Absorb LMS vs. SAP SuccessFactors HCM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Absorb LMS
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Absorb LMS aims to empower organizations to train employees with the skills needed to stay modern and relevant in today's fast-paced world. The LMS software focuses on aligning learning needs with business demands.N/A
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
SAP SuccessFactors is a suite of HR/HCM products covering these capability areas: core HR and payroll, recruiting and onboarding, learning and development, performance and compensation management, workforce analytics and planning, and employee experience management.
$75.60
per year Up to 100 Employees
Pricing
Absorb LMSSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Absorb LMSSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Absorb LMSSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Considered Both Products
Absorb LMS
Chose Absorb LMS
I think Absorb LMS is, by far, the most clean and visually appealing platform, while being easy to use and still providing powerful functionality.
SAP SuccessFactors HCM

No answer on this topic

Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Absorb LMSSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
8.8
98 Ratings
7% above category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
-
Ratings
Course authoring8.381 Ratings00 Ratings
Course catalog or library9.586 Ratings00 Ratings
Player/Portal9.289 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning content9.170 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile friendly7.074 Ratings00 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications9.893 Ratings00 Ratings
Assignments9.682 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance management9.877 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning administration9.695 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics9.093 Ratings00 Ratings
Social learning7.950 Ratings00 Ratings
Gamification6.745 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning9.666 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.8
587 Ratings
0% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.2517 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.0527 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.6502 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.7477 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.9541 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings7.7481 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.3292 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.7
323 Ratings
4% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.0238 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.3211 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings7.4205 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.5199 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.8198 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.0257 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.6183 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
320 Ratings
0% below category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.3317 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings7.8269 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.9232 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.1
471 Ratings
0% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.2348 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.6455 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings7.7299 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings7.7270 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.2437 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
3 Ratings
5% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.43 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
6.5
462 Ratings
15% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings6.8444 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings6.6414 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.3333 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.9
368 Ratings
1% below category average
New hire portal00 Ratings7.4353 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.4330 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.3
470 Ratings
4% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.9419 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.2466 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.9374 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings7.9437 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.1
494 Ratings
3% above category average
Performance plans00 Ratings7.9474 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.8402 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings7.9442 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings7.9445 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.8357 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.8
334 Ratings
0% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings7.8307 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.7290 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings7.8296 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings7.7275 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
4.1
389 Ratings
62% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.8365 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings7.7346 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.7299 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.6333 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.2304 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings7.7349 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.7355 Ratings
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User Ratings
Absorb LMSSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(100 ratings)
8.2
(653 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.6
(6 ratings)
9.1
(41 ratings)
Usability
9.9
(2 ratings)
7.9
(167 ratings)
Availability
9.9
(2 ratings)
9.3
(6 ratings)
Performance
9.9
(2 ratings)
8.4
(6 ratings)
Support Rating
9.7
(85 ratings)
7.2
(29 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Online Training
8.2
(1 ratings)
7.7
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.7
(2 ratings)
6.5
