Emburse SpringAhead vs. Journyx

It's definitely well suited for all organizations with knowledge workers who use computers to do their work and are able to log in and enter their time on a regular basis. I've always had access to it as part of my job and love using SpringAhead. It may be less appropriate in a role where the worker does not have regular access to a computer to enter their hours digitally.

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Our director of research utilized this software at another facility and implemented it here due to the success of data capture from his other hospital. We were very fortunate that he had already knowledge about the system and we were able to implement it our institution very quickly.

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• Tracking Time Across Projects
• Tracking Time Across Pay Periods
• Dashboard view of time tracked weekly
• Easy Reporting Over Extended Timeperiod

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• Reporting of time - I know when I pull reports for each employee/contractor that I will have information at the touch of my fingertips.
• Creating new users - is very easy.
• Entering time - is easy for even the first time user

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• The reporting is not perfect. When I am trying to find history for one person it is very cumbersome to get the info you need.
• At the current use there is no integration with an expense tracking tool. We had a separate app to track expenses vs. time.
• Only resources on the project can view time. External customers could not log in to see users' time against the project. Instead they waited for invoices or status reports.

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• There is a LOT of functionality, including a many functions that we don't ever use. If there were some way to set up a "dashboard" of only the functions we need, it might be a little easier to navigate some of the management and reporting areas.
• Initial setup can be daunting, particularly for a larger company using a lot of functionality. Its been a long time since we've been through that, but the initial training and support has to be robust, comprehensive and very clear. (However, I can't say that it isn't now)

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All depending on cost for renewal. This is very expensive as a reporting tool, as we do not recover the cost through billing

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Back end, administration or set up on the software.

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Yes, it's there when I need it.

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Can be slow at times.

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Good training overall, some areas we do use.

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It takes a lot of planning and it's time consuming.

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We selected SpringAhead because of price and usability. This tool is easy to set up and configure. It is a cloud application allowing access from anywhere. There were no training requirements. When you have a small use case this tool is the way to go. We moved off SpringAhead to get more functionality and it has required a lot more training and effort to maintain and utilize

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This would be good for a small company who does not want to build their own time submission system. The interface is fairly dated, but we are quite familiar with it, so that is not really a negative for our company. The primary feature we struggle with most is the inability to allow line-item rejection of time entries

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Server issues at first.

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• They fit the purpose of time keeping and expense reports but it could always be a whole lot better

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• Easier and more efficient cost fund allocation.
• Requires employee time reporting on activity, cost center and other custom fields synced with payroll so records are submitted, reviewed and approved every two weeks.
• Funders are confident in our ability to appropriately allocate funds.

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