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Features

Employee Database Helps in providing an organized collection of employee data (31)
Time & Attendance Management Helps keeping track of the employee hours to enable recording their worktime (29)
Time Off Management Helps in managing employee absence and control the time off efficiently (27)
Recruiting Management Helps in managing and automating important aspects of a recruitment process (26)
Applicant Tracking Helps in tracking, searching and scanning the applicants that in turn eases the recruitment process (25)
Onboarding Helps to integrate newly recruited employees into the organization through an automated process (25)
Payroll Management Helps in automating the employee payment process, reduces incorrect data input and keep at bay paystub confusion (24)
Performance Appraisal Helps in documenting, reviewing and evaluating the performance of the employees (23)
Self Service Portal Provides the employees with a website where they can update their accounts, make bill payments, avail necessary information and other self-help functions (21)
HR Compliance Management Helps to stay in compliance with HR laws by notifying users of all HR law updates or changes (20)
Benefits Management Helps in monitoring and managing non-wage compensation given to employees besides their regular salaries or wages. (19)
360 Degree Feedback Captures and centralizes a holistic feedback of the target audience that helps in making business decisions. (16)
Employee Lifecycle Management Provides technical support and software solution to manage everything from hire to retire (16)
Compensation Management Manages employee compensation related data in an organized and automated manner (13)
Training Management Automates the documenting processes involved in training management and records the performance of employees during training sessions (13)
Employee Offboarding Helps to streamline the employee exit process by automating administrative tasks, managing documentation, and facilitating communication, all while protecting the company's brand and reputation. (8)
Dashboard A digital insight of reports and other workings on a single screen (4)
Reporting (Analytics) Provides insightful reports and important business metrics to track and measure the outcomes and progress. (4)
Employee Directory Photocard with contact info, designation, experience, team, roles, responsibilities and etc. (3)
Goal Management Helps in setting targets of a team or an individual and track progress to reach the objectives (3)
Performance Management Helps to train, motivate, build accountability to the workforce and measure their outcomes on a timely basis (3)
Rewards and Recognition Helps to acknowledge the achievements, accomplishments of an employee, acquaintances, peers, team, and team members (3)
Shift Scheduling Efficiently allocate and manage employee work shifts to optimize productivity and operational effectiveness (3)
PEO Services Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) offer small and medium-sized businesses affordable HR services and benefits by serving as co-employers and managing compliance, eliminating the need for an in-house HR department. (3)
Reporting & Analytics (3)
Employee Time Tracking (3)
Leave & Absence Management (3)
Payroll Integration (3)
Attendance Management Helps to manage employee attendance or workforce presence in the workplace to reduce employee downtime (3)
Leave Tracking (Vacation) Assist in keeping track of leave and holidays for easing the payment calculation process (3)
Access Control Defines application access to various users. Includes role-based system that controls options to be displayed to different users based on their role (3)
Absence Reporting Employees can send leave requests and time off to managers, supervisors and team leads. (2)
Leave Approval Process Configurable approval workflow for leave requests (2)
HR Dashboard Admin panel that displays employee leave requests, leave balance, holiday lists, scheduling and etc (2)
Leave Balance Tracker Concurrently tracks and calculates leave eligibility and leave entitlement of an employee. (2)
Leave Policy Management To create legally binding leave policies to different teams/ group of employees (2)
Custom Workflows Facility to create workflows with custom stages, process, and status. (2)
Engagement Metrics Provides real-time engagement metrics of the content (2)
Style Editor Evaluates and allows to customize the writing style based on APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian, IEEE guidelines (2)
Sentence Rephraser Rephrases the sentence by replacing words with synonyms, idioms, and phrases (2)
Self Appraisal A self-assessment to portray the performance of ownself during a particular period at work (2)
