11 best people analytics tools to make more data-informed decisions in 2024

^2. ClearCompany

ClearCompany is a talent management platform that provides tools that HR teams can use to empower professionals throughout their lifecycle with an organization. With a focus on “maximizing” talent, it offers five modules aimed at improving the most crucial stages of the employee experience:

• Applicant tracking
• Onboarding
• Employee engagement
• Performance management
• Analytics and reporting

ClearCompany’s analytics feature allows human resources professionals to track standard engagement and performance metrics, but organizations may also find it useful if they want insight into their recruiting efforts. For instance, you can use it to monitor and uphold diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) standards within your candidate pipeline.
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Key features
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• Analytics and reporting across all features
• Built-in applicant tracking system (ATS)
• Automated onboarding 
• Goal-setting tools
• Engagement surveys
• Recognition and praise features
• Performance review templates and process flows

^3. Cornerstone

Cornerstone offers a variety of HR tools within its three major modules: Cornerstone Learning, Cornerstone Performance, and Cornerstone Recruiting. Similar to ClearCompany, Cornerstone encompasses features for recruiting and performance management, but it also has a newly added opportunity marketplace where employees can connect with specific career paths and internal openings. As a result, it allows professionals to take ownership of their own development journeys.

Cornerstone also makes it simple to generate reports and has over 100 pre-configured reports you can access at any time. In addition, it’s possible to schedule reports to be delivered to stakeholders, making it convenient to close the loop on current projects and initiatives.
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Key features
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• Analytics and reporting for tracking employee lifecycle metrics
• Performance management tools
• Integrated learning management system (LMS)
• Opportunity marketplace for more engaging team member development
• Recruiting and onboarding features

^4. Crunchr

Crunchr is a people analytics platform that’s aimed at making team member data easier for human resources professionals to access and understand. Not only can you use it to assess every stage of the employee lifecycle with in-depth metrics, but you can also filter information, compare insights, combine sets, and drill down into every metric to understand it better. Crunchr also utilizes storytelling and context features to illustrate the role people analytics plays in your business.

The platform has also recently rolled out the Crunchr Assistant, an AI-powered tool that offers faster, simpler, and more situationally relevant data. Although it’s simple in terms of its current offerings, Crunchr is suitable for any organization that’s new to tracking and reporting on engagement, performance, and overall employee experience.
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Key features
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• Crunchr AI data assistant
• Highly configurable analytics dashboards for various leaders and stakeholders
• Intelligent workforce planning tools

^5. IntelliHR

As a performance management platform, IntelliHR lets users customize their review cycles and implement 360-degree assessments across their company. On top of that, it also offers employee data management, goal-setting features, automated onboarding and offboarding, and its own ATS. 

IntelliHR may be a good option for large organizations that need in-depth analytics for headcount planning, which is crucial for proper budgeting and resource allocation. With compliance monitoring features, it’s also ideal for companies that track compliance to reduce their risk of legal complications.
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Key features
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• Analytics dashboards with visualizations and shareable graphs
• Performance management features
• Onboarding and offboarding workflows
• Goal-setting tools
• Built-in ATS

^6. Personio

With core HR and talent management tools, Personio’s people analytics feature provides comprehensive insights into employee recruitment, training, performance, engagement, and offboarding. Because the platform makes all reports easy to find and view, it’s an ideal option for human resources departments that want to manage and share their findings with other stakeholders more easily. However, you can also customize which stakeholders get access to protect sensitive information.
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Key features
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• Accessible people analytics dashboards
• Recruiting and onboarding tools
• Applicant tracking and sourcing
• Offboarding tools
• Payroll
• Time tracking
• Absence management
• Digital employee file database
• Performance management
• Training courses

^7. Qualtrics

Qualtrics is a customer experience (CX) and employee experience (EX) platform that not only helps users discover what drives engagement but also allows them to combine CX and EX data sets so they can learn which EX metrics impact customers the most. 
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Key features
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• AI-powered analytics
• Engagement surveys
• 360-degree assessments

^8. SAP SuccessFactors

Part of the SAP ecosystem of products, SuccessFactors’ HR analytics software offers users access to comprehensive, cross-product insights. Apart from its predictive analytics and customization capabilities, the platform also provides access to over 2,000 pre-defined HR, talent, and organizational metrics so everyone can follow the same process for dissecting and interpreting data. 

Besides HR analytics, SAP SuccessFactors also has a dedicated human capital management suite that integrates core HR tools with talent management and engagement features. Due to its global reach, it’s a great solution for multi-national, multilingual companies. 
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Key features
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• Predictive HR analytics
• Core HR tools for data management and payroll
• Sales performance management
• Employee lifecycle management

^9. Sift

Appropriately named, Sift is a modern people directory that simplifies the process of gathering, organizing, and finding employee data. With Sift, you can create highly customized, detailed team member profiles, making it easier for colleagues to learn about each other. The platform also allows you to create easy-to-read org charts for companies of any size, and built-in analytics can help leaders identify talent and development gaps. 

Although it may be hard for small businesses to justify a need for Sift, large organizations that are looking to foster more internal connection and collaboration can certainly benefit from it.
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Key features
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• In-depth employee, skills, and development analytics
• Organizational charts
• Detailed employee profiles
• Customizable pages for consolidating information and collaborating on projects

^10. WorkdayHCM

With a wide variety of HR and human capital management features in its product suite, WorkdayHCM has the ability to offer more extensive people analytics than its smaller competitors. That makes it suitable for enterprises and distributed organizations. Users may also appreciate it for its central data hub as it gives them the ability to customize and experiment with data gathered from Workday’s other HR products. 

Another notable feature: Workday can interpret your data for you with augmented analytics. This means that it transforms hard-to-digest data into easily understandable, actionable findings.
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Key features
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• Centralized employee data hub 
• Augmented analytics
• Goal management features
• Performance reviews
• Meeting tools
• Collaboration tools
• Survey tools and templates

^11. Xoxoday Empuls

Xoxoday Empuls is a unique employee engagement platform because, in addition to surveys, it has features that allow organizations to drive satisfaction and happiness with creative tools. This software solution makes it possible to offer perks and benefits to reward and recognize team members for great work. It also has tools for providing voluntary and lifestyle benefits. 

Users can then analyze if engagement initiatives are working with analytics built for all stakeholders — including employees — to use.
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Key features
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• Analytics and reporting that are accessible across the company
• Engagement surveys
• Reward and recognition tools
• Perks and well-being features