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What Is Cezanne HR?

Trusted by thousands of people professionals the world over, Cezanne is leading the way for modular, flexible HR and payroll software.
Cezanne’s modern solution covers the entire employee lifecycle: with integrated modules for core HR, Onboarding, Absence, Performance, Compensation planning, Pulse surveys, Timesheets, Recruitment, Career & Succession, LMS, HR analytics, managed Payroll (UK) & in-house native payroll… and that’s not all!
Cezanne’s software comes with time-saving automation, intuitive self-service and top-rated support from UK-based experts all as standard. And, with robust hosting and security, ISO27001 and GDPR-compliance and multi-language options, it’s easy to understand why Cezanne is one of the fastest growing HR & Payroll software solutions on the market today.

Who Uses Cezanne HR?

Trusted by 1000s of HR pros in mid-sized companies (50 or more employees), Cezanne is a modern, flexible & comprehensive global HR system for UK & European headquartered organisations.

Cezanne HR Software - People management and much more
Cezanne HR Software - Employee onboarding & Task management
Cezanne HR Software - Absence & Holiday management
Cezanne HR Software - Performance management, goals & check-ins
Cezanne HR Software - Timesheets and digital clock in / out

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Reviews of Cezanne HR

Average score

Overall
4.4
Ease of Use
4.1
Customer Service
4.6
Features
4.1
Value for Money
4.5

Reviews by company size (employees)

  • <50
  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001

Find reviews by score

5
47%
4
43%
3
10%
Vicky
Vicky
Head of People in UK
Verified LinkedIn User
Security & Investigations, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Good features for the price, it does what we need it to

5.0 last year

Pros:

The forms are a nice feature as it's helped us to keep everything in one place. The approvals work nicely, especially for recruitment considering it's not an ATS.

Cons:

Not everything is logical and it's easy to get stuck sometimes when setting up new processes. The integration was not as smooth as we had hoped, but this was rectified once we raised a concern.

Cezanne HR Response

last year

Hi Vicky, Thanks so much for taking the time to submit a review. We're glad you find the forms and approvals useful. Thank you also for letting us know where there's room for improvement, I'll share this with the relevant teams for consideration. Kind regards, Lena

Fi
Head of People Management in UK
Events Services, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Cezanne has been a great help to the company

4.0 5 months ago

Comments: From the start I have had fantastic support from the team who have helped us to set up to make things work for us.

Pros:

It has simplified a lot of the HR admin that we used to do manually.

Cons:

There are occasional things that are not intuitive but the helpdesk is super quick at helping you work things out.

Jan
HR Assistant in UK
Construction, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Cezanne not very intuitive

3.0 5 months ago

Comments: Nearly a year and still trying to get to grips with it

Pros:

For the end user it's very simple and display looks good.

Cons:

To set up various processes, security functions etc it seems quite long winded and clunky

Harriet
Global Payroll, Benefits and People Systems Head in UK
Computer Software, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Mostly positive

4.0 2 months ago

Comments: Generally good, a few minor irritations.

Pros:

Mostly very easy to use, the reporting is generally good. System is user friendly and looks slick. Allows us to manage employees across about 18 different countries so good for small, global companies.

Cons:

Changing someone's manager can be a headache. Reporting on leavers is a little tricky as their info tends to come out blank unless you run very specific reports. The org chart.

Cezanne HR Response

2 months ago

Hey Harriet, Thanks so much for your review! I'm so glad you're enjoying Cezanne and finding it user friendly and great value for money! We'd love to help you with your headaches! Please do reach out to your Customer Success Manager for some extra help with those reports, we'd be happy to help! If you'd like to ask any further questions, please do reach out to us

Mike
Human Resources in UK
Medical Practice, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Great System for a growing Company

5.0 6 months ago

Comments: Great, I cannot fault it, I cannot see a reason to need to change provider anytime soon.

Pros:

Its flexible, the customer service is great and if things do not go right, they put it right.

