RUN Powered by ADP® vs. SAP SuccessFactors HCM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
RUN Powered by ADP®
Score 9.1 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
The RUN Powered by ADP® cloud-based solution is used to pay employees. It also includes HR and hiring tools, as well as benefits, helping small businesses grow and manage their teams.N/A
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Score 8.4 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 per user (Up to 100 Employees)
Pricing
RUN Powered by ADP®SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
RUN Powered by ADP®SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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RUN Powered by ADP®SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Features
RUN Powered by ADP®SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
RUN Powered by ADP®
8.4
360 Ratings
2% above category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.8
448 Ratings
4% below category average
Pay calculation9.5349 Ratings8.1340 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors8.6104 Ratings7.4302 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.1254 Ratings7.7302 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.8161 Ratings7.6287 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.6339 Ratings7.8286 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.8266 Ratings8.0365 Ratings
Reimbursement management5.138 Ratings7.8261 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
780 Ratings
1% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.3691 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.1704 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.9677 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings8.0640 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings8.1714 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings8.1643 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.8403 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
445 Ratings
1% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.5441 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings8.1376 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.0334 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
RUN Powered by ADP®
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Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.3
626 Ratings
1% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.4473 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.7609 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.0410 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings7.8380 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.4585 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
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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
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Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.0
612 Ratings
7% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.3585 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.0555 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.7461 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
496 Ratings
0% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings7.8482 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.6451 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
611 Ratings
4% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.2548 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.3604 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings8.0492 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings8.0569 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
644 Ratings
4% above category average
Performance plans00 Ratings8.2619 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings8.0531 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings8.1585 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings8.0580 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings8.1479 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
443 Ratings
3% above category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings8.1409 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings8.0388 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings8.0396 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings8.0374 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
4.2
518 Ratings
58% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.9493 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings7.8471 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.8410 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.7452 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.5422 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings7.8475 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.9479 Ratings
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RUN Powered by ADP®SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Small Businesses
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Score 9.4 out of 10
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Score 9.4 out of 10
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Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.2 out of 10
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.2 out of 10
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Infor Human Resources
Infor Human Resources
Score 7.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
RUN Powered by ADP®SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(390 ratings)
8.4
(769 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.2
(35 ratings)
8.7
(53 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(24 ratings)
8.1
(292 ratings)
Availability
9.5
(12 ratings)
8.6
(7 ratings)
Performance
9.6
(12 ratings)
7.6
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
8.4
(36 ratings)
5.1
(30 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.7
(7 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Online Training
9.3
(5 ratings)
4.4
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.9
(20 ratings)
6.5
(15 ratings)
Configurability
7.5
(9 ratings)
4.8
(7 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
3.1
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
10.0
(4 ratings)
6.8
(420 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.5
(13 ratings)
7.7
(7 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
5.7
(5 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.7
(8 ratings)
5.1
(6 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.7
(9 ratings)
4.1
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
RUN Powered by ADP®SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
ADP
RUN Powered by ADP has proven very flexible with creating a salary for certain hourly staff who have repeating hours so hours do not have to be input each payroll. Also, some staff earn pto like full time staff though they do not work full time. Creating these categories, inputting and tracking is easy. Separating the hours worked from the pto area would make things more clear.
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SAP
It is a strong system that pays off once it's fully tailored to your organization. If your company has well-defined HR processes, SuccessFactors will likely integrate seamlessly. We've automated processes that previously required departments to spend weeks on back-and-forth emails. We've partnered with Capgemini to fully suck out the most out of its technical customization.
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Pros
ADP
  • Payroll - special categories, pay circumstances, and tracking.
  • Onboarding - the ease of getting your team in the know.
  • Workers Compensation - not having to do the reconciliation!
  • State specific mandatory training for our staff - done through the APP!
  • Record keeping - tracking PLAWA, Vacations.
  • The many ways you can stay connected - the Podcasts, Advisory Circle, and webinars are fabulous.
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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
ADP
  • When processing bonuses, it would be nice to have a NET pay selection, in addition to the GROSS pay selection.
  • I receive WAY too many emails asking me to purchase additional services, including some that we already have through ADP.
