Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Paycom
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
Paycom supports HR and payroll with automated, employee-first technology that supports every stage of employment. Its single database enables seamless data management, to reduce errors, endless data entry and time-consuming administrative tasks.N/A
Saba Cloud
Score 6.7 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Saba Cloud is a talent management suite which includes performance management, succession planning, learning management, planning, and recruiting. The vendor intends the cloud-based platform to be highly scalable to enable continuous corporate employee development.N/A
Pricing
PaycomSaba Cloud
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PaycomSaba Cloud
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
PaycomSaba Cloud
Considered Both Products
Paycom
Chose Paycom
Paycom has many more features and is far superior to these.
Chose Paycom
Paycom is what was in place when I started this job.
Chose Paycom
Paycor was our previous provider, and we had an incredible amount of issues. There was so much manual work to keep information correct, and the flow of information was tedious. Paycom had all of the features we were looking for.
Chose Paycom
Paycom has a much wider range of functionality and the site is user friendly. The app is also better organized and easier to use with the self service portal and manager access in one place. The reviews and goal tracking is much more efficient than the other competitors I’ve …
Chose Paycom
Over all it came down to functionality and price. ADP didn't come well reviewed by other [...]'s and Paylocity didn't seem as intuitive as Paycom. Our Paycom rep also took a lot of time with us, explaining things and showing us how the system would help us. We felt like she …
Chose Paycom
Paycom has a great user environment and mobile app.. It is very easy to administer and follow the data flow.
Chose Paycom
The level of support is not comparable. It's been great with Paycom.
Chose Paycom
In my opinion, Paycom is leaps and bounds ahead of Paylocity. Paycom is a much more sophisticated piece of software that has made the entire employee experience so much more palatable.
Chose Paycom
Paycom is much better as it allows us to assign training and recruit. Whereas ADP had to download a third party application to use these.
Chose Paycom
ADP Workflow, Paylocity, BambooHR, Worklio - Paycom has a superior feature set and reporting tools. Rippling, Gusto, PlanSource - Paycom is less preferred due to its overly complex feature set.
Chose Paycom
Paycom works well with our employee population and size. They are customizable and able to fit our unique needs. Benefit administration and open enrollment can be done in a breeze. Paycom has lived up to their sales and marketing promises.
Chose Paycom
Paycom was able to provide better customer service support as well as the data being a single database of information allowed for greater flexibility in report writing function. Additionally, being able to have different modalities of recording time worked, via the computer, …
Chose Paycom
We had a lot of technical issues with Paycor due to the fact that they purchased separate software platforms and cobbled them into one system that did not flow as seamlessly as we would have liked. Our staff were constantly complaining that the app would glitch or that punches …
Chose Paycom
Paycom stacks up well overall against other providers in the same realm. There are areas of improvement that other companies are handling better, but overall, they are very similar. Paycom could improve on two major components: intersystem communication and ATS. Betti, however, …
Chose Paycom
Much more user friendly.
Easier and more responsive web time clock.
If I had a problem with Paychex I waited days for a response and was rerouted through 6 different departments, now with Paycom I wait minutes for a helpful answer to my questions.
Chose Paycom
Paycom is my first choice from working with other services like Peoplesoft, Paychex and ADP.
Chose Paycom
All of the HCMs are pretty much the same, they all just have different modes of applications. The only negative about Paycom is their reporting structures (somewhat) but that is based upon how your organization sets things up. It was already set up when I arrived. I would also …
Chose Paycom
We are presently using UKG. I have to say that Paycom is more user friendly to use.
Chose Paycom
I honestly believe I chose Paycom because of the relationship I had with our sales rep. I felt comfortable discussing issues with him and I trusted that he was going to be a man of his word. Blain was wonderful to work with and if I had any issues, I called him and he took …
Chose Paycom
Paycom is very user-friendly. Managers can review and approve employee timecards easily. The entire HRIS system allows information to flow together seamlessly. Your general ledger is tailored to your payroll and reporting needs. You no longer need multiple systems, you can do …
Chose Paycom
The customer service for starters. I used ADP for years and the customer service was awful. Their software is not user friendly either. When they upgrade something, they do not train you. The last straw I had with ADP was when they made complete chaos out of our open enrollment …
Chose Paycom
Paycom is amazing in the customer service piece where ADP was severely lacking
Saba Cloud
Chose Saba Cloud
Saba Cloud is more configurable. In SuccessFactors, the configurations on the home page is very limited. However, in saba cloud we can configure the entire home page as per the company requirement. SuccessFactors is indeed a great product but when it comes to UI, it is not very …
Chose Saba Cloud
Saba Cloud allowed a much more intuitive learner experience and the ability to build solid curricula and certification programs. ADP was very ridig and siloed while Saba Cloud has allowed us to continually evolve how we do things in our learning environment.