Cons:

InRecruiting - the module is not that dynamic for an ATS of 2024.

Jon
HR Advisor in UK
Building Materials, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

HR Advisor

4.0 6 months ago

Comments: In the beginning I found Cezanne not very user friendly and was hard to get my head around. However with Cezanne's helpdesk and video calls I am more or less up to speed with it. Overall it is a decent system that needs some updates to certain things like the limited mobile app .

Pros:

The built in analytic reports makes reporting on different departments and shifts very easy which is ideal in my job role.

Cons:

Can't set up a notification for when a employee deletes holiday. This sometimes causes an issue when we have them down as on holiday but then they say they have been working.

Jonathan
Head of Resource Management in UK
Renewables & Environment, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Excellent HR System

5.0 6 months ago

Comments: Excellent, easy to use and excellent customer service from the support team.

Pros:

Cezanne is easy to use, it makes my life easier every day.

Cons:

Nothing really, sometimes it take a while to remember all of the Administrator functions but once the system is set up it is fairly maintenance free,

Sharon
Learning and Development Manager in UK
Construction, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Great easy to use system with lots of functionality!

5.0 6 months ago

Comments: A great HR system and really good support provided in terms of set up and help when you need it.

Pros:

Easy user friendly system from an administrator and employee perspective, lots of customisation options so that you can make it the right fit for the company.

Cons:

The mobile app is currently quite limited, it covers the basics though and I am sure will be built on.

nathan
HR Advisor in UK
Education Management, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

customer review

5.0 6 months ago

Comments: very good, very helpful support, would recommend

Pros:

ease of use, looks good, easy to explain

Cons:

not able to have 2 managers for employees

Christina
HR Manager in Isle of Man
Machinery, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Cezanne HR Review

4.0 6 months ago

Comments: Excellent, easy to use, user friendly instant reporting and statistics.

Pros:

Simple and easy to use especially reporting.

Cons:

Adding new starters to the systems remembering all the steps!

Samuel
Business and Data Analyst in UK
Business Supplies & Equipment, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

HR Cezanne user review

5.0 7 months ago

Comments: Generally very good and works how is required. A few user focused additions such as recurring time off could be useful.

Pros:

It is useful to use for the core functions of booking time off and gathering overtime

Cons:

Sometimes putting in absence requests can be a little long winded, especially if you wanted to book say a recurring friday off for 4 weeks you would need to do 4 seperate booking requests.

Paulo
Human Resources Advisor in UK
Health, Wellness & Fitness, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

User friendly and intuitive

5.0 6 months ago

Comments: Overall we are very satisfied with cezanne, we’ve been using it for more than 6 years. It is very user friendly for both admins and users.

Pros:

Process creation and how intuitive the system is.

Cons:

It could a bit more automated processes

Sam
Global Head of Cyber Security, Digital Forensics and Incident Response in UK
Computer & Network Security, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Simple and easy to use HR Platform

5.0 6 months ago

Comments: Absolutely awesome and simple to use.
One of the best HR platforms I have used.

Pros:

User friendly Simple to understand dashboards Great number of widgets

Cons:

Some areas you need you to 4 levels deep to get to the space you need.

Max
Business Analyst in UK
Telecommunications, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Great human resources platform

5.0 7 months ago

Comments: Engaging and helpful support team really help.

Pros:

Powerful and flexible tool for managing human resources. Useful API tool to integrate with in-house software.

Cons:

The modular system of features can take a while to understand where the limits of your selected options begin and end. API doesn't have all the features we would like.

Maya
HR Assistant in UK
Financial Services, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Enjoying Cezanne

5.0 6 months ago

Comments: Positive. Learning to use it has been fun.

Pros:

Extremely user friendly, once you learn the ropes. Especially like that they offer all things HR in one place.

Cons:

Getting to a place where you're confident to use it can take some time/training. Once you learn the processes it becomes very easy.

elisa
HR Manager in UK
Construction, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Good value for money

5.0 7 months ago

Comments: For the users, it is great and simple to use.

