ADP Workforce Now vs Saba

ADP Workforce Now

Well-suited for companies with 10 or more employees. The more employees the more efficient ADP is for all aspects. Less appropriate for small companies where payroll and reporting is very manageable.

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Joey Wilinski

VP- Sales/Marketing/HR

Wilco Cabinet Makers, IncDesign, 51-200 employees

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Saba

I truly believe you get out of Saba what you put into it. Have a plan and they will help you make it happen. They were great providing best practice advice when we needed it and helping us get buy-in for features along the way.

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Helen Rossiter

Sr. Talent Development Specialist

West MarineRetail, 1001-5000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

ADP Workforce Now

7.8

Saba

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Employee demographic data

8.2

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Employment history

8.2

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Job profiles and administration

7.8

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Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

7.5

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Organizational charting

6.7

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Organization and location management

7.6

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Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

8.3

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ADP Workforce Now

8.2

Saba

—

Pay calculation

8.8

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Support for external payroll vendors

7.6

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Benefit plan administration

8.2

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Direct deposit files

8.7

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Salary revision and increment management

8.0

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Reimbursement management

8.0

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ADP Workforce Now

8.3

Saba

—

Approval workflow

8.2

—

Balance details

8.3

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Annual carry-forward and encashment

8.4

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ADP Workforce Now

8.3

Saba

—

View and generate pay and benefit information

8.7

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Update personal information

8.8

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View company policy documentation

8.6

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Employee recognition

7.5

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View job history

7.7

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ADP Workforce Now

6.0

Saba

—

Tracking of all physical assets

6.0

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ADP Workforce Now

7.0

Saba

—

Report builder

7.0

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Pre-built reports

7.0

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Ability to combine HR data with external data

7.0

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ADP Workforce Now

5.5

Saba

—

New hire portal

6.1

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Manager tracking tools

4.8

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ADP Workforce Now

7.7

Saba

6.7

Corporate goal setting

7.5

6.3

Individual goal setting

7.9

7.3

Line-of sight-visibility

7.5

6.2

Performance tracking

7.9

7.2

Subordinate goal setting

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6.3

ADP Workforce Now

7.1

Saba

6.7

Performance plans

7.2

6.9

Performance improvement plans

7.0

5.8

Review status tracking

7.2

6.7

Review reminders

6.9

6.5

Multiple review frequency

6.8

7.5

Plan weighting

—

6.6

Rater nomination workflow

—

7.6

Workflow restrictions

—

5.9

Reporting

—

6.4

ADP Workforce Now

6.0

Saba

5.7

Create succession plans/pools

5.8

5.9

Candidate ranking

5.8

5.9

Candidate search

6.3

5.7

Candidate development

6.2

5.3

ADP Workforce Now

6.8

Saba

4.7

Job Requisition Management

8.0

6.4

Company Website Posting

7.8

6.4

Publish to Social Media

7.6

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Job Search Site Posting

6.9

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Duplicate Candidate Prevention

2.3

2.7

Applicant Tracking

7.4

2.7

Notifications and Alerts

7.6

4.7

Candidate Search

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2.7

Collaboration

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4.5

Email Templates

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5.5

User Permissions

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5.5

Reporting

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6.2

Pros

Tax and governmental reporting. For a small business these reports are cumbersome, and time consuming
Direct deposit - no more printing out checks and distributing to all employees.

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Joey Wilinski

VP- Sales/Marketing/HR

Wilco Cabinet Makers, IncDesign, 51-200 employees

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Notifications
Automated Course Assignments
Workspaces

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Mike Marmon, PhD.

Learning Management System Administrator

Donnelley Financial SolutionsComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

Managers would like a link to their Outlook calendar for all of their reports' vacation time. Currently, the employee will get a link to add to their personal Outlook just not the managers.
Would like to see real time changes when updating any of the configurations pages. It is a pain to have to log off and log back on to see how the changes look.

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Karen Webb

Payroll Supervisor

Stevens Worldwide Van LinesTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 51-200 employees

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Changing recurring course expiration dates
Transitioning regular courses to recurring courses
Not enough customization of HTML

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Mike Marmon, PhD.

Learning Management System Administrator

Donnelley Financial SolutionsComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

ADP Workforce Now8.8

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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Saba7.3

Based on 4 answers

We are continuing with ERP systems that include learning, performance, and succession with increased user/community training and US-based support.

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Chantel Hutchins

Director Learning and Development

MIC Global ServicesExecutive Office, 1001-5000 employees

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Usability

ADP Workforce Now8.3

Based on 16 answers

The screens are very easy to understand and employees can easily navigate the system which makes it easier on me since I am not always having to answer questions.

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Karen Webb

Payroll Supervisor

Stevens Worldwide Van LinesTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 51-200 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 Now7.3

Based on 14 answers

The payroll support is excellent, but the support on the technical side is lacking. The support for the portal is especially lacking. I think they need more training to be able to serve the customer more efficiently. I have had issues with employees not being able to log in even after resetting the password, and have had to call back a couple of different times to get results. Luckily I don't have issues that I need to call them about very often.

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Caroline Dula, CPP

Sr. Payroll Administrator

Frontier Systems IntegratorsSecurity and Investigations, 201-500 employees

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Saba2.8

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 Now8.3

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 Now7.5

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

Prior to our switch to ADP in 2009, we used Abra and had to manually enter timecards and record time. The flow in ADP Workforce Now is wonderful!

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Karen Webb

Payroll Supervisor

Stevens Worldwide Van LinesTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 51-200 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

ADP Workforce Now is a working partner. Utilizing the product has saved time and money for our accounting department.
The timekeeping program allows us to utilize department and job tracking.
The custom reporting options and having all of the employee related functions in one program, helps to generate information and reports that used to take hours to pull together.

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Stewart Melanie

Controller

Pacific Stainless ProductsIndustrial Automation, 51-200 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

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Free/Freemium Version

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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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Feature Rating Comparison

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?