Bigger isn’t always better when it comes to finding and implementing the perfect HR software for your business. Here are a few reasons to consider smaller vendors that provide equally powerful solutions:
Personal Service & Support
When you purchase a solution from a smaller vendor you’re not only buying a product you’re investing in a partnership. Getting involved with a smaller vendor can grant you access to a wealth of expertise from professionals willing to provide you with an excellent attention to detail to ensure their product works exactly the way you need it to. Your support issues will be dealt with promptly and directly.
Increased Configurability
Large SaaS-based vendors promote Cloud technology to cut your costs, but they often require you to change your business practices to adapt to their product. This forces you and your staff to work the way their product works. With a smaller vendor and a more personal relationship, your software experience will revolve around the way you work (or the way you want to work), with configured processes and workflows designed for your specific organizational needs. After all, chances are you started seeking out new HR software because you wanted to improve your efficiency.
Reduced Risk
That’s right! Larger vendors sometimes bill you for months of configuration and consulting expenditures. Smaller vendors want to get you up and running on their product as quickly and as smoothly as possible. Why? They want your referrals! Marketing dollars don’t produce glowing references, you do. Smaller vendors are often founded to resolve fundamental issues with larger vendor software (including poor usability, dated technology, or a lack of integration to name a few!). They’ve recognized the need for improvement in these areas and have taken a leap to resolve the issues to ultimately produce a better solution.
Totally Agile Technology
Smaller vendors have the luxury of total agility; the ability to change and adapt technology as it suits the application. They are unbound to older ways of getting things done. They are also driven by current business needs unlike larger vendors who have to satisfy hundreds of long-time clients on very sophisticated but archaic systems. Today’s totally agile HR software is fast and flexible, and configured to suit your needs (bottom line: no more awkward bolt-ons!).
Better Value
Depending on the functionality you require and how you would like your software deployed (In-house, Hosted, SaaS), software pricing can vary drastically. Any way you look at it, purchasing HR software is a serious investment for small and large enterprises alike. With the direct approach to implementation, smaller vendors may be a more economical solution, but the true benefit to you lies in the increased value you’ll receive on the dollar. For all the reasons above including personal attention and support (plus many more!), the experience you’ll receive with a smaller vendor will be more attentive to your organization and how you want to work. Your success is vital to the success of their company.
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