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Feature Set Ratings
Human Resource Management

Hadoop
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

8.3
Workday HCM
83%
Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 7/7 features
Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 7/7 features
Employee demographic data
N/A
0 Ratings

8.3
83%
66 Ratings
Employment history
N/A
0 Ratings

8.5
85%
74 Ratings
Job profiles and administration
N/A
0 Ratings

8.2
82%
76 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
N/A
0 Ratings

8.6
86%
73 Ratings
Organizational charting
N/A
0 Ratings

8.8
88%
71 Ratings
Organization and location management
N/A
0 Ratings

8.6
86%
71 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
N/A
0 Ratings

6.9
69%
46 Ratings
Payroll Management

Hadoop
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

8.6
Workday HCM
86%
Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 7/7 features
Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 7/7 features
Pay calculation
N/A
0 Ratings

8.6
86%
55 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors
N/A
0 Ratings

8.4
84%
44 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
N/A
0 Ratings

9.0
90%
6 Ratings
Benefit plan administration
N/A
0 Ratings

8.3
83%
52 Ratings
Direct deposit files
N/A
0 Ratings

8.1
81%
56 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management
N/A
0 Ratings

9.0
90%
53 Ratings
Reimbursement management
N/A
0 Ratings

8.8
88%
31 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management

Hadoop
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

8.7
Workday HCM
87%
Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 3/3 features
Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 3/3 features
Approval workflow
N/A
0 Ratings

9.0
90%
59 Ratings
Balance details
N/A
0 Ratings

8.6
86%
59 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment
N/A
0 Ratings

8.5
85%
47 Ratings
Employee Self Service

Hadoop
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

8.2
Workday HCM
82%
Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 5/5 features
Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 5/5 features
View and generate pay and benefit information
N/A
0 Ratings

8.7
87%
68 Ratings
Update personal information
N/A
0 Ratings

8.8
88%
76 Ratings
View company policy documentation
N/A
0 Ratings

7.6
76%
58 Ratings
Employee recognition
N/A
0 Ratings

7.5
75%
44 Ratings
View job history
N/A
0 Ratings

8.4
84%
67 Ratings
Asset Management

Hadoop
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

8.5
Workday HCM
85%
Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 1/1 features
Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 1/1 features
Tracking of all physical assets
N/A
0 Ratings

8.5
85%
17 Ratings
HR Reporting

Hadoop
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

7.8
Workday HCM
78%
Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 3/3 features
Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 3/3 features
Report builder
N/A
0 Ratings

8.2
82%
60 Ratings
Pre-built reports
N/A
0 Ratings

7.8
78%
62 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data
N/A
0 Ratings

7.5
75%
52 Ratings
Onboarding

Hadoop
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

8.5
Workday HCM
85%
Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 2/2 features
Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 2/2 features
New hire portal
N/A
0 Ratings

8.7
87%
42 Ratings
Manager tracking tools
N/A
0 Ratings

8.3
83%
41 Ratings
Performance and Goals

Hadoop
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

7.7
Workday HCM
77%
Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 4/4 features
Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 4/4 features
Corporate goal setting
N/A
0 Ratings

7.9
79%
39 Ratings
Individual goal setting
N/A
0 Ratings

8.2
82%
48 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility
N/A
0 Ratings

6.9
69%
41 Ratings
Performance tracking
N/A
0 Ratings

7.8
78%
47 Ratings
Performance Management

Hadoop
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

8.3
Workday HCM
83%
Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 5/5 features
Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 5/5 features
Performance plans
N/A
0 Ratings

8.3
83%
49 Ratings
Performance improvement plans
N/A
0 Ratings

8.2
82%
41 Ratings
Review status tracking
N/A
0 Ratings

8.6
86%
45 Ratings
Review reminders
N/A
0 Ratings

8.3
83%
45 Ratings
Multiple review frequency
N/A
0 Ratings

8.3
83%
39 Ratings
Succession Planning

Hadoop
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

8.1
Workday HCM
81%
Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 4/4 features
Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 4/4 features
Create succession plans/pools
N/A
0 Ratings