(15 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.1
(6 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.2
(1 ratings)
2.2
(3 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.1
(420 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.8
(2 ratings)
8.8
(6 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(4 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
8.6
(5 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
8.1
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
Absorb LMSSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
Absorb Software Inc.
My experience with Absorb LMS has been very positive. From the beginning, the system was very easy to configure and set up. The options for internally created trainings have been robust, especially as it pertains to "quizzes" to test users. Additionally, importing existing SCORM trainings or internally recorded trainings has been relatively easy.
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SAP
For large, global companies, SAP Success Factors HCM excels in recruitment, performance tracking, profile management, attendance management, and employee development. Yet, for smaller businesses or those with basic HR needs, it may prove too complex and costly as it is challenging to maintain, and the initial cost is too high.
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Pros
Absorb Software Inc.
  • Customer Service - Our CSM, Kirsten Spak, provides friendly, timely and high quality help and has helps us to understand and efficiently use the system.
  • Course Creation - We have been able to create custom courses with a wide range of features, including branding, audio, video and assessments.
  • Reporting - Absorb LMS offers a robust reporting function which allows us to understand our users and meet the needs of our partners when user information is required for their projects.
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SAP
  • The product is straightforward to use. The product allows instant edits if a mistake is made and is very helpful in keeping track of individual employee working hours.
  • Use of the platform ensures that your business is connected to a global workforce experience powered by modern HR technologies and AI.
  • Implementation of the software ensures an excellent workforce experience and accelerates overall business performance.
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Cons
Absorb Software Inc.
  • Reporting needs some additional help, especially the Course Activity Report. It would be great to see the description of the course on the header of the report.
  • The courses on the smart devices look wonky and sometimes the videos don't show up, yet you can hear it.
  • The Absorb LMS phone application also needs a lot of work. It does not show all the tiles that are available in the browser version.
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SAP
  • The UI/UX needs to get more better it still gives a very archaic look
  • Certain workflows particularly in the payroll module are complex in nature and have room for improvement
  • As compared to peers like Oracle it still lacks a lot of features and user friendliness
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Likelihood to Renew
Absorb Software Inc.
We love the ability to have a user-friendly system that integrates well with our different HR interfaces (we have 3 systems that feed data/employees into the system). It makes it easy to track course completions and report out on metrics enterprise-wide. In addition, the ability to provide consistent education to staff who are geographically dispersed is a huge incentive for us, and Absorb LMS does this seamlessly.
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SAP
We have put a vast amount of time and effort into our installation- and there is more work to be done, but the system has a lot of benefits that we plan to maximize and optimize in order to generate the greatest value for everyone involved
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Usability
Absorb Software Inc.
Absorb LMS is easy to use from both a user experience and admin experience. For users, navigating the site to complete assignments or finding courses to develop new skills is very user-friendly. As an admin, the course creation tools walk you through each step simply, but have a ton of functionality to support any of your training needs.
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SAP
SAP SuccessFactors is very user friendly, starting with Single Sign-on integration, then right away showing various tiles, such as organizational chart, time-off management, notifications of any review tasks, such as time-approval for team members. It has good navigation functions and language is very intuitive, so easy to understand for business users, no need to be too tech savvy.
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Reliability and Availability
Absorb Software Inc.
The customer service team is top notch. They have always been readily available and quick to assist regardless of the day or time of the call
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SAP
Until now we have not had serious availability problems with SuccessFactors, we had Microsoft Active Directory and SSO with ADFS and we had availability problems but because of problems with ADFS, we migrated to Azure AD and with that the availability problems of SuccessFactors because of ADFS went away. The only windows of unavailability that we have had are those that we are communicated to do maintenance and upgrades.
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Performance
Absorb Software Inc.
Absorb LMS's performance is very reliable and consistent. Pages load quickly. Report are generated within a reasonable amount of time (even with significant amounts of data), etc. Nothing seems to slow it down.
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SAP
The performance is very good, the truth is that we have not had serious performance problems, some complex reports may take a little longer, but considering the complexity and the amount of records it is an acceptable time. We have never received a complaint from users regarding page loading speed.
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Support Rating
Absorb Software Inc.
