FunctionFox vs. SAP SuccessFactors HCM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
FunctionFox
Score 8.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
FunctionFox provides TimeFox which is a timesheet and project management solution for small creative companies. The vendor says TimeFox is currently used by over 100,000 creative professionals in Canada, the US, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
$5
per user
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
SAP SuccessFactors is a suite of HR/HCM products covering these capability areas: core HR and payroll, recruiting and onboarding, learning and development, performance and compensation management, workforce analytics and planning, and employee experience management.
$75.60
per year per user (Up to 100 Employees)
Pricing
FunctionFoxSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Editions & Modules
FunctionFox Classic
$5
per user
FunctionFox Premier
$10
per user
FunctionFox In-House
$20
per user
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FunctionFoxSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsNo hidden fees. All customer support, and regular upgrades are included free of charge.
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Community Pulse
FunctionFoxSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Features
FunctionFoxSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
FunctionFox
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
768 Ratings
1% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.3678 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.1691 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.8665 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings8.0630 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings8.1702 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings8.0631 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.7395 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
FunctionFox
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.8
436 Ratings
4% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.1330 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.4294 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings7.7293 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.6279 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.8278 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.0355 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.7252 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
FunctionFox
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
435 Ratings
0% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.4431 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings8.1367 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.0325 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
FunctionFox
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.3
615 Ratings
1% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.4462 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.7598 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.0399 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings7.8369 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.4574 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
FunctionFox
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
3 Ratings
5% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.43 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
FunctionFox
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.0
600 Ratings
8% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.2574 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.0544 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.7449 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
FunctionFox
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
485 Ratings
0% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings7.7471 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.7441 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
FunctionFox
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
600 Ratings
4% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.2537 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.3593 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings8.0481 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings8.0558 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
FunctionFox
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
633 Ratings
4% above category average
Performance plans00 Ratings8.1607 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings8.0519 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings8.0573 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings7.9569 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings8.1467 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
FunctionFox
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
431 Ratings
3% above category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings8.1398 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings8.0377 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings8.0384 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings8.0363 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
FunctionFox
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
4.2
508 Ratings
59% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.9484 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings7.8461 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.8401 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.7442 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.5412 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings7.9465 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.9468 Ratings
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User Ratings
FunctionFoxSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(14 ratings)
8.4
(783 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
3.0
(4 ratings)
8.7
(53 ratings)
Usability
4.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(305 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(7 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
5.4
(30 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
4.7
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.0
(1 ratings)
6.5
(15 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
5.2
(7 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
2.9
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
6.9
(420 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(7 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
6.1
(5 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
5.5
(6 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
4.6
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
FunctionFoxSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
FunctionFox
If you are trying to track time across teams or functions, that is really what FunctionFox is designed for. I think this would work better for individual, smaller teams with similar tasks and activities, instead of for larger companies with more complex organizational operations. If you are just getting started with time tracking, this could be a good place to start.
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SAP
It is a strong system that pays off once it's fully tailored to your organization. If your company has well-defined HR processes, SuccessFactors will likely integrate seamlessly. We've automated processes that previously required departments to spend weeks on back-and-forth emails. We've partnered with Capgemini to fully suck out the most out of its technical customization.
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Pros
FunctionFox
  • With only a couple clicks I can still easily pull reports by employee on a weekly basis which provide the information I need to run payroll.
  • I pull reports by client each month for our monthly client billings, which we have broken down by project so I can easily see how our time was spent on their account.
  • We set a budget for the approved number of hours we can apply to any one project for the month, and the system provides the project manager with a warning as the limit comes near. That function has been fantastic!
  • FunctionFox's Help Desk personnel are wonderful, providing an exceptionally personalized experience. They take their time, and will even schedule a call to go into greater depth, such as an entire account review just to ensure you're able to use all the product features to your company's best advantage. Our entire team jumped on a half hour call a couple months ago, and she answered ALL of our questions, including providing us with info on some features we hadn't realized even existed.
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SAP
  • The product is straightforward to use. The product allows instant edits if a mistake is made and is very helpful in keeping track of individual employee working hours.
  • Use of the platform ensures that your business is connected to a global workforce experience powered by modern HR technologies and AI.
  • Implementation of the software ensures an excellent workforce experience and accelerates overall business performance.
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Cons
FunctionFox
  • The function of the site is not as user-friendly as others, it's sometimes hard to find certain projects and organize data in order to track effectively. I would often need to download/export reports.
  • Sometimes a project would accidentally be created twice and hours billed to two separate projects for the same thing. Which made tracking and billing increasingly difficult.
