HR Mantra
HRMantra includes solutions for staffing, induction, HRIS, attendance, leave, payroll, training, appraisals i.e. all such activities from candidate entry till the employee exits.
The beauty of opting for the integrated software is that one does not need to worry about multiple data entries, multiple master creations or data migration hassles. In fact HRMantra replaces at least 5 applications and has an inbuilt report designer.
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Features |
HRMantra |
Other HR & Payroll Software |
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| 1 |
Number of fields per employee-more the fields better and more powerful will be your HRIS |
More than 350 fields for query purposes making Employee related decision making process quite fast. Thereby savings lots of money also |
Less than 220 fields so if you want to add more fields, it will push up customization costs. HRIS is thus at least 50% less effective compared to HRMantra. |
| 2 |
Does the software have an inbuilt report designer? |
Yes provided free of cost |
Mostly No. You might have to purchase a 3rd party report designer like Seagate crystal report ( which costs Rs 3.50 lakhs) |
| 3 |
Is the HR & Payroll software completely web based? |
Yes thereby giving tremendous benefits and cost benefits. Thus there is no headache on client PCs. No reloading of exes when the package is updated |
Payroll module is not web based limiting the usability of the software |
| 4 |
Is the software available on a monthly pay per use basis from an ISO 27001 datacenter? |
Yes reducing your cost of I T setup to virtually zero giving you peace of mind since you do not have to worry about backup and viruses and it can be used 24*7*365. You also do not have to worry about power cutoffs in your head office affecting the software usage across the country-so business continuity is assured |
Not available |
| 5 |
Can you send SMS from the software to your employees? |
Yes vastly improving reporting times thereby reducing time required for business decisions |
No |
| 6 |
Can you do instant chatting with employees who are online |
Yes thereby reducing the cost of communication |
Mostly not available |
| 7 |
Are the workflows email driven |
Yes. For e.g. a user receives an email in his inbox and in case ofleave approval required there is a hyperlink in the body of that email-so when the user clicks on that link, it will direct him to the HRMantra login page and after he gives the user name and password, he will be automatically taken to the leave approval page. |
No |
| 8 |
How easy is it to go to your desired form? |
You are able to reach your form within 2 clicks -a dream for any web based software. Of course you can also click on your commonly used forms from the main page using favorites link |
It takes a lot of time to find the form going through a series of menus, sub menus and tabs |
| 9 |
Is the vendor comfortable in adding features and is it added in the same software for all the clients ? |
HRMantra willingly accepts requests to add features since it makes the client's work that much more automated. New features asked by a client are added in the same software which are then given to the existing clients thereby giving more value for money-it is like paying for a maruti and over a period of time exchanging it for a Mercedes |
They prefer to dish out what is available in the existing package and do not encourage more features. New features if at all agreed to be added are done separately for each client i.e. it is customized. So if the different client wishes to add some feature which they have already developed for a different client and since each such installation is a customized one, you will have to keep paying the vendor for every small new feature-so your meter is always on. |
| 10 |
Simplicity and accuracy of import and export of processed and unprocessed data in batch mode |
Yes. Templates cannot be manipulated by the branches and data gets collected in a very organized manner in a user friendly excel interface |
Not up to the mark |
| 11 |
Is the Employee / Manager self service available from just 1 main page |
Yes thereby making the task of approvals quite fast without bothering to go into multiple pages |
Not user friendly. One has to go in multiple pages for approvals. |
| 12 |
Security features |
Over 20 important features making your system quite secure including a powerful audit trail |
Quite less features making your sensitive employee data vulnerable and easily poachable |
| 13 |
Formula builders |
Very simple to use & quite in depth and capable of handling any kind of complicated conditions |
Very complex to use |
| 14 |