Pros:

It is a complete system that covers all areas of HR.

Cons:

You have to set up the system yourself or pay for the support to do it for you. It is a complex system because offers you a lot but it doesn't work properly if you don't set up it properly.

Lisa
People and Culture Operations Manager in UK
Investment Management, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Cezanne HR Review

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: Generally positive, roll out was easy enough and the support provided by the support team has been consistent. We did have some issues with the account manager assigned to our account however that has since been resolved.

Pros:

Ease of deployment and ease of use, for an off the shelf system there is a fair level of customisation available.

Cons:

The areas that we are limited in customising are the performance management module, in terms of titling and labelling boxes and information available at different stages to the employee and manager.At times you can get stuck in a system loop when updating deployment records which can be frustrating as the notification messages don't go into enough detail to help you pin point what exactly is causing the loop so it can take some time to resolve.

Thomas
Manager in UK
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Very positive

5.0 6 months ago

Comments: Very positive overall. Support has been very good during implementation and required.

Pros:

Ease of access, integration and setup. Support has always been very well received.

Cons:

Initial setup to how the business requires it took longer than anticipated.

Leigh-Ann
People Team Administrator in UK
Information Technology & Services, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Review of Cezanne from a HR Admin

5.0 5 months ago

Comments: Very good so far, and the support has been great from the Cezanne team

Pros:

How easy the stages are set out, step by step

Cons:

Probably that when an error message comes up, it isn't that easy to figure out why

David
IT Support and Systems Developer in UK
Legal Services, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

It's ok for HR software

3.0 6 months ago

Pros:

The ability to use Single Sign On is good. The general look of the site is good.

Cons:

It's a bit clunky. I seem to get lots of notifications from colleagues and can't turn them off. API isn't working as intended and support haven't come back to me after 3 months.

Emily
HR Manager in UK
Defense & Space, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

A technical system, capable of holding a lot of different forms of data, but not as focused on ease of use as others

4.0 7 months ago

Pros:

The system has the option to hold a large volume of different forms of data and the reporting functionality seems good. We're mid-way through implementation and our implementation manager has been helpful.

Cons:

Because the system is able to hold so much data, it's not as easy for users to navigate as other systems I've used in the past. The data we can transfer through the integration with Pinpoint ATS seems very limited.

Anna
HR Operations Manager in UK
Human Resources, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Cezanne review

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Great

Pros:

As someone who helps implement, train employee to use and who is an admin user, I find Cezanne to be very intuitive and user friendly. I enjoy sharing Cezanne with new clients as I know that it will help to make everyone's lives easier!

Cons:

Reporting - sometimes it is difficult to get all of the information you need on one report as the data sits in different tables within the system

Chris
Marketing Director in UK
Financial Services, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Flexible Functions

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: Cezanne have been a dream to work with. Support is great and we've had a great level of up time. We have no complaints.

Pros:

We outgrew our old HR platform and we realised that most (even some of the industry leaders) only work to one very fixed hours patten. Cezanne HR has helped us to accommodate many working pattens. Their API has allowed us to easily pull this data into our BI platforms. Staff can use the app to book absence at home. We have even deployed custom absence plans which allows for gift holiday etc.

Cons:

The UX is not the most intuative out there and the design could do with a little refresh. However, neither are show stoppers. The functionality gains and value for money are far more important.

Rachel
HR Advisor in UK
Logistics & Supply Chain, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Ease of use

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

Cezanne is so easy to use, I have used several other HR & Time and attendance platforms and I have to say this is the easiest one I have used.

Cons:

Sometimes the support can be a bit slow in getting back to you. It would be beneficial to have a number to call.

georgia
HR Director in UK
Human Resources, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Great system, everything you need in one place!

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Excellent - support staff are amazing!

Pros:

Having the document creation and tracking saves so much time!

Cons:

With onboarding it would be good if you didnt have to manually tick off tasks