ADP Mobile Solutions vs. Dayforce

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ADP Mobile Solutions
Score 6.8 out of 10
N/A
ADP Mobile Solutions is a benefits administration tool for remote, tablet / mobile platform access to benefits, timesheets, and pay statements.N/A
Dayforce
Score 7.9 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Dayforce HCM is a cloud-based platform encompassing HR, payroll, benefits, and talent and workforce management. It provides companies with a scalable framework and real-time data, such as continual pay calculations, to enable efficient decision-making.N/A
Pricing
ADP Mobile SolutionsDayforce
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ADP Mobile SolutionsDayforce
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
ADP Mobile SolutionsDayforce
Considered Both Products
ADP Mobile Solutions
Chose ADP Mobile Solutions
ADP mobile is an extremely straightforward application in my opinion. Other apps are very similar though, offering an array of the same options. I wouldn't say the mobile application was the primary reason why we choose one service over another, but it is absolutely a …
Chose ADP Mobile Solutions
We use ADP Mobile Solutions in conjunction with ADP Workforce Now. The mobile convenience for timekeeping is the primary reason we went with ADP Mobile Solutions instead of other products.
Dayforce
Chose Dayforce
End users not adopting the product. Time is money in our industry and our employee base knows it. It is extremely important to reduce the effort and time required.
Chose Dayforce
There is no need to pull hours from another platform and upload them into the system, like with ADP TimeSaver.
Chose Dayforce
We previously had a system in which there were third party applications and things were so much slower. Having issues with the third party application could interfere with day to day tasks, as well as disrupt payroll processing.
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Features
ADP Mobile SolutionsDayforce
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Mobile Solutions
-
Ratings
Dayforce
7.9
582 Ratings
1% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.1505 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.4540 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.0530 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.8532 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.4483 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings7.7528 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.5352 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Mobile Solutions
-
Ratings
Dayforce
8.4
582 Ratings
5% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings9.0568 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.5283 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.9132 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.0457 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.0553 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.5437 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings8.1294 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Mobile Solutions
-
Ratings
Dayforce
8.0
528 Ratings
1% below category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.3496 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings7.7510 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.9417 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
ADP Mobile Solutions
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Ratings
Dayforce
8.1
594 Ratings
0% below category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.5565 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.7578 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.0398 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings7.1206 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.0474 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Mobile Solutions
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Ratings
Dayforce
7.5
97 Ratings
3% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.597 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
ADP Mobile Solutions
-
Ratings
Dayforce
7.2
581 Ratings
5% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.6572 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.7572 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.3400 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
ADP Mobile Solutions
-
Ratings
Dayforce
7.8
374 Ratings
3% below category average
New hire portal00 Ratings7.8364 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.9320 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
ADP Mobile Solutions
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Ratings
Dayforce
7.7
241 Ratings
6% below category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.4202 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings7.9221 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.6189 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings7.9226 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Mobile Solutions
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Ratings
Dayforce
7.8
265 Ratings
2% below category average
Performance plans00 Ratings7.5246 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.6210 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings7.9248 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings7.9244 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings8.0219 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
ADP Mobile Solutions
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Ratings
Dayforce
6.9
119 Ratings
13% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings7.294 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings6.9102 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings6.6107 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings7.194 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
ADP Mobile Solutions
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Ratings
Dayforce
7.3
287 Ratings
6% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.5271 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings7.5265 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.5222 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.5254 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings6.6217 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings7.4264 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.3258 Ratings
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ADP Mobile SolutionsDayforce
Small Businesses
Justworks
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Score 7.8 out of 10
Patriot Software
Patriot Software
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.5 out of 10
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Infor Human Resources
Infor Human Resources
Score 7.3 out of 10
Infor Human Resources
Infor Human Resources
Score 7.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
ADP Mobile SolutionsDayforce
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(18 ratings)
8.0
(622 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
1.0
(1 ratings)
8.7
(86 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(2 ratings)
6.3
(60 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(12 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(13 ratings)
Support Rating
8.9
(4 ratings)
7.7
(65 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(11 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(18 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.6
(43 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(13 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(8 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.9
(14 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(18 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.9
(12 ratings)
User Testimonials
ADP Mobile SolutionsDayforce
Likelihood to Recommend
ADP
[ADP Mobile Solutions is] appropriate for when your at home and you need to request time off. It's also nice to see your benefits that you elected and be able to do open enrollment for benefits via the app. They can see their paystubs and their W2's and your able to print or email those documents to yourself.
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Dayforce
Ceridian is well suited for transferring time data between systems to ensure employees are accurately compensated based on their time. Ceridian is not ideal when an employee has transferred to a different country. (As previously mentioned, we are required to create a new user record which with our setup requires the existing employee to be hired in the new location).
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Pros
ADP
  • I love the basic login functionality. Other apps make you type in your username, password and then some additional information like what is your first pets name. For this - once I pull up the App my username is already there and I just need to add in my password. It only saves a few minutes but sometimes that is the difference between signing in and doing it on a desktop later.
  • I also love the basic text. For other mobile apps the verbiage they use was their own. I'm not sure if they were trying to be fancy but ADP uses basic terms for the information it shows. To me it made my first few uses of it super simple.
  • Reporting is really good. It shows graphs for how I was paid and if I click on a graph it gives more detail. Just really smooth. It makes you feel like they really paid attention to the user experience and didn't over complicate things.
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Dayforce
  • Reporting. It has an extensive report builder with stock reports, ad-hoc reports, and the ability to build your own custom reports.