Leave rules depth |
Global leave structure with over 45 conditions with the help of formula builder also |
Very limited leave conditions can only be set ( less than 50 % of HRMantra's depth) |
| 15 |
Does it have a workflow administrator |
Yes to be able to configure any type of work flow with auto timed escalations |
Mostly not available |
| 16 |
Rules setting based on employee groups. Rules setting remapping is easy? |
Grouping can be done on 13 activities like payroll, leave, attendance, salary etc. Remapping can be done in seconds |
grouping can be done only in fewer modules like payroll and leave. Mapping is rigid |
| 17 |
Is the appraisal system fully present? (360 degree / KRA's / Competencies / TCD / BSC etc) and is entirely flexible? |
Yes. any system of performance evaluation is possible |
The depth is not there |
| 18 |
Does the appraisal module have options of giving scientific ratings to the total competency group / individual / final and overall basis? |
Yes |
No |
| 19 |
TDS calculation |
Accurate and easy to do with proper FRV calculation |
Not up to the mark and handled with difficulty |
| 20 |
Leave accounting year |
You have the flexibility of setting it differently for different employees for every leave type |
You cannot set it upto individual employee level |
| 21 |
Number of free reports provided |
200 editable reports. Users can change reports themselves without extra cost. |
100 reports. If you want changes in the reports you will have to tell them to change and they will charge you extra for the same |
| 22 |
Org charts based on direct & indirect reporting as also on employee reporting to. Plus tree structure also -all based on queries |
Available. Dual reporting also possible. |
Either not available at all or if available it is not in depth |
| 23 |
All statutory reports and challans of PF, ESIC, Income tax available with E-TDS integration? |
All available and fully integrated with e-TDS |
A lot of such statutory forms not available and clients will have to do the e-TDS integration |
| 24 |
Number of options that are given per HOP |
There are over 20 options per pay head e.g. whether HRA is to be included in arrears, increments, FFS, FCP, CTC etc |
Quite limited options available limiting your flexibility |
| 25 |
Late / Early / OT calculation |
Quite in-depth rules |
Sketchy |
| 26 |
PF Trust, superannuation and gratuity management |
Available |
Mostly not available |
| 27 |
Flexible Pay changeable by employees online |
Yes |
Mostly not available |
| 28 |
Can payroll processing be done from many locations using a centralized database server ? |
Yes since payroll module is fully integrated and fully web based and locationwise employees payroll can be done |
Not possible increasing the headaches of collating processed data from different regions. It also results in many errors due to manual entries and even simple headcount reports may not tally as distributed databases are created by different people and are updated at different times. Such data is always discounted by the top management and they have to always factor in some errors in their MIS projections due to such issues. |
| 29 |
Is there a maker checker facility? |
Yes thereby reducing data entry job of the HRD |
Mostly missing which increases a lot of HR mundane workload |
| 30 |
Claim management |
Very complicated issues of exempted and carry forwardable claim heads based on monthly & yearly calculations can be easily done |
Cannot handle complicated cases |
| 31 |
Can it handle complicated Increment & Union agreement calculations? |
Yes. Slab wise increment available |
Mostly not available |
| 33 |
Claim management depth |
One can create a basket of reimbursement heads and can pay off in any of the pay head in any month with bill entry provision to be split across multiple months |
Mostly not available |
| 34 |
Salary processing steps |
In very easy 3 steps as it is highly automated |
Quite rigid spread across many steps with lots of manual data entries |
| 35 |
Full & final settlement |
Accurate, in-depth, fully automated and online |
Not up to the mark and offline. |
| 36 |
Can a list of employees be automatically assigned to a user for e.g. can a head of a dept see only his subordinates data? |
This facility is available and is very critical |
Mostly not available |
| 37 |
Escalation in workflows |
Present in appraisals, OD, leave, claims, training, investment, FCP, staffing etc based on auto timers |
Present in lesser modules |
| 38 |
Is succession planning module available? |
Yes using the color band theory |
Mostly not available |
| 39 |
Does the staffing module have comparison of salaries with existing employees and salary fitments? |
