BrightHR

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HR software and guidance for SMEs

About BrightHR

We are BrightHR; the only software powered by HR, health & safety, and legal experts. Everything you need to simply manage your staff, all in one place, PLUS free tools to set your business apart.

We are on a mission to transform people management for businesses. We’ve been making life easier for employers since 2015 with our range of innovative software, are providing HR, H&S, and business support to over 90,000 businesses globally.

Our simple-to-use software allows businesses to manage staff holidays, overtime, sickness, and lateness in a click, and on the go with our handy mobile apps.

We are a people business. The market moves quickly and so do we. We put the customer first, working hard and always looking ahead, purposefully innovating to ensure peace of mind.

BrightHR is a digital HR manager, assisting companies with all aspects of people management. We give employers HR technology that’s easy to use, and advice that’s clear, practical, and jargon-free. Our platform analyses problems and provides legal solutions, with a library of document templates allowing companies to craft their perfect policies.

We’re dedicated to providing end-to-end management support, from the initial talent search to helping manage employees and handling difficult decisions.

Staff have access to Bright Wellbeing & Counselling, with a 24/7, 365 confidential & compassionate helpline for employees to speak to experienced in-house counsellors.

BrightSafe helps ensure compliance with compliance with regulations. Create and manage risk assessments, record any accidents in the workplace, carry out investigations and access a range of CPD and RoSPA accredited e-learning courses.

Bright Exchange offers exclusive discounts to an audience of over 1 million consumers.

And BrightAdvice gives a direct line to a team of qualified employment law experts ready to help when needed. A guaranteed support network for even the trickiest HR issues.

It’s no wonder thousands of small business owners trust BrightHR for all their HR needs.


Key benefits of BrightHR

Receive an alert as soon as an employee submits a holiday request then view all key information and any time-off overlaps before granting or denying it.

Create custom working time patterns for individual employees and accurately calculate holiday entitlement, including for part-time employees.

Organise staff into teams, customise their profiles and filter using key information. All employee information is accessible via BrightHR's Employee Hub.

Create shift patterns in minutes, and then review and share with your employees.

Use Blip (BrightHR's free clocking in and clocking out app) to accurately track staff working hours.

Manage staff expenses with ease and approve them on the go with PoP by BrightHR.

Advice helpline for employers to have their HR and employment law queries answered by specialists.

Support your staff with Bright Wellbeing & Counselling and your business will benefit.

Get free HR expert advice in a flash with BrightHR Lightning, the first of its kind in HR AI.

Advertise your products and services in front of 40,000 businesses with Bright Exchange, the free online marketplace.

Keep up to date with the latest laws and protect your people with BrightSafe.

Call our 24/7 HR and employment law helpline to speak to our qualified legal experts.


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Reviews

Overall rating

4.7 /5
(77)
Value for Money
4.5/5
Features
4.5/5
Ease of Use
4.6/5
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Deborah
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  • Industry: Individual & Family Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for Free Trial
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Demonstration of system

Reviewed on 06/08/2021

I had a really good call with [SENSITIVE CONTENT] to introduce me to our new Bright HR system....

I had a really good call with [SENSITIVE CONTENT] to introduce me to our new Bright HR system. [SENSITIVE CONTENT] was very professional and understanding during our call. Excellent customer service skills and understanding when the original call time had to be slightly delayed. Really pleased that I now have an understanding of the system.

Pros

Very easy to navigate...................

Cons

Not at this stage.......................

Response from BrightHR

Fantastic! we always aim to provide an excellent service to all our clients and are very happy to hear of this exceptional example.

Please do feel free to contact any one of our super-friendly team if you need support.

Victoria
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  • Industry: Translation & Localization
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source

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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Great support

Reviewed on 15/08/2018

Pros

It's HR all in one place - great for employees, rota and payrol

Cons

If you don't wish to subscribe any longer your a bit lost with all your data.

Response from BrightHR

Thank you for taking the time to post your review, we do have a whole host of reports available to export your data. If you need any support with these just get in touch.

Miriam
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  • Industry: Events Services
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1+ year
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Great for managing a large amount of peoples Annual Leave and Toil

Reviewed on 07/10/2022

Pros

Its an easy tool to request and manage your employee's Annual leave. The ability to add additional time off through toil is also a useful tool as its clear and transparent in terms of how much time you have left to take

Cons

There is a lot of services on the platform so sometimes you can get a bit lost when your trying to find something specific but over all its great

Stuart
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  • Industry: Medical Devices
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Email Support can be slow/poor

Reviewed on 15/03/2019

I've asked twice for help with Bank Holiday and leave carry over concerns and response was slow in...

I've asked twice for help with Bank Holiday and leave carry over concerns and response was slow in the first case and no reply to date for the second ?
Software is easy to learn as both an administrator and user, support issues leave room for improvement.

Pros

Ease of booking holidays and other absences.

Cons

Will not automatically add in Bank Holidays or carry over unused leave to next year.

Response from BrightHR

Sorry to hear about this issue, we're currently reviewing this internally so that we can improve what we do.

Deborah
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Bright Hr

Reviewed on 06/07/2020

At times like covid 19 all the support is at hand and is registed and easy to find

At times like covid 19 all the support is at hand and is registed and easy to find

Pros

Very easy to use and excellant support service

Cons

there is nothing i didnt like about the software

Response from BrightHR

Thank you for the great review! Lovely to hear this feedback.

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BrightHR FAQs

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BrightHR offers the following pricing plans:

  • Starting from: £4.50/month
  • Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
  • Free Trial: Available

BrightHR costs from £4.50/user/month (excl. VAT)

BrightHR has the following typical customers:

2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500

BrightHR supports the following languages:

English

BrightHR supports the following devices:

Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile)

BrightHR integrates with the following applications:

Gmail, Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook

BrightHR offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat

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