Ascender Payroll and HCM 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Ascender Payroll and HCM

4.1

(42)

Pricing

Starting at $50.00 per year

About Ascender Payroll and HCM

Ascender Payroll and HCM is a human capital management (HCM) and payroll solution designed to find, hire and onboard suitable candidates. key features include career portals, social sharing, candidate data analysis, onboarding and more.

With Ascender Payroll and HCM, human resources (HR) professionals can gain insights into trends with deep analytics within employee metrics. PeopleStream’s mobile experience for HR managers and employees offers access to key recruitment data on the go.

HR teams can process employee payrolls and the employees can access payroll information through an online payroll system that provides live processing and auditing.

Ascender Payroll and HCM helps to automate time and attendance tracking by providing features like online timesheets, clock in/out functionality, scheduling and more. It also allows businesses to comply with federal reporting standards including 1095-C/1094-C reporting.

In addition, it offers workforce planning, learning and development management, performance tracking and social engagement tools.

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Ascender Payroll and HCM Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $50.00 per year

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$50.00

per year

No plan information available

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Ascender Payroll and HCM Features

Popular features found in Recruiting
Assessment Management
Background Screening
Communication Management
Job Posting
Job Requisition
Onboarding
Resume Parsing
Resume Search
Self Service Portal
More features of Ascender Payroll and HCM
360 Degree Feedback
Academic/Education
Action Management
API
Applicant Tracking
Attendance Tracking
Benchmarking
Benefits Management
Blended Learning
Boolean Search
Candidate Management
Candidate Profiles
Candidate Tracking
Career Development
Careers Page
Check Printing
Collaboration Tools
Compensation Management
Compensation Plan Modeling
Competency Management
Compliance Tracking
Course Management
Course Tracking
Customizable Branding
Customizable Templates
Dashboard
Direct Deposit
Document Management
Electronic Forms
Electronic Signature
Email Management
Email Templates
Employee Database
Employee Handbook
Employee Management
Employee Onboarding
Employee Portal
Employee Profiles
Employee Recognition
Feedback Management
Goal Management
Goal Setting/Tracking
Gradebook
HR Metrics Library
Individual Development Plans
Internal HR
Interview Management
Interview Scheduling
Job Description Management
Learner Portal
Learning & Development
Learning Paths/Tracks
Leave Tracking
Mobile Access
Mobile Learning
Multi-Country
Multi-State
Negative Feedback Management
Offboarding
Ongoing Performance Tracking
Payroll Management
Payroll Outsourcing
Payroll Reporting
Peer Appraisals
Performance Appraisal
Performance Management
Performance Metrics
Performance Review Management
Pulse Surveys
Question Library
Recruiting Firms
Recruitment Management
Reference Checking
Reporting/Analytics
Resume Storage
Review Cycle Tracking
Scheduling
Self Assessment
Skills Assessment
Social Engagement
Social Media Integration
Succession Planning
Surveys & Feedback
Synchronous Learning
Talent Management
Task Management
Tax Compliance
Tests/Assessments
Third-Party Integrations
Time & Attendance
Time Off Management
Time Tracking
Training Management
Trend Analysis
Turnover Tracking
Vacation/Leave Tracking
Wage Garnishment
Weighted Performance Measures
Workflow Management
Workforce Management

Ascender Payroll and HCM Integrations

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Ascender Payroll and HCM User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.1

Ratings Breakdown

36%

52%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.1

Value for money

4.2

Customer support

4.5

Functionality

3.9

Natasha B.

Verified reviewer

Financial Services

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2018

Easy Performance Management

Our Customer Success Manager has been a fantastic support for us along this journey. He is very knowledgeable and happy to help in any way. It took us some time to implement due to the project being managed by only one person - but this goes to show that it is a truly scalable solution for large and smaller businesses. We will soon implement the Learning & Development Module across our teams and know it will lift our training and personal development to a new level with this professional and well-structured solution.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Peoplestreme is customisable and is very 'follow your nose' in terms of employee and manager use. Dashboards are great to easy report on individuals, teams and also for compliance requirements. For a business which did not have anything in place previously it has helped is to implement a performance management program which is best of breed and best practice.

Cons:

There were a couple of items with our version which meant we needed some manual workarounds but with our upgraded version ready to go live next month everything will be resolved.

Vendor Response

Hi Natasha, Thanks for your kind words and the trust you put in us. This is the reason we come to work every day and hope the team can continue to add value to Northern Inland Credit Union and the team. Jean-Paul

Replied October 2018

Verified

Reviewer

Construction

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2017

Great affordable product

Saving on time and money!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The software is easy to use and more affordable than others on the market. The system allows you to easily find a candidate using the search function and has saved our company thousands in recruiter fees as a result. As adverts are directly uploaded to SEEK and our website the software has saved me time. In addition, the ability to mass (personalised) respond to candidates has saved me time and ensured a better candidate experience with our organisation.

Cons:

The software does not imped itself into our website to suit our style guide. It clearly looks like it has been added, rather than matching the rest of our webpage.

Danielle R.

