ADP DataCloud vs. PayScale MarketPay

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ADP DataCloud
Score 6.6 out of 10
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ADP® DataCloud is the company's workforce analytics tool, presented as an intelligent set of data analysis tools designed to help HR professionals measure, compare, predict and apply insights uncovered in ADP workforce data.N/A
PayScale MarketPay
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
PayScale MarketPay is a compensation survey data aggregator that supports merit and structure modeling, report writer, and pricing wizard.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ADP DataCloudPayScale MarketPay
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
ADP DataCloudPayScale MarketPay
Workforce Analytics
Comparison of Workforce Analytics features of Product A and Product B
ADP DataCloud
9.0
3 Ratings
5% above category average
PayScale MarketPay
-
Ratings
Automated data collection8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Data analysis9.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Data integration8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive analytics9.23 Ratings00 Ratings
Benchmarking8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Report designer8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built content9.13 Ratings00 Ratings
Data management9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-service insights9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
ADP DataCloudPayScale MarketPay
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(3 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
ADP DataCloudPayScale MarketPay
Likelihood to Recommend
ADP
It is highly suited in managing all programs that takes place using data that is integrated into our company. It offers insights that helps our team members to solve challenges that arise to our workforce teams. It easily monitors all activities that takes place within an organization and ensures that there is effective management of time.
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PayScale, Inc.
If you have someone in your organization well-versed in compensation and compensation analysis, PS MP is a great fit and they will be able to onboard and leverage it very quickly. Moreover, if you have roles within your organization that are fairly standard and akin to similar roles in other organizations, you will get a lot out of the majority of matches that PS MP suggests. However, if you've made your roles a little bit more nuanced or "outside of the box" you may have difficulty finding a sufficient match and have to make concessions. If you are in a region where PS MP might not provide enough data, you may need to do a bit of extra leg-work and analysis on your own to settle on where your pay ranges and the like should be. Given the cost of PS MP, it's worth considering based on your workforce and your commitment to compensation analysis and the conversations around it whether it's truly going to provide adequate ROI.
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Pros
ADP
  • Monitoring human resources available in our company.
  • Checking employee attendance and time of reporting to duty.
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PayScale, Inc.
  • Detailed view of the market rates for roles within the organization provides the ability to pay our employees at our chosen rate with confidence.
  • Updated data to ensure that we are keeping pace--you're not stuck with outdated data that some annual salary surveys provide.
  • The market available for analysis are robust, and we're not simply looking at a single city, region, or country. You can usually get as grand or as granular as you like in reviewing available data.
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Cons
ADP
  • Better and easier implementation of the system
  • Initial set up can be cumbersome, afterwards easy to use
  • Configuring various features is a bit difficult
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PayScale, Inc.
  • There is a bit of a learning curve--if you're looking to get others involved who are not fluent in compensation data and analysis, it can be complicated and involved. It could benefit from additional tips and walkthroughs for newer users outside of the support that PayScale provides through your designated PS employee/account manager.
  • Being a Canadian company, the data isn't always as robust as it is for American companies. Larger cities are almost always represented and while you can often get data for the smaller areas, the data is not sufficient enough to always provide the best confidence (e.g. 5.0 reports vs. lower rated ones).
  • It does not work for every job, and you may find that you need to stretch definitions a bit as you may have roles that don't fix the exact mold that they are closest to in PayScale. This is especially true in insurance, where the role of underwriter or claims adjuster may differ significantly based on the organization's business.
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Support Rating
ADP
No answers on this topic
PayScale, Inc.
Support is great as PayScale provides you with a dedicated staff member similar to Account Manager that helps ensure you stay on track and you get what you need out of the product. Additionally, onboarding support is provided where needed, and you never feel as though you're not close to the support you need. PayScale support is great!
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Alternatives Considered
ADP
ADP DataCloud has been more powerful as compared to other data management platform system that I have worked with. It has great and well developed dashboards that gives clear information on how the workflow processes are taking place. It is equipped with automated data services that gives us insights on time and controls any volume of data that enters into our company.
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PayScale, Inc.
We haven't used any similar products, as the organization previously relied on salary surveys completed within a group of similar companies and market surveys. The downside of such surveys was the limited or not relevant datasets and the timing of them as they did not keep pace with the market and were always essentially 6-12 months behind the curve.
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Return on Investment
ADP
  • It has highly achieved most of our objectives contributing to faster ROI.
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PayScale, Inc.
  • Positive: Ability to better understand where our pay is relative to the market and ensure that we are paying competitively and attracting the best possible talent.
  • Positive: We can have more informed compensation conversations with staff about their pay and why we pay the way we do. We can define our compensation philosophy and build a plan to move forward and ensure we keep staff informed.
  • Neutral Impact: While PS MP can be robust for certain jobs, using it as a unified platform within the organization is not without its challenges as some jobs just don't quite fit the data provided and we need to make some concessions. While there are benefits to the data, the additional work and less confidence makes those benefits a bit of a wash in the end.
  • Negative: There has been no negative impact of using PS MP overall to this point.
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