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Mandla Naidoo

Managing Director · Horizon Construction Services

7 July 2026

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

Our 40 staff manage themselves in the app

Shift scheduling for the Mbombela branch runs itself after the patterns were set. Timesheets flow into approvals without spreadsheet detours. Reports export to Excel for whatever the auditors dream up.

Cons

App logouts hit field staff

4 people found this review helpful
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Lisa Singh

Director · Singh Packaging

6 July 2026

Manufacturing · 201–500 employees South Africa Used for Less than 6 months

Modules feel wide but shallow

The app reliability issues hit exactly our most remote staff. We moved the performance module to a specialist tool in the end. Field staff in low signal areas lost clock ins and trust together.

Pros

Zoho One bundle economics

Cons

Lost clock ins in low signal areas

4 people found this review helpful
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Tracey Cloete

Director · Richards Bay Freight SA

21 June 2026

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

Gets us there, with some detours

Good system that asks for patience up front.

Pros

Leave rules handle BCEA setups

Cons

Performance module is basic

4 people found this review helpful
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Lindiwe Cloete

Office Manager · Impala Foods

27 April 2026

Food & Beverage · 51–200 employees South Africa Used for 2+ years

Our 130 staff manage themselves in the app

It does a great deal, none of it glamorously. Support is offshore and the time zone maths adds a day to everything. The mobile app covers requests, approvals and payslip pickup from the HR folder.

Pros

Geo stamped mobile attendance

Cons

Offshore support with lag

4 people found this review helpful
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Brian Lombard

Klerksdorp Trading SA

20 March 2026

South Africa Used for Less than 6 months

Good decision for a 12 person company

Onboarding flows collect documents and bank details before day one. Custom forms captured our safety inductions without another product. It does what systems triple its price do, adequately or better.

Pros

HR cases with a proper trail; onboarding flows with documents

4 people found this review helpful
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Simphiwe Ngcobo

Director

13 March 2026

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

Our accountant in Potchefstroom recommended it, good call

The price per employee is so low our CFO asked me to double check it.

Pros

Onboarding flows with documents; pricing that reads like a typo

Cons

App logouts hit field staff

4 people found this review helpful
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Willem Maseko

People Manager

27 October 2025

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

Appraisals happen on schedule now

Appraisal cycles run on schedule because the system chases everyone involved. Public holidays load per location, useful with our two country footprint. Zoho One bundling made the whole suite cheaper than two specialist tools. The value for money argument ends every comparison we run.

4 people found this review helpful
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Bongani Govender

Managing Director · Govender Mining Solutions

22 October 2025

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

Good but not perfect for our Gqeberha team

Good system that asks for patience up front. The attendance app occasionally logs field staff out at bad moments.

Pros

Pricing that reads like a typo

Cons

Performance module is basic

4 people found this review helpful
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Katlego Moodley

HR Manager · Highveld Tours Supplies

22 August 2025

Hospitality South Africa Used for Less than 6 months

Doing okay for our 25 person setup

Good system that asks for patience up front. Documentation exists in volume and helps in patches.

Pros

Leave rules handle BCEA setups

Cons

Setup takes real weeks

4 people found this review helpful
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Naadira Du Toit

People Manager

13 May 2025

Logistics South Africa Used for 6–12 months

Full HR suite for less than coffee money

Good system that asks for patience up front. Some modules feel like checklists ticked rather than problems solved. The API connected our access control clocks in a weekend of tinkering.

Pros

Leave rules handle BCEA setups; aPI for clocks and integrations

Cons

App logouts hit field staff

4 people found this review helpful
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Boitumelo Zulu

Director

6 February 2025

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

Exactly what our 80 person business needed

Staff apply for leave in the app and managers approve from their phones. The value for money argument ends every comparison we run.

Pros

Geo stamped mobile attendance

4 people found this review helpful
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Nkosinathi Maharaj

HR Officer

20 June 2026

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

Good decision for a 40 person company

Attendance exports feed our payroll without retyping. The value for money argument ends every comparison we run.

Cons

Depth varies by module

3 people found this review helpful
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Sanele Fortuin

Owner · Klerksdorp Trust Holdings

25 May 2026

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

Frustrating experience for our 130 person team

Wide and shallow stopped working when our policies got deep. The workflow we needed hit an edge case nobody could untangle. Our ticket about accrual rounding took three weeks and two escalations.

Cons

Ticket resolution in weeks. Lost clock ins in low signal areas

3 people found this review helpful
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Priya Zwane

14 May 2026

Technology · 11–50 employees South Africa Used for Less than 6 months

Doing okay for our 18 person setup

It does a great deal, none of it glamorously. Configuration options sprawl until you map them, which takes weeks. Custom forms captured our safety inductions without another product.

Cons

Setup takes real weeks

3 people found this review helpful
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Kevin Sebola

Owner

8 May 2026

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

No complaints after 2 years

We came from a paper leave register and the change feels like a decade jump. Zoho One bundling made the whole suite cheaper than two specialist tools. Public holidays load per location, useful with our two country footprint. Our HR admin runs on pocket change and nobody believes me.

Cons

Depth varies by module

3 people found this review helpful
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Khanyisile Coetzee

Managing Director

26 March 2026

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

Powerful once configured, configuring is work

It does a great deal, none of it glamorously. Some modules feel like checklists ticked rather than problems solved. Reports export to Excel for whatever the auditors dream up.

Pros

Custom forms and workflows

Cons

Offshore support with lag

3 people found this review helpful
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Grant Ferreira

Director

10 March 2026

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

Still glad we chose it, 2 years later

Onboarding flows collect documents and bank details before day one. The org chart stays live off the records themselves. The Zoho formula: eighty percent of the features at twenty percent of the price.

Pros

Pricing that reads like a typo

3 people found this review helpful
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Thandiwe Viljoen

Garden Route Consulting Group

6 December 2025

Financial Services · 51–200 employees South Africa Used for Less than 6 months

Our 160 staff manage themselves in the app

Attendance exports feed our payroll without retyping. For SA companies watching costs this is the sensible pick.

Pros

Pricing that reads like a typo

3 people found this review helpful
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Naadira Smith

Office Manager · Smith Construction

7 October 2025

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

Happy customer in Gqeberha

We came from a paper leave register and the change feels like a decade jump. The org chart stays live off the records themselves. For SA companies watching costs this is the sensible pick.

Pros

API for clocks and integrations

3 people found this review helpful
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Kobus Buthelezi

17 May 2025

Technology · 11–50 employees Namibia Used for 1–2 years

Decent fit for a 18 person company

Enormous value wrapped in a workmanlike interface. Support is offshore and the time zone maths adds a day to everything. Timesheets flow into approvals without spreadsheet detours.

Pros

Excel exports for any report; hR cases with a proper trail

Cons

Performance module is basic

3 people found this review helpful