  • Payroll. The continuous payroll engine makes processing complex payrolls much easier and faster.
  • Forms. The stock forms are a great jumping off point to start creating custom forms that work better for your processes and organization.
  • Documentation. Every module is well documented, and you're always bound to learn something if you read through them properly!
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Cons
ADP
  • ADP's HR products could be more affordable for small businesses. The quality of the products is good. With enough employees the value they provide makes sense, but with fewer employees, it's more than you need and the price isn't justified.
  • ADP Time and Attendance was not able to be customized to the operations of my company. With retail locations organized under separate legal entities, but sharing employees across locations, the product was not setup to accommodate this to accurately track employees hours without double-paying or causing confusion.
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Dayforce
  • In payroll, there are sometimes issues with calculating pay when people’s rates change mid-pay period
  • Would love to see an option to assist with building SQL or XML statements in the future (maybe co-pilot AI?)
  • Would love an easy way to store pre-hire documents with candidates that syncs over to their HR profile when hired
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Likelihood to Renew
ADP
It's just not user-friendly
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Dayforce
We are highly invested in Ceridian's Dayforce product. It give us the flexibility and scaling that our growing company needs. Its potential reaches beyond the basic HR functions to the decision making that our Management Team needs. Ceridian is always innovating the employee and employee experiences to offer cutting edge options.
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Usability
ADP
The usability seems very intuitive, as we turn more features on we are continually impressed. As we roll out features to our employees, it is very user-friendly, and most users have little to complain about. I would recommend a training module when someone first downloads the app, to have a few training screens before logging in to help those less familiar with application technology. Other than that recommendation, the app has been great.
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Dayforce
I think it's very usable for the employee. I don't think it is as easy for the HR/PR admins - especially if there is an issue. There are so many setup screens that need to be looked at to try to figure out why payroll isn't calculating properly, hours aren't feeding over correctly, or benefits are not calculating properly. For the most part, they can't do their own troubleshooting. The same is true for the managers. Our managers find it cumbersome to go into make any schedule changes after the schedules have been generated.
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Reliability and Availability
ADP
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Dayforce
We have never experienced a total/unplanned outages that effected our ability to process payroll. However, there are times when the application's speed is significantly effected - and processing a payroll may take up to twice as long as normal.
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Performance
ADP
No answers on this topic
Dayforce
We haven't noticed any slow-down due to the integration of Dayforce WFM with our Ceridian HPL products (HRIS and Payroll). The new HTML view of the timesheets don't load as quickly as the old Silverlight view - however, we have gotten used to the change.
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Support Rating
ADP
I've never really had to use the support for ADP mobile, so I would say that it is a great reason to give a good score. I believe the support that is put into keeping the application up to date and keeping the functionality of the application must be a focus of ADP, which is nice to see.
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Dayforce
Most of the time the support is great; it's not always super efficient but I always get the help I need. Occasionally it takes a lot longer than we had hoped or get conflicting responses. We had one ticket recently where we were told we would have to pay the service team to support us on the project and then another person called the next day with the solution to our query and was able to find a solution easily. Generally, though, the response is great and they either walk me though how to do something via a Zoom Meeting or they email step-by-step instructions on how to do it and say if I have questions we can set up a meeting to discuss further.
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In-Person Training
ADP
No answers on this topic
Dayforce
Because the training we reviewed at Insights has changed how we use the system everyday. This is a key factor in our training.
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Online Training
ADP
No answers on this topic
Dayforce
The online training is very good, there is a wide variety of topics offered and several dates and times. The instructors are very knowledgeable about the subjects they are teaching. There are so many ways to program Dayforce that just the basics seem to be covered in the class.
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Implementation Rating
ADP
No answers on this topic
Dayforce
Have a strong internal team. Communicate with your implementation team - they are there to make it work for you. Take the time to really think about how you want the system to work for you - in some cases, you may need to rethink your own business practices to see if you are working harder when the system could do it for you
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Alternatives Considered
ADP
While I was not responsible for the platform selection, ADP has a much better interface. The tools available help in accessing payroll data for several pay periods easily. The data is easy to interpret and consume without the need to open every pay slip. Also the data is available almost instantaneously.
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Dayforce
All of the info for Payroll, HR updates, employee updates, Time worked and PTO are in a single application, with a single login, updated in every screen or module in real time. There is no lag in data from screen to screen or from user to user, its almost instant.
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Scalability
ADP
No answers on this topic
Dayforce
Overall, we are extremely happy with the Dayforce WFM module. Our biggest pain point is concerning the twice annual software upgrades - which is the only reason I haven't rated them as a '10'. Because every customer is configured differently, the upgrades can sometimes have adverse effects on our current configured policies/rules. And although they roll-out the upgraded version in a test environment several weeks before go-live, not all testing is accurate in that environment. Some issues do not present themselves until you are working with live punches.
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Return on Investment
ADP
  • We have not had real test of the impact yet since we have not been able to roll out to our pest management techs.
  • I believe that if we keep trying to educate our employees on how to access and use the mobile solutions app we will see more positive feedback because of the ease of access to their information.
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Dayforce
  • Performance Reviews/Comp used to be handled via paper and tracking/reporting was a nightmare - having all of that in the system is so much more efficient and provides huge ROI
  • Our organization used to have big problems with hiring managers going rogue and hiring positions that aren't approved by Finance - we built an approval workflow in the system that triggers before any req is approved which has completely solved this problem
  • Dayforce Wallet has been a huge perk for our employees - it's heavily used and our crew love it
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ScreenShots

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