  • Little to no organization of projects for billing and finance purposes, which makes it hard when we conduct billing as there is not a clear way to know if a project is complete, ongoing, rejected etc.
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SAP
  • I think just overall the configuration can be a little bit hard on the backend user, like myself, knowing which screens to go to. Better documentation on how we configure things would be a great resource for employees in the HR field that are making those backend changes.
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Likelihood to Renew
FunctionFox
All of my employees are used to it and introducing a new software to them requires them to get trained again increasing the costs. TimeFox is an easy to use and understand software. Another advantage of TimeFox is that is an online software and I can access it whenever I want to.
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SAP
It is the product that the Business is fully committed to for co-ordinately HR processes. Employee and Manage Self-Service has allow our business to reduce the overheads in our HR operating mode. The integration with 3rd party products is now in place and further developments will only increase its importance. SuccessFactors provide regular enhancements and has a support model in line with our business requirements.
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Usability
FunctionFox
It's a good tool for tracking hours and overall budget. It does not give you insight into why there are those hours, or what part of the project has over burned. The tool is also tough to export reports and find the correct information throughout. Not only this, but I also have a hard time changing project details - there's no real easy way to and there's a larger room for error
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SAP
Generally works as it needs to but there is room for improvement. Notifications are an example where they come from different places whereas they should be centralised and standardised. We would love to have time management and award interpretation in SAP SuccessFactors HCM instead of a third party system however the lack of rostering functionality makes this unusable
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Reliability and Availability
FunctionFox
No answers on this topic
SAP
Until now we have not had serious availability problems with SuccessFactors, we had Microsoft Active Directory and SSO with ADFS and we had availability problems but because of problems with ADFS, we migrated to Azure AD and with that the availability problems of SuccessFactors because of ADFS went away. The only windows of unavailability that we have had are those that we are communicated to do maintenance and upgrades.
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Performance
FunctionFox
No answers on this topic
SAP
The performance is very good, the truth is that we have not had serious performance problems, some complex reports may take a little longer, but considering the complexity and the amount of records it is an acceptable time. We have never received a complaint from users regarding page loading speed.
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Support Rating
FunctionFox
I haven't used FunctionFox for a lot of support requests. On the times that i've been having issues I've had the issue resolved within a day, most questions I have had i've been able to source answers online or from a colleague. From what I have experienced the support team seems great.
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SAP
SAP SuccessFactors has been a easy to implement tool with low risks for a sensitive thing like employee feedback. It provides powerful performance in the backend functionalities, and at the same time a great look and feel for the employees. Totally recommended.
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In-Person Training
FunctionFox
No answers on this topic
SAP
The in-person training was with a consultancy, we have taken several courses, all very specific. They have been reports in ecp, general configuration of ec, reports and IAS
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Online Training
FunctionFox
No answers on this topic
SAP
We use SAP Learning, and we like it very much, the topics are updated along with the products, we have access to the SFX customer certifications and we have done them all, in general the SAP learning platform is very good and complete.
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Implementation Rating
FunctionFox
Unsure on implementation of FunctionFox - was before my time at the company. Everyone at the company had a good understanding of the product and how to use it by the time I joined. My understanding is we implemented ourselves with a few training sessions for the creative team and adding hours as well as training for the account team to add projects
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SAP
As we were new with all this, we would greatly appreciate if we had assitance directly from SAP so we can implement the modules with all of its features and best practices. Unfortunately, we notice that the partner left some thing incomplete.
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Alternatives Considered
FunctionFox
When we were looking for software we tested several, and FunctionFox was hands down the best value. While there are other options, and each company is different, nothing could come close to filling our needs the way FunctionFox has. The money we spend has been returned several times over.
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SAP
SAP SuccessFactors is a very user-friendly application, it stacks up very well against competition, such as Oracle PeopleSoft HCM. We selected SAP SuccessFactors because we are already using a lot of other SAP solutions, such as SAP S/4 HANA and SAP Business Technology Platform. It allows us to have single-sign on and one vendor with multiple solutions.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
FunctionFox
No answers on this topic
SAP
Not applicable.
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Scalability
FunctionFox
No answers on this topic
SAP
The scalability and flexibility of SuccessFactors is unbeatable. It is very easy to scale the product to new countries and areas, and with the help of CPI it can be easily integrated.
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Professional Services
FunctionFox
No answers on this topic
SAP
Once time we need to change the datacenter and we made this with the professional services from SAP... everything goes just fine. excelent service.
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Return on Investment
FunctionFox
  • FunctionFox pays for itself just about every month in terms of how much more I am able to bill than before I started using the software, and how much less time I need to spend on non-billable admin tasks. I used to create invoices based mostly on what sounded fair, rather than on accurate time & cost records. I'm sure my clients loved it, but it wasn't healthy for my business. Now I base invoices on actual time and expense records, and end up with more money in my pocket.
  • It's not tangible, but FunctionFox has improved my ability to communicate with clients, and with freelance partners when I'm involved in a collaborative project. I can anticipate and discuss potential budget or delivery deadline overruns before they occur. The goodwill this builds has had a tremendously positive impact on client and partnership relations.
  • I fell into freelancing without a lot of experience running a business. FunctionFox has been a great teacher, helping me think through many issues that I wouldn't have even recognized as important. It is simple to use, with a UI that is neither intimidating nor overwhelming, and it has been super flexible in terms of molding it to suit the way I work.
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SAP
  • It helps better in the tedious task of job posting, it's automated to social handles.
  • Better performance in speed, UI, performance management, skill management, talent onboarding, and finding candidates in the talent pool.
  • Reduces most of the cost in HR operations and future-proof technology with continuous improvement.
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ScreenShots

FunctionFox Screenshots

Screenshot of Easily navigate throughout FunctionFox from the customizable Home dashboard.Screenshot of CEO Desktop enables users to visualize budgets and deadlines for specific projects.Screenshot of The Project Status page provides the users with  an overview of the projects and the different stages they are at. With the filters users can drill down to see specific clients or projects.Screenshot of The Calendar provides a great weekly or monthly view of project start and due dates, along with deliverables, milestones, and meetings.

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Screenshots

Screenshot of how to navigate to all SAP SuccessFactors solution modules and complete tasks using natural language—thanks to Joule, the AI copilot with generative AI.Screenshot of where to acquire future-ready skills by sourcing, engaging, and hiring top talent, as well as save time evaluating candidates and match skills to roles more efficiently with AI-powered applicant screening.Screenshot of some of the metrics that empower HR professionals, analysts, and business partners to answer questions about a workforce, or that influence business decisions with data-driven insights and an evidence-based approach to HR.Screenshot of the mobile interface, which also helps automate processes to improve employee and manager self-service, and strengthen compliance.Screenshot of