Dayforce vs. SAP SuccessFactors Incentive Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Dayforce
Score 7.9 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Dayforce HCM is a cloud-based platform encompassing HR, payroll, benefits, and talent and workforce management. It provides companies with a scalable framework and real-time data, such as continual pay calculations, to enable efficient decision-making.N/A
SAP SuccessFactors Incentive Management
Score 8.9 out of 10
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With the SAP SuccessFactors Incentive Management solution (formerly SAP Commissions), users can design, model, and optimize flexible and complex incentive compensation plans, gain real-time insights, and motivate sales teams to perform at their best. Cloud deployment Comprehensive incentive compensation management Real-time payment and performance insight Mobile app optionN/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Features
DayforceSAP SuccessFactors Incentive Management
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.9
582 Ratings
1% above category average
SAP SuccessFactors Incentive Management
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Ratings
Employee demographic data8.1505 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.4540 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration8.0530 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.8532 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting7.4483 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management7.7528 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.5352 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
8.4
582 Ratings
5% above category average
SAP SuccessFactors Incentive Management
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Pay calculation9.0568 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.5283 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.9132 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.0457 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.0553 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.5437 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management8.1294 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
8.0
528 Ratings
1% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors Incentive Management
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Approval workflow8.3496 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details7.7510 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.9417 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
8.1
594 Ratings
0% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors Incentive Management
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View and generate pay and benefit information8.5565 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information8.7578 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.0398 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition7.1206 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.0474 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.5
97 Ratings
3% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors Incentive Management
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Tracking of all physical assets7.597 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.2
581 Ratings
5% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors Incentive Management
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Report builder7.6572 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.7572 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.3400 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.8
374 Ratings
3% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors Incentive Management
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New hire portal7.8364 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.9320 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.7
241 Ratings
6% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors Incentive Management
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Corporate goal setting7.4202 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.9221 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.6189 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking7.9226 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.8
265 Ratings
2% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors Incentive Management
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Performance plans7.5246 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.6210 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking7.9248 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders7.9244 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency8.0219 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
6.9
119 Ratings
13% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors Incentive Management
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Create succession plans/pools7.294 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking6.9102 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search6.6107 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development7.194 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.3
287 Ratings
6% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors Incentive Management
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Job Requisition Management7.5271 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.5265 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.5222 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.5254 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.6217 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.4264 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.3258 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales ICM
Comparison of Sales ICM features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
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Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors Incentive Management
8.2
3 Ratings
6% above category average
Sales compensation plan creation00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Complex sales crediting00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Sales compensation process automation00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Incentive auditing/regulation compliance00 Ratings7.73 Ratings
Sales compensation dashboards & forecasting00 Ratings7.23 Ratings
Incentive modeling00 Ratings5.53 Ratings
Agile incentive strategy00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
ICM mobile visibility00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses
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Score 9.0 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.5 out of 10
Everstage
Everstage
Score 9.5 out of 10
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Infor Human Resources
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Score 7.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
DayforceSAP SuccessFactors Incentive Management
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(622 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(86 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
6.3
(60 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(12 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
5.0
(13 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.7
(65 ratings)
-
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In-Person Training
7.0
(11 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
7.3
(18 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.6
(43 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.8
(13 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.0
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.9
(14 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.9
(18 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.9
(12 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Dayforce
Ceridian is well suited for transferring time data between systems to ensure employees are accurately compensated based on their time. Ceridian is not ideal when an employee has transferred to a different country. (As previously mentioned, we are required to create a new user record which with our setup requires the existing employee to be hired in the new location).
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SAP
SAP Commissions is well suited for taking
transactional data and determining a commission payment from this data.
Some of our plans are quite complex and cross channels. To date,
SAP Commissions has been able to handle everything we have thrown at it.

SAP Commissions can be used for territories.
However, it is not its strength. There are better tools in the
market for this (Anaplan).
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Pros
Dayforce
  • Reporting. It has an extensive report builder with stock reports, ad-hoc reports, and the ability to build your own custom reports.
  • Payroll. The continuous payroll engine makes processing complex payrolls much easier and faster.
  • Forms. The stock forms are a great jumping off point to start creating custom forms that work better for your processes and organization.
  • Documentation. Every module is well documented, and you're always bound to learn something if you read through them properly!
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SAP
  • Very effective for sales management.
  • Provides leading commission.
  • Sales and transaction details all in one place.
  • Monthly sales summaries.
