ADP Workforce Now vs Saba

ADP Workforce Now

For a small employer, with very little turnover and few benefit options, ADP may be too costly for the benefit. There are many affordable payroll providers available for small organizations.For large employers with many benefits options, employees in multiple locations, multiple tax jurisdictions and varied pay types (salary, hourly, commission, etc), ADP is ideal. The extended customer service hours, extensive resources for international pay, and capability for multi state taxation is crucial for an international employer.

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Melissa Rauch

Payroll General Accountant

Reformed Church in AmericaReligious Institutions, 51-200 employees

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Saba

We feel as the Saba LMS is great for anyone that has their own content creators or utilize 3rd parties for content. It can even function as an LRS, HRMS, LMS, as has other vast options. It is great for those that want to condense systems into one, however anyone that wants a stand-alone LMS, it can function as this, but works better with direct ties to HRIS.

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Verified User

Administrator in Corporate

Retail Company, 10,001+ employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

ADP Workforce Now

7.6

Saba

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Employee demographic data

8.1

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Employment history

8.1

—

Job profiles and administration

7.7

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Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

7.4

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Organizational charting

6.6

—

Organization and location management

7.3

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Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

7.9

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ADP Workforce Now

8.1

Saba

—

Pay calculation

8.7

—

Support for external payroll vendors

7.5

—

Benefit plan administration

8.0

—

Direct deposit files

8.7

—

Salary revision and increment management

7.9

—

Reimbursement management

7.7

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ADP Workforce Now

8.1

Saba

—

Approval workflow

8.1

—

Balance details

8.1

—

Annual carry-forward and encashment

8.1

—

ADP Workforce Now

8.2

Saba

—

View and generate pay and benefit information

8.8

—

Update personal information

8.7

—

View company policy documentation

8.6

—

Employee recognition

7.6

—

View job history

7.6

—

ADP Workforce Now

6.0

Saba

—

Tracking of all physical assets

6.0

—

ADP Workforce Now

7.0

Saba

—

Report builder

7.1

—

Pre-built reports

7.0

—

Ability to combine HR data with external data

7.0

—

ADP Workforce Now

5.5

Saba

—

New hire portal

6.1

—

Manager tracking tools

4.9

—

ADP Workforce Now

7.8

Saba

6.5

Corporate goal setting

7.7

5.9

Individual goal setting

7.9

6.9

Line-of sight-visibility

7.7

6.4

Performance tracking

7.9

7.1

Subordinate goal setting

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6.0

ADP Workforce Now

7.5

Saba

6.7

Performance plans

7.6

6.8

Performance improvement plans

7.5

5.7

Review status tracking

7.7

6.6

Review reminders

7.4

6.8

Multiple review frequency

7.3

7.1

Plan weighting

—

6.6

Rater nomination workflow

—

7.5

Workflow restrictions

—

6.4

Reporting

—

6.9

ADP Workforce Now

6.0

Saba

5.4

Create succession plans/pools

5.8

Candidate ranking

5.8

5.5

Candidate search

6.3

5.3

Candidate development

6.2

5.0

ADP Workforce Now

6.7

Saba

4.7

Job Requisition Management

7.9

6.4

Company Website Posting

7.5

6.4

Publish to Social Media

7.5

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Job Search Site Posting

6.7

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Duplicate Candidate Prevention

2.3

2.7

Applicant Tracking

7.3

2.7

Notifications and Alerts

7.6

4.7

Candidate Search

—

2.7

Collaboration

—

4.5

Email Templates

—

5.5

User Permissions

—

5.5

Reporting

—

6.2

Pros

Allows updates within HR function to link directly with payroll and deductions.
Manage time and attendance and use those records to pay hourly employees accordingly.
Create time off policies and link those policies and requests directly to employees' time sheets to help ensure proper recording of time and attendance data.
Utilization of one system to link all time and HR data in one place.

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Erin Brouillette

Accounting Supervisor

Highlander Charter SchoolEducation Management, 51-200 employees

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Organize Learning Library
Full Restful API
Connectors for common other 3rd party applications like Salesforce, HRIS, and even Lynda

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Administrator in Corporate

Retail Company, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

We are unable to make HR changes once a payroll period is open which means that we often have to wait until the last minute to open a period which is difficult.
The inability to keep more than two weeks open at a time is problematic for our organization. We pay on a semi-monthly basis and it is hard sometimes to close a week because any changes by supervisors have to be in before you open a new pay period.
Implementation time to set up is very long and strenuous. Making changes to time and attendance policies and other systematic changes can be difficult and time consuming.
It feels at times as if the shifts between the different modules don't work as well as they were sold to us. Such as Time Off and Time and Attendance can cause many error messages that are confusing to supervisors and staff.

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Erin Brouillette

Accounting Supervisor

Highlander Charter SchoolEducation Management, 51-200 employees

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Error Logging in Systems Admin feeds (SMF)
Customization Capabilities of Rosters
Easier ILT tracking

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Verified User

Administrator in Corporate

Retail Company, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

ADP Workforce Now8.9

Based on 29 answers

Ease of use for the administrator and the employee
Perfect payroll audit - fewer payroll errors
Customer Service
Flexibility
Tax Service
Garnishment Service

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Caroline Dula, CPP

Sr. Payroll Administrator

Frontier Systems IntegratorsSecurity and Investigations, 201-500 employees

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Saba7.2

Based on 4 answers

The only reason I wouldn't rate this a 10 is because we always want to evaluate the technology we use to drive our business. While Saba would be the "leader in the clubhouse", we would still perform our due diligence when it's time to renew.