Yes |
Mostly not available |
| 40 |
My task, opinion poll, suggestion box, contacts, jokes, home page message, discussion board etc |
Yes-handled from the main portal page |
Mostly not available |
| 41 |
Date triggers on the main portal page? |
Over 15 different types of date triggers like birthday / wedding anniversary / retirement / confirmation dates etc |
Very limited triggers if at all |
| 42 |
Customized thoughts of the day and other events greeting cards available |
Yes we have specially developed 100s of thoughts of the day and greeting cards keeping in mind the HR department |
Mostly not available |
| 43 |
Does it have detailed project management module |
Yes |
Mostly No |
| 44 |
Is Income Tax Estimation affected by Govt Budgets? |
Not at all. It is fully parameterized |
Yes |
| 45 |
Are all the salary recoveries & adjustment in payroll automatic or has to be done manually module wise? |
Fully automated increasing the speed of payroll processing, saving your time and money and removing errors caused due to manual data entries. |
You have to do all the adjustments manually increasing your drudgery |
| 46 |
Can arrears payment be done in salary or outside the salary? |
Yes both methods possible |
Thru salary only |
| 47 |
Can you work on multiple accounting years |
Yes you can keep shifting between different accounting years in a same window. A user can also work on multiple accounting years at a time |
No. You can see only 1 year's data at a time. |
| 48 |
Masters based on date of effect? |
Yes |
Mostly not available |
| 49 |
Are workflow steps easy to follow |
Yes very easy steps on the menu as also explained fully in the package |
Workflow is very difficult to understand |
| 50 |
Amount of work spent in developing the software |
Over 200 man years giving us a strong domain expertise |
Quite less |
| 51 |
VRS scheme |
Available and fully parameterized |
Mostly not available |
| 52 |
Method of attendance reading |
Any method of attendance can be captured including online attendance |
Lesser methods available |
| 53 |
Is 31 hour day concept available? |
Yes |
Mostly not available |
| 54 |
Induction module designer |
Available and fully parameterized |
Mostly not available |
| 55 |
Can leave encashment be done on an online basis? |
Yes |
Mostly not available |
| 56 |
Can arrears calculations be done on an online basis? |
Yes |
Mostly not available |
| 57 |
Any kind of HR Psychometric tests available? |
Yes. 3 readymade tests available ( ego state scale, role efficacy test and climate survey test). More tests can be added by the client |
Mostly not available |
| 58 |
Is the sales team management module linked with the HR software |
Yes we have developed a powerful sales & travel management software integrated with HR |
Most do not sales software |
| 59 |
Is the vendor developing complete ERP Software to reduce your total cost of operations |
Yes we have started working on accounts, finance & inventory management modules |
Most have no such plans |
| 60 |
Context sensitive help on every page with detailed transaction steps explained in the manual |
Yes |
Help not up to the mark |
| 61 |
Does it have the facility of an intranet mail server |
Yes. You can avoid the cost of purchasing a third party mail servers in an intranet environment which is not connected to the internet |
Mostly missing |
| 62 |
Can it pick up attendance data from a swipe card system automatically on realtime online basis from all locations? |
Yes giving you instant analysis as to who has come at what time. |
Not possible increasing the headaches of collating attendance data from different regions. |
| 63 |
Skin Editor to change the look and feel of the package |
Available and is very user friendly |
Rigid |
| 64 |
Interface with other ERP / CRM / accounting software's possible |
Interface with an accounting software is done by creating a JV file. Interface with any ERP / CRM software's can be done by exporting data in an XML format |
Lots of such features not possible |
| 65 |
Candidate data import from jobsites like naukri.com, monster.com, timesjobs.com |
Yes and from any other such jobsites as well giving you a great bang for money |
Mostly not possible |
| 66 |
Dashboards in every module with easy to configure layouts |
Quite powerful with graphical reports helping in instant decision making |
Mostly not present |
| 67 |
Employees can themselves fill up the attendance record and submit to their HOD for approval |
Very much possible |
Mostly not present |
| 68 |
Has the vendor also developed a sales CRM software |
Yes HRMantra has a very userfriendly and powerful sales CRM software with enquiries linked to your website |
Mostly not present |