ELMO Software vs. Workday Human Capital Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ELMO Software
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
ELMO Software (ASX:ELO) is a cloud-based solution that helps thousands of organisations across Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to manage their people, process and pay. ELMO solutions span the entire employee lifecycle from ‘hire to retire’. They can be used together or stand-alone, and are configurable according to an organisation’s unique processes and workflows.N/A
Workday HCM
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Workday Human Capital Management is a cloud-native system offering a globally consistent user experience. Workday HCM is part of an intelligent, unified system with other Workday products.N/A
Pricing
ELMO SoftwareWorkday Human Capital Management
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ELMO SoftwareWorkday HCM
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
ELMO SoftwareWorkday Human Capital Management
Considered Both Products
ELMO Software
Chose ELMO Software
Good modules set-up and ELMO components portfolio vs. budget (service agreement cost).
Workday HCM

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Features
ELMO SoftwareWorkday Human Capital Management
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
ELMO Software
7.9
11 Ratings
3% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.4
96 Ratings
4% above category average
Employee demographic data8.09 Ratings8.381 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.78 Ratings8.493 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.27 Ratings9.188 Ratings
Organizational charting8.38 Ratings9.287 Ratings
Organization and location management7.88 Ratings8.884 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)8.65 Ratings6.759 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.691 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
ELMO Software
8.1
5 Ratings
0% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.8
80 Ratings
8% above category average
Pay calculation8.25 Ratings8.468 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors8.14 Ratings8.656 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.03 Ratings8.363 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.03 Ratings8.669 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.23 Ratings9.066 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.83 Ratings9.243 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings9.818 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
ELMO Software
8.5
3 Ratings
4% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.5
74 Ratings
4% above category average
Approval workflow8.53 Ratings8.573 Ratings
Balance details8.53 Ratings8.473 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.759 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
ELMO Software
7.9
10 Ratings
4% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.3
94 Ratings
1% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information8.05 Ratings8.883 Ratings
Update personal information8.010 Ratings8.692 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.26 Ratings7.673 Ratings
Employee recognition7.66 Ratings7.957 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.883 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
ELMO Software
7.7
6 Ratings
2% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.3
78 Ratings
9% above category average
Report builder7.56 Ratings8.874 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.76 Ratings8.576 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data7.84 Ratings7.864 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
ELMO Software
7.8
7 Ratings
2% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.5
56 Ratings
6% above category average
New hire portal8.26 Ratings8.452 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.44 Ratings8.752 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
ELMO Software
7.8
8 Ratings
3% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.4
60 Ratings
4% above category average
Individual goal setting8.28 Ratings8.659 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility8.08 Ratings7.851 Ratings
Performance tracking7.38 Ratings8.558 Ratings
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.650 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
ELMO Software
7.6
10 Ratings
4% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.8
63 Ratings
11% above category average
Performance plans7.710 Ratings8.962 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.710 Ratings8.854 Ratings
Review status tracking6.78 Ratings8.758 Ratings
Review reminders7.79 Ratings9.058 Ratings
Multiple review frequency8.29 Ratings8.851 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
ELMO Software
7.4
7 Ratings
5% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
7.8
40 Ratings
0% above category average
Create succession plans/pools7.96 Ratings9.234 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.66 Ratings7.435 Ratings
Candidate search6.45 Ratings7.938 Ratings
Candidate development7.96 Ratings6.837 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
ELMO Software
7.5
5 Ratings
2% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.3
48 Ratings
8% above category average
Job Requisition Management7.84 Ratings8.145 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.74 Ratings8.439 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.32 Ratings8.634 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting6.82 Ratings8.540 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.82 Ratings7.739 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.53 Ratings8.140 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.94 Ratings8.444 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
ELMO Software
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Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.2
25 Ratings
3% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.225 Ratings
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User Ratings
ELMO SoftwareWorkday Human Capital Management
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(14 ratings)
8.7
(130 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.2
(1 ratings)
9.0
(18 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(15 ratings)
7.6
(15 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
6.6
(8 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
7.6
(8 ratings)
8.0
(27 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(6 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(11 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
ELMO SoftwareWorkday Human Capital Management
Likelihood to Recommend
ELMO Software
The performance review process is clear and easy to complete, for both employee and manager. I have experienced this in both roles, with my own staff, and undergoing my own review with my manager. I haven't experienced scenarios where it is less appropriate, I think our HR department customised the software well to our needs.
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Workday
I would say it's well suited in every environment because I think it does so much. It's like the holy grail of HRIS systems is what I like to call it because thinking about all parts of the employee lifecycle, it lives here in Workday Human Capital Management. So I love the fact that you can do the people data analytics, you can store employee records, the talent acquisition pieces there. I'm thinking I can't think of anything negative right now except for the fact that I can't drill down into the data for the people analytics side. Other than that, I think it's literally, yeah, the holy grail of HRIS systems, I love it and I would highly recommend it.
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Pros
ELMO Software
  • Has extensive courses library (theory and video library).
  • Very responsive, resourceful and efficient support team.
  • Stuff survey - great range of available templates.
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Workday
  • 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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Cons
ELMO Software
  • Help seems unavailable.
  • A guide or how-to would be extremely appreciated - I haven't found any, at least for user level.
  • User interface could follow a more standard/familiar approach.
  • Some panes should be collapsible (e.g. the right "Work Flow" area, which gives very little help).
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Workday
  • Should have more option in time sheet like choose project code or something.
  • On The pay page, it should have options to view past salaries; it may be there already but not in the version that I use.
  • The employee information page does not have a back button to navigate to the previous page.
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Likelihood to Renew
ELMO Software
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Workday
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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Usability
ELMO Software
Once I learned the specific way of doing things, the software became very logical and ergonomic. It is easy to use and is an excellent resource for many of the specific tasks required for my role, especially in relation to staff onboarding and management. It is also excellent as a resource for my own personal HR information.
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Workday
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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Reliability and Availability
ELMO Software
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Workday
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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Performance
ELMO Software
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Workday
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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Support Rating
ELMO Software
I am not sure whether you are asking how the learning & development team rates ELMO Software or how ELMO supports our team when issues arise with the software? It is not my decision to purchase the software nor am I involved with the maintenance of the software.
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Workday
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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In-Person Training
ELMO Software
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Workday
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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Online Training
ELMO Software
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Workday
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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Implementation Rating
ELMO Software
I was not involved
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Workday
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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Alternatives Considered
ELMO Software
Aspen is more straightforward in creating a course of personal development recognized by our industry, but your ELMO Software is generally easier to use. As the workforce in our company is very often built by the majority of people with basic academic background education, IE they often have only just completed year 10... it is very important your element of making it easy to understand, using simple words and clear explained multiple choices in the final quiz
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Workday
Workday is an incomplete product, by this I mean it must work alongside other products and does not work by itself. Trying to make several different products work smoothly together becomes very challenging. As compared to ADP products, when purchased all together work very well all together. Also, ADP has extensive Training programs and extensive Customer Support. So ADP's products are far superior to Workday's products in my opinion.
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Scalability
ELMO Software
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Workday
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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Professional Services
ELMO Software
Did not use
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Workday
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Return on Investment
ELMO Software
  • It has been helpful
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Workday
  • Positive ROI, we were one of the first organizations that went with Workday HCM, and we received numerous discounts. Cloud systems are the way to go and we feel the system is stable for our growing work force.
  • The user conferences have been helpful to network and learn more deepness in the modules and functionality.
  • Right off the bat, our implementation costs were lower than budgeted and we had less 'billing' surprises.
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