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What Is Namely?

From small-businesses to enterprise sized companies, Namely provides modern, intuitive HCM solutions including scalable technology, expert managed payroll and benefits services, and fully comprehensive professional employer services. Backed by a 24-7 customer success team, Namely employs an industry-leading pod support model to help clients anytime they need extra help.

Who Uses Namely?

Namely provides technology, people, and services to small to mid-sized businesses (1-1000 employees) through end-to-end HCM solutions including HR, benefits, and payroll.

Namely Software - Namely News Feed: Your home base to make announcements, express appreciation, and to celebrate important milestones.
Namely Software - HR Analytics: the data you need to feel confident in your people strategy and proud of your provable results
Namely Software - Talent & Performance Management: connect, engage, and develop your workforce in a platform that employees actually want to use
Namely Software - Employee Profile: your workforce's one-stop-shop for time off, payroll, and performance information.
Namely Software - Namely Mobile App: request time off and access paystubs and benefits information from anywhere

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Reviews of Namely

Average score

Overall
4.2
Ease of Use
4.2
Customer Service
4.0
Features
4.0
Value for Money
4.0

Reviews by company size (employees)

  • <50
  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001
MD Abu
MD Abu
Chief Marketing officer in Canada
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

A great Human resource management tool to bring efficiency at workplace.

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Overall, I am very satisfied with the software. It has made the HRM of our corporation more convenient & effective.

Pros:

It is a very convenient system to make the HRM more easy & effective. It helps to manage the system remotely & sync all the information instantly. The software is very easy to implement & has a great User interface.

Cons:

The software is already a great build but sometimes it becomes clumsy to manage all the data at once.

Namely Response

last year

Thank you for your review! We really appreciate your feedback and are happy to hear that you've enjoyed using our platform.

Alan
Alan
Human Resources Generalist in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Hospital & Health Care, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Namely is an intuitive and simple payroll software

4.0 2 months ago

Comments: Namely does a great job with tax notices, so we never have to worry about anything getting lost in the shuffle. Employees can access a great HRIS system. Regular use of the system by staff members is evidence of its value. Having all of the company's paperwork and personnel files in one place is helpful.

Pros:

I appreciate how quick and easy it is to check my benefits and salary. Leave of absence requests can also be submitted. The onboarding procedure at Namely is streamlined. It's useful for maintaining legal conformity. The payroll system I use has a very responsive customer service team.

Cons:

There are sometimes too many hoops to jump through and paperwork to submit before a desired change can be implemented. For instance, the system required us to acquire and present an authorization letter of the IRS in order to change the company name. For some reason, filing taxes under the new name wasn't good enough.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Namely for Web Developers

4.0 last week New

Pros:

It has a great range of tools for hr management, especially tracking the leave or vacation time of employees. It also makes reports collecting all this data. You can also manage performance reviews.

Cons:

The API provided by Namely has limited customisations for developers as well as rate limits. If you don't have experience working with such softwares, it can be difficult at first to understand all the functionalities of the interface.

Frusquin
Project Manager in Burkina Faso
Information Technology & Services, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

I feel good with this software

2.0 4 weeks ago New

Pros:

Good tool, easy to configure and simple to use, with excellent features and very responsive customer service.

Cons:

Nothing particularly inconvenient, just thinking about improving a few aspects of the configuration system

Katrina
Katrina
Human Resources Generalist in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Hospital & Health Care, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Namely is an excellent HRIS for small businesses

4.0 2 months ago

Comments: In particular, it is user-friendly, centralizes all of our data, and streamlines our operations. All of the tools have improved our team management and allowed us to devote more time to strategic rather than administrative tasks, such as onboarding new recruits and monitoring vacation time.

Pros:

Namely is a great human resource management system. We are a tech firm, and the platform has received nothing but praise from our developers. Our HR services are now more streamlined than ever thanks to the intuitive reporting and various modules that allow us to devote more time to strategic rather than administrative tasks.

Cons:

The months-long process of finalizing API feeds has slowed down the processing of layoffs and new hiring with their perks with our many partners. The resolution of this issue will also simplify our situation.