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What Is ELMO Software?

ELMO Software is a cloud-based solution that helps thousands of organisations across Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to effectively manage their people, process and pay.

With a comprehensive suite of ISO-certified solutions that span the full employee lifecycle, ELMO Software is designed to scale as organisations grow. Flexible and configurable, ELMO’s one-stop HRIS fits to your specific needs and workflows.

We help organisations automate and streamline operations across the following areas: HR Core, Payroll, Recruitment, Onboarding, Performance Management and Learning Management, plus a suite of additional modules to help you and your business achieve their HR goals. .

ELMO’s suite of fully integrated solutions can be used together or stand-alone, so you can feel confident that you have the flexibility to scale as the needs of your organisation evolve.

Who Uses ELMO Software?

HR & finance professionals, business owners & C-suite executives who are looking to streamline their people and pay processes. Our extensive expertise spans all industries, enabling us to deliver solutions that meet the specific needs of our customers.

Where can ELMO Software be deployed?

Cloud-based
On-premises

About the vendor

  • ELMO Software
  • Located in Sydney, Australia
  • Founded in 2002

ELMO Software support

  • Phone Support
  • Chat

Countries available

Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom

Languages

English

ELMO Software pricing

Starting Price:

Not provided by vendor
  • No free trial
  • No free version

ELMO Software does not have a free version and does not offer a free trial.

About the vendor

  • ELMO Software
  • Located in Sydney, Australia
  • Founded in 2002

ELMO Software support

  • Phone Support
  • Chat

Countries available

Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom

Languages

English

ELMO Software videos and images

ELMO Software Software - ELMO HR Core & Analytics | Centralise and automate your people management with an HR software solution that’s built to suit the needs of your business.
ELMO Software Software - ELMO Onboarding | Start each new employee’s journey with a personalised onboarding experience so you can set them up for success and aim to retain.
ELMO Software Software - ELMO Recruitment | Find and hire the right talent for your business, fast – with a recruitment software solution that helps streamline all your recruitment functions.
ELMO Software Software - ELMO Learning Management | Keep employee skills relevant and your business compliant, with an online learning management solution (LMS) that's equipped to meet the needs of the modern learner and your organisation.
ELMO Software Software - ELMO Payroll | Navigate the complexities of pay with secure and accurate payroll, configured to suit the needs of your business and with local support that's here to help.
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ELMO Software video
ELMO Software Software - ELMO HR Core & Analytics | Centralise and automate your people management with an HR software solution that’s built to suit the needs of your business.
ELMO Software Software - ELMO Onboarding | Start each new employee’s journey with a personalised onboarding experience so you can set them up for success and aim to retain.
ELMO Software Software - ELMO Recruitment | Find and hire the right talent for your business, fast – with a recruitment software solution that helps streamline all your recruitment functions.
ELMO Software Software - ELMO Learning Management | Keep employee skills relevant and your business compliant, with an online learning management solution (LMS) that's equipped to meet the needs of the modern learner and your organisation.
ELMO Software Software - ELMO Payroll | Navigate the complexities of pay with secure and accurate payroll, configured to suit the needs of your business and with local support that's here to help.

Features of ELMO Software

  • 360 Degree Feedback
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Applicant Tracking
  • Application Management
  • Approval Process Control
  • Assessment Management
  • Asynchronous Learning
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Audit Trail
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Background Screening
  • Benefits Management
  • Billable & Non-Billable Hours
  • Blended Learning
  • Bonus Management
  • Budget Management
  • Built-in Course Authoring
  • Calendar Management
  • Candidate Management
  • Career Development
  • Categorisation/Grouping
  • Certification & Licensing
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Clock In/Out
  • Compensation Management
  • Competency Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Content Library
  • Content Management
  • Corporate Card
  • Course Authoring
  • Course Management
  • Course Tracking
  • Customisable Branding
  • Customizable Questions
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Direct Deposit
  • Document Management
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Handbook
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Profiles
  • Employee Recognition Software
  • Employee Reward Programs
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Employee Self Service
  • Engagement Tracking
  • Expense Tracking
  • Feedback Management
  • Forecasting
  • Gamification
  • Goal Management
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • HR Management
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Interactive Learning
  • Interview Management
  • Interview Scheduling
  • Invoice Management
  • Job Management
  • Job Posting
  • Learner Portal
  • Learning Management
  • Learning Paths/Tracks
  • Leave Tracking
  • Manager-to-Employee Recognition
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Learning
  • Mobile Receipt Upload
  • Modeling & Simulation
  • Multi-Currency
  • Nominations
  • Onboarding
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
  • Organizational Charting
  • Overtime Calculation
  • Payroll Management
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Peer Appraisals
  • Peer-to-Peer Recognition
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Review Management
  • Progress Tracking
  • Quizzes
  • Real-Time Chat
  • Receipt Management
  • Recruitment Management
  • Reimbursement Management
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Resume Parsing
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • SCORM Compliance
  • Self Service Portal
  • Shift Swapping
  • Skills Assessment
  • Social Learning
  • Spend Analysis
  • Spend Control
  • Succession Management
  • Succession Planning
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Synchronous Learning
  • Talent Acquisition
  • Talent Management
  • Task Management
  • Tax Compliance
  • Tests/Assessments
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time & Attendance
  • Time Off Management
  • Time Tracking
  • Timesheet Management
  • Training Management
  • Trend Analysis
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
  • Workflow Management

