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Pros:

Comfortable for hr managers (can rate my own user experience only).

Cons:

As an administrator sometimes navigating your way around and selecting the right thing can sometimes be difficult.

edays ratings

Average score

Ease of Use
4.6
Customer Service
4.8
Features
4.5
Value for Money
4.7

Likelihood to recommend

9.2/10

edays has an overall rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars based on 120 user reviews on Capterra.

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Hayley
Associate Director in UK
Verified LinkedIn User
Financial Services, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

All signing, all dancing absence mangement tool

5.0 6 years ago

Comments: Excellent overall experience. We have been customer for 5+ years and intend to continue using them. They are a little pricey - but you get what you pay for!

Pros:

Very easy to use as a Manager and User. Very flexible and can set up as many teams with all sorts of different rules. Great reports.

Cons:

Sometimes doesn't automate simple things but this may be more my lack of technological no how!

Sam
HR Manager in UK
Education Management, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Excellent

4.0 last year

Comments: Excellent - The customer support is great. The team listen to what customers want and implement these to support your company. Employees find it easy to use and love that it can be used on their mobiles. Being able to reach other platforms we use through the e-days is a really good feature so employee only have to go to one place.

Pros:

The time submission feature is great we have been able to go paperless on timesheets since we had this feature added.

Cons:

Alerts to sickness trigger points so we can be reminded when meetings need to take place

edays Absence Management Response

12 months ago

Hi Sam, Thank you for a wonderful review! We're really happy to hear that you're happy with the system and that the time submission module is improving processes. Kind regards edays

Tian Tian
HR Associate in Singapore
Information Services, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

E-days review

3.0 5 years ago

Comments: Complex leave policy for APAC region and need a system to manually increase the leave entitlement. However, not requirement are able to meet.

Pros:

E-days suitable for leave policy that doesn't have complicated leave rules.

Cons:

Creating a template. The layout, such as entitlement pot.

Camelia
HR Administrator in UK
Real Estate, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Easy to manage once you get the grasp on

4.0 3 months ago

Comments: Overall the software is great and easy to use once you get a good understanding of it.

Pros:

easy absences booking system; easy to add new users; variety of reports

Cons:

logging recurring rota days (most times there is an issue with it and have to log out and back in for the system to recognise the change in team settings I make to be able to log these

edays Absence Management Response

2 months ago

Hi Camelia, Thank you for the lovely review! We're glad to hear you find the system easy to use and that it's able to meet your needs. If you are experiencing any issues, please do log a ticket through the support portal and we'd be happy to look into this for you. Kind regards edays

Lynne
HR Operations Manager in UK
Staffing & Recruiting, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Edays - forwarding thinking and flexible Absence Management system

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Great product, user friendly whether an employee inputting absence, a line manger approving absence, creating reports or HR applying new rules, the system is totally adaptable to apply changes. For instance, the Queens state funeral with the additional BH on 19th Sept - even before the Edays team had sent a communication out on how to apply the additional day (which in itself is excellent customer service) - our HR team had already actioned this in Edays on the morning of the announcement - this is because the system is so intuitive to use and the team felt confident in applying the change.
Overall excellent product, excellent customer service who are always there at the end of the phone and we have an excellent relationship with Harry Warren, who is always at hand to talk through any issues.

Pros:

The flexibility to adapt to local country nuances (such as Netherlands, Belgium, France, Hungary) these are very complex in their legislative requirements however working with Edays and the development team (shout out to Harry Warren) - we are all set up and are working brilliantly

Cons:

Tenure rules and rolling absence tracking

edays Absence Management Response

2 years ago

Hi Lynne, Thank you for your detailed and supportive review, we're glad you are loving edays and find it very user-friendly. edays is great at being able to adapt to changing circumstances and manage very complex requirements. Great customer service is very important to us and we will make sure to keep up such a high standard. Thank you for choosing and recommending edays!

Jo
Head of HR in UK
Hospital & Health Care, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Brilliant holiday and sickness management system

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Nowadays we are faced with systems that are difficult to work out and take months to implement. What a refreshing difference you get with eDays - it is easy to set up and implement, easy to use, great view of all absences - individually and for all our employees. And the reporting functionality is superb. And really affordable. This is the second company where I am using eDays and I cannot recommend them highly enough!

Pros:

Ease of use, useful app, easy request and approval process, quick view of holiday year and any absences, excellent reports!