Chose Saba Cloud
Saba Cloud is far and away superior and the merger with Cornerstone just dominates the market. They also have quarterly improvements and agile development to respond to the community of users, always improving the experience. Just about anything you could want to do in an LMS …
Chose Saba Cloud
Saba Cloud is becoming more and more popular because it is so adaptable to the many different workforces. It is user-friendly and does not intimidate those not sure of technology. It has an app that allows you to take the recruitment on the road which is great for trainers and …
Chose Saba Cloud
Unfortunately, I am not [really] sure how to answer this question. This is out of my scope of work to make the decisions around which tool we use. I do support this tool and I am pleased with the features that it has and I think we plan to continue to work with it.
Chose Saba Cloud
Previously we were authoring training and posting on our employee portal with no real feedback or analytics.
Chose Saba Cloud
Saba Cloud offered more abilities and better response time to issues and improvements to the platform. We are able to provide a seamless, easy to use, LMS for our customers, which improves the usage of our training program. The user-friendly and customizable homepage has …
Chose Saba Cloud
I believe we selected Saba because of the promise of seamless integration with Workday, a cloud service, and cost.
Chose Saba Cloud
Saba Cloud was a better fit for our company's size and budget.
Chose Saba Cloud
For what we receive from Saba LMS, compared to the cost of others that we evaluated, it is the best value for the needs that we have. The ease of use of the system, once implemented, is by far better than the other LMS systems we evaluated. Each year we look at other …
Chose Saba Cloud
As I mentioned earlier, I was one of the many volunteers who undertook the sandbox activity to choose between Saba and Cornerstone for the LMS. The reason why Saba was chosen as a hands-down favorite was because of its user-friendliness and the ease of usage. Other factors …
Chose Saba Cloud
Saba Cloud has a more straightforward user interface than Cornerstone OnDemand, but the simplicity is not always a benefit. We moved from SilkRoad because of its lack of features. Saba Cloud has a more features than SilkRoad, but fails to make those feature accessible in an …
Chose Saba Cloud
As an LMS, it has everything that its competitors offer. The integration capability at a great price made the decision easy.
Chose Saba Cloud
Saba is by far the best LMS on the market. It was one of the first cloud-based systems and have had experience with multiple LMS systems before the Saba platform was even launched. For the size that Saba can handle the price although a little bit more expensive can do pretty …
Chose Saba Cloud
We shopped Cornerstone OnDemand and Saba. The customer support during the review process was hands-down better at Saba than COD. Saba was responsive to our questions and listened to our needs before responding to how they could help us meet them. Although they did keep in touch …
Chose Saba Cloud
SAP SuccessFactors was the first LMS platform that I have ever used. The main difference I saw right away between the two platforms is how Saba allows the customer to customize their home page very thoroughly. I think that this is a great feature! SuccessFactors did not have …
Chose Saba Cloud
The integrated Saba Meeting component and reduced cost vs SumTotal were very important to us.
Chose Saba Cloud
Way way more options built into the LMS.
Chose Saba Cloud
I have primarily used the cloud learning platform of Saba and its related subsidiaries. During the evaluation, we compared Saba with another service provider. Among the many pilot users of my company, Saba got a quite good score, which helped us to go ahead with recommending …
Chose Saba Cloud
I was not part of the process to select Saba, but based on team feedback, we went with Saba mainly because of its capabilities in reporting and analytics. We also chose to use it due to its learning environment capabilities and the potential for growth that the system has in …
Chose Saba Cloud
Saba has a competitive LMS with both Brightspace and Canvas. It offers class and course management that is easy to use. It out classes the others by its use of assessment tools and analytics. Where Saba excels is in its talent management system. Being able to track users and …
Chose Saba Cloud
Each of the other platforms we used or researched had their own specialities. Some were excellent for specific uses. We wanted a tool that had a more comprehensive package though with performance, compensation and succession planning. This way the tool could grow with us. Given …
Chose Saba Cloud
Saba is a leader in non-academic LMS solutions based on my experience and they are always looking for customer feedback to improve user experiences and provide additional solutions.