Customization Helps to customize the system for use in industry-specific use cases (2)
Individual OKR Helps to create and/or assign OKR for individual team members (2)
Customizable Templates (2)
Competency Management Helps to identify, and manage the key skills necessary for an employee to reach target performance (2)
KPI Monitoring It helps to measure the success rate of an individual or organization is at reaching the strategic objectives (2)
Employee Progress Tracking Helps to track employee progress, skills, and experience to develop and retain internal talent (2)
1-on-1 Meetings Facilitates 1-on-1 meetings between manager and employee to give feedback, keep each other in the loop, resolve issues, and help the participants succeed in their roles (2)
Benchmarking Setting up standards and targets for your team and team members, so that they are performing at their best (2)
Survey Templates Survey Templates consist of a complete set of questions using which you can start building surveys without spending much time. (2)
Template-Based Document Generation (2)
Real-time Dashboards & Visualization (2)
Workforce Data Analysis (2)
Employee Performance Analytics (2)
Recruitment & Talent Analytics (2)
Reporting & Insights (2)
Collaboration Tools Interactive tools meant to make the application highly collaborative and encourage teamwork (2)
Feedback Management Assists in managing the feedback provided or received after accomplishing an assigned task (2)
Biometric / Device Integration (2)
Resume Screening & Parsing (2)
Assessment Management Helps to assemble data for evaluation or assessment purpose, to refine programs and take strategic decisions (2)
Attendance Tracking Helps to quickly and easily track the attendance (2)
Deductions Management Helps optimizing deductions workflow and assist in calculating various deductions or additions like ESI, PF, integrating leave, performance (2)
Employee Scheduling Helps in creating, processing and automating the employee schedule (2)
Progress Tracking Helps in tracking and measuring the progress and developments of a task assigned (2)
Time Tracking Helps in tracking the task assigned to different team members or teams (2)
Employee Management Helps in automating, managing and accessing the data related to the employed staffs, records vital data, etc. in the enterprise (2)
Overtime Calculation Simplifies the process of calculating extra hours worked for by staff or team members (2)
Third-party Integration Offers synchronization with third-party applications (2)
Single Sign-On (SSO) Permits one set of login credentials to access multiple applications (2)
Version Control It gives the team the ability to recall specific versions of a document, code, content, file, or folder that records changes over time. (1)
Alerts (Notifications) Triggers an instant notification via Voice, SMS, Email, RSS Feeds, or Push Notifications in case of an event or outage. (1)
Document Audit Trail Tracks the document signature history and timestamp for legal attestation (1)
Sequential Signing Ensures the document recipients sign in a specified order (1)
Multi-user Signing Sends a document for multiple users to collect signatures (1)
Tax Management Management of finances for payment of tax as well as assessing the advance tax liability to pay your tax in time (1)
Timestamp Helps in encoding the time, location, date and etc, to identify an event. (1)
Regulatory Compliance Ensures the document signing is compliant with globally recognized eIDAS and ESign Act (1)
Guest Sharing Invite to access the file, image, or job work via a secured link without the need to login to panel (1)
Core HR Integration Sync with Core-HR application to keep employee information up-to-date. (1)
Export Organogram Helps to export org charts in multiple file formats (1)
Document Management Ability to store and manage various information and documents in electronic format. (1)
Employee Portal User panel for employees to view, manage their information and requests (1)
FMLA Tracking Ensures the business mitigate compliance risks associated with (FMLA) The Family and Medical Leave Act (1)
Workforce Forecasting Automatically predict future workforce needs based on historical data and proactively plan for shortcomings. It illustrates the staffing plan for a specific time period to effectively address both understaffing and overstaffing concerns. (1)
Staff Notification Alerts the employee via email, text, and push notifications upon any new events or changes. (1)
HRIS Integration Seamlessly connect with HRIS to automatically sync data and manage permissions (1)
KPI Management Allows to set, monitor and analyze specific performance quantifiers i.e. key performance indicators (KPIs) (1)
