About Sage HR
Sage HR (formerly CakeHR) automates the HR process so you can better manage your workforce.
Described as a software “that almost runs itself”, it not only automates repetitive tasks, it also frees companies from the burden of using Excel sheets for management.
Sage HR is a visual, user friendly Human Resource software solution. The dashboard can be customized and employees get a clear birds eye view of their goals, tasks, leaves and feedback for improved efficiency.
It offers employee scheduling with core functionalities like performance appraisal, expense management and onboarding-offboarding. Direct benefits of using Sage HR include reduced frequency of emails, data driven HR decisions thanks to the rich reporting and organizational transparency.
Consistently placed in the GetApp list of Top 10 Human Resource software solutions since 2016 and the winner of the prestigious Appealie award, Sage HR 24*7 customer support ranks a high 5 across dozens of reviews.
Android and iOS mobile apps are also available.
Key benefits of Sage HR
1. Easy to use
2. Very graphic
2. Great to navigate
3. Mobile apps for iOS & Android devices
5. Feature set that will meet your needs
6. Award-winning software and HR blog
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Features
Total features of Sage HR: 121
- 360 Degree Feedback
- API
- Absence Management
- Access Control
- Active Directory Integration
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Applicant Tracking
- Applications Management
- Appraisal History
- Approval Process Control
- Asset Lifecycle Management
- Asset Management
- Attendance Management
- Attendance Tracking
- Audit Trail
- Automated Scheduling
- Automatic Notifications
- Benefits Management
- Billable Hours Tracking
- Calendar Management
- Calendar Sync with Google
- Clock In / Out
- Commenting
- Compensation Management
- Competency Management
- Custom Fields
- Customisable Branding
- Customisable Reporting
- Customisable Templates
- Data Filtering
- Data Import
- Data Import/Export
- Data Visualisation
- Demographic Data Collection
- Document Management
- Document Storage
- Email Alerts
- Email Invitations & Reminders
- Email Notifications
- Employee Database
- Employee Management
- Employee Onboarding
- Employee Portal
- Employee Profile
- Employee Self Service
- Employee Time Tracking
- Expense Claims
- Expense Tracking
- Feedback Collection
- Feedback Management
- Geographic Maps
- Goal Setting / Tracking
- HR Management
- Human Resource Integration
- Inventory Management
- Job Application Management
- Job Scheduling
- Learning Management
- Leave Tracking
- Manual Time Entry
- Microsoft Outlook Integration
- Mobile Alerts
- Mobile Integration
- Mobile Workforce Control
- Multi-Country
- Multi-Currency
- Multi-Language
- Multi-Location
- Office Directory
- Organisational Charting
- Overtime Calculation
- Overtime Tracking
- Payroll Integration
- Performance Appraisal
- Performance Management
- Performance Metrics
- Performance Reports
- Permission Management
- Pulse Surveys
- Ratings & Reviews
- Real Time Analytics
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Notifications
- Real Time Reporting
- Real Time Updates
- Receiving
- Records Management
- Recruitment Management
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Requisition Management
- Role Management
- Role-Based Permissions
- SSL Security
- Salary History
- Search Functionality
- Secure Data Storage
- Self Service Portal
- Self-Appraisals
- Sick Leave Tracking
- Social Recruiting
- Survey Management
- Surveys & Feedback
- Talent Acquisition
- Task Management
- Task Planning
- Task Scheduling
- Task Tracking
- Team Calendars
- Third Party Integration
- Time & Expense Tracking
- Time Clock
- Time Clock Integration
- Time Off Requests
- Timesheets
- Training Management
- Trend Analysis
- Vacation Tracking
- Video Support
- iCalendar Support
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- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Easy to set up and run
Reviewed on 10/06/2019
Although we are only a small company, we were trying to manually record our employees' holiday and...
Although we are only a small company, we were trying to manually record our employees' holiday and sick leave as well as days in lieu, but found that we were losing track of vital information. CakeHR lets us keep all this information in an organised way, and lets our employees also keep track of their accrued allowances, as well as requesting leave in a more formal and organised manner.
Pros
I really liked the choice of price points, depending on the needs of your business. The user interface is also intuitive, and the calendar integrates well with Outlook.
Cons
The trial version didn't have New Zealand public holidays automatically included, so I had to add these manually.
Response from HR Bakery
Dear Nicole,
I'm so glad to hear that you are enjoying your experience with CakeHR!
There are a lot of features we keep updating on a weekly basis and, probably thanks to you, now we have possibility to import also public holidays of New Zealand.
So now, for certain, you can refer us to your New Zealand friends and colleagues, we are all set :)
With thanks,
Viktorija
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Cake HR - Solid Technology
Reviewed on 10/06/2019
Pros
Its simple, does what it says it will do. Personally I like how it syncs with the calendar.
