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ELMO Software is a cloud-based solution that helps organisations to effectively manage their people, process and pay.

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Pros:

This software is so simple to implement and once implemented it has saved myself and other managers so much time.

Cons:

One issue was with external training as this was very limited for what we need it for.

ELMO Software ratings

Average score

Ease of Use
4.6
Customer Service
4.4
Features
4.4
Value for Money
4.4

Likelihood to recommend

8.4/10

ELMO Software has an overall rating of 4.5 out 5 stars based on 239 user reviews on Capterra.

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Tom
Tom
OT Engineer in Australia
Verified LinkedIn User
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

A happy user

5.0 12 months ago

Pros:

Dashboard, online form and online course.

Cons:

None

ELMO Software Response

11 months ago

Thanks so much for your review, Tom. We hope you continue to enjoy using ELMO Software. Kind regards, ELMO

Katie
Capability & Engagement Manager in Australia
Wine & Spirits, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Very happy with the software and the service offered by ELMO

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

The implementation was seamless and the staff at ELMO go over and above to ensure you get the most out of the system. We have gained the most benefits out of the Onboarding, Learning & Performance modules.

Cons:

Some limitations in the rostering software but ELMO are very proactive in continuously developing and improving the software

ELMO Software Response

2 years ago

Thanks for a great review, Katie! We love to hear that you have found ELMO's Implementation team and cloud-based solutions helpful to your oranisation. We look forward to continuing to support your business. Kind regards, ELMO Team

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Hospital & Health Care, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Good system - more suited to Offices than Hospitals

3.0 2 years ago

Comments: Easy to use, just have to put in more effort on our part to make it work for us.

Pros:

Visually ELMO is easy to navigate and logical to use. Suits us for performance reviews and new starters.

Cons:

Reporting. We would like to be able to get learning hours in a report that is "good looking" not having to download a csv file only to then have to filter, sort and "make pretty" for use. This is important to us because learning hour are required for Nurses to keep their qualifications and certifications. Also, most of the help received by ELMO System Experts could do with some improvement. They don't seem to understand the needs of the client/customer when working with them to come up with solutions.

ELMO Software Response

2 years ago

We really appreciate the time you've taken to write a review. ELMO's Dashboards feature, under Analytics, can help you create user-friendly charts that can be easily exported. Your system administrator can reach out to your Account Manager to work out solutions specific to this feature. Kind regards, ELMO team

Helena
P&C Manager in New Zealand
Hospital & Health Care, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Great everyday use

4.0 4 months ago

Comments: I have thoroughly enjoyed using this system.

Pros:

The ease to pick-up and learn this platform, back end. I have used other products that have been far more complicated.

Cons:

There are limitations, as with all systems. The 2 way integration with ELMO pay is a particular pain point resulting in duplication of work effort and not being able to create reports in Analytics combining HR Core and Payroll

Bhawna
HR Manager in Australia
Nonprofit Organization Management, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

HRIS Feedback

4.0 6 months ago

Comments: The overall experience has been great so far.Suits to the organisational needs.Looking forward to more features.

Pros:

It suits the business requirement.Has some great features.The concept of updating the system from time to time is excellent, which means the employer doesn't have to look for other options and upgrade the system as per the latest software.

Cons:

Yes, like downloading the course material.Currently, there is no option to download the course handbook, and after assigning the course to staff, the employee raised such a request.

Varun
Service Delivery Lead - ICT & Cloud in Fiji
Telecommunications, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

360 Employee Management

5.0 12 months ago

Comments: ELMO provides you a platform to manage your daily HR operations through a system driven governed process. From on-boarding, recruitment, leave management, performance tracking and internal workflow management to handling employee exit.

Cons:

Some fields require manual addition to sections. Option for duplicates not present.

ELMO Software Response

11 months ago

Hi Varun, Thanks for your review and for your feedback. We've passed this on to our Product Development team. We hope you continue to enjoy ELMO's Performance Management. Best wishes, ELMO

Adam
Adam
Learning and Development Officer in Australia
Verified LinkedIn User
Government Administration, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

All in one HR?

3.0 3 years ago

Comments: It does it's job, but the user interface and functionality leave a lot to be desired. The only way to get answers to questions is through logging a ticket, and this can sometimes take a while to get a response. This can be frustrating when the issue is timely.

Pros:

We use ELMO to track compliance courses, as well as track performance appraisals. It does both of these jobs well enough.

Cons:

The course building application is woefully restricting and dated. We don't use it anymore, and create eLearning modules in a different program to upload into ELMO.

noel
collector in Australia
Hospital & Health Care, 5,001–10,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

stress management

5.0 9 months ago

Pros:

great for continous learning and imprivement

Cons:

not able to integrate to the whole range of users.