8.8
88%
26 Ratings
Candidate ranking
N/A
0 Ratings

7.9
79%
26 Ratings
Candidate search
N/A
0 Ratings

8.0
80%
27 Ratings
Candidate development
N/A
0 Ratings

7.7
77%
26 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS

Hadoop
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

8.4
Workday HCM
84%
Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 7/7 features
Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 7/7 features
Job Requisition Management
N/A
0 Ratings

8.3
83%
32 Ratings
Company Website Posting
N/A
0 Ratings

8.6
86%
26 Ratings
Publish to Social Media
N/A
0 Ratings

9.7
97%
23 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting
N/A
0 Ratings

8.9
89%
27 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
N/A
0 Ratings

6.6
66%
26 Ratings
Applicant Tracking
N/A
0 Ratings

8.4
84%
27 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts
N/A
0 Ratings

8.5
85%
31 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Apache Hadoop is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Usability, Performance
- Workday Human Capital Management is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Renew, Support Rating, Online Training
Likelihood to Recommend

8.3
Hadoop
83%
37 Ratings

8.2
Workday HCM
82%
91 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

9.6
Hadoop
96%
8 Ratings

10.0
Workday HCM
100%
17 Ratings
Usability

8.5
Hadoop
85%
5 Ratings

8.0
Workday HCM
80%
11 Ratings
Availability

Hadoop
N/A
0 Ratings

6.6
Workday HCM
66%
16 Ratings
Performance

8.0
Hadoop
80%
2 Ratings

7.3
Workday HCM
73%
14 Ratings
Support Rating

7.4
Hadoop
74%
6 Ratings

8.1
Workday HCM
81%
42 Ratings
In-Person Training

Hadoop
N/A
0 Ratings

9.6
Workday HCM
96%
6 Ratings
Online Training

6.1
Hadoop
61%
2 Ratings

7.0
Workday HCM
70%
7 Ratings
Implementation Rating

Hadoop
N/A
0 Ratings

8.0
Workday HCM
80%
33 Ratings
Product Scalability

Hadoop
N/A
0 Ratings

7.3
Workday HCM
73%
1 Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
Hadoop
Altogether, I want to say that Apache Hadoop is well-suited to a larger and unstructured data flow like an aggregation of web traffic or even advertising. I think Apache Hadoop is great when you literally have petabytes of data that need to be stored and processed on an ongoing basis. Also, I would recommend that the software should be supplemented with a faster and interactive database for a better querying service. Lastly, it's very cost-effective so it is good to give it a shot before coming to any conclusion.
Senior Software Engineer (GUI)
SIXFinancial Services, 1001-5000 employees
Workday HCM
Workday Human Capital Management is well suited for day-to-day human resources tasks as well a future planning regarding goals, quarterly check-ins, and career growths. It is useful to have multiple features and available tasks in the overall dashboard. It is helpful that learning paths and courses are also integrated in the platform.
Associate Product Manager
The E.W. Scripps CompanyMedia Production, 1001-5000 employees
Pros
Hadoop
- Handles large amounts of unstructured data well, for business level purposes
- Is a good catchall because of this design, i.e. what does not fit into our vertical tables fits here.
- Decent for large ETL pipelines and logging free-for-alls because of this, also.
Senior DevOps Engineer
Simpli.fiOnline Media, 201-500 employees
Workday HCM
- Groups employees in management hierarchies and creates Org Charts that are easy to navigate and allow for visualizing management chains regardless of employee locations
- Intuitive and easy to use. The Workday search functionality works very much like Google; one can search for anything that they have access to in the database and drill down into the various details. All information is connected through hyperlinks and users can easily keep digging into the details for as far as their security access would take them.
- Tasks such as to do, review or approve items are sent to the user's Workday Inbox, very much resembling email. Notifications about outstanding "to do" items are also sent to each the user's work email address on a daily basis.
HR Technology Change Management and Training Lead
Indeed.comHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 1001-5000 employees
Cons
Hadoop
- Less organizational support system. Bugs need to be fixed and outside help take a long time to push updates
- Not for small data sets
- Data security needs to be ramped up
- Failure in NameNode has no replication which takes a lot of time to recover
Sr. Engineering Manager/Delivery Manager
Nisum Technologies, Inc.Retail, 10,001+ employees
Workday HCM
- The web interface is awful
- Terrible, terrible, UI. No modern features like auto-save. I can't count the times I have lost work.
- Their UX team (if it even exists) must be aliens, because I can't see how humans would have come up with the UI conventions they have.
- Who creates a website application where you can't open stuff in multiple browser windows and tabs easily?