Cons:

Really tried hard to think about something and I could not find anything. Perhaps it would have to be an app, but as we work in an office environment - we are using the web link and no one has any problem with it.

edays Absence Management Response

2 years ago

Hi Jo, Thank you so much for a glowing review! We're so glad you're happy with the system and that all your employees are enjoying using it. Just a quick note on your feedback about an app, we have actually recently launched a mobile app which is available now on iOS and Android. Kind regards edays

steve
Technical Claims Manger in UK
Utilities, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Edays is a winner

5.0 10 months ago

Comments: Professional, held the clients hand through each step of the process

Pros:

Easy of use, visually clear, and shows detail

Cons:

lots to learn, to master a new system which can take time

edays Absence Management Response

10 months ago

Hi Steve, Thank you for leaving us a great review! It's great to hear that you find the software easy to use and are enjoying the level of detail available. Kind regards edays

Fiona
HR Manager in UK
Legal Services, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Great absence management tool

5.0 5 months ago

Comments: I use this daily to manage staff absences.
It is very easy and quick to use from both an employee and management perspective.

Pros:

Easy to use for employee and employers Now better there is an app also to use Quick to use and navigates quickly between pages

Cons:

That it doesn't go back through the years like the old system used to- you can only view last year, current year and next year.

edays Absence Management Response

4 months ago

Hi Fiona, Thanks for the wonderful review! We're glad to hear that you enjoy using the system and find it easy to use. You can still access all historic absence information via the reporting tool. Kind regards edays

Kelsey
HR Advisor in UK
Construction, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Great System, Amazing Customer Service

5.0 8 months ago

Comments: Over as a business we have been happy using Edays. Would recommend for any business solely looking to track all absences, WFH and those who have multi-sites.

Pros:

The system has a lot of built in features and add ons that can be added and customised by the user as and when needed.

Cons:

The way in which to 'switch on' certain features isn't always done in the most obvious way, which is made up for by [sensitive content hidden] who will always give speedy responses to help out with functionalities

edays Absence Management Response

7 months ago

Hi Kelsey, Thank you for the great review! We're glad to hear that you're enjoying being able to customise the software to your needs, and that the customer team are able to provide any help when setting up new features! Kind regards edays

Niki
HR Manager in UK
Pharmaceuticals, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Excellent customer support

5.0 11 months ago

Pros:

The system is extremelly straight forward to use and very intuative. The customer support is outstanding. [sensitive content hidden] always responds to my emails extrememly quickly with instructions to my queries or offers to jump on a call if I get stuck.

Cons:

Nothing. An excellent project which we are starting to utlise more.

edays Absence Management Response

10 months ago

Hi Niki, Thank you for the great review! We're so happy you're pleased with the system and with our customer support. Kind regards edays

Raquel
HR in Spain
Design, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Very good and easy tool!

5.0 last year

Comments: It is good, we are happy.

Pros:

Easy working for the management and employees

Cons:

Some of the request need to be included manually and so I need to do the same request for so many employees. I am glad that is not that often. : -)

edays Absence Management Response

last year

Hi Raquel, Thank you for the wonderful review! We're glad to hear you're still happy with the system and that it's good for your employees. Kind regards edays

Fern
Payroll and Reporting Lead in France
Financial Services, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

E-days system

5.0 last year

Pros:

The system is easy to use and navigate. You can easily customise it to your needs and the reporting is very good. The mobile phone app is very useful for on the go.

Cons:

Administrators don't have their team calendar as standard on the home page.

edays Absence Management Response

12 months ago

Hi Fern, Thank you for a lovely review! We're happy to hear that you're getting a lot of benefits from the system and the reporting tool. Kind regards edays

Michelle
Administration Manager in UK
Education Management, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Our Experience with E-Days

5.0 last year

Comments: Great experience and customer service has always been good and they offer lots of resources should you need them.

Pros:

Easy to use and set up. Has good visuals and you can get an overview of absence and planned absence easily, which helps for staff planning.

Cons:

The reports require a bit of user manipulation to get them where you want them to be, that said this isn't difficult to do.

edays Absence Management Response

12 months ago

Hi Michelle, Thank you for a great review! We're glad to hear the system is helping you with staff planning and gaining visibility of absences. Kind regards edays

Luthfa
Operations & Marketing Executive in UK
Financial Services, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

e-days review

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: I use e-days with great ease on a daily basis to track all employee activity (holidays, sickness etc)

Pros:

ease of use for tracking employee engagement and attendance

Cons:

the customer service could be made easier, an online bot perhaps as a suggestion

edays Absence Management Response

2 years ago

Thank you for your feedback Luthfa! We are in the process of identifying ways to improve our online support and hope to be rolling it out in the next few months. If you have any feedback when the updates occur, please share with our Customer Success Team. We'd love to hear what you have to say.

Krystle
Registrar in Gibraltar
Education Management, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Great product and good value for money

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Overall experience has been very good

Pros:

Very easy to set up and use and good value for money. We had more of a manual process in place previously and edays has improved services a lot

Cons:

Options to include details as confidential when you request leave for example (only for line manager view). reminder emails to those who have not approved something?

edays Absence Management Response

2 years ago

Thank you for your feedback Krystle. The reminder emails are something you can do within the edays system. A customer success manager will be in touch with further details soon.

