Charlie vs SageHR:

Charlie vs Sage HR: ease of use and interface design

As a small business, you want your Human Resources software to be intuitive and user friendly. Your team has to be able to find their way around it without asking you for help or having to go through long and complex training sessions.

We built Charlie with that in mind. It doesn’t matter if you’ve never used a HR tool before — you’ll be able to book time off, complete your performance reviews or set up an onboarding workflow in no time and zero effort thanks to our intuitive user interface.

A few customers who moved to Charlie told us that their main reason for switching was Sage HR’s dated user interface.

While Sage HR has continued to update their functionalities, their design still doesn’t feel as modern and intuitive as today’s ambitious small businesses may want them to be.

Another issue ex-customers have flagged is that Sage HR, with its many packages and feature combinations, can become difficult to navigate.

The platform is part of the larger Sage Group which was born as an accounting software for single users (accountants). Past Sage customers have told us that it hasn’t adapted particularly well to be used by multiple users (all employees) as an HR management software.

You can get an idea of what Sage HR’s platform looks like on this Youtube video. And you can compare it to Charlie’s platform on this demo video.

Or, why not start a 7-day free trial to explore Charlie’s features in complete freedom?

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Charlie vs Sage HR: integrations

HR software is supposed to cut down the time you spend on admin — but that only works if your chosen HR tool smoothly integrates with all the other platforms you’re using.

Otherwise, having to continuously copy-and-paste employee data across your payroll management, HRIS and benefits platforms will undo all the time-saving you thought you’d gained!

This is especially important for SMEs that often cannot afford to have one tool to look after every aspect of their operations. Most companies I talk to on a daily basis have one HR system, along with a separate payroll tool, an applicant tracking system and sometimes even a platform to manage employee benefits.

That’s why we have heavily invested to continuously add new integrations between Charlie and other popular small-business tools.

Like Sage HR, CharlieHR also integrates with Slack: you can set up Slack notifications to trigger when someone books a sick day, is away on holiday, or if it’s anyone’s birthday.

Both Sage HR and Charlie also integrate with common Calendar applications, so you can import events from your HR platform onto iCal, Google Calendar or Outlook Calendar.

That’s where Sage HR’s integration capabilities stop at though: they don’t offer any other integrations with People Ops tools. You can request them to link up with your other tools via Zapier, but it will have to be a custom job (likely at an additional price).

On the other hand, Charlie can easily be synced up with common payroll tools like Paycaptain and Xero. ATS like Workable (or you can check our own ATS Charlie Recruit) and compensation benchmark software like Pave and Figures. 
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Check out the full list of Charlie’s integrations or go back to our comparison table.

Choose Sage HR if… your team works in shifts

If your business model means a good portion of your employees work in shifts, Sage HR is definitely the best choice for your company.

Sage HR’s shift scheduling and time tracking feature allows you to create and edit shifts for your team members. Employees can signal when they are available as well as their preferred working patterns.

As a separate module, Sage HR also allows you to track hours worked and create timesheets. This is helpful if your team’s working hours are not fixed, or if you need them to clock-in and out of work.

Note that shift scheduling and timesheets are not included in Sage HR’s basic package: they come at an extra cost.

Choose CharlieHR for… the best value for money

Charlie gives you much more value for your money compared to SageHR.
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You get all the tools you need to save time on repetitive HR tasks, for a price you can actually sustain as you grow.
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You’ll never have to worry about hidden fees or having to upgrade to a more expensive plan: Charlie gives you immediate access to all you need, at a price that you’ll always be able to afford.

This way, you’ll be able to put solid HR foundations in place for your small business to scale.

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