# PurelyHR Reviews **Vendor:** SherWeb **Category:** [Core HR Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/core-hr) **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 286 ## About PurelyHR PurelyHR is powerful modular HR software for small to medium-sized businesses. Since 2010, we've helped thousands of companies worldwide save hours a week on everyday HR tasks like leave management, employee file management and onboarding, time tracking, performance management, infraction tracking, and certification management. Choose the modules you need and the number of users for an HRIS that fits your business needs and budget. Get started today with a free 21-day trial (www.purelyhr.com/trial) or a live demo. ## PurelyHR Reviews ### 1. Simple, Transparent Time-Off Booking With Clear Team Visibility **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Matthew W. | Sales Administration Support, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 29, 2026 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** It’s a very simple way to book time off and to see who will be away for any period of time. It’s also helpful for knowing whose birthday it is, and for checking how many sick days or vacation days you have remaining. It cuts down on having to call or email people in HR to book time off or discuss details, since you can request a day off directly and add notes for them to review. It also makes it easier to see when your managers or co-workers will be away in case you need them for a project. Overall, it keeps everything on the up and up. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** I had quite a bit of trouble signing in at first. You have to remember your company tag to sign in correctly, and that wasn’t obvious to me in the beginning. I also wasn’t clear on how time off works for things like bereavement leave or jury duty, especially when it comes to whether it uses bankable hours or sick time. Overall, the app works well enough, but I did struggle a bit with getting started and understanding how everything was set up. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** It cuts down on having to ask people directly for time off, since you can just submit a request along with a reason. It also reduces a lot of the back-and-forth around time-off requests and lets you see how much time you have banked. For administrators, it makes it easier to keep track of the whole company’s vacation time and sick leave, and to accept or reject requests without so much back-and-forth. ### 2. Streamlined HR with Room for Better Analytics **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Hannah H. | People Operations & Employee Experience Lead, Human Resources, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 04, 2026 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** As part of our mid-sized German tech team, I rely on PurelyHR to streamline all our daily core HR processes. Its biggest strength is centralized employee records and document management. Everything is stored in one secure, well-organized platform, so we no longer have to rely on messy spreadsheets and scattered email files. It keeps our personnel records well-structured and fully compliant with local regulations. I also really appreciate the employee self-service portal. It’s clean and easy to use, letting staff access their own HR information independently. This has greatly cut down repetitive routine questions sent to the HR team. On top of that, the initial setup was seamless with clear built-in guidance. We didn’t need extra IT support, and the intuitive interface let us configure settings easily with no formal training required. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** The main downside is its rather basic reporting and analytics functions. We want to track strategic HR data such as staff turnover trends, onboarding completion rates, and department-level leave usage patterns, but the default reports lack depth and customization options. We have to export raw data manually and create our own spreadsheets every month to prepare reports for management, which adds extra repetitive workload. The platform also lacks robust native third-party integrations, forcing us to rely on manual workarounds to connect data across our internal tools. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** PurelyHR consolidates all our HR work into one unified system. It replaces scattered spreadsheets and disjointed files, lowers compliance risks, simplifies daily HR administration, and empowers employees through self-service functions. It saves our team plenty of manual work and keeps all personnel data standardized and well-managed. ### 3. Effortless Attendance and Payroll Management **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Pratyush S. | Operations & Loyalty Executive, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 30, 2026 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** I really appreciate PurelyHR's user interface. It's very easy to use, especially for handling tasks like attendance management, payroll, and leave management. As someone working in HR, it's super helpful for managing a large team of over 900 employees. I can easily monitor attendance, identify gaps, and communicate with employees if needed. The setup process is straightforward too, and the system guides me through assigning employees to departments and designations. Overall, PurelyHR makes my job much simpler and helps manage all the HR related systems efficiently. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** I think the system is a bit complicated when we open the PurelyHR app, as it does not show our attendance system in the front. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use PurelyHR to solve payroll and attendance issues. It's an easy software to manage employee attendance and monitor activities, especially during payroll time. The attendance management system and user-friendly interface make it valuable for handling various HR functions. ### 4. PurelyHR - Rely on it every day **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Thom C. | Marketing / Mapping, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 17, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** Ease of requesting time off (PTO) and managing my PTO at a glance. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** Helpful to see all employees on vacation or days out of the office. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** If I am waiting on a response from a co-worker at another location, it's helpful to check if they are out of the office on any particular day. ### 5. Perfect HR Software **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rodolfo T. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 26, 2023 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** It is user friendly and guide me every step of the way. It also helps employees to keep track of his vacation and sick leaves. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** I don't see anything that makes it not helpful. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** Placing in my vacation, sick request with the guide of scheduler help me better on my request at my place of work faster and easier. ### 6. Easy and accurate tracking for time off requests **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** Purely HR is very straightforward and intuitive to use. The 'Estimated Balance on a Specific Date' feature is valuable for employee's holiday planning. The 'at a glance' calendar makes seeing who is available or away quick and easy...this is essential for holiday and resource planning. The 'Time-Off Summary' function contains useful information including a summary of all time-off requests approved, pending, rejected and cancelled and can be shown for a user-selected time period. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** The only issue I have noticed is when booking a partial day off...the system is set to a standard workday (i.e., 7.5 hours), but when not all employees work the same number of hours in a standard workday, it can be somewhat confusing. For instance, if the company standard is a 7.5 hour workday, an employee's half-day is 3.75 hours, but if an employee works non standard hours (i.e., an 8 hour workday), that employee must enter 3.75 hours for a half-day even though their half-day is technically 4 hours. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** PurelyHR makes it easy to see at a glance who is or is planning to be away or is away on specific day(s). This information is essential to ensure the coverage of critical functions. The 'Time-Off Summary' feature makes it easy to see exactly how much time I have available both currently and at a future date, including already approved time off. ### 7. Purely HR has been so easy and simple for me to request PTO and see the schedules of co workers **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gregory L. | Service Specialist, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** Being able to see the schedule of all of my coworkers has been a huge help. I think the system and interface of Purely HR is very simple and easy to use for everyone. I thoroughly enjoy how easy it is to make sure I am taking the correct amount of time off, how much time I have remaining, whether it is PTO, Vacation, sick time, or beravement, Purley HR has made it very simple for us to use here at Simply Business. I also enjoy every Friday submitting my time sheet, as it could not really be any easier then it is. Something that has helped me and my coworkers out a lot if the reminder email that gets sent out every Friday, if the time sheet is not submitted. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** When I think of anything I dislike about Purely HR not much comes to mind. One thing that I think could be fixed would probably be the "Special Dates" section, but that maybe internal. Something else that maybe could be fixed or updated is also the documents page, as of right now, I have no need for the documents page and it is empty, maybe some documents could be uploaded in there? Again this could be for documents from my company and not Purely HR. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** Some problems that Purely HR is solving for me is that I can see the schedules of other co workers to ensure PTO gets accepted. It makes it easier for me to ensure that our team is being covered when someone uses PTO. Another problem that Purerly HR is solving for me is knowing exactly how much time I have remaining off. It is easy to navigate so if I am in a pinch, I am able to see if I have maybe sick time left to use, or PTO time and submitting it to my manager for his approval could not really be any easier. I also enjoy that once my time either gets approved or rejected, I am notified right away from email, so I can ensure that I am able to get that time off. ### 8. Solidified **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Crystal P. | HR Assistant, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** PurelyHR shows me all my time used and time to use, both good and bad, but clear to both my employer and me. It also shows me my tasks working with the new HR Manager easily to know what is expected of me and what I need to do specifically. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** My HR manager hasn't been able to find a "trigger" feature. For instance, some of my tasks are a counterpart of someone else's tasks to complete first before I can do mine. And to work remotely and efficiently; if there were a way to trigger my job once I knew Employee "X" had finished, that would be more helpful. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** Having to ask my managers directly for time off and trying to keep track of emails, texts or just not having written documentation. It's a way of tracking time off. ### 9. Good software, a bit clunky **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Desmond H. | Executive Assistant, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** PurelyHR is definitely easy to navigate, and the overall design is pleasing to the eye. I enjoy that they send me an email a couple of days before a holiday or a day off because it's nice to have a reminder for scheduling purposes. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** The interface itself is quite clunky. The boxes in the monthly calendar view are too small to contain all of the folks who are taking off during a common vacation time. It is difficult to visualize the scale of absences on one particular day as a result. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** At this time, PurelyHR is helping us centralize and articulate our staff time-off schedules. It is a useful tool for folks to request time off, however we still use an email method, because emails from PurelyHR are often unreliable and end up in the spam folder ### 10. Intuitive interface, easy to use. