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PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT COMPARISON

New Dynamics vs UKG

Explore the fit for your people, your working relationships and your performance process.

THE DECISION IN BRIEF

Where should you focus the comparison?

An organisation evaluating UKG may need to serve office, operational and frontline populations together. Explore New Dynamics for a performance process shaped around team rhythms and working relationships. Compare how each employee group participates, not just what an HR administrator can configure.

New Dynamics and UKG, side by side

Published capabilities and the questions worth testing. Package and configuration details should be confirmed with each supplier.
Your decisionNew DynamicsYour process, connectedUKG
Core emphasisConnected performance, shaped around how your organisation works.Talent and coaching across a broader workforce suite
Review flexibilityConfigure forms, stages, participants, reminders and approvals.Performance and coaching with regular check-ins and conversation support.
Connected contextBring goals, feedback and recognition into reviews and development conversations.Feedback, learning, career development and wider talent processes.
Test in your demoInclude line and project managers with distinct roles, contribution weighting and relationship-specific permissions.Which UKG product and modules does the proposal cover?
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WHY NEW DYNAMICS

A connected approach.
Room to do it your way.

Your performance process should reflect how people contribute, who sees their work and what helps them grow. New Dynamics brings those connections into the same conversation.

GoalsFeedbackRecognitionReviewsDevelopment
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Flexibility in the process

Shape forms, stages, participants and approvals around your organisation. Keep common principles while allowing different teams to work at a rhythm that makes sense.

Explore configurable workflows

A fuller picture of contribution

Bring line managers, project leads and functional perspectives into the assessment. Define their roles, contribution weighting and permissions so responsibility stays clear.

Explore multi-manager reviews

Context that carries forward

Connect goals, feedback and recognition to the review, then turn the conversation into development. The next check-in should build on what you agreed.

Explore connected performance
A PRACTICAL EVALUATION

A demo scenario for your UKG comparison

A workforce includes office employees and shift-based teams. Ask how both groups receive clear goals, give useful feedback and participate in a review with the managers who observe their work. Include a temporary team assignment and a development action that does not require a classroom course. Evaluate participation and access across the different working environments.

Give both suppliers the same anonymised example and ask to see the employee, manager and HR administrator views. Record what happens inside the product, which steps require manual coordination and what needs additional configuration. Involve the people who will use the process, not only the team choosing the software.

Questions to ask before deciding

  • Which UKG product and modules does the proposal cover?
  • How can different workforce groups follow suitable review rhythms?
  • What is the process for temporary managers and team assignments?

A clear answer should identify the product, plan and configuration being demonstrated. Ask to see the result rather than accept a yes-or-no feature response. Capture any dependencies in the proposal, including the people who will maintain the configuration once the initial implementation is complete.

Plan implementation around adoption

Identify the worker populations, access methods and HR systems involved. Separate time-and-attendance data from the evidence needed for a performance conversation. Pilot with both operational and office teams before broadening the programme.

Define a small number of useful success measures before the pilot: whether managers can find relevant evidence, whether employees understand their next development action and whether HR can handle a normal exception without a separate spreadsheet. Review the experience together and refine the process before extending it.

Compare the whole commitment

Subscription price is only part of the decision. Ask about configuration, migration, identity and HR connections, training, support and the effort required to keep the process current. Confirm data export, retention and access responsibilities with your IT and People teams. An existing HR system may continue to hold employee records even if you choose a dedicated performance platform.

For New Dynamics, bring those requirements into the discovery conversation. We can explore the stages, relationships and evidence your process needs and agree the scope for your organisation. Integration availability, migration work and commercial terms should be confirmed in writing.

Our editorial approach

Our competitor summary uses vendor-published product information. Reviewed on 18 September 2026. Evaluation scenarios and recommendations are New Dynamics’ analysis; this is a comparison published by a supplier, not an independent product test.

Capabilities can change and depend on your plan, region and configuration. Names and logos identify their respective owners and do not imply endorsement or affiliation. Read our comparison methodology or send corrections to contact@new-dynamics.com.

Your questions, answered.

Is New Dynamics an alternative to UKG?

New Dynamics is an option to evaluate when your priority is connected performance management with configurable workflows and multi-manager perspectives. UKG is also worth assessing against the same requirements. Compare the named product, package and employee journey rather than assuming the two proposals cover identical scope.

How should we compare New Dynamics and UKG pricing?

Request proposals covering the same workforce, capabilities and services. Include implementation, historical data, integrations, training, ongoing support and renewal terms. There is no price or savings claim on this page: an accurate comparison requires the scope and commercial terms offered to your organisation.

Can we move from UKG to New Dynamics?

Start with discovery and a representative pilot. Identify the worker populations, access methods and HR systems involved. Separate time-and-attendance data from the evidence needed for a performance conversation. Pilot with both operational and office teams before broadening the programme. Migration feasibility, supported data, technical connections and delivery dates must be agreed with the team; this page does not promise an automatic migration.

Where do the competitor facts come from?

Published UKG product information was reviewed on 18 September 2026. Product summaries describe published capabilities; the demo scenario and evaluation advice are New Dynamics’ analysis. Functionality can vary by plan, region and configuration.

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