Features
PaycomSaba Cloud
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.9
Ratings
1% above category average
Saba Cloud
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management7.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
8.1
Ratings
2% above category average
Saba Cloud
-
Ratings
Pay calculation9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors6.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.7
Ratings
4% below category average
Saba Cloud
-
Ratings
Approval workflow7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
8.9
Ratings
10% above category average
Saba Cloud
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information9.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information9.60 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
4.9
Ratings
49% below category average
Saba Cloud
-
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Tracking of all physical assets4.90 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
6.7
Ratings
11% below category average
Saba Cloud
-
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Report builder7.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data5.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.8
Ratings
1% below category average
Saba Cloud
7.9
Ratings
8% above category average
New hire portal8.00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.60 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Compliance tracking and reporting00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
5.5
Ratings
36% below category average
Saba Cloud
7.7
Ratings
8% above category average
Corporate goal setting4.20 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Individual goal setting6.90 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility4.80 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Performance tracking6.20 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.0
Ratings
11% below category average
Saba Cloud
7.2
Ratings
9% above category average
Performance plans7.40 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.10 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Review status tracking7.50 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Review reminders7.10 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency6.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Plan weighting00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Manager note taking00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Workflow restrictions00 Ratings6.40 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
6.8
Ratings
14% below category average
Saba Cloud
7.5
Ratings
9% above category average
Create succession plans/pools9.10 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Candidate ranking6.80 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Candidate search5.80 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Candidate development5.40 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
5.7
Ratings
30% below category average
Saba Cloud
8.6
Ratings
18% above category average
Job Requisition Management5.80 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Company Website Posting5.20 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Publish to Social Media4.80 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting5.30 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.30 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Applicant Tracking5.40 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.10 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Customized Application Form00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Resume Management00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Candidate Search00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Email Templates00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
User Permissions00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
-
Ratings
Saba Cloud
8.9
Ratings
23% above category average
Course authoring00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Course catalog or library00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Player/Portal00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Learning content00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Mobile friendly00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Assignments00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Compliance management00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Learning administration00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Social learning00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
PaycomSaba Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
7.9
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9.0
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Likelihood to Renew
8.9
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4.5
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Usability
9.1
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7.8
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Availability
9.1
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-
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Performance
9.1
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Support Rating
9.1
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8.3
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In-Person Training
6.4
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-
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Online Training
9.1
(0 ratings)
-
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Implementation Rating
8.2
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4.5
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Configurability
9.1
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-
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Ease of integration
5.5
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-
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Product Scalability
9.1
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-
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Vendor post-sale
9.0
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Vendor pre-sale
9.0
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User Testimonials
PaycomSaba Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
It's very mobile friendly, especially for people that aren't tech savvy. We have an aged workforce where we were really concerned about how they would adapt, going from the comfort of using paper to a mobile and online application. But the training was really easy and the adaptation has been simple for us as a company.
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Our organization uses Saba Cloud primarily to manage all types of learning systems or staff training empirically. In addition, it provides us with a quick test-based follow-up to the trainees. We use Saba Cloud to train our clientele in a professional manner with respect to our worldwide online service. With this tool we are able to enhance the customer experience with the organization. Similarly, our organization uses Saba Cloud to monitor the performance and effectiveness of our employees and customers after having access to all the information provided by the application to subsequently make learning and development reports.
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Pros
  • I think that it's just really user friendly on both sides, the employer and the employee side. I think from the employer side, once you get a niche of it and how it works, it's really easy to troubleshoot on your own. At least from my experience, you rarely have to call your contact because it's just so easy to try to figure out on your own. And on the employee side, I feel like the fact that we get to see what employees see, but before we put anything out really helps us help them if they are running into any issues. But typically when we do send something out, we just did our performance reviews, no issues whatsoever. It kind of takes you step by step. I feel like it just does a really good job of seamlessly taking people step by step in every process throughout whatever they're doing in Paycom.
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  • Saba Analytics for learning are comprehensive and customizable allowing us to view any variety of data we need internally or need to provide to our customers.
  • Support has been amazing throughout our time with Saba. We have always been able to work quickly with someone to develop a new process or obtain guidance on a new feature.
  • Saba Cloud delivers training in a clear and modern format, allowing customers to easily access and consume training.
  • Saba Cloud also provides regular system updated which reflect the needs of their customer base.
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Cons
  • We wish that Paycom would offer more hands-on help. A lot of our specialist is great in helping us to resolve whatever issues that we have. However, it's just a list of steps to get there. It's not necessarily like, "hey, here you go, here's the resolution to your problem." So if we don't already understand how to do something, providing steps doesn't necessarily clear that understanding up or provide any clarification.
  • Additionally, I find that for our organization in particular, we have specific niches within it that Paycom doesn't really address or has any solution on how to address it. It just remains unresolved to this day and we continue to have errors in that area.
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  • In the certification process, it only lets us do look back days it would be very beneficial to have a look backdate. Our services have a training year from July 1, thru June 30 and we assign training to services that are required by federal and state laws to be completed annually. During the pandemic we found a lot of staff taking jobs in other areas and still in their original position and then back again. If we assigned someone HIPAA training and they took this on July 4 and then in October went to a different service line the training plan would ask them to retake HIPAA. It would not pick up the one on July 3. That is the only real issue but it is a large one.
