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# Grove HR

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> Grove HR is a human resources management software that helps organizations automate and streamline their HR processes.
> 
> Verdict: Rated **4.4/5** by 78 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Who Uses Grove HR?

Fast-growing businesses who are seeking a way to free up their HR off manual \& time-consuming processes, at the same time, inspire, engage, and develop employees every day.

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.4/5** | 78 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: KMS Technology
- **Founded**: 2010

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: US$0,00
- **Pricing model**: Per User (Free version available) (Free Trial)
- **Pricing Details**: Essentials plan (Free Forever): Core HR, Employee Records, News \& Company, Documents, Payroll \& Payslip, Time Off \& Attendance, Remote Onboarding, Recruitment, Mobile App (Employee Self-Services)
Perform plan ($5 per employee per month - paid monthly, or $4 - paid annually): Everything in the Essentials plan, plus Performance Management features - Self, Manager \& Peer Reviews, Project-based Reviews, Automated Review Schedule, Built-in Review Templates, Contextual Reviews. 
Engage plan ($7.5 per employee per month - paid monthly, or $6 - paid annually): Everything in Perform plan, plus Employee Engagement features - Peer Feedback \& Recognition, Polls \& Pulse Surveys, Company Social Feed, Interest Groups, Instant Messages.
- **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Chromebook (Desktop), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
- **Supported Languages**: English
- **Available Countries**: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Guernsey, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Isle of Man and 39 more

## Features

- 360 Degree Feedback
- Activity Dashboard
- Alerts/Notifications
- Applicant Tracking
- Assessment Management
- Calendar Management
- Candidate Management
- Clock In/Out
- Communication Management
- Compensation Management
- Document Management
- Employee Database
- Employee Directory
- Employee Management
- Employee Recognition Software
- Feedback Management
- Interview Management
- Leave Tracking
- Mobile Access
- Onboarding
- Payroll Management
- Payroll Reporting
- Peer Appraisals
- Performance Management
- Performance Review Management
- Progress Tracking
- Pulse Surveys
- Reminders
- Reporting/Analytics
- Resume Parsing
- Self Service Portal
- Skills Assessment
- Surveys & Feedback
- Task Management
- Tax Compliance
- Time & Attendance
- Timesheet Management
- Vacation/Leave Tracking

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- Knowledge Base
- Chat

## Category

- [Payroll Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30202/payroll/software)

## Related Categories

- [Payroll Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30202/payroll/software)
- [Human Resources Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/5/human-resource/software)
- [Performance Appraisal Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30061/performance-appraisal/software)
- [Recruitment Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30602/recruiting/software)
- [Internal Communication Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/31543/employee-communication-tools/software)

## Alternatives

1. [BambooHR](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/110968/bamboohr) — 4.6/5 (3108 reviews)
2. [Factorial](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/168685/factorial-hr-software) — 4.4/5 (312 reviews)
3. [UKG Ready](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/143079/UKG-Ready) — 4.2/5 (984 reviews)
4. [Employment Hero](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/144645/employment-hero) — 4.4/5 (239 reviews)
5. [Paycor](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/133745/paycor-perform) — 4.3/5 (3033 reviews)

## Reviews

### "Quite nice in the first glance" — 4.0/5

> **Huy** | *27 April 2021* | Nonprofit Organization Management | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: - The fact that it's free (at least for now) is good for experimentation, our org is analyzing some products to use so it's good to have a try before actually use it.
- Seem like an all-in-one solution for HR
> 
> **Cons**: - The onboarding is a bit awkward:
+ On the portal, when I already set up my company. If I hit sign up with google and my account already exists, should navigate me to the login OR log me in automatically. It's a little bit annoyed when I have to find the Login button
+ On the signin, is it possible to automatically find my company URL when I log in? Require an extra step to check email for company URL is quite annoying
- Why it does not allow me to set up payroll on 15th of the month???

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### "Great softare, especially customer support, but it needs a little bit more to develop" — 4.0/5

> **Marina** | *19 September 2023* | Entertainment | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Customer Service is the best\! On the market, there are a lot of programs for HR, but having someone who will be reliable and has patience answering all your stupid questions and listening for proposals for new features is a treasure.  The software is very easy to use and has a very nice design, which is also great. I like that other team members can update their profiles and have different levels of visibility.
> 
> **Cons**: I do not like the whole performance system and hiring part. Situation:  we are working now on the Skills matrix, and I want to have a skill inventory and skill map for each employee. This is very hard to do on Grove.  Also, we want to create for all employees a learning path that is almost impossible with Grove. The whole Compmay skill inventory is also hard to list on the Grove as there is no option for it.  Some basic statistic from the employee performance review is needed as well.  The system has a Goals section with is great, but those goals can be set up only by employees, not by hr managers.. And our team, for example, is very hard to do something self initially.  It would be really nice to have the whole performance system nicely refined for the future.  About Hiring. The problem is that there is no integration with other services. For example, we create a job post on Grove, and it automatically goes to Linkedin, Upwork and other hiring systems (I would actually like to pay additionally for this service). And when we get the candidates applying, we just reply to them from Grove platform.  Now, we publish to different websites and manually transfer candidates on Grove after initial review.  It is very time-consuming.
> 
> Grove HR helped me organise my company better. Install Onboarding, hiring, and other systems., have the performance review and also have the whole company structure in one place. This is a great tool for startups and small companies.

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### "Worst company, bad service (infact no service), Worst HRMS" — 1.0/5

> **Loukeek** | *12 April 2022* | Information Services | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Nothing, their service is bad. Their team sent us fraudulent emails claiming to offer a free trial.
> 
> **Cons**: The thing that we liked least was their fraudulent approach to luring companies into using their HRMS by sending emails about offering trials. We have received many such contradictory emails and when we caught them and questioned them their team just stop responding
> 
> Bad experience. I would ask other companies not to fall into this trap

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### "A potential HRIS" — 5.0/5

> **Verified Reviewer** | *13 April 2022* | Human Resources | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Easy to deploy, affordable price. This help employee engaged \& HR team manual workload reduced.
> 
> **Cons**: Internal workflow should be considered. Local payroll adaptation also a need.
> 
> We be able to utilize Grove for digitizing employee experiences. Overall feedback of employees also very positive about the products. The support team are well equipped with HR knowledge and product development team always listen to client needs.

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### "I am enjoying the experience" — 5.0/5

> **Amr** | *19 September 2023* | Industrial Automation | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Recruitment and Selection became very easy as well as onboarding.
> 
> **Cons**: The Leaves are not user friendly as well as the attendance plus the performance management
> 
> Fantastic System to be honest

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