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Reviews of ELMO Software

Average score

Overall
4.5
Ease of Use
4.6
Customer Service
4.3
Features
4.4
Value for Money
4.3

Reviews by company size (employees)

  • <50
  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001
Andrea
Andrea
Senior Lecturer in Australia
Verified LinkedIn User
E-Learning, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Improved a lot

4.0 3 years ago

Comments: Very satisfied with the latest version and appreciate the transparency provided for all users across the workforce from planner to user to performance review teams. The interactive aspects within the modules do help to improve engagement with the content (I used to just click past a lot).

Pros:

Elmo has come a long way in the past few years from both the user and staff manager views. It was a dread in the past and now it provides a valuable and easy to use tool. This latest version has given me the inspiration to consider how this may be better used to facilitate the training of graduate students.

Cons:

It would be interesting to have a "you might like" or optional courses section so that employees etc who might be looking for other areas to grow in can elect to do optional training for example in a university context a person from one of the Arts disciplines might like to learn more about animal care and ethics and thus want to do that module.

ELMO Software Response

3 years ago

Hi Andrea. We really appreciate the time you've taken to provide such a great review. Feedback like yours is crucial to the evolution of our solution. I have passed your feedback on to our Product Development team. We hope you continue to enjoy the benefits of ELMO's cloud-based solutions. Best wishes, ELMO

Coeli
Bookkeeper in Australia
Accounting, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Bookkepper

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: It was great, less than a month of using but it help us. user friendly

Pros:

The leave monitoring and the update from the management. You will be updated and know what happen to the management. Specially for the offshore team

Cons:

When i first log in my other password that was in my computer was remove

Geoff
Senior Accountant in Australia
Nonprofit Organization Management, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

ELMO Payroll Review

3.0 2 years ago

Pros:

There are few redeeming features about ELMO Payroll. It appears to have been developed on the run using a 3rd party payroll system most likely from USA

Cons:

Features that are critical are least developed such as reports from which to compile a general ladger payroll journal for uploading to an accounting system; termination transactions get included in the pay period of termination reports rather then being able to produce an 'extra' pay period; the conversion from existing to new system was as bad as it could possibly get in terms of communication with ELMO, manual data entry when uploading files fails and inconsistency with leave entitlements computation - ELMO expresses annual leave in days and long service leave in weeks - what happened to hours ??

Eddie
Sales Rep in New Zealand
Consumer Goods, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: Free Trial
Reviewer Source

interaction with this questionair

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: the little I have used it today I think its ok , I am not sure what the benifits will be . time will tell.

Pros:

very easy to use and understand . However I imagine it is developed in north America and I do question have connected the understand of us people here in New Zealand . I . E there prehaps should be some more flexibility with selecting working job roles and also market sectors to choose from or enter our specific application in job and market approach . I . E , we sell engineering steels to the general fabrication market also the heavy structural steel industry here in New Zealand.

Cons:

This is the first time to be introduced to ELMO and hats off to our markets people for having the forethought to present this software app for the benifit of our employees.

Sunny
Assistant Accountant in Australia
Nonprofit Organization Management, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Feedback

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: User-friendly

Pros:

User-friendly and I like the design, easy to get started but can be improved in the future to be more powerful.

Cons:

Sometimes, the function is not clear and makes me confused.

Rakeshkumar
Customer Support Officer in Australia
Individual & Family Services, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Good Training Software

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Awesome

Pros:

Easy to access, and straightforward information

Cons:

Very good software, and nothing least I like. I enjoyed

Cassino
Mataora in New Zealand
Hospital & Health Care, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Survey Only

3.0 2 years ago

Comments: Good and seems user friendly

Pros:

First day using Elmo and too early to tell but I appreciate those who have done much

Cons:

Too early to say, but so far so good, as we have just been introduced to this system.

rommel
Forklift operator in Australia
Logistics & Supply Chain, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Elmo Revs

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

User Friendly and very easy to use. Love it

Cons:

Hang s up a bit. There pop up suggestions but at the end you need to type in the information it needs

Luke
Course Director in Australia
Education Management, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Happy with ELMO Software

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Seamlessly integrated with our HR requests for our professional development compliance activities.

Pros:

Perfect Integration with our HR and compliance PD requests

Cons:

Nothing that I can recall at the moment.