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Cons
Dayforce
  • In payroll, there are sometimes issues with calculating pay when people’s rates change mid-pay period
  • Would love to see an option to assist with building SQL or XML statements in the future (maybe co-pilot AI?)
  • Would love an easy way to store pre-hire documents with candidates that syncs over to their HR profile when hired
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SAP
  • Processing commissions and updating reports takes too long.
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Likelihood to Renew
Dayforce
We are highly invested in Ceridian's Dayforce product. It give us the flexibility and scaling that our growing company needs. Its potential reaches beyond the basic HR functions to the decision making that our Management Team needs. Ceridian is always innovating the employee and employee experiences to offer cutting edge options.
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SAP
I would use this product if it were needed due to very complex plans/organization
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Usability
Dayforce
I think it's very usable for the employee. I don't think it is as easy for the HR/PR admins - especially if there is an issue. There are so many setup screens that need to be looked at to try to figure out why payroll isn't calculating properly, hours aren't feeding over correctly, or benefits are not calculating properly. For the most part, they can't do their own troubleshooting. The same is true for the managers. Our managers find it cumbersome to go into make any schedule changes after the schedules have been generated.
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SAP
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Reliability and Availability
Dayforce
We have never experienced a total/unplanned outages that effected our ability to process payroll. However, there are times when the application's speed is significantly effected - and processing a payroll may take up to twice as long as normal.
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SAP
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Performance
Dayforce
We haven't noticed any slow-down due to the integration of Dayforce WFM with our Ceridian HPL products (HRIS and Payroll). The new HTML view of the timesheets don't load as quickly as the old Silverlight view - however, we have gotten used to the change.
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SAP
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Support Rating
Dayforce
Most of the time the support is great; it's not always super efficient but I always get the help I need. Occasionally it takes a lot longer than we had hoped or get conflicting responses. We had one ticket recently where we were told we would have to pay the service team to support us on the project and then another person called the next day with the solution to our query and was able to find a solution easily. Generally, though, the response is great and they either walk me though how to do something via a Zoom Meeting or they email step-by-step instructions on how to do it and say if I have questions we can set up a meeting to discuss further.
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SAP
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In-Person Training
Dayforce
Because the training we reviewed at Insights has changed how we use the system everyday. This is a key factor in our training.
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SAP
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Online Training
Dayforce
The online training is very good, there is a wide variety of topics offered and several dates and times. The instructors are very knowledgeable about the subjects they are teaching. There are so many ways to program Dayforce that just the basics seem to be covered in the class.
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SAP
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Implementation Rating
Dayforce
Have a strong internal team. Communicate with your implementation team - they are there to make it work for you. Take the time to really think about how you want the system to work for you - in some cases, you may need to rethink your own business practices to see if you are working harder when the system could do it for you
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SAP
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Alternatives Considered
Dayforce
All of the info for Payroll, HR updates, employee updates, Time worked and PTO are in a single application, with a single login, updated in every screen or module in real time. There is no lag in data from screen to screen or from user to user, its almost instant.
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SAP
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Scalability
Dayforce
Overall, we are extremely happy with the Dayforce WFM module. Our biggest pain point is concerning the twice annual software upgrades - which is the only reason I haven't rated them as a '10'. Because every customer is configured differently, the upgrades can sometimes have adverse effects on our current configured policies/rules. And although they roll-out the upgraded version in a test environment several weeks before go-live, not all testing is accurate in that environment. Some issues do not present themselves until you are working with live punches.
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SAP
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Return on Investment
Dayforce
  • Performance Reviews/Comp used to be handled via paper and tracking/reporting was a nightmare - having all of that in the system is so much more efficient and provides huge ROI
  • Our organization used to have big problems with hiring managers going rogue and hiring positions that aren't approved by Finance - we built an approval workflow in the system that triggers before any req is approved which has completely solved this problem
  • Dayforce Wallet has been a huge perk for our employees - it's heavily used and our crew love it
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SAP
  • The efficiencies gained by moving from reports and spreadsheet alone has earned us a positive ROI.
  • SAP Commissions speed to the market allows us to quickly and cheaply change our direction to meet market demands.
  • Our sales force's engagement has drastically improved. We are now paying monthly instead of quarterly and have earned their trust.
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Screenshot of Dayforce Home ScreenScreenshot of Scheduling DashboardScreenshot of Compensation DashboardScreenshot of Succession Planning - Talent MatrixScreenshot of Payroll DashboardScreenshot of Dayforce Mobile - Recruiting