iCIMS Talent Cloud vs. Workday Human Capital Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
iCIMS
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
iCIMS is a web-based applicant tracking system (ATS). The tool's talent recruiting and management functions include features like social recruiting, talent sourcing, offer management, and onboarding. The programs are centralized on iCIMS’s UNIFi platform and are scaled for mid-sized to enterprise businesses.
$1,700
per month
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
iCIMS Talent CloudWorkday Human Capital Management
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
iCIMSWorkday 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
iCIMS Talent CloudWorkday Human Capital Management
Considered Both Products
iCIMS
Chose iCIMS Talent Cloud
iCIMS provided a basic recruitment platform for the organization with a lower cost than Workday recruitment.
Chose iCIMS Talent Cloud
Jobvite was our last ATS that has better marketing/CRM solutions, however, we experienced negative customer service and decided to switch to iCIMS for a similar price point. We are in the process of moving to Workday Recruit as our new ATS which doesn't offer as much …
Chose iCIMS Talent Cloud
iCIMS was vetted and ultimately selected over 10 systems. The ease of use for system administrators, mobile-friendly accessibility & platform, seamless integrations with various systems, and customer-friendly interface were all factors in the selection process. iCIMS also …
Chose iCIMS Talent Cloud
The implementation time is much less, and it is easy to customize to your requirements. Workday and Bullhorn costs much more in subscription and you need to have a strong IT support to help you through configuration.
Chose iCIMS Talent Cloud
The robustness of iCIMS data, the customizable nature of the system, and the broad scope of configurations brought us to select iCIMS as our ATS.
Chose iCIMS Talent Cloud
We completed an extensive RFP and found that iCIMS delivered the most functionality for the best price. It was easy to implement, the post-implementation support far exceeded the offerings of the other companies, and it provided the robust reporting we needed to ensure we had …
Workday HCM
Chose Workday Human Capital Management
I've only used BambooHR and used an internally developed software before and those did not have half the features of Workday. That's why we switched to Workday.
Chose Workday Human Capital Management
Staying with ADP, Ultipro. The selection was done prior to my joining.
Features
iCIMS Talent CloudWorkday Human Capital Management
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
iCIMS Talent Cloud
8.4
131 Ratings
6% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.3
48 Ratings
8% above category average
Job Requisition Management7.7128 Ratings8.145 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.8121 Ratings8.439 Ratings
Publish to Social Media8.7106 Ratings8.634 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.7111 Ratings8.540 Ratings
Customized Application Form10.0113 Ratings00 Ratings
Resume Management9.8124 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention8.7117 Ratings7.739 Ratings
Candidate Search8.0125 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.5126 Ratings8.140 Ratings
Collaboration8.0114 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation7.097 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Templates8.8126 Ratings00 Ratings
User Permissions7.8124 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.8112 Ratings8.444 Ratings
Reporting7.8125 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
iCIMS Talent Cloud
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.4
96 Ratings
4% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.381 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.691 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.493 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings9.188 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings9.287 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings8.884 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings6.759 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
iCIMS Talent Cloud
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.8
80 Ratings
8% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.468 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings8.656 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings9.818 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.363 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.669 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings9.066 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings9.243 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
iCIMS Talent Cloud
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.5
74 Ratings
4% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.573 Ratings
Balance details00 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
iCIMS Talent Cloud
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.3
94 Ratings
1% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.883 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.692 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings7.673 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings7.957 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.883 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
iCIMS Talent Cloud
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.2
25 Ratings
3% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.225 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
iCIMS Talent Cloud
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.3
78 Ratings
9% above category average
Report builder00 Ratings8.874 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings8.576 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings7.864 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
iCIMS Talent Cloud
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.5
56 Ratings
6% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.452 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.752 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
iCIMS Talent Cloud
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.4
60 Ratings
4% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.650 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.659 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.851 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings8.558 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
iCIMS Talent Cloud
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.8
63 Ratings
11% above category average
Performance plans00 Ratings8.962 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings8.854 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings8.758 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings9.058 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings8.851 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
iCIMS Talent Cloud
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
7.8
40 Ratings
0% above category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings9.234 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.435 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings7.938 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings6.837 Ratings
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iCIMS Talent CloudWorkday Human Capital Management
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Score 9.5 out of 10
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
iCIMS Talent CloudWorkday Human Capital Management
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(149 ratings)
8.7
(130 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.8
(31 ratings)
9.0
(18 ratings)
Usability
9.5
(70 ratings)
7.6
(15 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(5 ratings)
6.6
(8 ratings)
Performance
8.2
(3 ratings)
7.3
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
6.0
(103 ratings)
8.0
(27 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(6 ratings)
Online Training
7.9
(3 ratings)
7.0
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.3
(5 ratings)
8.0
(11 ratings)
Configurability
5.0
(1 ratings)
7.5
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.8
(2 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
5.0
(1 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
iCIMS Talent CloudWorkday Human Capital Management
Likelihood to Recommend
iCIMS
iCIMSis is really good in managing high-volume federal recruitment where visibility into each stage of the hiring process is essential. Changing candidate statuses (e.g., referred, interviewed, selected) provides clear insight into pipeline progress and helps coordinate across multiple hiring managers.