Verified reviewer

Construction

201-500 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2020

System lacks basic Functionality & Oversold Product

Overall, my recommendation is to avoid this product, it is not worth the increased administrative burden that the modules come with. The product is expensive for the lack of functionality and the presentation of the modules.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Performance Management Module is only Module I would recommend purchasing.

Cons:

Customer Service: -Disconnect from the sales team and product delivery team -Sales team over sale PeopleSteme Modules that doesn't save time but increases administrative tasks -Product team provides workarounds to compensate for the lack of the system functionality once you have purchased the modules - PeopleStreme can't commit to timeframes for the companies 'road map' on new features System: -There is minimal automation provided by the purchased modules -System is extremely slow -Inability to bulk upload all historical data (e.g. Job Ads, Position Descriptions, Resumes) -Purchased modules don’t communicate to one another, requiring a increased workload for the HR team -There is no Employee Landing page that displays basic employee data (hire date, department, job title), which is collected from the Onboarding process. Sales team now tells us that this is only available to them because of their access permissions and not part of the package sold -Onboarding Module does not allow for cross-boarding to be captured in PeopleStreme

Reasons for choosing Ascender Payroll and HCM

PeopleStreme has a good Performance Management system. The company sales a false product of the Ascender Payroll as an all-in-one HR system, but the modules (eRecruitment, OnBoarding, Performance Management, Talent Management module) do not communicate to one another and require the user to enter the information more than once.

Reasons for switching to Ascender Payroll and HCM

To improve employee engagement and reduce the admin burden amongst the HR team, however PeopleStreme has significantly increased the admin burden.

Verified

Reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2018

Great cloud based application that manages the whole employee life-cycle for us.

Streamlined employee on-boarding and administration, greater understanding of employee performance and a platform to manage learning & development, as well as remuneration reviews more effectively

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Whilst the application is module based, all data is interconnected so that you can build a full view of your employees as individuals as well as a collective.

Cons:

A few more system configuration options as the system administrator would be useful, particularly when trying to build or customise reports.

Emre Ç.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2022

You should try

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

You can choose if you want to improve your skills, it does not take much time to learn thanks to its simple interface, it is easy to use.

Cons:

I didn't have a bad experience because customer service is always able to solve problems.

Adam B.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

201-500 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2022

Extremely disappointing product, promised the world and delivered very little.

Extremely poor. Leaves a bitter taste in the mouth.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We can use the payroll function, but only because we have invested heavily in the rollout. There is little point rolling our the rest of the suite of products we purchased as just after we signed the contract, they were bought out by Ceridian who did not intend to continue their product offering further than 18 months.

Cons:

Having to continually correct the mistakes made in payroll outsourcing through Ascender. The fact that as soon as we signed up for the product, the company was sold which meant that the products we were investing in would not be supported and developed after our initial contract term.

Reasons for choosing Ascender Payroll and HCM

it was the next progression from the software we were already using.

Reasons for switching to Ascender Payroll and HCM

the previous product was reaching its end of life.

Anne T.

Verified reviewer

Construction

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2019

eRecruitment - Effective, streamlined recruitment process, Peoplestreme supportive, responsive

Highly positive relationship developed with Peoplestreme. Useful tool in the management of high volume recruitment. Database functions highly useful and efficient for management reporting. Intuitive software, easy to follow and matches our company processes well. This is one of the reasons why we selected this module for our company. We have been impressed with the level of customer service and promptness in delivery of troubleshooting.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Easy to use, intuitive software that enables recruitment to work in line with our internal company processes. Highly responsive troubleshooting. Punctual support when needed.

Cons:

System inability to identify same candidate twice. Candidates that apply for multiple roles within company cannot be easily identified under search. Candidates within system are not easily identifiable as they are assigned by number not name.

Laura E.

Verified reviewer

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed February 2018

Professional, supportive,

Staff engagement and management of performance and development.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It's intuitive, adds value to the employee life cycle and engaging. The performance management module is streamlined and encourages ongoing conversations between the manager and employee. The software also promotes individuals managing their own performance management and development in a transparent approach. Reporting is extremely easy to use and read with the back end having the ability to push workflows and emails to outstanding items. PeopleStreme are extremely responsive to our queries and issues.

Cons:

That you can't be logged in more then once because as an administrator it would be useful to have several screens open at a time. Would also prefer the software not to time out and require relogin.

Vendor Response

Thanks Laura for your review and compliment. The success could only be achieved because of your guide and help.

Replied March 2018

Verified

Reviewer

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed July 2018

Easy to use and value for money

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Peoplestreme is quite intuitive and a simple to use system as a user. Our customer manager is approachable, knowledgeable and friendly and the helpdesk understanding, responsive and know their product!

Cons:

The backend doesn't seem to be as intuitive as the front end, however the support from the helpdesk etc made up for this.

Verified

Reviewer

Used other for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2017

I used PeopleStreme software in a previous role for over 9 years

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

* Easy to use * First class customer service * The complete employee lifecycle is available in this system with add in modules as required which provides flexibility dependent on requirements. * Regular updates and amendments to keep the system agile.

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