Weight Assignment To assign weights for measuring key results and progress of a team or an individual (1)
Lead Scoring Lets you manage your prospective leads by scoring them on the basis of their response. (1)
Autocorrect Automatically fixes the misspelled word with a choice to undo the change. (1)
Grammar Check Recognizes grammar mistakes in the content (1)
Tone checker Recognizes the emotional tone of the written content (1)
Sentence formatting Ensures the sentences are correctly formatted without repetitive and monotonous text (1)
Project Management Helps in managing the projects necessary for streamlining and enhancing the customer relationship management tasks. (1)
Anonymous Feedback Allows collecting feedback securely in a private manner by hiding the identity of the person (1)
Pulse Surveys Helps managers to measure employee satisfaction and health of the company on a time-to-time basis (1)
Customer Support Ensures after-sales interactions with your customers and solve queries related to your products and services (1)
List Management Enables management of multiple lists and communications with them (1)
IT Asset Management Helps to automate the full IT lifecycle of software and hardware assets on a single platform (1)
Team OKR An option to create and assign team-wide OKRs (1)
Confidence Levels Allows users to rate their confidence level concerning goal completion (1)
Employee Segmentation Segregates the employees into small groups by defined criteria such as location, demographics, and position. (1)
Peer-to-Peer Recognition Allowing employees to acknowledge each other in the form of digital badges, awards, or messages (1)
Social Recognition Broadcast individual recognition with team members and managers through a social network-esque feed or a built-in customizable web portal (1)
Manager-to-peer Recognition Allowing managers to acknowledge, nominate, recognize and reward employees in the form of awards, digital badges, points, or messages (1)
Employee Discount and Perks Provides employees with access to a wide variety of consumer products and services at a special discount price (1)
Points and Rewards A points-based system that allows users to redeem the achieved points for a reward of their choice (1)
Recognition Tracking Allows tracking the number and types of recognition that individuals, teams, departments, or the whole company gave or received in a given period (1)
Custom Dashboard Provides a set of options to customize the interactions in dashboard layout (1)
Individual Development Plan Helps employees to prepare career and personal development plans and address current gaps in performance, competency, skill, or ability (1)
On-going Performance Tracking Facilitates a real-time managers' feedback for continuous progress (1)
Rater Selection Allows interviewee to choose their own feedback providers (raters) (1)
Workflow Automation Automatically execute mundane and repetitive processes or workflow so that employees can focus on productive work (1)
Remote Monitoring Helps in real-time monitoring of system performance metrics, network health, and software or application performance. (1)
Remote Management Remote access and control of servers, workstations, and endpoints for troubleshooting, software deployment, and configuration management. (1)
Dedicated Phone Line Integration Incorporating dedicated phone lines for customer support and sales, enabling direct communication and call tracking (1)
Predictive Analytics Advanced analytics for predicting outcomes based on performance and historical data. (1)
AI Assistant AI Assistant helps you provide information and perform specific tasks to significantly improve your success rate. It can perform one or many tasks like analyzing your deals, contacts, and emails, generating the perfect email, and more. (1)
Leave Management Track and approve employee leave requests systematically (1)
Employee Dashboard Central interface for employees to view tasks, schedules, and performance metrics. (1)
Location-based Scheduling Helps to assign shifts based on geographic location preferences or requirements. (1)
Multi-branch / Location Management Helps to oversee operations across multiple sites or geographical locations. (1)
EOR Services Facilitates the management of employment-related responsibilities, compliance, and HR functions associated with Employer of Record (EOR) services (1)
Tax Filing Allows the filing of payroll tax forms for federal, state, and local taxes. (1)
Single Touch Payroll (STP) Single Touch Payroll is enabled, allowing employers to automatically submit this information to the ATO each time they process payroll. (1)
Incentive Programs Helps to easily manage your incentive programs and provide instant rewards to employees. (1)
