Functionality | 2 <p>Calamari is limited to core HR tasks and falls short for anything beyond the basics. It only offers employee data storage, time-off and time tracking.</p><p>It lacks any other features such as performance reviews, employee surveys, onboarding workflows, and detailed reporting.</p> | 3 <p>Onfolk focuses on only offering core HR and payroll functionality that UK SMBs will need. <span style="color: rgb(9, 9, 11);">This means compared to most HR platforms, Onfolk lacks a lot of functionality natively, such as performance management, surveys, time-tracking etc. </span></p><p>Onfolk also doesn't seem to have pre-built integrations with 3rd party tools in these categories.</p> |
Ease of Use | 9 <p>Calamari is an exceptionally user-friendly platform, making it easy for most SMB employees to become comfortable with its features in as little as half a day. The interface is well-organized, with information neatly categorized into intuitive tabs, allowing users to navigate the platform effortlessly. This simplicity ensures a smooth onboarding experience and efficient day-to-day usage.</p> | 9 <p>Partly due to its limited functionality, we found navigating Onfolk intuitive and straightforward. Its payroll module is especially intuitive - an average SMB employee without HR/ payroll background should be able to master the platform and run payroll in under 30 minutes.</p> |
Look and feel | 7 <p>Calamari has a very minimalist look with information being presented in easily digestible manners.</p> | 5 <p>We find Onfolk's interface rather plain and dull compared to competitors. It also has acceptable page load times.</p> |
Customisability | 4 <p>Calamari offers a standard level of customizability across most of its features. Users can create custom fields, define tailored leave policies, and configure approval workflows to suit their organizational needs. However, the platform falls short when it comes to analytics, offering no options for customization. This limitation is likely to disappoint data-driven companies that require flexibility in generating and analyzing reports.</p><p>In conclusion, while Calamari provides adequate customization for operational features, its lack of adaptability in analytics may not meet the expectations of companies relying on data-driven decision-making.</p> | 6 <p>Onfolk offers standard levels of customisability. You're able to customise data fields, build custom reports and edit workflow checklists.</p><p><span style="color: hsl(var(--foreground));">It lacks the deeper customisability offered by more mature HRIS (e.g. Rippling, Deel), such as creating complex workflows with branching logic and approval chains. </span></p> |
Ease of Setup | 10 <p>Calamari offers a free trial without needing to speak to sales. Purchasing doesn't require you to speak to sales if you purchase after the free trial. It takes <10mins to complete basic setup (entering company information, adding employees). Fully customizing and setting up the platform can be done within half a day,. Customization and setup is simple enough that you don't need an expert and more complicated processes can be done with help from the help center.</p> | 6 |
Customer Support | 8 <p>Calamari has a help center which provides articles explaining features of the platform. We found the articles to be very well explained and helpful. There is also an in-platform chat function with customer support agents responding, on average, in under 10 minutes. This is quite impressive compared to most HR systems.</p> | 9 <p>Onfolk prides itself on its expert customer support team, who are members of the CIPP (Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals) and payroll experts. This has been supported by positive early reviews from startups in our network.</p> |
Integratability | 5 <p>Calamari has integrations with commonly used softwares such as Slack, Google Workspace Microsoft 365, and Jira. They also have an API you can use.</p> | 4 <p>Onfolk only supports a handful of integrations with the most relevant third-party software, mostly in accounting, pension and benefits categories. However, it does offer an API for custom integrations.</p> |
Ease of Migration | 5 <p>You can export most data from the platform through the reports.</p> | 8 <p>Exports of key employee data are available via self-serve. <span style="color: rgb(9, 9, 11);">Export of most other data are also available via API or on request. </span></p> |