BrightHR vs Workday HCM

What users are saying about

Score 8.9 out of 10

Based on 12 reviews and ratings

Score 8.2 out of 10

Based on 467 reviews and ratings

Feature Set Ratings

BrightHR ranks higher in 1 feature set: Employee Self Service
Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 1 feature set: Leave and Attendance Management

Leave and Attendance Management

8.2

BrightHR

82%

8.8

Workday HCM

88%

Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 3/3 features

Approval workflow

8.1

81%

8 Ratings

9.0

90%

60 Ratings

Balance details

8.2

82%

7 Ratings

8.8

88%

60 Ratings

Annual carry-forward and encashment

N/A

0 Ratings

8.6

86%

48 Ratings

Employee Self Service

8.9

BrightHR

89%

8.3

Workday HCM

83%

Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 4/5 features

Update personal information

8.8

88%

9 Ratings

8.9

89%

77 Ratings

View company policy documentation

9.0

90%

9 Ratings

7.9

79%

59 Ratings

View and generate pay and benefit information

N/A

0 Ratings

8.6

86%

69 Ratings

Employee recognition

N/A

0 Ratings

7.6

76%

45 Ratings

View job history

N/A

0 Ratings

8.5

85%

68 Ratings

Human Resource Management

BrightHR

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

8.4

Workday HCM

84%

Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 7/7 features

Employee demographic data

N/A

0 Ratings

8.5

85%

67 Ratings

Employment history

N/A

0 Ratings

8.6

86%

75 Ratings

Job profiles and administration

N/A

0 Ratings

8.3

83%

77 Ratings

Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

N/A

0 Ratings

8.7

87%

74 Ratings

Organizational charting

N/A

0 Ratings

8.9

89%

72 Ratings

Organization and location management

N/A

0 Ratings

8.6

86%

72 Ratings

Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

N/A

0 Ratings

7.3

73%

47 Ratings

Payroll Management

BrightHR

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

8.7

Workday HCM

87%

Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 7/7 features

Pay calculation

N/A

0 Ratings

8.5

85%

56 Ratings

Support for external payroll vendors

N/A

0 Ratings

8.6

86%

45 Ratings

Off-cycle/On-Demand payment

N/A

0 Ratings

9.2

92%

7 Ratings

Benefit plan administration

N/A

0 Ratings

8.3

83%

53 Ratings

Direct deposit files

N/A

0 Ratings

8.3

83%

57 Ratings

Salary revision and increment management

N/A

0 Ratings

8.9

89%

54 Ratings

Reimbursement management

N/A

0 Ratings

8.9

89%

32 Ratings

Asset Management

BrightHR

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

8.3

Workday HCM

83%

Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 1/1 features

Tracking of all physical assets

N/A

0 Ratings

8.3

83%

18 Ratings

HR Reporting

BrightHR

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

8.0

Workday HCM

80%

Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 3/3 features

Report builder

N/A

0 Ratings

8.4

84%

61 Ratings

Pre-built reports

N/A

0 Ratings

8.0

80%

63 Ratings

Ability to combine HR data with external data

N/A

0 Ratings

7.7

77%

53 Ratings

Onboarding

BrightHR

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

8.6

Workday HCM

86%

Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 2/2 features

New hire portal

N/A

0 Ratings

8.9

89%

43 Ratings

Manager tracking tools

N/A

0 Ratings

8.4

84%

42 Ratings

Performance and Goals

BrightHR

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

7.9

Workday HCM

79%

Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 4/4 features

Corporate goal setting

N/A

0 Ratings

8.1

81%

40 Ratings

Individual goal setting

N/A

0 Ratings

8.4

84%

49 Ratings

Line-of sight-visibility

N/A

0 Ratings

7.2

72%

42 Ratings

Performance tracking

N/A

0 Ratings

7.9

79%

48 Ratings

Performance Management

BrightHR

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

8.4

Workday HCM

84%

Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 5/5 features

Performance plans

N/A

0 Ratings

8.2

82%

50 Ratings

Performance improvement plans

N/A

0 Ratings

8.4

84%

42 Ratings

Review status tracking

N/A

0 Ratings

8.6

86%

46 Ratings

Review reminders

N/A

0 Ratings

8.4

84%

46 Ratings

Multiple review frequency

N/A

0 Ratings

8.5

85%

40 Ratings

Succession Planning

BrightHR

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

8.3

Workday HCM

83%

Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 4/4 features

Create succession plans/pools

N/A

0 Ratings

8.9

89%

27 Ratings

Candidate ranking

N/A

0 Ratings

8.2

82%

27 Ratings

Candidate search

N/A

0 Ratings

8.3

83%

28 Ratings

Candidate development

N/A

0 Ratings

7.7

77%

27 Ratings

Recruiting / ATS

BrightHR

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

8.5

Workday HCM

85%

Workday Human Capital Management ranks higher in 7/7 features

Job Requisition Management

N/A

0 Ratings

8.1

81%

33 Ratings

Company Website Posting

N/A

0 Ratings

8.8

88%

27 Ratings

Publish to Social Media

N/A

0 Ratings

9.6

96%

24 Ratings

Job Search Site Posting

N/A

0 Ratings

8.8

88%

28 Ratings

Duplicate Candidate Prevention

N/A

0 Ratings

7.4

74%

27 Ratings

Applicant Tracking

N/A

0 Ratings

8.5

85%

28 Ratings

Notifications and Alerts

N/A

0 Ratings

8.6

86%

32 Ratings

Attribute Ratings

BrightHR is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend

BrightHR

88%

10 Ratings

8.2

Workday HCM

82%

92 Ratings

BrightHR

N/A

0 Ratings

10.0

Workday HCM

100%

17 Ratings

BrightHR

N/A

0 Ratings

8.0

Workday HCM

80%

11 Ratings

BrightHR

N/A

0 Ratings

6.6

Workday HCM

66%

16 Ratings

BrightHR

N/A

0 Ratings

7.3

Workday HCM

73%

14 Ratings

BrightHR

N/A

0 Ratings

8.1

Workday HCM

81%

42 Ratings

BrightHR

N/A

0 Ratings

9.6

Workday HCM

96%

6 Ratings

BrightHR

N/A