Device Discovery Automatic detection and inventory of devices on the network, creating a centralized view of the IT environment. (1)
Mobile Device Management (MDM) Integration with mobile device management platforms for monitoring and managing smartphones and tablets. (1)
Remote Scripting Helps to execute scripts or commands on remote devices to perform tasks, configurations, or troubleshooting. (1)
Export to Document Formats Export files to various document formats, such as PPTX, PDF, and shareable links (1)
AI Powered Insights Unlock smarter, AI-powered insights to streamline prioritization and maximize productivity. (1)
Custom Reports Creates tailored reports for specific roles, including finance, growth, and product teams. (1)
AI-Powered Writing Assistance AI-powered grammar and style checks, rewriting, and summarization. (1)
AI-Driven Screening Leverage AI to recommend or rank candidates based on assessment results (1)
Question Library Saves the FAQs into a question library, from where you can instantly pick and add them to new surveys (1)
Assessment & Grading (1)
Push Automation Allows software to automatically send notifications to a set of subscribers (1)
Alerts & Anomaly Detection (1)
Reporting & Dashboards (1)
Dynamic Content & Conditional Logic (rules-based) (1)
Multi-Format Output (PDF, DOCX, HTML) (1)
Workflow Automation & Document Routing (1)
Access Control & Security (encryption, audit trails) (1)
Time Tracking & Attendance Monitoring (1)
Real-Time Activity Monitoring (1)
Screen Monitoring & Recording (1)
Keystroke Logging & User Activity Tracking (1)
GPS & Location Tracking (1)
Workflow & Task Tracking (1)
Compensation & Benefits Analysis (1)
User & Learner Management (1)
Content Delivery (1)
Certification & Compliance Tracking (1)
Mobile Learning Support (1)
Invoice Generation (1)
Trust Accounting (1)
Badge Management Facilitates assigning and managing badges to employees, students, visitors and guests (1)
Integration with ATS/HR Systems (1)
Candidate Sourcing Automation (1)
Workflow & Recruitment Automation (1)
Analytics & Hiring Insights (1)
Employer Branding & Career Site Management (1)
Reminders Sends important reminders through email to attendees (1)
Content Library It is a catalog of resources that serves as a lead generating tool (1)
401(k) Tracking Helps to track and manage matters concerning 401(k) that is a retirement savings plan sponsored by an employer. (1)
Check Printing Allows previewing and printing standard and customized paychecks (1)
Direct Deposit Supports direct deposit which is the most popular method for giving paycheques to employees in an electronic form (1)
Compliance Tracking Helps in tracking and monitoring and auditing all the regulatory compliance requirements (1)
Document Archiving Helps in storing documents which have become obsolete but is important as historical data (1)
Document Assembly Helps in creating a document on an automated basis (1)
Document Retention Helps in deleting automatically confidential files at a certain point of time, transfer file to new folders or to specified people to avoid misuse of vital information (1)
e-Signature Electronic Signatures help users to sign their digital documents remotely (1)
File Recovery Helps in recovering lost, inaccessible, damaged or deleted files from a hard drive or disk (1)
Chat (Messaging) Allows users to collaborate better by exchanging views and collect information through chatting or texting (1)
Gamification Helps in applying game mechanics to the work environment for better collaboration and engagement (1)
Task Assigning Helps in assigning the tasks to a team member individually or the team collectively (1)
Workflow Management Helps in managing and ensuring smooth flow of the tasks assigned to a team or organization (1)
Timesheet Management Helps to accurately manage timesheet information for easy accessibility (1)
Analytics (Workforce) Helps you track and analyse the performance of the workforce (1)
Drag and drop Builder Has a pick-and-drop visual interface for easier designing (1)
File Sharing A simple way to share files instantaneously with the team (1)
Mobile App Helps your team to stay top on the business everywhere (1)
Multi-Platform Lets the user search content across multiple platforms (domains, web properties etc.) with a single search (1)

SW Score

91 - 95 (1)
86 - 90 (5)
81 - 85 (11)
70 - 80 (21)

Deployment

Installed - Windows (3)
Installed - Mac (2)
SaaS/Web/Cloud (41)
Mobile - Android (13)
Mobile - iOS (12)

Customer Types

Individuals (13)
Freelancers (11)
Large Enterprises (31)
Medium Business (38)
Small Business (38)

Pricing Model

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One-time license (9)
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