Absorb LMS's client service managers have been extremely responsive, efficient, and available. While we pay for a higher level of support, we have found it well worth the investment. We've been less pleased with the accounting side of the organization, but that has little impact on the delivery of training to our clients and employees.
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SAP
SuccessFactors Employee Central gets a middle of the road rating from me because of the things it does really well - Training. It falls short with the objectives cascade and visibility amongst my reports. That's what brings it down to a 5. Objectives need to be clear and concise in order to gain buy-in from your reports, and SuccessFactors muddies that by poor delineation between cascaded attributes and my report's objectives. The whole objectives cascade can be reworked.
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In-Person Training
Absorb Software Inc.
No answers on this topic
SAP
The in-person training was with a consultancy, we have taken several courses, all very specific. They have been reports in ecp, general configuration of ec, reports and IAS
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Online Training
Absorb Software Inc.
I meet and do training with my absorb support every week. and I have all my questions answered! it's great
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SAP
We use SAP Learning, and we like it very much, the topics are updated along with the products, we have access to the SFX customer certifications and we have done them all, in general the SAP learning platform is very good and complete.
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Implementation Rating
Absorb Software Inc.
No answers on this topic
SAP
As we were new with all this, we would greatly appreciate if we had assitance directly from SAP so we can implement the modules with all of its features and best practices. Unfortunately, we notice that the partner left some thing incomplete.
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Alternatives Considered
Absorb Software Inc.
hands down favorite in look, function, cost and service. Others were close but could not meet our external and internal cases. Our current one (we looked at them again) did not have 40% of the functionality or value, despite the bargain cost, it was not worth it to continue. Only new hires used our LMS for onboarding because they had to; no one went back for more training. With Absorb our classes are more dynamic and targeted.
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SAP
We evaluated a number of products, especially as we got to the juncture of determining if we were going to implement SAP as a payroll system. We've evaluated ADP for applicant tracking. We evaluated IOS and have used IOS. Workday was another product. We evaluated a number of others that I can't even recall. I think we selected this product because of what I mentioned: the connectivity that we had in place and wanting to retain that. And, also a funny thing about the intricacy and the complexity of it is it makes it powerful, more powerful than some of the other systems that we saw.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Absorb Software Inc.
No answers on this topic
SAP
Not applicable.
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Scalability
Absorb Software Inc.
This is one of the main reasons we chose Absorb as our LMS. It is a very user-friendly application that is able to be deployed across multiple departments in geographically dispersed locations. It works amazingly well for us.
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SAP
The scalability and flexibility of SuccessFactors is unbeatable. It is very easy to scale the product to new countries and areas, and with the help of CPI it can be easily integrated.
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Professional Services
Absorb Software Inc.
No answers on this topic
SAP
We did use this service to do analysis of the solution being implemented. It was a good check point during the project to see if everything is going as planned.
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Return on Investment
Absorb Software Inc.
  • Absorb LMS's user-friendly interface and interactive learning features contributed to a 150% increase in learner engagement levels. The platform's ability to deliver engaging content and quizzes enhances employee participation and knowledge retention at retail
  • With Absorb LMS, we are looking to streamline our remote employee onboarding process, and tracking to reduce the time taken for new hires to complete training modules by 30%.
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SAP
  • As far as ROI, I don't know what the investment is in the product, so I can't give you an exact number of profitability, but I can tell you for ease of use, it has been a lot easier to use the product. I think the only thing that I would prefer is instead of having the print screens, I'd prefer having video modules to explain how to use the different aspects of it.
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ScreenShots

Absorb LMS Screenshots

Screenshot of a company's unique identity with a training interface that is custom-designed for the brand.Screenshot of a company's image and values with a training interface that is tailored to the brand's specific needs.Screenshot of the course creation workflow, that offer a diverse set of formats, including instructional videos, quizzes, and assessments.Screenshot of Absorb's course details page, accessible from the course catalog dashboard, used to give learners an understanding of the course material.Screenshot of learners' progress insights, used to make data-driven decisions with the reporting capabilities of Absorb LMS.Screenshot of course creation with Create AI Beta.

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Screenshots

Screenshot of SAP SuccessFactors Learning, which supports informal and collaborative learningScreenshot of the SuccessFactors LMS experience that puts learning opportunities at the center of business operations and goals.Screenshot of the learning dashboard and metrics in SAP SuccessFactors Learning.Screenshot of the SAP SuccessFactors Opportunity Marketplace.Screenshot of information on employee requests, evaluations, and performance in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central.