Verified User
Manager in Customer Service
Printing Company, 1001-5000 employeesPricing Details
Hadoop
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Workday HCM
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Likelihood to Renew
Hadoop
Hadoop 9.6
Based on 8 answers
Hadoop is organization-independent and can be used for various purposes ranging from archiving to reporting and can make use of economic, commodity hardware. There is also a lot of saving in terms of licensing costs - since most of the Hadoop ecosystem is available as open-source and is free
Senior Vice President
IpsosInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
Workday HCM
Workday HCM 10.0
Based on 17 answers
It is work to make one system the source of truth for our data, but now that it is done, there is less work involved in staying on this path. This means for us that maintaining and/or implementing new modules like performance, finance, talent, etc. is simple. It's a no-brainer

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employeesUsability
Hadoop
Hadoop 8.5
Based on 5 answers
Great! Hadoop has an easy to use interface that mimics most other data warehouses. You can access your data via SQL and have it display in a terminal before exporting it to your business intelligence platform of choice. Of course, for smaller data sets, you can also export it to Microsoft Excel.
Senior Financial Analyst
Lowe's Companies, Inc.Retail, 10,001+ employees
Workday HCM
Workday HCM 8.0
Based on 11 answers
Workday's on a great path in terms of user experience. Their goals is to deliver a use experience that doesn't require training or instruction, like Amazon on the consumer side for example. That's hard to do when you're talking about complex business processes and important and sensitive employee information, but they're doing it well
Associate Director, Human Resources
SNL FinancialFinancial Services, 1001-5000 employees
Reliability and Availability
Hadoop
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Workday HCM
Workday HCM 6.6
Based on 16 answers
In 2014, Workday has changed the update process. There will be two updates a year; the updates will be delivered to customers typically in a 24 hour window during these two weekends a year. They also keep the Community up-to-date about any planned outages, etc. There is weekly scheduled downtime on Friday night.
Engagement Manager, Workday Implementations
MeteorixInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Performance
Hadoop
Hadoop 8.0
Based on 2 answers
No answer on this topic is available.
Workday HCM
Workday HCM 7.3
Based on 14 answers
From my perspective, the system runs like a well oiled machine and I have not had any issues with customers complaining about speed. If a report is taking long to run, the report can run in the background and you can go about your business. For larger enterprises, there is additional space and machines to process the application in what Workday refers to it as Extended Configuration Tenant
Engagement Manager, Workday Implementations
MeteorixInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Support Rating
Hadoop
Hadoop 7.4
Based on 6 answers
We went with a third party for support, i.e., consultant. Had we gone with Azure or Cloudera, we would have obtained support directly from the vendor. my rating is more on the third party we selected and doesn't reflect the overall support available for Hadoop. I think we could have done better in our selection process, however, we were trying to use an already approved vendor within our organization. There is plenty of self-help available for Hadoop online.
Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer
WySTAR Global Retirement Solutions, a Wells Fargo CompanyFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees
Workday HCM
Workday HCM 8.1
Based on 42 answers
Workday is still learning about the needs of higher education. I have seen rapid improvement in support and knowledge over the last year so am confident this will continue to improve. Overall however, I have found the Support Team to be extremely responsive and Workday offers the advantage of having support across several timezones so that we never wait more than a few hours for a response.
Associate Director, Financial Applications
Georgetown UniversityHigher Education, 5001-10,000 employees
In-Person Training
Hadoop
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Workday HCM
Workday HCM 9.6
Based on 6 answers
Some training is offered online. Cost is per-person. This also gets quite expensive. Training doesn’t follow a logical path A to B. Starts in middle. When you try to do it afterwards at your desk, difficult.
• Training scenarios are not very real
• Training scenarios are not very real