0 Ratings

7.0

Workday HCM

70%

7 Ratings

BrightHR

N/A

0 Ratings

8.0

Workday HCM

80%

33 Ratings

BrightHR

N/A

0 Ratings

7.3

Workday HCM

73%

1 Rating

Pros

When a query has been dealt with via the helpline an email confirming the outcome is often issued which is great for reference at any time.
The system is easy to use and the screens are clutter free.
The support service offered is easy to access and the staff are friendly and helpful.

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Pauline Meredith

Human Resource Manager

NAD Services and Consultancy and SecuriZenSecurity & Investigations, 11-50 employees

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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.

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Monika Ganeva

HR Technology Change Management and Training Lead

Indeed.comHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

Permissions-need to be revised.
The bottom landing page is hard to navigate.
Granting access to employees has too many saves involved.

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Ella Malin

Business Support Manager

Lely Atlantic Ltd.Machinery, 11-50 employees

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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?

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Verified User

Manager in Customer Service

Printing Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

$100 per year per user

Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

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

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

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

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Amanda Easton

Associate Director, Human Resources

SNL FinancialFinancial Services, 1001-5000 employees

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Reliability and Availability

No score

No answers yet

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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.

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Jeff Greening

Engagement Manager, Workday Implementations

MeteorixInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Performance

No score

No answers yet

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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

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Jeff Greening

Engagement Manager, Workday Implementations

MeteorixInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

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.

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Linda Buckley

Associate Director, Financial Applications

Georgetown UniversityHigher Education, 5001-10,000 employees

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In-Person Training

No score

No answers yet

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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

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Verified User

Analyst in Human Resources

Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employees

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Online Training

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

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

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Verified User

Program Manager in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employees

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Implementation Rating

No score

No answers yet

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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.

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Analyst in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

I chose BrightHR as it offered a one-stop platform for HR management for which we have dedicated UK and ROI HR specialists who not only give HR advice but also write policies and handbooks, etc. They are a one-stop-shop, which was very important as when I signed the contract I did not have an HR person in my team and they were essentially my back office.Also, by signing up, I got access to Bright Safe too; which is great as again it's a one-stop-shop for Health and Safety in the workplace. So I can roll out toolbox talks, training, and accident management.

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Ella Malin

Business Support Manager

Lely Atlantic Ltd.Machinery, 11-50 employees

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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.

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Verified User

Executive in Finance and Accounting

Higher Education Company, 10,001+ employees

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Scalability

No score

No answers yet

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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

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Jeff Greening

Engagement Manager, Workday Implementations

MeteorixInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

Saved admin time in filing and then searching for documents.
Saved admin time in chasing for managers' approvals for holiday requests.
Saved admin time in chasing managers/employees to update their profiles.

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Ella Malin

Business Support Manager

Lely Atlantic Ltd.Machinery, 11-50 employees

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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.

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Zach Wasson

Regional Learning & Development Leader

Total Quality LogisticsTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 1001-5000 employees

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