Gem vs. SAP SuccessFactors HCM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Gem
Score 9.7 out of 10
N/A
Gem is a recruiting platform that brings together ATS, CRM, sourcing, scheduling, and analytics — plus 800+ million profiles to source from — with AI built into every workflow.
$300
per month
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
GemSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GemSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
GemSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Features
GemSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Gem
7.6
2 Ratings
4% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
4.2
518 Ratings
58% below category average
Job Requisition Management9.02 Ratings7.9493 Ratings
Company Website Posting6.01 Ratings7.8471 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.01 Ratings7.8410 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.02 Ratings7.7452 Ratings
Customized Application Form8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Resume Management7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention4.02 Ratings7.5422 Ratings
Candidate Search9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.52 Ratings7.9475 Ratings
Collaboration8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Templates8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
User Permissions8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts8.02 Ratings7.9479 Ratings
Reporting7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Gem
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
780 Ratings
1% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.3691 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.1704 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.9677 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings8.0640 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings8.1714 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings8.1643 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.8403 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Gem
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.8
448 Ratings
4% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.1340 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.4302 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings7.7302 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.6287 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.8286 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.0365 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.8261 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Gem
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
445 Ratings
1% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.5441 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings8.1376 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.1334 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Gem
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.3
626 Ratings
1% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.4473 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.7609 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.0410 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings7.8380 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.4585 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Gem
-
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
Gem
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.0
612 Ratings
7% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.3585 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.1555 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.8461 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Gem
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.1
496 Ratings
1% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings7.8482 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.7451 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Gem
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
611 Ratings
4% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.2548 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.3604 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings8.0492 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings8.1569 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Gem
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
644 Ratings
4% above category average
Performance plans00 Ratings8.2619 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings8.0531 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings8.1585 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings8.0580 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings8.1479 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Gem
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.1
443 Ratings
4% above category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings8.2409 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings8.1388 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings8.0396 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings8.0374 Ratings
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User Ratings
GemSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(11 ratings)
8.5
(769 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(53 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(292 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(7 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
4.9
(30 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
4.3
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.5
(15 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
4.6
(7 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
3.2
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
6.8
(420 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(7 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
5.5
(5 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
4.9
(6 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
3.9
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
GemSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
Gem
Gem is a in my opinion a necessity for any TA team in this market. It's no longer possible to be competitive with just LinkedIn - it's easy for candidates to lose those messages. Gem allows you to get noticed by candidates and stay competitive in this market!
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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
Gem
  • He does great at the moment of follow up candidates.
  • It has a great AI that helps to automatically leave the status of the candidate depending on their response.
  • Save you a lot of time helping you to find the contact info of the candidate automatically.
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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
Gem
  • Gem's dashboards feature is still a work in progress. It's not incredibly intuitive and there aren't many ways to visualize data.
  • There are often discrepancies between what's in the ATS and what's in Gem and it requires troubleshooting.
  • It would be great if Gem could integrate with data from other sources such as LinkedIn Recruiter so we could see conversion rate data from there as well.
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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
Gem
No answers on this topic
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
Gem
For tech-savvy users, using Gem is a breeze. For users with less tech intelligence, the UI can be a bit clunky, and can take some training and adaptation to use properly - it's a very robust tool, but, options can feel a bit overwhelming if you're not sure of the exact location of what you're looking for
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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
Gem
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
Gem
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
Gem
No answers on this topic
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
Gem
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
Gem
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
Gem
No answers on this topic
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
Gem
Gem was able to allow more customization. We were able to see more into our current funnels. Easier to share and collaborate with others. Gem made email campaigns simpler and more customized. Gem took some of the LinkedIn inmail processes and automated them. Gem had better data and after some time got more accurate emails.
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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
Gem
No answers on this topic
SAP
Not applicable.
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Scalability
Gem
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
Gem
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
Gem
  • I have been able to reach out to more candidates since using Gem.
  • I have been more organized with responses since using Gem.
  • I am able to easily create new sequences using old sequences.
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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

Gem Screenshots

Screenshot of an overview of how Gem brings together ATS, CRM, sourcing, scheduling, and analytics — plus 650+ million profiles to source from — with AI built into every workflow.Screenshot of the AI that surfaces the best matches during the application review process, streamlines collaboration with hiring teams, simplifies offer flows, and automates routine administrative tasks.Screenshot of the search tool, used to conduct searches across 650M+ profiles with AI that delivers the best matches for any role.Screenshot of where the AI finds optimal interview times, coordinates across time zones and calendars, and automates reminders — giving recruiters hours back to focus on candidate relationships.Screenshot of where to use AI to personalize messaging to each candidate’s unique characteristics. This can reach across multiple communication channels including SMS.Screenshot of an example of simplified candidate management. Gem’s interactive dashboard helps recruiters grab a quick, visual snapshot of their candidate pipeline, identify candidates that need immediate attention, and hold their hiring managers accountable to SLAs.

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