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Wayne SitholeVerified

HR Business Partner

AgricultureSouth AfricaBloemfontein51 to 200 employees
4.0
27 May 2026

Leave requests left email and never came back

Managers approve leave from their phones now, which was the whole point. Data protection controls built for GDPR, which POPIA closely follows. That is the part that genuinely changed how we work. There are irritations, and none of them are the kind that make you look elsewhere. Worth the migration effort, which is not something I say often.

What works

Data protection controls built for GDPR, which POPIA closely follows. Leave requests and approvals happen on the phone without training. Document storage with e signature removed a printing step entirely.

What does not

Data is hosted offshore, which our information officer had to sign off.

Used for 2 to 5 years
FS

Francois Sekhukhune

Talent Acquisition Lead

RetailSouth AfricaPaarl201 to 500 employees
5.0
26 May 2026

Managers use it without being chased

We had leave in a shared spreadsheet for six years. This was overdue. Granular permissions that properly restrict special personal information. That is the part that genuinely changed how we work. Nothing has come up in the last year that I would call a real problem. If you are weighing it up, do the trial with your own data and you will see it.

What works

Document and approval workflows with a full audit trail. Document storage with e signature removed a printing step entirely. Leave requests and approvals happen on the phone without training.

What does not

Reporting is adequate rather than strong.

Used for more than 5 years
SW

Sibusiso WilliamsVerified

HR Business Partner

EducationSouth AfricaGeorge2 to 10 employees
5.0
22 May 2026

The audit trail saved us at a CCMA hearing

Managers approve leave from their phones now, which was the whole point. Granular permissions that properly restrict special personal information. That is the part that genuinely changed how we work. Nothing has come up in the last year that I would call a real problem. If you are weighing it up, do the trial with your own data and you will see it.

What works

Document and approval workflows with a full audit trail. Onboarding checklists removed most of the first week paperwork. Document storage with e signature removed a printing step entirely.

What does not

Data is hosted offshore, which our information officer had to sign off.

Used for 2 to 5 years
SS

Sanele SegwapaVerified

Chief Executive Officer

ManufacturingSouth AfricaMidrand500 plus employees
4.0
16 May 2026

Leave requests left email and never came back

The employee file being in one place made our last inspection straightforward. Data protection controls built for GDPR, which POPIA closely follows. That is the part that genuinely changed how we work. There are irritations, and none of them are the kind that make you look elsewhere. I would recommend it to a business of our size without hesitation.

What works

Data protection controls built for GDPR, which POPIA closely follows. Reporting on headcount and turnover is available without asking IT. Leave requests and approvals happen on the phone without training.

What does not

Data is hosted offshore, which our information officer had to sign off.

Used for 1 to 2 years
AH

Annelize HendricksVerified

HR Manager

EducationSouth AfricaKimberleySole trader
4.0
11 Apr 2026

Managers use it without being chased

The employee file being in one place made our last inspection straightforward. Document and approval workflows with a full audit trail. That is the part that genuinely changed how we work. There are irritations, and none of them are the kind that make you look elsewhere. Two years in and nobody has suggested we look at alternatives.

What works

Granular permissions that properly restrict special personal information. Onboarding checklists removed most of the first week paperwork. Document storage with e signature removed a printing step entirely.

What does not

Recruitment is a separate module at a separate price.

Used for 1 to 2 years
DV

Danielle van der MerweVerified

Chief Operating Officer

Security servicesSouth AfricaKlerksdorp11 to 50 employees
5.0
09 Mar 2026

Our employment equity return took hours, not weeks

We had leave in a shared spreadsheet for six years. This was overdue. Data protection controls built for GDPR, which POPIA closely follows. That is the part that genuinely changed how we work. Nothing has come up in the last year that I would call a real problem. If you are weighing it up, do the trial with your own data and you will see it.

What works

Data protection controls built for GDPR, which POPIA closely follows. Reporting on headcount and turnover is available without asking IT. The employee file holds everything in one place with proper permissions.

What does not

Reporting is adequate rather than strong.

Used for less than 6 months
JA

Jaco Arendse

Employment Equity Officer

EducationSouth AfricaCenturionSole trader
5.0
05 Mar 2026

Employees actually log in, which surprised me

We had leave in a shared spreadsheet for six years. This was overdue. Document and approval workflows with a full audit trail. That is the part that genuinely changed how we work. Nothing has come up in the last year that I would call a real problem. I would recommend it to a business of our size without hesitation.

What works

Granular permissions that properly restrict special personal information. Reporting on headcount and turnover is available without asking IT. Document storage with e signature removed a printing step entirely.

What does not

Data is hosted offshore, which our information officer had to sign off.

Used for less than 6 months
ND

Nomsa du PlessisVerified

Supply Chain Manager

Property and real estateSouth AfricaVereeniging2 to 10 employees
1.0
01 Mar 2026

Support hours never overlap with ours

The leave rules never matched the BCEA properly and we gave up correcting them. The honest position is that the parts we were sold on never worked the way they were demonstrated. It has cost us more time than it has saved. Test it hard during the trial with real volume before committing.

What works

The employee database itself is fine.

What does not

The interface is dated and slow. Support hours do not overlap with our working day. Leave rules never matched South African requirements.

Used for less than 6 months
KH

Kavitha HlungwaniVerified

People Operations Lead

ManufacturingSouth AfricaNelspruit2 to 10 employees
5.0
28 Feb 2026

The audit trail saved us at a CCMA hearing

Managers approve leave from their phones now, which was the whole point. Strong multi entity handling for groups. That is the part that genuinely changed how we work. Nothing has come up in the last year that I would call a real problem. If you are weighing it up, do the trial with your own data and you will see it.

What works

Strong multi entity handling for groups. The employee file holds everything in one place with proper permissions. Reporting on headcount and turnover is available without asking IT.

What does not

Data is hosted offshore, which our information officer had to sign off.

Used for more than 5 years
ME

Marisa Erasmus

Production Manager

Food and beverageSouth AfricaPietermaritzburg500 plus employees
5.0
27 Feb 2026

Onboarding admin dropped by half

Managers approve leave from their phones now, which was the whole point. Granular permissions that properly restrict special personal information. That is the part that genuinely changed how we work. Nothing has come up in the last year that I would call a real problem. Worth the migration effort, which is not something I say often.

What works

Strong multi entity handling for groups. Reporting on headcount and turnover is available without asking IT. The employee file holds everything in one place with proper permissions.

What does not

Recruitment is a separate module at a separate price.

Used for less than 6 months
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