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Mandla Du Toit

15 September 2024

Media & Marketing · 51–200 employees South Africa Used for 1–2 years

Perfect size for a growing Cape Town company

The core experience is great and the edges are rough. Public holiday handling needed manual setup for the SA calendar.

Pros

Digital document signing included

2 people found this review helpful
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Kiara Maseko

People Manager

25 August 2024

South Africa Used for 6–12 months

Switched on only the modules we need

Solid for people admin, thin for people strategy. The performance module is functional but rigid, our competency model did not quite fit. Approval workflows mean nothing waits for someone who is on leave themselves.

Pros

Recruitment module at a flat monthly rate

Cons

SA public holidays need manual setup

2 people found this review helpful
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Sifiso Coetzee

HR Administrator

29 July 2024

Food & Beverage · 11–50 employees South Africa Used for 1–2 years

Good decision for a 25 person company

Our managers approve leave from their phones between meetings. The mobile app is where our staff live and it does the essentials well. Small and mid sized companies without an HR department, this is for you.

Pros

Timesheets and expenses in the same app; org chart and approvals out of the box

Cons

Offshore support with time zone lag

2 people found this review helpful
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James Naidoo

16 July 2024

Retail · 11–50 employees South Africa Used for 1–2 years

Doing okay for our 28 person setup

The core experience is great and the edges are rough. Support is offshore and the time zone gap slows conversations down. We added the performance module for R14 a head and reviews stopped slipping.

Pros

Sits naturally beside Sage payroll; slack and Google Workspace integrations

Cons

Payroll integration needs consulting help

2 people found this review helpful
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Willem Baloyi

HR Officer

4 July 2026

Manufacturing · 11–50 employees South Africa Used for 6–12 months

Decent fit for a 25 person company

Very good at the basics, still maturing on the advanced side. Integration with our payroll needed a consultant to wire up properly.

Pros

Leave management staff actually use; onboarding checklists for new starters

Cons

Offshore support with time zone lag

1 people found this review helpful
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Dineo Bester

People Manager · Protea Digital Services

3 July 2026

Technology · 51–200 employees South Africa Used for 6–12 months

Good but not perfect for our Polokwane team

Very good at the basics, still maturing on the advanced side. Support is offshore and the time zone gap slows conversations down. The announcements feature replaced the notice board nobody read.

Pros

Great self service mobile app adoption

Cons

Performance module is rigid

1 people found this review helpful
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Megan Ferreira

Owner

3 July 2026

Nonprofit · 11–50 employees South Africa Used for 2+ years

Expected better, Centurion customer

Costs crept module by module until the total stopped making sense. Our disciplinary process needed documentation the system simply cannot hold properly.

Pros

Published rand pricing per employee

Cons

Recruitment module overpriced for small firms. Costs crept up module by module

1 people found this review helpful
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Feroza Ismail

Practice Manager · Karoo Properties and Sons

1 July 2026

Real Estate South Africa Used for 1–2 years

Perfect size for a growing Umhlanga company

Solid for people admin, thin for people strategy. Support is offshore and the time zone gap slows conversations down.

Pros

Published rand pricing per employee

Cons

Module costs stack up

1 people found this review helpful
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Tumelo Hendricks

Bateleur Brokers

22 June 2026

Financial Services · 51–200 employees South Africa Used for 2+ years

Approvals on the phone between site visits

We like it, with the usual caveats of a young product. Support is offshore and the time zone gap slows conversations down.

Pros

Slack and Google Workspace integrations

1 people found this review helpful
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Sifiso Hadebe

Practice Manager · Polokwane Print Holdings

3 June 2026

South Africa Used for 1–2 years

Frustrating experience for our 14 person team

It handles simple HR, and our HR stopped being simple. The EE and skills development reporting gap is a real problem for SA companies our size. Exports became our workaround for everything, which defeats the point.

Cons

Costs crept up module by module. Support weak on SA labour specifics

1 people found this review helpful
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Vinesh Cloete

People Manager

24 May 2026

South Africa Used for 1–2 years

HR admin for 300 staff without an HR department

Solid for people admin, thin for people strategy. Integration with our payroll needed a consultant to wire up properly. Support responded to our setup questions within a day, with actual answers.

Cons

Advanced policy logic is not configurable

1 people found this review helpful
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Wynand Swanepoel

Practice Manager

17 May 2026

Logistics · 51–200 employees South Africa Used for 1–2 years

Working well for our 60 person team

As the office manager, HR admin used to eat a third of my week. Not anymore. Leave liability reporting made our year end provision calculation trivial. Documents get signed digitally, contracts and policies included.

1 people found this review helpful
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Ronel Govender

HR Manager · Govender Attorneys Solutions

3 May 2026

Legal · 1–10 employees South Africa Used for 6–12 months

Exactly what our 6 person business needed

Performance reviews happened on schedule this year for the first time ever. The 30 day trial with our real org chart is what convinced the exco.

1 people found this review helpful
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Vinesh Grobler

People Manager · Kalahari Security Group

2 May 2026

South Africa Used for 2+ years

Decent fit for a 130 person company

We like it, with the usual caveats of a young product. Integration with our payroll needed a consultant to wire up properly.

Cons

Payroll integration needs consulting help

1 people found this review helpful
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Meera Oosthuizen

Upington Properties

25 April 2026

Real Estate · 11–50 employees South Africa Used for 2+ years

Small company HR that punches above its weight

Solid for people admin, thin for people strategy. Public holiday handling needed manual setup for the SA calendar. Workflows adapt to how we actually work rather than forcing a process on us.

Cons

Advanced policy logic is not configurable

1 people found this review helpful
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Wayne Vermeulen

Director

24 April 2026

Logistics · 11–50 employees South Africa Used for 6–12 months

Great for leave, average for performance

Good value, as long as your needs match the modules. Integration with our payroll needed a consultant to wire up properly.

Cons

No employment equity reporting

1 people found this review helpful
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Kagiso Sithole

HR Officer · Cape Town Attorneys Works

12 April 2026

Legal · 11–50 employees Zambia Used for Less than 6 months

Decent fit for a 45 person company

We like it, with the usual caveats of a young product. Support is offshore and the time zone gap slows conversations down. Leave liability reporting made our year end provision calculation trivial.

Pros

Leave management staff actually use; leave liability reports for year end

1 people found this review helpful
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Ronel Erasmus

Umhlanga Trading Studio

7 April 2026

Retail · 1–10 employees South Africa Used for 2+ years

Expected better, Kimberley customer

For the recruitment module price I expected far more than a pipeline board. The EE and skills development reporting gap is a real problem for SA companies our size.

Cons

Feature roadmap promises kept slipping. Recruitment module overpriced for small firms

1 people found this review helpful
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Kiara Jacobs

HR Manager · Jacobs Distributors

10 March 2026

South Africa Used for 2+ years

Happy customer in Klerksdorp

For a Springs company of our size the pricing calculator made the decision easy. Core HR at R28 per employee makes the budget conversation short. Our HR admin finally feels like a solved problem.

Pros

Timesheets and expenses in the same app

1 people found this review helpful
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Hannelie Williams

Owner

26 February 2026

Healthcare · 11–50 employees South Africa Used for 2+ years

Modules add up quicker than you expect

The gap between the demo and daily reality was wide for us. Our disciplinary process needed documentation the system simply cannot hold properly.

Cons

Feature roadmap promises kept slipping

1 people found this review helpful