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Employee onboarding software for UK businesses and HR teams

Elevate productivity and engagement for new hires with intuitive, automated HR onboarding software solutions from Sage.

What advantages does employee onboarding software offer?

From automated processes to seamless progress reports, see how employee onboarding software can help your business.

Boost productivity from day one

Choosing the right HR and onboarding employee software will give you a set of smart systems and tools that can help simplify your employee integration processes, while keeping your new starts engaged and productive.

Assign predefined tasks

Help new team members settle in with an onboarding system workflow builder. Easily create lists of predefined induction tasks, based on your own rules.

Keep track of new hires' progress

With an efficient employee onboarding tool, you can make sure your new starts are finding their feet and have the support they need to thrive in their roles. Monitor their progress with ease and reap the rewards.

Employee onboarding software: key features

Explore some of the Sage software features that can help transform your onboarding process.

Cloud-based

Store, access and manage all your onboarding materials, job contracts, and employee information in a cloud-based, central hub for you and your new employees.

Automation

Automate onboarding processes and tasks, saving time for you and your team and minimising the risk of missed induction deadlines.

Reporting

Get handy status reports that update as you go, so you can see exactly where each new employee is in their onboarding journey at any time.

Our HR onboarding software solutions

Discover the best HR and onboarding system for your business. We have solutions for small businesses with less than 25 employees, which also come with payroll included, as well as software designed for medium-sized and growing businesses.

Sage HR

Flexible HR modules for small and mid-sized businesses.

For small to medium sized businesses that want a modular HR system that will simplify processes across the end-to-end employment journey.

  • Simplified end-to-end HR system that’s easy to administrate
  • Core HR and leave management with additional modules for performance, timesheets, shift scheduling, recruitment and expenses
  • Modular design, pricing and setup
  • Ready to go out of the box, no implementation required
  • Establish a single source of truth for all your employee data
  • Automate people processes to reduce admin and improve productivity
  • Easy to navigate employee self-serve for better employee experience
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Sage People

Flexible HR solution for global businesses with 500+ employees.

For medium sized businesses that want to manage global or multi-locational teams from a single, scalable cloud system.

  • Highly configurable HR and people solution managed by your HR team
  • Core HR, attendance and leave, performance and talent management, compensation management with additional recruitment module available
  • Built on Salesforce, an enterprise grade platform
  • Team of implementation experts to get maximum value, followed by a dedicated Customer Success Manager
  • Meet multi-national, multi-currency and multi-locational employee requirements
  • Advanced workflows and configurable reporting to meet specific business requirements
  • Customisable branding and content per business area for personalised employee self-serve

Onboarding software FAQs

A cloud-based onboarding system is an online platform that helps you streamline the process of onboarding new team members and getting them settled in. It can help by automating time-consuming manual admin tasks, like sharing important information and setting up induction programmes for new starts, improving compliance and saving you time.

With Sage, what you pay will depend on which HR and onboarding solution you opt for, as well as your number of employees and specific business needs.

Sage HR  is a comprehensive option for small and medium businesses, for work on site or on the go, with pricing starting at £4.60 per active employee. It comes with smart absence and attendance tracking features, as well as onboarding, expense management, time management, scheduling, attendance tracking, and more. For smaller companies with up to 150 employees, Sage Payroll comes with HR features included, while growing businesses can also benefit from Sage HR and Sage payroll as a separate standalone product.

Sage People is ideal for mid-sized, global or multi-locational organisations. It enables organisations to transform the way that they attract, manage, engage, and retain people, wherever they are. Sage People is highly flexible and pricing is dependent on the number of employees, functionality, configuration and other factors. To discuss pricing options, please fill in our demo form and we'll be in touch by phone within 24 hours.

You can use our solution finder to figure out which product will be the best fit for you, or explore our support hub for answers to questions around our software and services.

Yes, cloud-based HR onboarding software can be a very effective tool for welcoming remote employees to your business.

A good online solution will help you navigate the onboarding of remote colleagues effectively, getting them up and running, and helping them feel part of your team, even if you're not able to welcome them in person.

By adding all your onboarding materials, job contracts, and employee information to your cloud-based platform, you can create a central hub that your new employees and their line managers can easily use whenever they want, regardless of geographical location or time zone. And with all of your relevant documents and information available online, your new hire will have immediate access to things like your annual leave policy, pay schedule and organisational charts.

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