Avanti

Vorteile

Time management communicates with payroll, easy to use, very flexible, all kinds of reports can be extracted, analytics are awesome, but most important is their support team, when you have an issue, they are super friendly, professional and knowledgeable, reply or call in a timely manner and they are always there for you going the extra mile.
The company is always looking for ways to improve .

Nachteile

It does not communicate with benefits, and a little bit limited when it comes to performance management

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Very easy to navigate and intuitive platform. Updates and communication are always clear and timely. Managing employee information and payroll is much quicker and easier with this application system. Now moving over to the cloud with access was a great improvement. I recommend!

Nachteile

I don't have any issues that I need to comment on.

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This software has a lot of reporting capabilities and the onboarding set up and process is fairly simple and effective.

Nachteile

I often find the platform to be overly complicated, especially with regards to the access levels and role assignments. In the report designer feature and other capabilities within the platform there is often overly complicated coding needed which is something that as an HR employee I don't have much knowledge on.

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Avanti has been our software for 15 years and has been a great product. Avanti has a great support team should you run into any issues.

Nachteile

I can't think of anything that I did not like

Vorteile

User friendly for payroll processing matter.

Nachteile

Nothing in particular. The support only available in email format but still very responsive and knowledgeable in problem solving.

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I can still remember my first year end back in 2007 with Avanti. It was so quick and smooth! I was amazed! The support team is incredible. Reply is quick and always so very helpful. Running a payroll is so quick!

Nachteile

Securities is somewhat complicated in that there are so many steps. Understanding set up is confusing

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Vorteile

It was Canadian, it was possible to roll our current information into the system.

Nachteile

expensive to get started. It was alot of work but worth it in the end

Vorteile

Payroll is easy, I can report on pretty much everything I need, and year end is so much easier

Nachteile

It can be a bit overwhelming for one person because it can do so much but I still love it.

Vorteile

ability to customize and customer service is awesome

Nachteile

there isn't anything i can think of that i do not like

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Vorteile

Avanti is user friendly system and easy to change and manage it.

Nachteile

I'm a first user and just using Avanti system for a month and I don't have any least thing yet because I'm still learning abut the new payroll system.

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Vorteile

They offer a centralized hub for payroll and employee management.

Nachteile

User interface is lackluster and could offer more integrations.

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The Avanti system is easy to use, super intuitive and simple to teach to others.

Nachteile

It was a little difficult to get set up but once you did, then it was easy to use.

Vorteile

What I like about Avanti is the personalized quote or prices depending on what our company's requires. The customer support is also very reliable. They really go the extra mile to provide great service.

Nachteile

I did not experience any drawbacks per se but I guess the interface can still be improved that way it will look more "up to date".

Vorteile

Very easy integration with hands on support during implementation. They have an amazing CX support team, with quick resolution of issues. Very easy to learn the system, much simpler than other payroll systems I have used.

Nachteile

Would love to see the performance management system be more customizable.

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Vorteile

I love all the features with Time and Attendance, we just ordered the HR modules, so excited to see how the onboarding and Training features will look. I love the ease of navigating the Payroll module.

Nachteile

the only Con I have is on the Payroll side, it would be great if we could pull more reports from the Position, than just the Employee master profile

Vorteile

I like that it is an integrated system. The ease of processing payroll with the amount of reports that are generated while processing to ensure that all accounts are being charged correctly in your GL. The way you can customize your reports is also a plus.

Nachteile

The fact that it is sometimes frustrating when making changes in a profile and you have to change it in multiple spots instead of the system updating on its own. Also when adding new codes to profile and getting it to link with the web is confusing and not well documented

Vorteile

I like to easy of the calculations in the background of things we use to have to do manually, such as overtime and when a unionized staff went up a grid level (change in rate of pay). I like the reporting functions and the ease of making reports.

Nachteile

Some of the processes you can do on the desktop should also be available on the web services, for the same level of person. If I am an admin, I should be able to see everything i can on the desktop on the web. Also some features that were sold to me at the time of the sales pitch are still not functioning 3 years later. I do know they are working on them however.

Vorteile

Their customer service is amazing. Everyone helps with a smile. Never need to break my head on anything, because I can always call or email and get a quick response.
The multi dimensional reporting has been critical to understanding our schools costs.

Nachteile

The report designer is a bit complicated. The reports work amazingly, but I struggle to create new ones. I have seen other programs with drag and drop reporting, which Avanti does not have.
But help is a short phone call away.

Vorteile

Report writer allows us to customize reports and access information quickly for analysis.The payroll module is very user friendly and maintains all applicable employee information.Time & Attendance module allows for easy tracking and balancing of employee entitlements.

Nachteile

None. (I would have left at "none", but since you require a longer answer)Monthly maintenance fee once increased because we had a large retro to process, so they charged for every employee; yet other months were based on an average (high estimate) and when inquired, I was told it would change month to month. It does not. It appears as though they are fine to charge additional support (even though we didn't require any support), but will not adjust to real numbers if it falls below the estimate.

Vorteile

There is a great deal of flexibility to meet our company needs and our employee needs

Nachteile

The only issue is with respect to special programs created at our request, sometimes with updates we have to get our programs updated as well

Vorteile

It is so easy to use and navigate and the Client Care Team is quick to respond to tickets.

Nachteile

I feel there needs to be more "in-depth" information on report building. IE explanations of where the data is being pulled from. Also, the ability to have information on the same line of the report when using multiple modules within Avanti to build a report.

Vorteile

Hard to say I was hired when the product was up and running. the Support is great when you call in. Very friendly and helpful in a timely manner.

Nachteile

Difficult in building reports to access the data. Unable to populate a list of employee numbers from excel to only get data that is needed. The exporting of data into Excel is not user friendly. There are tutorials online, but they sometimes don't walk you through the entire process, so you land up calling in for assistance.