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Likelihood to Renew
Because it has everything that we need and as we grow, we are learning how robust Paycom can actually be but we need to be willing to spend the money. It's not expensive but we, as a company, are not used to spending that much on a system for HR and payroll.
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The only reason I wouldn't rate this a 10 is because we always want to evaluate the technology we use to drive our business. While Saba would be the "leader in the clubhouse", we would still perform our due diligence when it's time to renew.
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Usability
The interface is very intuitive, you can navigate it pretty well. Everything's pretty much spelled out and the features just flow really well. They make it easy for you to go back and forth with the UX/UI type of interface. So I think it was built pretty well.
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As someone who creates classes and is also a learning administrator in the system, I have run into some issues with the system's capabilities for my needs. I am not a fan of having to use Adobe Captivate to download a PowerPoint presentation into the system, as my training sessions are much more than a glorified PowerPoint. Our organization has yet to turn on Saba Meetings, which may help with these limitations.
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Reliability and Availability
They are very dependable and I have never experience any outages
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Performance
Yes, Paycom's performance is excellent, no issues.
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Support Rating
Our TSR has been wonderful to work with. Every step of the
way he was quick to respond and answer any questions we had. I knew I could
reach him at any time (day or night) and he would be available to assist.
Implementing a new HRIS system is obviously a huge task and I contribute all
our success to our rep Kurt! Of course, with any implementation, there were
bumps along the way and issues. But I always knew we would work as a team to
get those issues figured out. Working in the Paycom system has been smooth and
easy to learn and I enjoy the employee self-service interface. Our managers
have had positive things to say and are all excited about the changes we have
been able to make to our organization due to Paycom being implemented.
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For the times that we have used the support provided by Saba, it has been a very pleasurable experience for our department. Part of our package with Saba includes a specified number of hours of "training" time with Saba. During these meetings, we have shared our desires of the product and the support personnel have either shown us how to accomplish our task or they have taken our requests to their developers to look at future enhancements. Overall, very pleased with the support.
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In-Person Training
They were a sales person and not really a good trainer.
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Online Training
It was good, but hard to know what questions you need to ask until you actually get in there and start working with a live product. But Paycom is also very helpful every time I call and can't figure something out. Nathan has been very friendly and helpful no matter what I call him about. He is always eager to help out.
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Implementation Rating
Not at all satisfied it was a nightmare we spent over 8 months with the implementation team having issues after issues all related to the Puerto Rico regulations (half my employees are in Puerto Rico) and at the end we were moved over from the implementation team to the production team without all the issues being resolved
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Was not involved with integration.
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Alternatives Considered
We really only had Paychecks and that was our biggest problem is that with several different companies, it was very hard If you had a salary employee and didn't terminate them in the prior company, they get paid twice, so this has really been definitely a big help for us.
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We had extensive reviews with a plan of what we needed and must have out of the system, including custom learning paths and tracking inside our HRIS system to grant permissions and positions based on completed learning certifications and courses. We weighed each option and chose based on the one that met the most of the must-haves.
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Scalability
Paycom is very user friendly
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Return on Investment
  • I would think the most time would come from applicant tracking and I don't think that's a Paycom issue necessarily. I think it was a training issue during implementation. I would say that that has improved now that we had onsite training. But initially the applicant tracking piece can be difficult when you're used to just using an ATS. That's specifically for talent acquisition because there's a lot of nuances that goes into the system that Paycom bills.
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  • We have heard from many people that the visibility of goals and skills expectations has impacted their engagement levels, which aids us in our retention goals.
  • With the easier reporting provided by Saba, we are able to generate compliance training reports in real time, which keeps our regulators very happy.
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ScreenShots

Paycom Screenshots

Screenshot of a new study that reveals that for a composite organization representative of interviewed clients, unifying HR and payroll in a single-database software with automation and streamlined workflows achieved a three-year 362% ROI and resulted in: $1.4M net present value*; over 45% total time saved by HR; 80% time saved on compliance work.Screenshot of IWant, which is a command-driven AI engine in a single database, for instant access to employee data.Screenshot of Direct Data Exchange®, which takes a detailed pulse of how employees interact with Paycom. It automatically assigns a dollar value of savings based on Ernst & Young research.

Saba Cloud Screenshots

Screenshot of The Intelligent Mentor in Action - RecommendationsScreenshot of Learning PlanScreenshot of Informal LearningScreenshot of Performance Check-insScreenshot of Succession Talent DashboardScreenshot of Organizational Planning