Caitlin
Administration Officer in Australia
Government Relations, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Excellent and efficient software.

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: excellent and easy to use very happy.

Pros:

Easy to use, efficient for time-management and to enter new / old employee details.

Cons:

Individual link sent for first time access, confusing.

Varun
Service Delivery Lead - ICT & Cloud in Fiji
Telecommunications, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

360 Employee Management

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: ELMO provides you a platform to manage your daily HR operations through a system driven governed process. From on-boarding, recruitment, leave management, performance tracking and internal workflow management to handling employee exit.

Cons:

Some fields require manual addition to sections. Option for duplicates not present.

ELMO Software Response

2 years ago

Hi Varun, Thanks for your review and for your feedback. We've passed this on to our Product Development team. We hope you continue to enjoy ELMO's Performance Management. Best wishes, ELMO

Ella
Cleaner in Australia
Facilities Services, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Confusing feedback on module test/assessment

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

The module is clear, straightforward and provides key information supported with relevant visuals to enhance understanding especially if you are not a non-native speaker of English. Navigation is easy and and progress is recorded and indicated accurately.

Cons:

I just used the learning module as a required training path from my employer. In one of the tests' questions, I made a wrong choice and scored 75% in my first trial. As feedback is provided immediately, I can see what the correct option is. So I went back and tried it again, choosing the right option as suggested by the feedback from the software. When I did so, my answer was still wrong. So I tried the third time, using my original answer, and it's still wrong. And I tried it again the fourth time using the suggested correct answer, and it's still wrong anyway. I've tried numerous times and now got confused. To be fair, my original answer would to some extent be right as no indication in the modul that the reading would lead to choosing the other options. Given it is a training module, and all information should be made in reasonable ways to allow readers to make intended conclusion or to assume the intended understanding, when the answers or options are hard to guess from the reading, I think the module needs further checking for content validation and construct reliability so the modul test is relevant to the module content. IMHO. Thanks.

ELMO Software Response

2 years ago

Hi Ella, thanks for your review and feedback. Sorry to hear you had issues with that particular learning module, we have passed your comments to our Product Development team. We are pleased you find ELMO's learning modules clear and straightforward. Many thanks, ELMO Team

arun raj
Social Worker in Australia
Nonprofit Organization Management, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

My view

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Very good

Pros:

User friendly, Good graphics. The softer ware makes to keep track of my HR, Training kind of areas clear and easy keep track of.

Cons:

Nothing I can think of. Initially not easy to pick up in the beginning. You need to get familiar with the tabs and location of the information and so on.

Pavel
Consultant in Australia
Information Technology & Services, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Very Well

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Good

Pros:

It's Practical and user friendly. Covers most of requirements

Cons:

Navigation is a bit complicated and sometimes isn't clear

ELMO Software Response

2 years ago

Thanks so much for your review! We hope you continue to enjoy using ELMO Software and its integrations. Many thanks, ELMO Team

Christie
Mentor in Australia
Government Relations, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Mentors View

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

ease of use very easy to navigate through

Cons:

takes too long thinking then i had to hit save a lot

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Education Management, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

User review

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: ELMO has been used by our HR team for over five years. It has gotten progressively better and easier to use. Now, I know exactly where to go in ESS, how to request information or support and have more clarity around my performance management, than ever before.

Pros:

I use ESS ELMO software nearly every day in my role; for requesting leave, undertaking mandatory training, keeping an eye on performance KPI's and measurement.

Cons:

Finding a payslip from my company is difficult.

ELMO Software Response

2 years ago

Thanks so much for your review. We really appreciate the time you've taken to share your positive experience when using ELMO's Employee Self-Service module. Kind regards, ELMO Team

sarah
Assistant Director of Nursing in Australia
Hospital & Health Care, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

ELMO E-Learning

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

ELMO software is easy to use and navigate. Layout and content of E-Learning packages are clear and visually friendly. Highly recommend.

Cons:

Nil issues with the E-Learning format from a user perspective

Frank
Learning & Development Manager in New Zealand
Financial Services, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Great overall quality of platform for money spent with good customer service and support throughout.

4.0 7 years ago

Comments: Centralised HR Platform where we can design, manage and report on the three critical people stages for us in our business, which are Recruitment, On-boarding and Learning.

Pros:

I think the ease of use and implementation of each of the three modules we currently have; recruitment, on-boarding and learning (including course library) is the main benefit for our business wanting to design and deploy learning modules quickly to our employees, but also makes it easier to implement best practice processes for these which improve workplace efficiencies in how we manage our most important resource, our 'people' component. The features and functionality of the learning management system I think are really seamless and useful in getting learning modules quickly and effectively produced for our network, so then we can data-mine on this for reporting purposes and auditing. Having nearly everything automated and available in the end-to-end process of HR, makes it extrememly beneficial for a business to manage the processes and have one portal with all the critical information gathered into. In addition, since the system is a cloud-based software and being client-centric, when we have enhancements to voice, the ELMO Team consider these for future changes and iterations of the platform, making it better and evolving it out for the clients it's designed for.