ELMO Software Response

8 months ago

Thanks so much for the review, Noel! We hope you continue to enjoy ELMO's learning management solution. Best wishes, ELMO Team

celine
Registered Nurse in Australia
Hospital & Health Care, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

10

5.0 4 months ago

Comments: excellent

Pros:

easy learning and keeping the the record of my health learning

Cons:

Each time entering username and password

Andrey
Data architect in Australia
Insurance Software, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Pretty intuitive and easy to use.

5.0 3 months ago

Pros:

ELMO Software is a standout tool in HR management. Its comprehensive suite of solutions is incredibly user-friendly, covering everything from onboarding to payroll and performance management. The versatility of the platform truly shines when coordinating a multitude of HR tasks. The real-time data insights provided are second to none, allowing for actionable decisions to improve workforce engagement and productivity. Additionally, ELMO's commitment to integrating with existing systems makes implementation smooth and hassle-free.

Cons:

Cannot really think of anything, the whole thing is pretty intuitive and easy to use.

Frank
Learning & Development Manager in New Zealand
Financial Services Software, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Great overall quality of platform for money spent with good customer service and support throughout.

4.0 6 years ago

Comments: Centralised HR Platform where we can design, manage and report on the three critical people stages for us in our business, which are Recruitment, On-boarding and Learning.

Pros:

I think the ease of use and implementation of each of the three modules we currently have; recruitment, on-boarding and learning (including course library) is the main benefit for our business wanting to design and deploy learning modules quickly to our employees, but also makes it easier to implement best practice processes for these which improve workplace efficiencies in how we manage our most important resource, our 'people' component. The features and functionality of the learning management system I think are really seamless and useful in getting learning modules quickly and effectively produced for our network, so then we can data-mine on this for reporting purposes and auditing. Having nearly everything automated and available in the end-to-end process of HR, makes it extrememly beneficial for a business to manage the processes and have one portal with all the critical information gathered into. In addition, since the system is a cloud-based software and being client-centric, when we have enhancements to voice, the ELMO Team consider these for future changes and iterations of the platform, making it better and evolving it out for the clients it's designed for.

Cons:

The ELMO Survey tool and functionality requires some further enhancements to be made to ensure that it provides more granular data for clients (e.g. like Survey Monkey's design), as this will assist us in drilling down further with certain users/learners of the portal to see for example, how long and how many attempts they take for completing compliance modules etc.

Kim
L&D Business partner in Australia
Financial Services Software, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

ELMO learning is great

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

User friendly and great after sales support

Cons:

it would be good to be able to assign 'course managers' so that other people in the business (other than admins) can manage attendance of specific training in their business units etc.

ELMO Software Response

2 years ago

Hi Kim. Thanks so much for taking the time to leave us a great review. Your feedback has been passed on to our Product Development team. Kind regards, ELMO

Daria
L&D Manager in Australia
Nonprofit Organization Management, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Learning module

4.0 4 years ago

Pros:

Ease of use initially, generally the administration of courses etc is easy, the coursebuilder is good too and is getting easier to use with recent updates.

Cons:

More functionality and features for L&D would be great. Better options for pointing users directly to a specific course for sign up. More options for content management and curation within the Learning module.

jurgens
Supervisor in Australia
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

safe and secure

5.0 12 months ago

Comments: Great-used ELMO training for my SERT 4 TAC a few years ago

Pros:

Good integration with daily workflow, and compiled in a very respectful towards the learner

Cons:

Not difficult at all, very understanding and easy to learn

ELMO Software Response

11 months ago

Hi Jurgens, Thanks for your review. It is great to hear that you find ELMO's Learning Management System so helpful with your training. Best wishes, ELMO Team

Jen
HR LD Manager in Australia
Education Management, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Elmo LMS

3.0 last year

Pros:

Easy for users to use when selecting and completing modules

Cons:

Difficult & time consuming to set up Requires prior knowledge & skills of HTML coding Build platform confusing Desktop and Mobile must be built separately - duplication Mobile has no working flash, plain text only so user experience not engaging Restrictive on videos, pictures and file attachment size

ELMO Software Response

11 months ago

Thanks so much for your review, Jen. We are glad that you find ELMO's Learning Management System easy to use. If you ever need any more help, your system administrator can reach out to your Account Manager for support and additional training to ensure you get the most out of the platform. Kind regards, ELMO Team

Lincoln
Security Officer in Australia
Security & Investigations, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

ELMO work training

5.0 12 months ago

Comments: I have used it for a number of years to keep my learning up to date.

Pros:

its easy and fun to use. I enjoy the interactive aspects. the hover over sections are always interesting to look into. the questions at the end are some times tricky but always informative.