Cons
I took a week off during easter. We have down on it a company day on Good Friday and Bank Holiday on the Monday. Both days were taken from Annual leave.
Response from HR Bakery
Dear Robert,
Thank you very much for reaching out!
I'll contact you directly, to go through Leave management once again, as mentioned issue can be resolved, a few clicks is all it takes :)
With thanks,
Viktorija

- Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
- Company size: 501-1,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Sage Solution
Reviewed on 3/01/2021
This software suite will allow managment to automate internal human resource processes, that were...
This software suite will allow managment to automate internal human resource processes, that were previously completed manually. This has improved our internal efficiencies.
Pros
What I liked about this software is the ease to automate internal processes.This software will allow a complete electronic profile to be created for all employees.
Cons
I found there was a bit of a learning curve to become a fluent user. This software may be problematic for non-computer literate employees.
- Industry: Chemicals
- Company size: 51-200 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10
Looks great and offer many modules and but the functionality of most of them is very basic.
Reviewed on 6/09/2020
Certainly cakeHR solves part of the management of my company's talent department, but it is still...
Certainly cakeHR solves part of the management of my company's talent department, but it is still far from being a suitable software for companies with more than 50 employees.
Changing any software in a large organization is complicated and I believe that CakeHR has a great potential to be exploited, so I still hope that they will listen to the users' suggestions and implement the requested functionalities.
It would be a good thing if they published the roadmap so that we could know how they are going to develop the product.
Pros
The user interface of the web application is nice. It is easy to use by employees for absence requests.
The calendar view is very convenient to see at a glance the planned absences.
The talent department likes the performance module.
Cons
General: The administration of the system is difficult. It is not prepared for companies with more than 50 employees because any type of grouping has to be done employee by employee, among other thigs.
Support: It is disconcerting, sometimes responding quickly and providing some solution, but most of the time, besides responding late, it gives the feeling of unprofessionalism.
Interface: Apparently it is nice, but there are some views, such as the user profile management, where they are limited to show in a single column each one of the fields, which makes very uncomfortable the information visualization.
Document management: It is extremely basic and not very efficient. It becomes chaotic.
Absences: It more or less works well, although as always, with little flexibility, burdening the talent department with avoidable tasks.
Expenses: The same, very basic implementation. For us to be able to use it in my company a couple of additional fields are needed (name and VAT number of the provider) which they promised to add before the second quarter of 2019 but have not yet done so. In general there are few updates. I feel that they were adding new features more frequently at the beginning of the year.
Mobile application: It is very basic, almost no functionality. You can't clock in/out from the app, which is essential these days for employees who move around. From support I was told to access the web application from a mobile browser...
API: Very basic and incomplete.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Simple, easy to use HR software
Reviewed on 2/07/2019
Responsive to concerns, no reliability issues
Responsive to concerns, no reliability issues
Pros
Our team uses it to manage our paid time off and remote working policies. It's super simple and easy to use and very cost effective.
Cons
The way it is set up is probably designed for larger teams and takes a bit of effort in order to see everyone's calender as opposed to only the individuals on your 'team'
Response from HR Bakery
Dear Matt,
Thank you very much for your feedback! We suggest using also our CakeHR app, that will help you to manage time-off policies much easier and it's more convenient when you are on the go :)
With thanks,
Viktorija
Sage HR FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Sage HR.Q. What type of pricing plans does Sage HR offer?
Sage HR offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$5.50/month
- Pricing model: Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Select your modules / price per employee, per month: - LEAVE MANAGEMENT $5.50* - SHIFT SCHEDULING +$3.00 - PERFORMANCE +$3.00 - TIMESHEETS +$3.00 - EXPENSES +$1.50 - RECRUITMENT +$200 *- included as standard There's a free 14-day trial! You'll only pay for the number of active employees.
Q. What are the main features of Sage HR?
Sage HR offers the following features:
- Asset Management
- Employee Directory & Database
- Expenses Management
- Onboarding & Offboarding
- Performance Management
- Reports & Analytics
- Scheduling & Timesheets
- Self-service & Leave management
Q. Who are the typical users of Sage HR?
Sage HR has the following typical customers:
Small Business, Public Administrations, Non Profit, Mid Size Business
Q. What languages does Sage HR support?
Sage HR supports the following languages:
Arabic, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Ukrainian
Q. Does Sage HR support mobile devices?
Sage HR supports the following devices:
Android, iPhone
Q. What other apps does Sage HR integrate with?
Sage HR integrates with the following applications:
Findmyshift, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Workspace, Microsoft Outlook, Slack, Slack, Teamdeck, Trelica, Zapier
Q. What level of support does Sage HR offer?
Sage HR offers the following support options:
Knowledge Base, Online Support, Phone Support, FAQs, Video Tutorials
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