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Hemanth N. | IT/Data Analyst, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** The user-friendly interface of PurelyHR makes it very easy to navigate between all the portal sections. It is very easy to manage time off, holidays and employee documents. I like the ability to receive notification to my email when the time-off is approved/rejected. Their customer support team is fantastic. Also, the best part is we can only pay for the modules we choose to go with. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** Setting up a user profile in the backend takes a little time. However, once the initial setup is done, making necessary changes to the user profiles is not very hard. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** It eliminates the need to maintain spreadsheets to track each employee's pending time off. The calendar view provides information on how many people are not working on any given day. ### 11. Feature rich and easy to use **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Zhaorong M. | Programmer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** The user interface is delightful to interact with. Very clear and direct. Easy to use with no learning curve. It gets the job done instantly. I'm speaking as an end user, not a manager, so this experience only applies to the end user perspective. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** Sometimes the login dialog is confusing. Our company uses our own sub-domain at purelyHR, but the login window still asks for a company ID, which is confusing. I think it should be automatically filled. The good news is that purelyHR remembers the preferences, so I don't need to do it often (only on a new computer). **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** Schedule sick leave, vacation time and business traveling time. Check colleagues' schedules and collaborate accordingly. It benefits me to save time when scheduling my work. ### 12. PurelyHR has been an amazing tool for our business **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Monica D. | Managing Attorney, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 13, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** PurelyHR is extremely easy to use and it automates many of our business functions. We use the time-off module and the timesheet module and having the information synchronized saves us time in our payroll processing. I previously used separate programs for these functions, but the PurelyHR platform is a much better tool and a much better value. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** I have little negative to say about this platform. There are some customizations I would like to see. Also, I don't like that when I add a new employee, I have to go into each existing employee's profile in order for them to be able to see the new employee's calendar. I would prefer if there was some automatic process that allowed everyone to see each other's calendar unless the admin/manager added a restriction (I'd rather have it be an opt-out feature than opt-in). **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** For me, PurelyHR is helping to solve the never-ending problem of "too much work, not enough time." Since I handle our business's HR/admin, I am always appreciative of multi-functional tools. **Official Response from Emily Campbell:** > Hi Monica, Wow, thank you so much for all the great feedback! You shouldn't have to do that process manually every time you add a new employee. You can set this up in your account settings- please contact us at support@purelyhr.com so we can sort this out for you ASAP. While you're at it, we'd also love to hear about the customizations you'd like to see! The PurelyHR team ### 13. Time Saver In More Than One Way! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jennifer S. | CISSET Program Director, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 13, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** Purely HR has saved us time, money, and stress over the last few years! My staff information is all in one centralized location - timesheets, leave balances, holidays, hiring and termination dates. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** There are a few minor glitches in PurelyHR when inputting new staff in the system where the PTO time needs to be adjusted, but this is a very minute detail overall. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** Purely HR is a one-stop location for all of my HR needs. I love not having to print off timesheets anymore or take hours out of my day to review individual emails from each of my 64 staff members. They simply enter their hours in the program, and it's all there and calculated for me. If I need to approve their leave, I can check their balances in a straightforward step. I appreciate the ease of this process and how it has made my job easier. **Official Response from Emily Campbell:** > Hi Jennifer, So happy to hear PurelyHR is helping you save time and stress! Thanks so much for the review and your feedback. If you'd like to send us more details on these glitches, we'd appreciate hearing more about what you're experiencing- support@purelyhr.com. The PurelyHR team ### 14. Great feedback tool **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Adrian N. | Technical Consultant, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 11, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** Upsides would be the opportunity to anonmysely give feedback to bosses and peers. Also help recognise the people who deserves a little extra boost when they have done something good! **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** I haven't been using Purely HR enough to really figure out a bad thing about it. Might be the fact that you can't just answer 1 question. I enjoy using Purely HR to make others feel worthwhile **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** PureHR is solving the issue of being scared of saying anything face to face. The possibility to make an anonymous complaint or feedback is worth so much in a more prominent company. Also making sure feedbacks can be read back and taken to the right person is awesome ### 15. Great Small Business solution for managing employees HR needs **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Bret O. | President, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 15, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** As a small business under 50 employees, we wrestled with managing our employees' Time Off Requests from an easy interface for the employees and a great tool for our manager's needs for communicating the approval or denial. The documentation and the reports. Have referred other companies to them and had received thanks from these referrals for providing a great solution. We used to use the PTO tool our payroll company provided, but when we went to change payroll services, the changeover was best described as a disaster. Now we control the process and are not tied to other services. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** Been with them for over 5 years and have nothing to comment on as a negative, **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** They offer multiple tools, but for now, we use them for managing all our Vacation and Sick days requests, and managing the employees accural of days earned. **Official Response from Emily Campbell:** > Hi Bret, Thank you for trusting us for 5 years, your loyalty is invaluable! Glad to hear you're in control of the process and that it's easy for your staff to use. We truly appreciate the review! The PurelyHR team ### 16. PurelyHR is so user friendly and convenient! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kelsey O. | Teacher, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** The visuals on PurelyHR make it easy to navigate! PurelyHR has everything in one place and keeps track of my time off for me! This is the most comprehensive, and easy to navigate, system that I have used! **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** PurelyHR has always worked well for us. It keeps an accurate calendar of days I have been off or requested off and keeps track of my hours remaining for me. I can't think of any improvements! **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** PurelyHR makes it easy to keep our entire group organized in one system. It can be managed individually by each staff member and allows multiple people to be allowed to approve time off. It takes away all the paperwork! ### 17. Best time off request program I have used **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Elizabeth C. | ABA Behavior Coach, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** I love how Purely HR is set up. It is easy to navigate and not as complicated to use as some other websites. I like that not only can you choose the date, but it allows you to choose the exact time if you are only taking a partial day. It is easy to see how much time I have and what will be left when taking time off. The calendar is very helpful. I like that I can see past days off and scheduled dates coming up. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** I have no complaints on my end. I am not sure if there is an app but that would be helpful and being able to set up notifications for supervisors because it seems like if your boss doesn't check often you have to inform or remind them you need your time off approved. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** I no longer have to fill out a paper form to take a day off and hand it in to my supervisor or use programs that are difficult to navigate just to put in for time off. ### 18. User friendly. Love that you can track vacation, sick, personal et. days **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Construction | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** I like the Calendar view of all your time off requests. The calendar view helps me when scheduling myself for upcoming jobs etc. I also like the table that shows you your remaining days for each area (sick, vacation etc.) **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** I think there should be a button that you could click if you haven't had an approval response (once a week starting one week after the initial request) . to send a reminder to the approver so that it does not fall through the cracks **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** Before using PurelyHR, I would fill out manual paper forms and hand them in. Sometimes, I would not hear back on the request for time off and questioned if I was approved for my time off. Another problem that PurelyHR solves is that I can see how much time I have left for Vacation, Sick days, Personal days, etc., for the rest of the year. ### 19. It Makes Life Easier **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David T. | Auto grinder operator, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** Using PurelyHR is easy to use. It saves the hassle of trying to get in touch with a supervisor. I can also see how many days I have available for the year at any time. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** I haven't experienced a problem with PurelyHR. As long as I have access to the internet, there shouldn't be a problem. In this case, it is nothing a phone call wouldn't solve. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** PurelyHR keeps up with my total hours taken off and remaining, so I don't have to. I don't have to bother my supervisor to get this information. Both situations benefit me. I can also see what days are available for me to take off. ### 20. New Employee PurelyHR Review **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ben B. | Corporate Controller, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 15, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** PurelyHR does a great job of laying out very simply and effectively time off management as well as time off requests for employees. It's incredibly easy to make new requests and see when they get approved. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** I've been using PurelyHR since I joined the company in the early part of September and I haven't seen any downsides yet. As I mentioned above, it's very user friendly and incredibly easy to use. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** PurelyHR is streamlining all of our TimeOff requests and approvals. It makes it really simple to see when various employees within your department are going to be off and how to coordinate their schedules with one another. ### 21. It is extremely easy to use! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Savannah B. | Sr Internet Marketing Consultant, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** I love how easy it is to submit time and get it approved! This helps me out alot when it comes to needing time off and my manager can quickly approve or talk to me about it. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** A little too cluttered, could be simplified to look at. There is a lot of moving parts and I believe that it can be looked at a lot easier if there are separate tabs. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is making it easy to take time off! I can have my manager quickly look at my time off and let me know if it is approved or not, by sending me an email directly from the site. ### 22. It is very simple to use and you can even change your profile picture! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Joanna S. | Go Team Member, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** What I find most helpful is being able to see birthdays/events coming up and my time off requests all on the same calender! It is simple enough to use with out much computer knowledge but still able to be organized an detailed. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** Something that I dislike is that I can not pair with my husband on the same account. If there was a way to fix that that would be nice. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** PurelyHR is solving the problem of disorganization, helps us see who will be in the office when for when we plan big events. It helps me see when would be a good time to book off. ### 23. Purely HR is very user friendly **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Heather D. | Internet Marketing Consultant, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** Purely HR is super easy to use. I like that I can log on anytime and see my balance. It is nice to be able to see the calendar with everyone else's PTO and send requests directly to my manager. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** I don't particularly appreciate that I can't see how much PTO rolls over year after year. It makes me not want to leave any vacation days unused at the end of the year. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** It lets me know how much PTO I have remaining at any given point, so I can plan my year accordingly. I would recommend it for any companies with more than 20 employees. ### 24. Easy to Use **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Amanda C. | Education Consultant, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** PurelyHR makes it very easy to both request and view time off; what is allotted and scheduled. It has streamlined the process and as an employee it is fantastic to have a convenient place to handle such tasks with ease **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** I do not dislike anything about purelyHR. The service has been easy to use and is very user friendly. I quite enjoy being able to see available balances at a glance **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** Back and forth about allotted time off; balances, who is scheduled, what is scheduled - it has put all of that info in one place. It has made a complicated process much easier and quicker ### 25. PurelyHR working out well for our non-profit **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Daniel B. | IT Officer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 18, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** I like that it supports SSO and Outlook calendar integration. It is easy to customize and has taken our organization out of the dark ages, as we used to record all time off requests in a shared Exchange calendar with no built-in approval mechanism. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** I wish the Staff dashboard weren't so bare for end users. It would be helpful to have time-off summaries displayed on the mostly empty screen real estate. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** We finally have a solution that provides a full overview for management and HR and a centralized time-off approval mechanism that streamlines requests with the ability to require multiple approvals. ### 26. Vey easy platform to navigate, I have never experienced a glitch or tech issues with this program! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Stephanie M. | Admin, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** I think that the way it is so easy to sign up is the best feature, A lot of people will get frustrated on the first sig up page if it is too intrickit! **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** I have not had any negative experiences on this platfrom so for a dislike I would say that I do not have any ! **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** The fact that not everyone can come to work as to things like getting sick or experincing problems is natural and can happen often. With purely HR it helps making communicationg easier between me and the company for when I am not able to work ### 27. Clear and concise **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 17, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** I enjoy the navigation aspect because it allows me easily find what I'm looking for. The information is structured in such a way that I can decipher it quickly. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** I am not too fond of the visual aesthetic of PurelyHR. This is due to its 'standard' look, which I interpret as outdated or out of touch compared to other platforms I am used to. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** PurelyHR is able to assist me in finding employment documents that I may need and other duties that a new hire might need to complete for their onboarding process. ### 28. Clean and easy **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** William P. | Control systems lead, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** It's simple to use, and the information is displayed if a very intuitive format. I sign on and everything is right there. If I need more information, it is just I few clicks away. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** There is nothing that stands out as a dislike. It is a simple tool with good information. It's easy to find what you need. I like tools that are easy to navigate. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's nice to have all of my various time accruals in one location. Having a different spot for holidays, suck time and pto is so annoying. Being able to view them at once is so convenient. ### 29. Easy to navigate **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lindsey K. | Digital Compliance Specialist, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** I like that you can see your summary of used time off and future time off and the summaries of balances in each category. Putting in a time off request is straightforward. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** I find it difficult to find the feature where you can see how many hours of PTO you will have at a future date. I always struggle to figure out how to see that. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** One of the best parts of PurelyHR is the calendar, where you can see when others have time off. I have not yet seen this feature on any previous tools I used in the past. ### 30. Positive Experience and easy to use **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alex J. | Behavior Coach, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** The simplicity of the software makes it easy to organize schedules. I appreciate the format of the website for communication between coworkers. I have used others that confused. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** I dislike the format for selecting a day off. The boxes can be small, and difficult to see which day I am attempting to request off from work. I like the rest of the program. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** Purely HR offers an easy way to request time off and communicate the time I wish to request off from work. It makes it easy to request day of or even after work has been canceled. ### 31. I am just a user, not in a position of making the choice between PurelyHR and another platform. **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** debra d. | Communications Project Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 17, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** It's easy to request time off, to see my benefit balances (vacation days, etc.) - also I can see who else has scheduled time off, which is helpful in my job. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** It would be helpful if time off requests flagged the supervisor when there were multiple people asking for the same days. Currently, if they aren't mentally tracking this the requests get approved without this check/balance. Then we run into issues of having to reassign work tasks. I am the project manager and run into this regularly. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** I don't have an answer for this question ### 32. A simple and complete tool for managing HR **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rafael C. | DevOps Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 11, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** I like the light theme of the platform and the functionalities are easy to understand. It enables users to easily navigate through the tool. I don't have any experience with the competitors, sorry! **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** The theme might be somewhat outdated and feels a little bit old. I'd love to see some mobile app to better handle my information regarding the information PurelyHd handles. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** Help the management of holiday of staff in the company. It allows me to see when anyone is on holiday which helps to keep a functional working staff in the company at all times. ### 33. Excellent experience with Purely HR! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kennedi F. | Donor Engagement Representative, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 15, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** I have enjoyed how streamlined the systems in Purely HR are. It is easy to navigate and use. I have no trouble submitting time off requests or communicating needs with my team. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** I don't have many complaints! The calendar feature could be a bit more user-friendly as far as color-coding, design, and the ability to click directly on a day to request it off. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** Purely HR removes the middle man of my time off and HR needs. It helps me feel like I am the one in control of my decisions and my time. ### 34. Simple and Intuitive **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** As an employee, the application is very straightforward and intuitive. No unnecessary features over-complicate how I use PurelyHR: requesting vacation time and viewing the holiday calendar. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** I am not a fan of the vacation balance and how it increments a bit every month. Instead, I would prefer if it showed the remaining yearly balance instead. Currently, if I want to find my remaining yearly balance, I would have to navigate to the time off summary. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** PurelyHR is helping our company manage the scheduling of our vacation and sick days. It is beneficial when planning our development sprints by allowing us to have a quick overview of what team members are available at any given time. This enables us to manage and allocate our resources effectively and plan a successful sprint. ### 35. Easy User Interface and Navigation **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Trang P. | Account Executive, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** PurelyHR has been good in scheduling my time-offs with my manager and allows me to be aware of when my manager will be on vacation so we can plan our time-offs accordingly. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** I find the time-off summary page, specifically type allocations is confusing. It isn't clear how much vacation time I have left to use based on what is pending and approved. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is streamlining the way I communicate my time off requests to my manager and organize it. It provides me with a better understanding of my overall time off hours. ### 36. Great Value - Easy to Use **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sharon C. | Chief Operating Officer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 21, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** Ease of Use, Great Price, configurable, quick responses to email questions (customer support). Covers the basics that we need. We tried one other "very large company" system. It was terrible! **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** Phone support is not available, but it has not been a problem. This is probably an education issue, but I find it difficult to generate the most basic report of the actual balance using accrual method. When someone leaves, trying to find out the prorated balance. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** Employees have real time access to PTO balances (no more spreadsheets and conflicting balances), At a glance PTO Calendar for the entire staff, easy to use. It solved the administrative nightmare of PTO tracking, requesting, approvals, balance. ### 37. Easy to use **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Barbara W. | Office Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 17, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** It's easy to submit requests for time off, view what you've already used, and how much time you have left. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** If I don't remember to click on the correct button in the email confirmation it does not automatically get added to my linked google calendar, nor does it show as public - meaning only I can see the time off **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** Makes it easy to see by department who is already scheduled for a day off for planning purposes - one-stop-shopping so to speak. ### 38. Very easy and accessible platform to perform multiple HR functions **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Insurance | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 15, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** Very easy to submit weekly timesheets and visualise and manage vacation and sick time. The paid time off calendar is also an excellent tool for determining when holidays are and keeping track of who is working and who is off on any given day. Also, the email notifications from PurelyHR are another valuable way to keep organised. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** Sometimes it is tough to visualise the print-out calendar as the data will be on multiple pages; maybe if there was easier to visualise a printable vacation calendar. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** Keeping myself as an employee organised when tracking my weekly timesheet and vacation time. These functions I use multiple times weekly are done very efficiently and leave me more time to work elsewhere. ### 39. Ease of Scheduling **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Stephanie F. | Field Service Coordinator, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** It's super easy to use. I appreciate that you can submit time off quickly and always know where you stand with your PTO. It's the best HR resource I've ever worked with. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** I honestly don't have anything I dislike about this. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** I like that I can see my whole team and they are color-coded by their roles. I can see who is out so I don't reach out to them. Or know they are available for me to call. ### 40. Convenient **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tytus S. | Student Account Processor, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 16, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** Seeing how much time is available now and by the end of the year is so helpful. Then being able to see the calendar of who is taking off so you can plan around that helps to ensure there are no discrepancies. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** As of yet, I haven't experienced anything negative for me to post about. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** Being able to see when your coworkers are taking off helps so that you know what the workload will be like, ### 41. Makes work easier! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Vivek K. | General Manager - Social, PR and Experiences, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 15, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** Purely HR helps me manage not just mine but the annual leaves of my entire team and also helps me track my sick days and leave balance. It is a very helpful tool in my everyday work and keeps everyone up to date on the days when our colleagues will not be around. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** Does not have an external application for desktop or mobile. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** Leave Tracking for the year, Leave Balance, Leave eligibility and sick leave balance. ### 42. Purely HR Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Itay V. | Small Business Advisor, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** The ability to know when my peers are off or in other words, when to not ask for time off. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** Nothing I can think of. Working with Purely HR is different than other HR software I worked with. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** The ability to know exactly my vacation quota for the year and when was the last time I actually took time off. On top of that, knowing when my peers asked for time off is a great tool. ### 43. Great system to request time off **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kaleigh B. | Digital Marketing Specialist, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 15, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** I like that I can see everyone else in my company's time off in one place. I also like that holidays are listed on the calendar. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** I can't think of any downsides to PurelyHR. I've been happy with my experience. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** I can request time off in a super easy way. All I have to do is log in to the system and then my request is emailed to my boss for approval. ### 44. PurelyHR is a Great Tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Edinson A. | Regional gbMSM Health Promotion & Risk Reduction Worker, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** It's easy to use, and it's excellent to keep time offs and banked times up to date and accessible for everyone **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** I don't have any 'dislike" to add here. All is working great **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** I can plan my time off and when it's best to ask for vacation or leave using the comprehensive calendars included. I don't need to sit with my manager in order to get time off. I can manage my own time. ### 45. Easy to use and great at keeping track! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Haley H. | Director of Shows and Events, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** Purely HR is very user friendly and the many options make it suitable for employers of all sizes. We enjoy being able at a quick glance who has already requested time off and how many hours you have left of both sick and/or vacation. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** I have not found any downsides yet. Super easy to use! **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is helpful to keep track of hours, request hours and view time off all in one program. ### 46. Good Platform! **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** PurelyHR provides a variety of customizable time-off request types, detailed time-off summaries, and staff notification options. Compared to the previous method of leave request tracking, PurelyHR streamlines the process and automates various tasks. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** Utilizing all the banked time-off entitlements is difficult as PurelyHR only allows you to enter partial day entries in 15 min increments. For example, you cannot enter 9:18 as a time-off start time; you can only enter 9:00, 9:15, 9:30, or 9:45. By the end of the entitlement year, some of the banked time off would be unusable. For example, if you have 7.8 hours of banked time off, 7.5 hours can be requested; however, the 0.3 hours can not be utilized. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** PurelyHR benefits the Human Resources team as it streamlines the leave request process and allows users to submit their leave requests to their supervisors for approval without any delays. ### 47. Purely HR is a great affordable and Attendance Tool **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sherree M. | Controller, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 15, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** User-friendly application. Reasonably robust and provides most features required and a few extras. Information such as staff lists, including compensation, depts and addresses, can be pulled into excel. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** A few areas are a bit confusing such as carry forward days. Sometimes it doesn't apply current vacation days taken to the oldest available days. I like using my phone for the site, although not all features seem available. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** Ease of people booking and tracking vacation days, attendance (who is booked off) and what days are remaining. Easy to add extra things like additional vacation bonus days and paid holidays. **Official Response from Emily Campbell:** > Hi Sherree, Thanks for taking the time to leave a review! We'd love to hear more feedback about the carry forward days- send a quick message to our support team (support@purelyhr.com) and we can get more information. As for mobile, we're working on something great- stay tuned:) The PurelyHR team ### 48. User friendly, great visibility **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Taylor K. | Sr RevOps Specialist, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** The platform is incredibly user-friendly, and allows great, easy visibility into when team members are going to be out. Also the Google Calendar integration is super helpful **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** Predicting the hours I have available to use before he end of the year isn't always very straightforward **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** Visibility, and the approval process for PTO - I can get my PTO hours approved quickly and easily see which days are locked to requests ### 49. Purely HR is a good platform for requesting, tracking and viewing time-off schedules of emloyees. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Construction | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** Having instant visibility of the whole team's vacation schedule is a useful advantage of the Purely HR system. Also, reviewing your own allotted days off, what you've already used, and what is remaining is also very helpful. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** For what I've used Purely HR for, there are no discernable downsides. It would be nice to have google calendar integrations though, and this may be something it already does, I'm just not aware of it if that's the case. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** Employee's vacations are no longer sneaking up on member's of the team. The alternative leaves people high and dry when someone isn't available that you otherwise thought were. ### 50. Used for managing PTO at work **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Medical Devices | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 11, 2022 **What do you like best about PurelyHR?** Very easy to track how much time off I've used, how much is remaining, etc. **What do you dislike about PurelyHR?** At the end of a year, I'm unable to make PTO requests that carry over into the next calendar year. I.e., if I want to request for example December 28-January 3 off, I could only request December 28-31, then on January 1 could make a new request for January 1-3. Kind of annoying that I can't request the whole time off at once. **What problems is PurelyHR solving and how is that benefiting you?** It makes it easy for me to schedule time off and makes it easy for a manager to track the whole team's time off at once. ## PurelyHR Discussions - [What is PurelyHR used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-purelyhr-used-for) - [View PurelyHR pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/purelyhr/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-15+02%3A00%3A23+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=8e252946-bebb-451f-9146-c27a0058a56a&secure%5Btoken%5D=5b2c5012d24180cb5a5e2c6a5028a5bea5ab3da7d21af6588a667c6341eca54f&format=llm_user) ## PurelyHR Features **Core HR** - Organization Management - Time, Attendance, and PTO - Salary Structures **Automation** - Process Automation **Platform Basics** - Performance - Security **Logistics** - Dashboards & Reporting - Lanuguage Options **Platform Functionality** - Customizability - Mobility **Time Tracking** - Ease of Completing Timesheets - Tracking Time to Project/Task - Billable Time Rate Management **Management** - Schedule Management - Employee Leave Management - User Access - User Role Access - Employee Information - Employee Information Automation **Platform Data** - Reporting - Alerts and Notifications **Client Invoicing** - Project Accounting / Revenue Recognition **Platform** - Customization - User, Role, and Access Management - Performance - Mobility - Reporting - Dashboards **Mobile Time Tracking** - Time Tracking **Administration** - Workflow - Automated Reminders - Policy Compliance Management - User, Role, and Access Management **Platform** - Reporting - APIs / Integration - Internationalization - Performance and Reliability - Mobile User Support ## Top PurelyHR Alternatives - [BambooHR](https://www.g2.com/products/bamboohr/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (4,508 reviews) - [HR Plus](https://www.g2.com/products/trinet-hr-plus/reviews) - 3.9/5.0 (448 reviews) - [Rippling](https://www.g2.com/products/rippling/reviews) - 4.8/5.0 (11,073 reviews)