Cons:

it's a difficult question, because its very streamlined and easy to use. i get reminders and updates. i couldn't say i like anything least or more.

ELMO Software Response

11 months ago

Hi Lincoln. Thanks so much for taking the time to leave us a review. It is great to hear that you have had a great experience using ELMO's Learning Management System for your training. Best wishes, ELMO Software.

Carol
Senior Manager Learning and Development in New Zealand
Civil Engineering, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

We use the standard modules available from ELMO and edit them in the Editor software provided.

4.0 5 years ago

Comments: Easy to use and maintain. Good coverage of learning topics within the 400 topics available.

Pros:

Good range of topics, covers the basics for compliance and has a mix of information and quiz items all of which can be modified/edited to our company needs. Simple to use and easy to maintain.

Cons:

While the modules have sound instructional design and get the job done, they are not highly sophisticated or overly glossy. Having said that, we paid for a good solid offering to cover the needs of people on the go, who need to get the information quickly and efficiently.

Daniel
People and Culture in Australia
Human Resources, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Good software

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Very positive

Pros:

Excellent product- has allowed us to bring training , onboarding and payroll and a Human resource database into one system

Cons:

Document attachment could be larger to allow bigger documents to be saved

ELMO Software Response

2 years ago

Hi Daniel. We really appreciate the time you've taken to provide such great feedback. Your feedback has been passed on to our Product Development team. We hope your organisation continues to benefits from using ELMO's cloud-based solutions. Best wishes, ELMO Team

Andre
Head of Department in Australia
Real Estate, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Great Software

5.0 12 months ago

Comments: A very user friendly software that helps with my daily work

Pros:

Easy to use for my employee's performance review

Cons:

I don't have encounter any during my usage

ELMO Software Response

11 months ago

Hi Andre, Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. It is great to hear that you find ELMO's Performance Management solution helpful and easy to use. Best wishes, ELMO Team

Shamal
Assistant Engineer in Fiji
Telecommunications, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

ELMO Feedback

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: Good experience

Pros:

Great management software. Brings transparency to ones performance

Cons:

I did not have any bad experience with this software.

ELMO Software Response

2 years ago

Thanks for the review, Shamal! It is great to hear that you have had a positive experience using ELMO's Performance Management solution. Best wishes, ELMO

Andrew
Care coordinator in Australia
Nonprofit Organization Management, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Great platform

5.0 11 months ago

Comments: easy to use, great way to merge leave, HR and learning modules in one system.

Pros:

being able to see things such as forecasted leave helps an employee to work out when they can take leave etc. being able to share recognition with peers and for the company to see it also is great.

Cons:

perhaps the forecasted leave could be on the home page of the leave? just sometimes a little annoying to go through different pages to find out?

ELMO Software Response

11 months ago

Hi Andrew, Thanks so much for your review and it's great to hear about your positive experience using ELMO's cloud-based solutions. We've passed your feedback regarding forecasted leave on to our Product Development team. Best wishes, ELMO

Cody
Administration in Australia
Education Management, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

STAY AWAY!

1.0 4 years ago

Pros:

Looks pretty nice colours sales people will tell you anything you want to hear

Cons:

The sales team promises you everything, but doesn’t know how the system works. The payroll package is only part built and only partly functioning. Stay away!

Robert
Security Guard in Australia
Security & Investigations, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Great for a training programme

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

This product allows you to find what you need with ease. Places items needed to do on top and gives you a clear time period to have the items completed.

Cons:

The program doesnt have the items in alphabetical order making it sometimes difficult to find something in a hurry.

ELMO Software Response

2 years ago

Hi Robert. We really appreciate the time you've taken to write a review and thank you for your feedback. We've passed this on to our Product Development team. Best wishes, ELMO

Tom
HR Coordinator in New Zealand
Information Technology & Services, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Performance Management (appraisal)

4.0 5 years ago

Comments: people - very nice to deal with - very helpful
system - overall good

Pros:

ELMO system is very user friendly and people who you will get to deal with are very nice

Cons:

when designing the system to suit your organisation - you have to think of all the possibilities as it is either hard or not possible to change the formatting once go live until maybe you reach your end of year.

Johan
Psychologist in New Zealand
Health, Wellness & Fitness, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Elmo review

4.0 12 months ago

Comments: Really positive as I can keep tab on all my paperwork required for my job

Pros:

Very easy to navigate between menu's, very clear from the outset what needs to be done, what is finished and when next task is due e.g upcoming refresher for first aid in my case

Cons:

nothing in particular, as very comprehensive but at same time easy to use

ELMO Software Response

11 months ago

Hi Johan. Thank you so much for your review. We are happy to hear you are enjoying using ELMO Software and it is helping to manage your training. Kind Regards, ELMO Team