Verified User
Analyst in Human Resources
Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employeesOnline Training
Hadoop
Hadoop 6.1
Based on 2 answers
Hadoop is a complex topic and best suited for classrom training. Online training are a waste of time and money.
Senior Vice President
IpsosInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
Workday HCM
Workday HCM 7.0
Based on 7 answers
I have done for report writing and mass imports (EIBs). They give materials and you run through examples, i.e. you don’t just watch them do tasks, so that is helpful. Training is expensive – a single reporting writing class is $600 per person for virtual training

Verified User
Program Manager in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employeesImplementation Rating
Hadoop
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Workday HCM
Workday HCM 8.0
Based on 33 answers
It was implemented before my joining the company. At my last company, we used Workday professional services.
Based upon my experience at my last company, I would rate the implementation experience an 8/10. There are different ways to set things up and we had different people telling us different things. It set us back a couple of times.
Regarding configuration advice, we could set things up where every manager has supervisory organizations, or have it financially based i.e. aligned to cost center/department. We chose the individual manager path and I think we should have chosen a department route. Going down the individual manager path, to maintain the information, we have to inactivate a supervisory org whenever a manager changes/leaves.
Based upon my experience at my last company, I would rate the implementation experience an 8/10. There are different ways to set things up and we had different people telling us different things. It set us back a couple of times.
Regarding configuration advice, we could set things up where every manager has supervisory organizations, or have it financially based i.e. aligned to cost center/department. We chose the individual manager path and I think we should have chosen a department route. Going down the individual manager path, to maintain the information, we have to inactivate a supervisory org whenever a manager changes/leaves.

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 10,001+ employeesAlternatives Considered
Hadoop
Not used any other product than Hadoop and I don't think our company will switch to any other product, as Hadoop is providing excellent results. Our company is growing rapidly, Hadoop helps to keep up our performance and meet customer expectations. We also use HDFS which provides very high bandwidth to support MapReduce workloads.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Computer Software Company, 51-200 employeesWorkday HCM
Its core strengths met our functional, technical and implementation requirements, getting in early saved us money without putting it off and waiting until we HAD to select and implement. SAP doesn't stack up well and we wanted a US system. The cloud and its excellent functionality benefits for the Human Resources and Payroll departments was clear, and the users appreciate its generally good user interfaces and ease of movement within the system.

Verified User
Executive in Finance and Accounting
Higher Education Company, 10,001+ employeesScalability
Hadoop
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Workday HCM
Workday HCM 7.3
Based on 1 answer
Workday has released Financials and is continuing to develop it's Human Capital Management footprint with the addition of Workday Recruiting. I think customers will find that is easy to add on additional functionality in the system.Workday does make it easy for customers to make changes without relying on IT resources. The Business Process framework is a visual tool that allows functional resources to make changes and see the flow of the transaction
Engagement Manager, Workday Implementations
MeteorixInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Return on Investment
Hadoop
- There are many advantages of Hadoop as first it has made the management and processing of extremely colossal data very easy and has simplified the lives of so many people including me.
- Hadoop is quite interesting due to its new and improved features plus innovative functions.
Finance & Accounting Professional
FagronPharmaceuticals, 1001-5000 employees
Workday HCM
- Gave us almost 4 hours per HR rep back on new hire day 1. We have a start date every 4 weeks and the manual entry of paperwork that was able to be eliminated with Workday has allowed us to put more HR reps in the classroom to aid with more important day 1 tasks.
- Simplified search - the backend information is now housed in a simple database that allows me to pull with employee first or last name, or user ID.
- We paid more for this solution, but we've seen a 33% increase in employee interaction since doing so.
Regional Learning & Development Leader
Total Quality LogisticsTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 1001-5000 employees