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Chris Salles

Director of eLearning

Guitar CenterRetail, 10,001+ employees

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Usability

ADP Workforce Now8.0

Based on 16 answers

Most functionality is intuitive, but there are some fields that are unique to other processes that need to be identified on screen so the user knows when a field is required to accomplish a specific goal.

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Yvette Calhoun

Payroll Administrator

Northwest ExterminatingConsumer Services, 201-500 employees

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Saba6.4

Based on 2 answers

Complications with changing behaviors when operational changes are made.

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Chantel Hutchins

Director Learning and Development

MIC Global ServicesExecutive Office, 1001-5000 employees

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Support

ADP Workforce Now6.1

Based on 14 answers

ADP has gone back to the designated "team support" module for clients on the newer versions of WFN, and the introduction of "The Bridge" has just added additional resources for problem resolution. It is a blog of current users who can share ideas/solutions in real time. And open case numbers are relatively east to track, and will allow the clients to view status of specific cases in the near future. We currently have no open items!

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Henri Pichal

HRIS

ARMA Global CorporationInformation Technology and Services, 501-1000 employees

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Saba2.9

Based on 2 answers

Too many touches and lack of support team understanding of the issue.

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Chantel Hutchins

Director Learning and Development

MIC Global ServicesExecutive Office, 1001-5000 employees

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Online Training

ADP Workforce Now8.4

Based on 5 answers

The instructions from the recruiting agency on how to use the system was pretty straightforward. It provided step-by-step procedures on where you would need to log in your hours as well as what you would need to highlight (i.e. regular, overtime, etc.) detailing the type of hours that were worked overall. The handout also provided some pictures of the application

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Benjamin Yee

Document Publications Specialist / Control Clerk - Contractor

American Airlines / US AirwaysAirlines/Aviation, 10,001+ employees

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Implementation

ADP Workforce Now7.2

Based on 8 answers

Either assign more than one specialist to the implementation process, or assign less clients to the implementation specialist. The process requires attention to detail and the ability to test and re-test as well as verify the information. It also requires a lot of back and forth between the client ant the implementation specialist, so they need to be readily available during the whole implementation process.

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Caroline Dula, CPP

Sr. Payroll Administrator

Frontier Systems IntegratorsSecurity and Investigations, 201-500 employees

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Saba4.0

Based on 1 answer

Reporting should increase further levels of analytics.

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Musham Yadagiri

Training Co-Ordinator in Learning and Development at Hyderabad

Capgemini Pvt.Ltd. HyderabadManagement Consulting, 5001-10,000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Clients chose ADP workforce NOW and required specialist for implementation and ADP provided referal

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Les Meyer

Cost Specialist & Payroll System Implementation Manager

KLM Projects Ltd1-10 employees

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I have used a lot of LMSs in the past and I think that Saba does a lot of good things that the others could not do effectively. Automated the assignment of courses is difficult but this has a lot to do with business rules and organizational structure. I think the Saba's UI is more modern in its design and is a lot more user-friendly to administer than the other products listed.

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Mike Marmon, PhD.

Learning Management System Administrator

Donnelley Financial SolutionsComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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Return on Investment

Workforce Now has definitely improved our efficiency and consistency because we can pull reports into specific formats for importing into our databases. This means less hand-keying of simple things like address changes or new employee data, which makes our team more efficient and accurate.
Often our Accounting Team really struggles with understanding ADP's specific lingo, which can make it a challenge for our Payroll/Benefits Team and Accounting Team to interact. It's taken time to understand, for example, that "Business Unit" means "Account Code".

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Kristie LaMar

HR & Benefits Specialist

Accelecare Wound Centers, Inc.Health, Wellness and Fitness, 201-500 employees

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Automated course assignments are a positive
Ability to integrate with most content services is a positive
Inflexible functionality such as changing the due dates on a recurring course is a negative

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Mike Marmon, PhD.

Learning Management System Administrator

Donnelley Financial SolutionsComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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Pricing Details

ADP Workforce Now

General

Free Trial

—

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Required

Additional Pricing Details

Please contact ADP for a product demo and ask about a hands-on "test drive" of Workforce Now.

ADP Workforce Now vs Saba

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Employee demographic data

Employment history

Job profiles and administration

Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

Organizational charting

Organization and location management

Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

Pay calculation

Support for external payroll vendors

Benefit plan administration

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

Approval workflow

Balance details

Annual carry-forward and encashment

View and generate pay and benefit information

Update personal information

View company policy documentation

Employee recognition

View job history

Tracking of all physical assets

Report builder

Pre-built reports

Ability to combine HR data with external data

New hire portal

Manager tracking tools

Corporate goal setting

Individual goal setting

Line-of sight-visibility

Performance tracking

Subordinate goal setting

Performance plans

Performance improvement plans

Review status tracking

Review reminders

Multiple review frequency

Plan weighting

Rater nomination workflow

Workflow restrictions

Reporting

Create succession plans/pools

Candidate ranking

Candidate search

Candidate development

Job Requisition Management

Company Website Posting

Publish to Social Media

Job Search Site Posting

Duplicate Candidate Prevention

Applicant Tracking

Notifications and Alerts

Candidate Search

Collaboration

Email Templates

User Permissions

Reporting

Pros

Cons

Likelihood to Renew

Usability

Support

Online Training

Implementation

Alternatives Considered

Return on Investment

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Pricing Details

ADP Workforce Now

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?