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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
iCIMS
  • The opt-out message after the 1st text helps weed out the people who are not interested.
  • Having the ability to have templates/answers to frequent questions saved and ready to use makes it easier/faster to talk to multiple people.
  • Being able to schedule text campaigns is amazing. Every Saturday I set up my campaigns for the next week. This gives me more time to focus on other things.
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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
iCIMS
  • It is a little difficult to track internal applicants that are already active with our company.
  • Some of the fields when hiring an employee are a little difficult to change.
  • Not a sure way of identifying "eligible for rehire" within iCIMS for those that re-apply.
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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
iCIMS
I would say that we are very likely to renew with iCIMS. They seem to continuously be improving their product based on the feedback from their clients. In addition, the thought have having to go through another implementation of this level is daunting and as long as the software continues to meet the business needs of the company and provides the appropriate level of support we will most likely stay. Costs regarding future renewals will also impact this decision and if necessary we will go to market to evaluate other options.
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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
iCIMS
iCIMS was already in play by the time I moved into an executive role, but it made a significant impact in the 6 months from when I had previously done hiring using just emailed and printed applications, in my previous role as an HR Assistant. The ease of use was incredible. We had a full manual on how to use the system, but I felt, even as a first-time user, I didn't need to reference the manual much to navigate easily and figure out the system. As someone who likes to poke around in systems, I was able to comfortably get around and explore other functions with iCIMS.
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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
iCIMS
There is always ample advance notice before the software goes down for maintenance and this is usually done at off-peak hours. As for system failures - I can't think of any that have effected us in over two years od use.
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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
iCIMS
We can think of no dissatisfaction with our daily use of iCims, involving its response time to commands or incompatibility with any other software we presently use.
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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
iCIMS
Before pandemic and iCIMS Talent Cloud acquisitions I would give 10 without a doubt. Unfortunately, I see a strong decrease in the support model, which seems to be mainly connected with the fact that acquired companies/tools/features need to be integrated with the platform, and knowledge of newly provided services and tools were not yet incorporated fully into the support.
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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
iCIMS
No answers on this topic
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
iCIMS
I would say I believe iCims online training is very good. It's informative, visually appealing, and simple in explaining all the different aspects of iCims. I also really like the new candidate onboarding, and all the other training curricula you have up to be able to inform or send out to the candidate. I like you can attach a URL link for videos as well so you can really customize the training. I feel that overall, I would like to see more. Perhaps, more robust options with the training, if that's something iCims is expanding on in the future.
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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
iCIMS
I wasn't involved with the implementation. It was before my time
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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
iCIMS
Fully available automation, lesser bad data quality, more information is gathered at the time of applicant profile creation without having the need to ask for any follow ups or additional notifications. Integrates better with Oracle, Workday and SAP than other similar systems. Service tickets are resolved faster than other vendors we worked with.
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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
iCIMS
iCims is currently pretty good and the best TAS for us at our stage of growth - but further improvement and enhancements will only help make it even better.
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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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Return on Investment
iCIMS
  • We implemented iCIMS Talent Cloud right before the pandemic. The pandemic created the most difficult recruitment environment ever. I cannot say that iCIMS Talent Cloud has helped us realize any advantageous success in this battle we are fighting. It gets the job done, but we have realized anything like filling jobs faster or having resources within iCIMS Talent Cloud to allow us to attract candidates differently. Status quo, I guess.
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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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