Ceridian Dayforce vs. Freshteam

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Ceridian Dayforce HCM
Score 7.8 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Ceridian 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
Freshteam
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Freshteam is a HR software for growing businesses. With Freshteam, users can attract, hire and onboard new hires, offboard exiting employees, manage employee information, and time off - in one place. The key business benefits include: Freshteam helps attract top talent through various channels - a customizable career site, integration with multiple free & premium job boards, & social media channels. Once the candidates are in, the recruiting team can…
$591
per month
Pricing
Ceridian DayforceFreshteam
Editions & Modules
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Free
0 (upto 50 employees)
per month
Growth
$59 platform fee + $1 per employee
per month
Pro
$99 platform fee + $2 per employee
per month
Enterprise
$169 platform fee + $4 per employee
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Ceridian Dayforce HCMFreshteam
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Ceridian DayforceFreshteam
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
Ceridian DayforceFreshteam
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Ceridian Dayforce
7.8
534 Ratings
2% below category average
Freshteam
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data7.9464 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.2495 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.9487 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.8.0491 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting7.2444 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management7.8488 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.5327 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Ceridian Dayforce
8.2
537 Ratings
1% above category average
Freshteam
-
Ratings
Pay calculation8.7526 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.3263 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.693 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.9427 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.9511 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.3404 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.6272 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Ceridian Dayforce
7.7
488 Ratings
6% below category average
Freshteam
-
Ratings
Approval workflow8.2456 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details7.3470 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.6385 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Ceridian Dayforce
8.0
547 Ratings
2% below category average
Freshteam
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information8.4524 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information8.6533 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.0367 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition7.0191 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.1440 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Ceridian Dayforce
7.1
93 Ratings
11% below category average
Freshteam
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets7.193 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Ceridian Dayforce
7.2
538 Ratings
6% below category average
Freshteam
-
Ratings
Report builder7.5529 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.6529 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.4369 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Ceridian Dayforce
7.5
342 Ratings
6% below category average
Freshteam
-
Ratings
New hire portal7.4333 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.7298 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Ceridian Dayforce
7.1
215 Ratings
15% below category average
Freshteam
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting7.0182 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.2199 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.0172 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking7.2206 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Ceridian Dayforce
7.4
237 Ratings
8% below category average
Freshteam
-
Ratings
Performance plans7.3219 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.2189 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking7.5222 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders7.6219 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.5200 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Ceridian Dayforce
6.4
107 Ratings
21% below category average
Freshteam
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Ratings
Create succession plans/pools6.285 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking6.292 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search6.597 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development6.687 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Ceridian Dayforce
7.0
268 Ratings
10% below category average
Freshteam
8.0
12 Ratings
1% above category average
Job Requisition Management7.0253 Ratings8.312 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.0248 Ratings7.310 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.2210 Ratings8.26 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.2239 Ratings8.510 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.6205 Ratings7.411 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.2248 Ratings8.712 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.0241 Ratings7.212 Ratings
Customized Application Form00 Ratings8.111 Ratings
Resume Management00 Ratings8.311 Ratings
Candidate Search00 Ratings7.311 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings8.311 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings8.310 Ratings
Email Templates00 Ratings8.111 Ratings
User Permissions00 Ratings7.812 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings8.911 Ratings
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User Ratings
Ceridian DayforceFreshteam
Likelihood to Recommend
7.8
(572 ratings)
8.0
(13 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.4
(79 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.9
(56 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.9
(23 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
5.1
(25 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.7
(105 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.0
(11 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.8
(17 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.4
(75 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.6
(25 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.0
(16 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.9
(14 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.9
(36 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.9
(24 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Ceridian DayforceFreshteam
Likelihood to Recommend
Ceridian
We like Dayforce. It's our core HR system that we use many modules in. Dayforce is our payroll provider and handles all of our year end reporting and ACA forms and W2s. In fact, we are a managed services client and we ask Ceridian to handle committing our payroll and benefits module.
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Freshworks Inc
We were looking for an ATS which can generate detailed report on daily, weekly and monthly basis. This ATS does it best. It is fast and does not lag while using. Supports multiple logins and does not disturb any subusers. Not suitable for big sized companies as it still needs some more features to be added to make it appropriate for big firms.
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Pros
Ceridian
  • 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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Freshworks Inc
  • Moving interviews through each stage. It helps keep you stay organized and no one falls through the cracks.
  • Communicating with people through the Freshteam email is easy and again it helps guide interviews through the process. It also reminds you to follow up with people when they will not move forward to the next stage.
  • The hiring manager can log in and see the progress and notes at all times. You can also load your different interview questions in so the entire hiring committee can have everything in one place.
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Cons
Ceridian
  • FMLA and leave tracking, no formal system.
  • Attendance management. Points cannot be edited from AM; you have to constantly unlock timesheets to update points.
  • Attendance management link to forms for write-ups. Write-ups are still a manual form process. There is no link from AM to HR incidents.
  • Supports lack of urgency. Some cases drag out due to no response from support. Then you get flopped to another support person and have to start over at the beginning.
  • End-dated entitlements should not be seen on the ECP screen. New policies should not be seen until the start date.
  • An easier way to create forms. Drag and drop.
  • Write-ups should have workflows with digital acknowledgments from employees and managers.
  • Benefits - medical support orders should be able to lock employees' dependents so they cannot be removed from benefits.
  • Transfers - schedules and pay should auto-update to the new ECP info.
  • Headcount as a qualifier on pay policies.
  • Workflow visibility on forms. Easy way to see whose approval is still pending. When printing forms, workflow approvals need to show on the printout.
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Freshworks Inc
  • User experience - most people at our company were extremely confused by Freshteam and I frequently struggled with the same task (i.e. adding users).
  • Tracking applicant diversity - we ended up using Typeform to supplement Freshteam.
  • Analytics - hard to use and not particularly useful.
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Likelihood to Renew
Ceridian
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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Freshworks Inc
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Usability
Ceridian
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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Freshworks Inc
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
Ceridian
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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Freshworks Inc
No answers on this topic
Performance
Ceridian
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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Freshworks Inc
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Ceridian
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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Freshworks Inc
No answers on this topic
In-Person Training
Ceridian
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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Freshworks Inc
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Ceridian
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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Freshworks Inc
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Ceridian
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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Freshworks Inc
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Alternatives Considered
Ceridian
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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Freshworks Inc
Zoho recruitment is also a decent product but we liked Freshteam over that just because of a few added advantages that this is giving to us, namely, we are using other products from Freshworks like Freshconnect. Secondly, Zoho does have less customer base compared to Freshworks. Hence we choose Freshworks over Zoho.
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Scalability
Ceridian
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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Freshworks Inc
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Ceridian
  • 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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Freshworks Inc
  • Budget friendly for small and medium sized businesses. This is the most affordable ATS with all the important features required.
  • This has really given a good ROI overall.
  • Overall we are having a good positive impact using Freshteam is highly recommended for small and medium sized firms.
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ScreenShots

Ceridian Dayforce HCM Screenshots

Screenshot of Dayforce Home ScreenScreenshot of Scheduling DashboardScreenshot of Compensation DashboardScreenshot of Succession Planning - Talent MatrixScreenshot of Payroll DashboardScreenshot of Dayforce Mobile - Recruiting

Freshteam Screenshots

Screenshot of Employee Information SystemScreenshot of Org chartsScreenshot of Candidate ManagementScreenshot of Reporting & AnalyticsScreenshot of Time-Off DashboardScreenshot of Integrations