Vorteile

Flexibility to customize for our needs ourselves. with most other market products, that would require their programming and expertise, and increased costs as a result. Flexibility to define our own reports. Most other products on the market do not offer this, and you must pay the provider to provide you with the reporting and workflows you need.

Nachteile

Flexibility requires someone within our own company with high level technical skills. Avanti works for us because we have that. We could not have done, or do what we currently do with only Avanti support. Our internal technical person appears to know more about Avanti, than Avanti does.

Vorteile

Payroll is a straightforward process with entries.

Nachteile

Really miss the Manuals to learn and use the program. Reporting features could be really useful if a user could learn them, Is there "how to" manual or process to learn?

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I like that Avanti is highly customizable and effortless to use. The Avanti customer service team is wonderful and is there for us at any time we need them. I like how they are constantly improving their software and they make us part of this advancement. We get to have a say in what improvements need to be made.

Nachteile

Because it is highly customizable, I'm responsible for any changes that are made to Avanti subsequently.

Vorteile

The reporting ability to pull most fields in the system.

Nachteile

Moving to the cloud has created a few more steps to process and save information. We are not able to email or save documents as easy as post cloud.

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We mainly went with Avanti as we wanted Web time as previously we were doing manual timecards. It is working well, we have now implemented a 2nd and 3 union contract, there are some bumps in the road but we are getting there . The support we get is good.

Nachteile

There should be more mass uploads eg upload biweekly deduction amounts through a report on the Employee deduction profile. instead of having to manully enter each individual

Vorteile

Avanti is very customizable to add and remove areas that are not of interest to your organization. The reports are exceptional.

Nachteile

It is so much work to get this up and running. If you have a team on this project you will be fine. I am the only payroll administrator so I was switching us over and running the old payroll system all at once. But take your time and enter everything as you may one day want to access that data.

Vorteile

Love having all our companies under one search engine.Love the Excel ability for all reports.

Nachteile

being in Health care, which is new for Avanti, our contracts are proving to be difficult to program in the set up.

Vorteile

Payroll ease of use for a unionized environment.

Nachteile

Understanding pay groups. Difficult to grasp the concept at first.

Vorteile

I like the reporting and tracking system

Nachteile

I don't like to save the documents each time before viewing

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Vorteile

Payroll side of the software is great and works well.

Nachteile

HRIS is lacking and for this reason we don't use it, but we need to have a system that can do it all, so that we dont have to purchase so many other products to do what we need.

Vorteile

In-house system gives you flexibility to control and tailor your software as needed.

Nachteile

Sometimes labor intensive, when making system wide changes. We have 5 separate Data Bases, so it is repetitive.

Vorteile

The product is easy to use once you know how it works. Its not hard to learn the program.

Nachteile

When something goes wrong, it can take a long time for support to have a solution. It has happened on more then one occasion where we had to limp by while the team at Avanti was figuring out coding issues of their end.

Vorteile

It is very easy to use, also the payroll calculations are accurate.

Nachteile

If I release vacation pay in dollars it will not affect the no. of days, the no. of days should be adjusted according to the amount paid.

Vorteile

The product does everything we need it to do for our organization and is easy to use. Its the customer service that is the big differentiator and responsiveness of the team. We've been with Avanti for 15+ years. Its affordable, reliable and excellent for midsized or small organizations.

Nachteile

Speed can be slow for users but I believe that is being addressed

Vorteile

I would say customization and Automation of several tasks I used to do manually.

Nachteile

Support is not as good as it used to be and it seems we are now getting charged for things that used to be free.

Vorteile

Avanti is very user friendly in all aspects. Reprting is easy to use and creating reports is simple.

Nachteile

Only thing I can complain about is Employee Sef-Service, my staff have issues reseting passwords so I have to do it for them

Vorteile

Time and attendance works well, although there are occasional glitches with the break rules. The user interface is very nice.

Nachteile

allow for more fields to track things like diversity and language.

Vorteile

Being able to change things in the system without having to go through a third party is the best.

Nachteile

It need more development and troubleshooting for errors

Vorteile

I like how Avanti can create varieties of report

Nachteile

It is not easy to manage. It takes too long to learn to how to manage the system

Vorteile

Switch to Cloud was easy, I have been using Avanti since I started payroll position

Nachteile

Working on processes that better link ESS to payroll processing

Vorteile

Using time & attendance is useful and like how it brings it into payroll module.

Nachteile

It's not easy to set up / add as there are so many areas that are connected. Once used, paycodes, etc cannot be deleted causing tables to get messy

Vorteile

I can run and cancel payroll as many times as I want

Nachteile

It freezes some time and it gives us a hard time in logging in RDP.

Vorteile

This is the first payroll system that I have used, I found it fairly easy to learn. The support team is super amazing and has definitely helped me understand the system better!

Nachteile

The biggest area of improvement, for my use at least, is the speed of saving documents from Avanti to our files. It used to be very efficient but after the update at the beginning of 2021 it has become painfully slow.

Vorteile

Easy to use. The support has been very good.

Nachteile

Overall, there is not anything that I don't like.

Vorteile

Simplicity and basic features availabity

Nachteile

Less flexible, consumer feedback not taken seriously,

Vorteile

Easy to see schedule,book day off even i can check my pays. That one i used eith brenda startford oragnization

Nachteile

Overall everything good perfect good for them but we need internet for this

Vorteile

I find the system overly cumbersome, not user friendly and no ATS. I am hoping we can switch systems asap.

Nachteile

Not user friendly at all. There is not much I like about the system.

Vorteile

Avanti has all the capabilities to do what our organization needs.

Nachteile

Many features, navigating can be difficult