents section lacking. Incentivized Helpful?	CIPD No answer on this topic
	Would buy again
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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User Ratings
	Brightmine	CIPD HR-inform
Likelihood to Recommend	8.4 (188 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.8 (19 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	8.8 (9 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Availability	9.1 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	9.1 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.1 (5 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Online Training	9.1 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.0 (5 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Configurability	6.5 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model	4.5 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	4.5 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	8.3 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Professional Services	4.5 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	4.9 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	4.9 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)