Cons:

The ELMO Survey tool and functionality requires some further enhancements to be made to ensure that it provides more granular data for clients (e.g. like Survey Monkey's design), as this will assist us in drilling down further with certain users/learners of the portal to see for example, how long and how many attempts they take for completing compliance modules etc.

Maile
Regional Administrator in Australia
Nonprofit Organization Management, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

ELMO Software Is Great

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: Excellent experience. Deployments have been made easy

Pros:

Easy to Navigate and Access. Summary of all data is clear and easy To understand

Cons:

Limited only to Australian platforms when it comes to Finance and Banking.

Alternatives Considered: Salesforce Sales Cloud

Reasons for Switching to ELMO Software: Convenience

ELMO Software Response

2 years ago

Hi Maile, Thank you for sharing your experience with ELMO! It's great to hear you find ELMO's cloud-based solutions so easy to use. Kind regards, ELMO Team

Toby
Senior Human Resources Coordinator in Australia
Hospital & Health Care, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Excellent, timesaving and user friendly system!

5.0 3 years ago

Comments: Nothing has seemed to be 'too much' for ELMO; our consultants have taken on all of our feedback and have provided these to the development team for consideration.

Pros:

ELMO has significantly reduced the administrative time of many processes. This includes areas such as setting up and maintaining employee databases, recruitment processes, and training and development assignments. The system is very user-friendly, with many of our management personnel commending the system on how easy it is to use compared to previous systems and processes.

Cons:

There are a few small items that I would like to see rolled out to assist in the management of our employee database. The main item would be a function to place an employee on Parental Leave. Ideally this would remove them from the reporting lines in the org charts and have them in a 'floating position' so that they are still counted in our head count and FTE metrics, but don't affect the reporting lines whilst on leave.

ELMO Software Response

3 years ago

Hi Toby. We really appreciate the time you've taken to provide such great feedback. Our customers are at the heart of our business and feedback like yours is crucial to the evolution of our solution. We hope your organisation continues to reap the benefits of ELMO's cloud-based solutions. Best wishes, ELMO

Silas
Technical Lead Developer in Australia
Textiles, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

ELMO makes team assessment easy

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Overall experience has been wonderful.

Pros:

Quarterly performance reviews are now a breeze, ELMO neatly steps you through the process.

Cons:

It's a bit pricey, but you get what you pay for.

Pratik
RIsk and Audit Manager in Australia
Financial Services, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Good Learning Management Sysytem

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: ELMO software has streamlined the learning and tracking completion of learning modules. Easy to do performance assessments as well.

Pros:

It is easy to navigate the learning modules, assign and track completion

Cons:

Bit difficult to search the learning modules. There should be a way to add the learning modules into categories and this would make it easy to search and allocate the modules.

ELMO Software Response

2 years ago

Hi Pratik, Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, we're glad to hear you are enjoying ELMO's Learning Management System. Your feedback regarding categories has been passed on to our Product Development team. Kind regards, ELMO

pauline
administration assistant in Australia
Education Management, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

What I like about the system training for staff members.

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: great

Pros:

Features are accessible and efficient. Font and format is easy to read and manage.

Cons:

Passwords should be easy to create not in particular format e.g 8 letters and two numbers with exclamation mark.

ELMO Software Response

2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your experience with using ELMO, Pauline. We hope you continue to enjoy using ELMO's Learning & Development solutions. Kind regards, ELMO

Vicki
People and Culture Manager in Australia
Human Resources, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Easy of People Management

4.0 3 years ago

Comments: All staff that I have had the experience of working with have been extremely professional and helpful along the journey of implementation. Could not speak higher of them as a team.

Pros:

Ease of use and ability to implement product is very high

Cons:

You currently don't have the ability to have two managers

ELMO Software Response

3 years ago

Thanks for the wonderful review, Vicki. It is great to hear about how the ELMO team has supported your organisation through the implementation process. Your feedback has also been passed on to our Product Development team. Kind regards, ELMO

Nathan
Business Analyst in Australia
Mental Health Care, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Review

4.0 3 years ago

Pros:

Very customisable features for onboarding and recruitment modules.

Cons:

Lack of user friendly editing options e.g. Having to delete an option because you can not edit a field.

ELMO Software Response

3 years ago

Hi Nathan. Thanks so much for your review. It's great to hear your feedback about ELMO's Recruitment and Onboarding modules. We have passed on your feedback to our Product Development team. If you ever need any more help on customisation, you can reach out to your Account Manager who can help you work out solutions specific to your business needs. Best wishes, ELMO Team