  • I receive(d) daily requests for our Section 125 Compliance documentation, which I sent over four times to each different individual who requested them. ADP "mentioned" they'd charge us $350 for this compliance plan, even though we have it and proved it by submitting the "required submission" of the policy multiple times. It's very frustrating, and it causes me to worry about (A), the validity of the request and (B) ADP's recordkeeping, since they can't keep up with the document I've sent multiple times.
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SAP
  • I think just overall the configuration can be a little bit hard on the backend user, like myself, knowing which screens to go to. Better documentation on how we configure things would be a great resource for employees in the HR field that are making those backend changes.
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Likelihood to Renew
ADP
It is much better than the payroll system I used previously. The integrations that RUN has for on-boarding new hires are very convenient when they work properly. It saves a tremendous amount of time being able to email a link to new employees that allows them to enter much of their own demographic information. Payroll feature alerts me when someone's pay is significantly less or more than usual.
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SAP
It is the product that the Business is fully committed to for co-ordinately HR processes. Employee and Manage Self-Service has allow our business to reduce the overheads in our HR operating mode. The integration with 3rd party products is now in place and further developments will only increase its importance. SuccessFactors provide regular enhancements and has a support model in line with our business requirements.
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Usability
ADP
I have been using this system for years and they have actually made it easier and easier. The system is always making great upgrades that don't necessarily require any additional information or training. I love when I log in and see a new feature or button that I get to use to make my life easier!
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SAP
Generally works as it needs to but there is room for improvement. Notifications are an example where they come from different places whereas they should be centralised and standardised. We would love to have time management and award interpretation in SAP SuccessFactors HCM instead of a third party system however the lack of rostering functionality makes this unusable
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Reliability and Availability
ADP
We've had very little issue with RUN availability, only a couple times there were outages when least expected which occurred on our actual payroll due date
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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
ADP
ADP Run loads a bit slowly at times, once I put in my credentials. However, that said, I think my perception of the time it takes is impacted by our "instant gratification" expectation of being able to get into everything quickly.
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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
ADP
I appreciated having that issue finally take care of. it was extremely disheartening to see the issue had not been resolved. I also had my employees looking to me and thinking I was not trying to resolve the issue so it reflected poorly on my character. I do not know if i was because of a miscommunication, but nonetheless I was happy it was taken care of
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SAP
SAP SuccessFactors has been a easy to implement tool with low risks for a sensitive thing like employee feedback. It provides powerful performance in the backend functionalities, and at the same time a great look and feel for the employees. Totally recommended.
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In-Person Training
ADP
they helped up with the 1st payroll after that we were fine - it is very user friendly- they wanted to be sure everything had imported correctly.
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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
ADP
very easy to learn i think it took maybe one payroll to have it down and we were up and running
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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
ADP
Make sure there's plenty of time between payrolls for the implementation and be sure to test all the manually inputted fields.
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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
ADP
RUN Powered by ADP® is stronger than QuickBooks Online for payroll and HR because it offers advanced HR tools (job postings, compliance support, employee handbooks), friendly, extended hours live support, and integration with numerous platforms. QuickBooks focuses mainly on payroll/accounting, while ADP provides broader HR capabilities, scalability, and compliance expertise along with extensive training.
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SAP
SAP SuccessFactors is a very user-friendly application, it stacks up very well against competition, such as Oracle PeopleSoft HCM. We selected SAP SuccessFactors because we are already using a lot of other SAP solutions, such as SAP S/4 HANA and SAP Business Technology Platform. It allows us to have single-sign on and one vendor with multiple solutions.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
ADP
No answers on this topic
SAP
Not applicable.
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Scalability
ADP
Every summer, we hire three new college interns who have to be entered into the system. They can enter their information themselves, which takes a load off me. The onboarding is quite straightforward, and today's college kids are techy enough to be able to understand it.
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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
ADP
No answers on this topic
SAP
Once time we need to change the datacenter and we made this with the professional services from SAP... everything goes just fine. excelent service.
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Return on Investment
ADP
  • I will say ADP in general is not cheap, I think the cost to implement and use RUN Powered by ADP® is higher than some of the other products out there
  • I like the fact that RUN Powered by ADP® can handle payroll deductions for other vendors easily (401k, Insurance plans)
  • Wish we would use RUN Powered by ADP® more when it comes to job costing - trying to determine if a job we are managing is profitable or not
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SAP
  • It helps better in the tedious task of job posting, it's automated to social handles.
  • Better performance in speed, UI, performance management, skill management, talent onboarding, and finding candidates in the talent pool.
  • Reduces most of the cost in HR operations and future-proof technology with continuous improvement.
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ScreenShots

RUN Powered by ADP® Screenshots

Screenshot of the RUN Dashboard with the business' key info front-and-centerScreenshot of the payroll interfaceScreenshot of access to payroll reports and liability amountsScreenshot of the RUN Powered by ADP mobile app, used to process payroll on the goScreenshot of the ADP mobile app, where employees can access their historical payroll statements and year-end tax documents

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Screenshots

Screenshot of how to navigate to all SAP SuccessFactors solution modules and complete tasks using natural language—thanks to Joule, the AI copilot with generative AI.Screenshot of where to acquire future-ready skills by sourcing, engaging, and hiring top talent, as well as save time evaluating candidates and match skills to roles more efficiently with AI-powered applicant screening.Screenshot of some of the metrics that empower HR professionals, analysts, and business partners to answer questions about a workforce, or that influence business decisions with data-driven insights and an evidence-based approach to HR.Screenshot of the mobile interface, which also helps automate processes to improve employee and manager self-service, and strengthen compliance.Screenshot of