--- title: "OrangeHRM Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice" description: "Reviews of OrangeHRM. Learn how real users rate this software's ease-of-use, functionality, overall quality and customer support. Talk to our advisors to see if OrangeHRM is a good fit for you!" source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/hr/orangehrm-profile/reviews/" page_type: "reviews" language: "en" --- 1 million+ businesses helped. Get advice Get Free Advice [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Human Resources Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/hr/) / [OrangeHRM](https://www.softwareadvice.com/hr/orangehrm-profile/) / OrangeHRM Reviews Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. [Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/hr/orangehrm-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/hr/orangehrm-profile/alternatives/) # OrangeHRM User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.2/5 - Total reviews: 188 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.0/5 - Customer support: 3.8/5 - Value for money: 4.0/5 - Functionality: 3.9/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 70 reviews (37%) - 4 stars: 83 reviews (44%) - 3 stars: 30 reviews (16%) - 2 stars: 4 reviews (2%) - 1 star: 1 reviews (1%) ### Most mentioned pros - Many of the requirements seem to be met OOB with OrangeHRM. Both the Recruitment and Performance modules in OrangeHRM are designed to build on a "simple but modular" philosophy. - They are the key areas where a small company can start moving from just "managing records" to "growing the team." - It also has an ap, which is great for employees on the field ### Most mentioned cons - Leave policies are a bit complex to setup. - On some occasions, when the solution is updated, we lose some of the custom settings we have in place. ## OrangeHRM customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 188 (page 1). ### Good for small scale project managment companies - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Vinoojan T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. This one solved our basic need for Applying leave and Time sheets.With the limitations we are using this for long. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Very user friendly and we can have all the basic details of us and even with trial version they are providing Check in out to capture attendance also can apply leave to get approval.Can view all the employee details and can update our qualifications,etc. Time sheets functionalities are there. you can track project and task with employee or subordinates. #### Cons There is no functionalities to track employees movement like promotions, increment,etc.Also Time sheets are there but can't assign to a particular person. Can only add to the project #### Vendor response Hi Vinoojan, thank-you for your review. The missing features you describe are available in all our product versions. Would you be willing to speak with a sales representative from our team, who could bring you through a quick demo and ensure you get the most value from the system? Replied August 2019 --- ### The 'Goldilocks' of HR software for small businesses - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Pharmaceuticals - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for free trial - Reviewed: April 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We are evaluating a few options, two commercial ones and this opensource/commercial option. Many of the requirements seem to be met OOB with OrangeHRM. Both the Recruitment and Performance modules in OrangeHRM are designed to build on a "simple but modular" philosophy. They are the key areas where a small company can start moving from just "managing records" to "growing the team." #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros OrangeHRM is more powerful than a spreadsheet but significantly less daunting than an enterprise system like SAP or Workday. If you value a simple UI and the ability to self-host, it’s arguably the best value on the market. The fact that it is open source means that if you self-host, you can extend and customize however you want. It is the most cost-effictive option out there. It also has an ap, which is great for employees on the field #### Cons Requires 3rd-party integration. Leave policies are a bit complex to setup. Native reporting is limited. --- ### Overpromised in every way - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Melea S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Internet - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: May 2019 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered We feel like we've wasted a year of resources trying to make it work. Complaints fall on uncaring and slow to respond ears. There are some great features in OrangeHRM, but not much attention is given to the essentials. We are walking away before our 1 year contract is up. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 1/5 - Value for money: 1/5 - Customer support: 1/5 - Functionality: 1/5 #### Pros OrangeHRM offers an on premise option if you prefer to keep your data in house. The mobile interface is nice and easy to use. #### Cons We were promised features that do not exist. It is difficult to use the system for timecard tracking. With the paid version we are only able to export timecards by person rather than in a batch for everyone. Employees are frustrated trying to track their hours throughout the week. There is no easy way to see how many hours you've clocked and holiday and PTO hours do not show in totals. Employees that work overnight have incorrect totals. Support is very slow to respond. We feel mislead about how easy it would be to integrate with our payroll provider. We are a​ small company with about 70 employees and no desire to export 70 files each payroll. --- ### Manage & track the human activities to improve the efficiency & involvement of the company HRM. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: nuwan c. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I'm able to track my day to day activities by using the system. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros 1. Can track the checking in time & checkout time of the employers. 2. Employers can apply the leaves & management can approve the leaves immediately. 3. Can maintain employers detail profile. 4. Can integrate with the fingerprint machines. 5. The system receives the emails both employees & management. #### Cons 1. There have some small bugs like When you add check in & check out manually through the system sometimes it not save at once. The user has to re-enter the information again. --- ### Among the best Human resource management software - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Bernard U. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Events Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. This software is very comprehensive and includes all employee records including leaves, performance and even time sheets. Highly recommended to any HR managers #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The interface is very user friendly and minimal amount of training is required to get a hang on how to use the software. #### Cons The release is not very stable and sometimes crashing may occur. The customer support team may also delay when responding to issues. --- ### Helpful Open Source Orange HRM software - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Sarath R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Customer services is very good quality.Every one easy to learn and understood this software, it is one of the good management software #### Cons Overall a good OrangeHRM software, none --- ### Great Tool to track Time - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jackson P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Time Tracking was made a cake walk #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I have 25 people reporting into me and OrangeHRM makes it easy for me to track their time and leaves. Adding team members to different projects is really easy #### Cons The support could be a little better. But over all I'm satisfied. We have an in-house support team who helps us when it comes to support. --- ### one of the best softwares for human resource management - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Juliet W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Events Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: May 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. One of the best Human Resource management software. I highly recommend it to human resource managers. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The system covers almost all the aspects of human resource management, including leave management, employee performance and asset recording. #### Cons The Orange HRM is not easy to setup and it is also not very stable. There is a risk of the system crushing and user losing all the stored data. This has happened to me twice. --- ### My team is able to Clock our time now. Awesome - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Annie M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Luxury Goods & Jewelry - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Time management became very easy and efficient for our whole team #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros In the past we used to track our time in plain Excel, but once we got OrangeHRM we were able to manage our time better and also visually see where we spend our time and how to make it more efficient and become productive #### Cons None. Actually none at all. In the past 2 years that i've used OrangeHRM, i've never had to complain about anything --- ### I use this every day to manage my Time - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: mukhtiyar a. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Biotechnology - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: July 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I'm able to Manage my time better #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros unlike many other tools that I've used, this one loads fast and it allows me to update my details quick. #### Cons The support could be better. The last time I asked for some info took 2 days for a response. Overall its a good tool --- ### Simplifying HR and Performance Reporting - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Alexia E. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. In my experience, I have encountered minimal issues while using the application. However, whenever I reported any concerns, the support team responded promptly and provided swift resolutions. Thanks to OHRM, the reporting process has become significantly easier and more streamlined. Without hesitation, I highly recommend utilizing this invaluable tool. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros OHRM has proven to be an exceptionally user-friendly and efficient tool for our team since its adoption in 2021. Its various modules, including Time & Attendance, Performance, and HR Management, have been instrumental in managing personnel data and facilitating the preparation of monthly performance reports. The application grants us easy access to performance reports and employee data, allowing us to filter and retrieve the information we require seamlessly. #### Cons I would appreciate having additional access to other modules within the scheduled report section, particularly performance and time & attendance. --- ### Perfect for HR - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Kishka Kay W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros This allows me to access all necessary information about me and my position. Also allows me to basic information regarding my co-workers. #### Cons I use this software as a restricted user so some things I am unable to edit. I use it more or less as read-only. Not a fault of the software, I say that to say because of how it is allowed to me by my employer, I do not have any complaints about the software itself. --- ### Great platform for project and employee management. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Manju P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Helpful to track our performance and tasks. Also, it is very easy to use and manage. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Very easy to use and navigate. In Orange HRM , we can always evaluate our performance and working hours. It also notifies friends birthdays. It is effectively structured and categorized. Which makes the navigation and usage more easily. It also provides a mobile interface, which is great in use #### Cons Sometimes when we manually enter the details and check in/ check out, the details are not saving for the first time and have to r enter the data again. --- ### Great tool to manage employee information, days off, and performance reviews - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Laura B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Hospitality - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. My experience with OrangeHRM is a good one in general, I am happy with the functionalities and the information that I have access to in the platform. Apart from making the calculation of the vacation days easier, I don't have anything to complain about. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros I think the user-experience is above average and it's easy enough to navigate the platform. You have all the necessary information stored in there and you can always check your balance, your performance, even your colleague's birthdays and anniversaries, which is nice. I like the way OrangeHRM is structured and divided into clear categories because it makes navigation easy and time-effective. #### Cons I think the calculation of the vacation days could be made easier. It would be great to see the balance left until the end of the year, instead of having to manually input that timeframe. But I can't tell for sure if this is something set by OrangeHRM or an option that each company can take once setting it up. #### Reasons for switching to OrangeHRM It was a company decision. --- ### Best HR Software I've ever used, and I've used them all. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Nemo A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Management Consulting - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2016 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered The value for what you get is amazing. It's extremely user-friendly (especially their new "eagle" version 6.1.) the functions is similar to your top-tier HRMS but the price was a fraction. I highly recommend it #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Top-Tier HR software functionality with the fraction of the price of top tier hr software. #### Cons None. --- ### Simple and Complete HR Solution. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Royce B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Product usage: Used unspecified for unspecified - Reviewed: June 2015 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered When in need for a specialized software in the work place and on a tight budget for SMB practices FLOSS software usually is my first avenue of exploration. Working as an IT consulting company for multiple vet clinics we were in need of a simple hr/time recording system that could be deployed within minutes and easy to maintain; something we found in OrangeHRM. We primarily use OrangHRM 3.1.1 for time sheets, attendance records and employee information. The ease of use for logging hours and pulling reports is dead simple and is easy to work with. Pros: - Easy install with multiple options and documentation available - Open source with options of paid support and hosting options - Consistent performance - Ease of use Cons: - Data backup is not built into the product (documentation for manual database backup/restoration available on forums) - Software updates are not performed from web console/gui - Feature sets limited to which product version utilized (most FLOSS products do this) - Reporting functions leave room to be desired Overall OrangeHRM is a fantastic product that can be easily deployed and setup within hours. With it's simple interface and user experience your office setups can greatly benefit from utilizing OrangeHRM. Keep in mind that if you are not paying for the hosted version/support you will need to take steps to ensure data backup policies and staying up to date with the software. Though this process is not difficult it is cumbersome and should be considered when weighing the costs and benefits in your decision making process. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 --- ### Simple to use - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Orange HRM has drastically improved employee interaction wit HR and leave application is simpler and one can assign the emails that are to be alerted when a person applies for a leave using the portal. One can also add a comment that is not mandatory to help the person approving to know the reason for the leave. #### Cons The units used in the leave days application are very confusing, and one may not understand how many days they have left. --- ### Best hr system - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: yoshitha d. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Ease of apply leaves and can view the balance of leaves very easily #### Cons Cancel of leaves much difficult and sometimes not indicate them for the reporting manager --- ### Good HRM - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Airlines/ Aviation - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We use OrangeHRM for our HR needs #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I like that the software allows you to use all of the HR features in one place, it is very convenient and saves time. #### Cons It was not easy to start using the platform as it is not much intuitive. Also customer support sometimes does not reply very quickly. --- ### Seeking to improve the quality of the service on offer. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Suzette R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Consumer Goods - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Moving from a paper based to a computer base system. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Leave features which include it allowing you to assign supervisors and having supervising being able to approve online. #### Cons It's inability to cut off leave taken at a given time, for instance, I would like a report as at Sept 30, 2023, if employees apply for leave beyond this period I have to manually remove the leave not yet taken otherwise it would include same. The leave balance would understated as a result. #### Reasons for choosing OrangeHRM It was able to provide us with a well needed report for management purposes. --- ### Very user friendly interface. Totally recommended. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: David C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros My family and I run a small business and OrangeHRM has been extremely helpful when organizing our employee information and records. #### Cons It would be very helpful if it would offer different options to make teams to work with our employees. --- ### Remarks - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Polly M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Civic & Social Organization - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: April 2019 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered its now easy to keep staffs records #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros its easy for use,light and easily customizable #### Cons pdf and excel reports are missing in the system #### Vendor response Hi Polly, thank-you for your review. PDF and Excel export of reports are available in our professional and enterprise products. If you're interested in discussing further please reach out to us at sales@orangehrm.com. Replied April 2019 --- ### Very good Human Resource Software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Andrew A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: September 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Very perfect solution and I really love it. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It's very easy to use. The interface is on point #### Cons There's a module I wanted but didn't see it. #### Reasons for choosing OrangeHRM It was easier to use #### Vendor response Thank you for the review, Can we know what is the module that you looking for ? Replied October 2020 --- ### HRM that works - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Anand S. - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Have used many HRM software in past, but I found Orange HRM simple and well organised. It also has capability to get it customized as per our need which makes it very flexible. #### Cons Well, to be honest OrangeHRM has been their for a long period of time and they keep on improving their drawbacks, and I guess community edition has played a crucial part here. The SaaS model should be improved little further otherwise everything is perfect. --- ### I want to use this with my customers - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Salman A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for free trial - Reviewed: October 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. well, i am from Pakistan, and i really want that someone authorize me to sale this officially all over Pakistan and in UAE. is there any way? #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Overall experience is good, i am happy to use it #### Cons if it is with payroll then it will be great #### Reasons for choosing OrangeHRM well, i am from Pakistan, and i really want that someone authorize me to sale this officially all over Pakistan and in UAE. is there any way? #### Vendor response Thank you for the comment. Please goto this page https://www.orangehrm.com/partners/ . You can signup for partnership. Thank you Replied October 2020 ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/hr/orangehrm-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- OrangeHRM Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice