Employee management system software is best judged by a trial that takes an afternoon and three steps. Onboard one hire: does the system chase the contract and the handbook acknowledgment, sign them online and lock them with the date? Run one review: does it keep the cadence, hold the signed form, and open the next with the last one's goals? Export one record: does the whole file for one person come out in one action? The tools on this site print the documents free, without an account; the prices are cited below.
Step one: one hire
Enter a hire with a start date a month ago, attach the contract and handbook the tools on this site print, and see whether anyone is told what is due and whether a signed document can be edited afterwards. A system that stores and does not chase is the folder with a login; one that lets a signed document change is not a record.
Step two: one review
Fill the review template on this site as a review, sign as both parties, then open a second review for the same person. The first one's goals should be on the screen. Then check the overdue list shows a review dated last month.
Step three: one export
The whole record for the hire, documents included, in date order, in one action. It is the test of whether the business could leave the product, and a product that fails it should not be joined. If the export arrives as a spreadsheet of fields with the documents left behind, the product has failed the step.
The price
From the vendors' own pricing pages, cited below: Homebase lists its Essentials plan at $30 per location per month billed monthly or $24 billed annually, with unlimited employees, and a Basic plan at $0 for one location with up to 10 employees; BambooHR starts at $10 per employee per month for Core and $17 for Pro; Deputy's Core plan is $6.50 per user per month. HeadcountDesk Pro is $24 per month per location.
Questions people ask about employee management system software
How long should the trial take?
An afternoon for the three steps; a trial that needs a week is a sales process.
Should the whole team be entered on the trial?
One hire is enough to test the record; the team is entered when the product passes.
What is free here?
Every document tool, without an account.