Tom
Deputy Head of Electrics in UK
Performing Arts, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Edays holiday entitlement use

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

Easy to see how many of the team have booked holiday and how much they have left, easy to authorise with two people and great for adding sick days manually.

Cons:

If the alternative authoriser to the primary authoriser could also get email notifications when someone puts in a holiday request that would be perfect for when my manager is away.

edays Absence Management Response

2 years ago

Hi Tom, Thank you for giving us a great review! We're glad to hear that the platform is improving your absence management process. We're also always keen to hear ideas for improvement from our customers so thank you for providing us with this - we will feed it back to our development team. Kind regards edays

Karen
HR Manager in Germany
Medical Devices, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

New Reviews

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Always been happy using e-days simple to use with excellent service provided

Pros:

The system is so easy to use and follow, and gives you lots of information when you run reports

Cons:

Nothing really because if there is anything your not sure of the team is always happy to help

edays Absence Management Response

2 years ago

Thank you so much for such a fantastic review Karen. We're glad you are finding edays' software easy to use :)

Sophie
HR Assistant in UK
Wholesale, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Happy Administrator

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: Found it easy to use and I believe managers also.

Pros:

From my point of administrating the system I find it easy enough to navigate and quick to make fixes and find what I need. If I ever have a problem or something needs changing I cannot do [sensitive content hidden] our support is always quick to help.

Cons:

There has been a few things it cannot do that would be useful to our business such as having more than one manager people able to fully manage a employee to the capacity they can both cancel training/holidays.

edays Absence Management Response

2 years ago

Hi Sophie, Thank you for your positive review! We're glad to hear you enjoy using the system and that support are able to help out with any issues. Kind regards edays

Pauline
Business Support Manager in UK
Printing, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Edays

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

Easy to see team by team who is away, and reporting on leave

Cons:

It is very clever and therefore can be difficult to manipulate to achieve the desired results

edays Absence Management Response

2 years ago

Hi Pauline, thanks for your feedback! We are glad to hear that edays has made things easier for your team. Contact us to let us know what results you are trying to achieve and we can talk you through set up.

Asunción
Business administrator in Spain
Computer Software, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Use of e-days

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

This tool helps me to report time submission easily. This report is mandatory in my country Also I have the absences in reporting.

Cons:

At first I did not like to raise a ticket on line because I like personal contact. Now I am happy with this anyway :-)

edays Absence Management Response

2 years ago

Thanks for your feedback Asunción. So happy to hear that time submissions has made reporting easier to meet regulations in your country. Really glad to hear that you are now enjoying the ticketing process. Please let us know if we can help with anything in future!

Cindy
HR Associate in US
Information Technology & Services, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Alphaserve - E-days Review

5.0 5 years ago

Pros:

E-days is simple and direct to use. It offers integration with Outlook, so I can see everyone's time off making it easy to track. The layout and features of the system is great as well.

Cons:

I would prefer it if the reporting options can be more advanced as in having more fields/filters/custom report options - it feels a bit limited. Also, we can only pull last year, current year, or next year reports, and it doesn't allow us to look back at more than one year ago.

Katy
Admin Assistant in UK
Construction, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Great software

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

The easy to use features and also the layout.

Cons:

No I don think I can think of any feature to be improved.

edays Absence Management Response

2 years ago

Hi Katy, Thank you for writing us a great review! We're glad to hear that you and your team are continuing to enjoy the software. Kind regards edays

Jason
Accounts in Ireland
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Very positive feedback from staff and management

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Very positive

Pros:

Ease of use, The report building, also the ease of use for all staff on the mobile version of the webpage

Cons:

Nothing this software ticked all our boxes and was just what we wanted

edays Absence Management Response

2 years ago

Hi Jason, Thank you for leaving us such a positive review! We're glad to hear that you find it easy to use and enjoy the report building feature. Kind regards edays

Tanya
HR ADMIN in UK
Automotive, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Great system

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

I really like the system, super easy to use and think that everything is tidy.

Cons:

I would like the colours of the absence's to be different.

edays Absence Management Response

2 years ago

Hi Tanya, thank you for your great review! We're glad you're enjoying edays' system - you can already fully customise absence colours in edays and a member of our CS team will be in touch to show you how :)

Alison
HR Manager in UK
Construction, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

E-days Support review

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: Very professional, excellent set up service and initial demo of the system. all staff are helpful, the service team are prompt to answer the phone and generally can always assist on my first phone call and any issues I have had have been resolved same day.

Pros:

Its easy to use, nice to view and simple.

Cons:

I have no comments to make, there isn't anything I can think of that I dislike.