IFS Cloud vs. Workday Financial Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IFS Cloud
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
IFS is a low-code / no-code approach to IFS solution suite, supporting various industries including aerospace & defense, construction, energy & utilities, and manufacturing with ERP, EAM and field service management functionality. IFS Cloud can be run as a service from IFS, or in a location of choice including on-premise as a containerized application.N/A
Workday Financial Management
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Workday Financial Management is a native cloud solution built on a global foundation designed to enable accounting teams to operate with greater productivity, superior insights, and adapt to changing business needs. Its AI embedded features improve financial business processes like record to report and opportunity to cash while strengthening internal controls, and enabling consistency across global operations. Powered by an in-memory architecture and object data…N/A
Pricing
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Pricing Offerings
IFS CloudWorkday Financial Management
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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IFS CloudWorkday Financial Management
Features
IFS CloudWorkday Financial Management
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
6.2
4 Ratings
17% below category average
Workday Financial Management
8.1
22 Ratings
10% above category average
Pay calculation5.54 Ratings8.322 Ratings
Benefit plan administration5.04 Ratings8.119 Ratings
Direct deposit files5.04 Ratings8.019 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
7.5
4 Ratings
1% above category average
Workday Financial Management
8.1
19 Ratings
9% above category average
API for custom integration7.54 Ratings8.516 Ratings
Plug-ins7.54 Ratings7.718 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
8.3
4 Ratings
0% below category average
Workday Financial Management
8.9
24 Ratings
7% above category average
Single sign-on capability8.54 Ratings9.124 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.04 Ratings8.822 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
7.2
4 Ratings
2% below category average
Workday Financial Management
7.9
26 Ratings
8% above category average
Dashboards7.54 Ratings7.826 Ratings
Standard reports7.04 Ratings8.023 Ratings
Custom reports7.04 Ratings7.921 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
8.9
4 Ratings
15% above category average
Workday Financial Management
7.7
22 Ratings
0% above category average
Accounts payable9.54 Ratings7.517 Ratings
Accounts receivable9.04 Ratings7.317 Ratings
Global Financial Support9.54 Ratings7.318 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers9.54 Ratings7.318 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations7.54 Ratings7.615 Ratings
Configurable Accounting8.04 Ratings7.418 Ratings
Standardized Processes8.54 Ratings7.919 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
8.8
4 Ratings
10% above category average
Workday Financial Management
7.2
10 Ratings
10% below category average
Inventory tracking8.54 Ratings7.510 Ratings
Automatic reordering8.54 Ratings7.310 Ratings
Location management8.04 Ratings6.79 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
7.9
4 Ratings
1% above category average
Workday Financial Management
7.0
10 Ratings
11% below category average
Pricing7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Order entry8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Credit card processing5.54 Ratings7.010 Ratings
Cost of goods sold7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Orchestration7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
8.3
4 Ratings
11% above category average
Workday Financial Management
-
Ratings
Billing Management6.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Period Close8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
8.8
2 Ratings
15% above category average
Workday Financial Management
-
Ratings
Budgeting and Forecasting9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Costing9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost Capture8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Capital Project Management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
8.9
4 Ratings
24% above category average
Workday Financial Management
-
Ratings
Project Planning and Scheduling8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools7.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
8.6
3 Ratings
16% above category average
Workday Financial Management
-
Ratings
Award Lifecycle Management8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
8.9
4 Ratings
24% above category average
Workday Financial Management
-
Ratings
Bids Analyzed and Compared8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Authoring8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Repository6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Supplier Management7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
8.0
3 Ratings
19% above category average
Workday Financial Management
-
Ratings
Risk Repository7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Management7.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments6.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue Detection5.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Remediation and Certification5.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
7.8
4 Ratings
13% above category average
Workday Financial Management
-
Ratings
Transportation Planning and Optimization6.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management6.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Fulfillment Management5.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
8.8
4 Ratings
17% above category average
Workday Financial Management
-
Ratings
Production Process Design8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Production Management8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Configuration Management8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Work Execution7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
7.6
4 Ratings
6% above category average
Workday Financial Management
-
Ratings
Forecasting7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Planning7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Monitoring7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
8.5
3 Ratings
16% above category average
Workday Financial Management
-
Ratings
Proposal Management5.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Master Data Management7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
IFS CloudWorkday Financial Management
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(3 ratings)
8.4
(26 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(3 ratings)
9.1
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
9.5
(2 ratings)
10.0
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
IFS CloudWorkday Financial Management
Likelihood to Recommend
IFS
The IFS Cloud has well suited to keeping track from beginning to end and engages from the internal team to the external team very well. It takes everything with them and helps them to grow at a wide pace. It creates a systematic workflow process which helps in achieving the goal more fast and friendly environment
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Workday
Workday is well suited for managing employees throughout their full life cycle. It excels at housing employee data from the start of their time with the company through their departure. Workday is less suited to payroll functions, which could be more robust.
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Pros
IFS
  • Integration with other third-party application is easy and reliable
  • Product documentation is easy to follow for the new users
  • Web-based product
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Workday
  • The flexibility of going beyond handling the accounts, where we can handle cash, assets, and accounting simultaneously for the customer.
  • The single platform offers grants management where you can organize the lifecycle of the grants and synchronize it with any criteria of grant closing out scheme.
  • I personally liked Project billing with the essence of evaluating project revenue and nice reporting templates that can be shared with the customer at any stage of the project while having the flexibility of auditing the reported cost.
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Cons
IFS
  • Data is stored in projections, so finding the required details is time consuming.
  • Sometimes the mapping between mapping of UI fields and actual backend is broken / does not work.
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Workday
  • Some of the Workday updates last till like 10 in the morning which prevents employees to clock in and check their times and some cases their schedules
  • Workday can work on opening documents quicker instead of taking couple of minutes or notifying the user when they are ready to download
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Usability
IFS
Overall, IFS Cloud offers a complete solution across different business units. The inbuilt dashboards and reporting capabilities responds well to day to day basic reporting needs. Cloud solution is accessible from all platforms and provides good control from role & access perspective.
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Workday
Workday is easy enough navigate, as long as it is properly set up. With that said, it can be put together in a modular fashion as well, allowing for a very high degree of flexibility in terms of design and process delegation. Finally, it makes consolidation achievable in times previously unthinkable.
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Support Rating
IFS
The overall support is perfect and efficient.
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Workday
Our support team has been awesome. They are extremely knowledgeable and have been able to guide us through all of the challenges we have faced. Workday's community online is also extremely helpful with many trainings and help topics that can be reviewed at your convenience.
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Alternatives Considered
IFS
User documentation of IFS Cloud is very well organized, and easy to follow. So, the time taken for the key business users to be trained is comparatively less. The integration with other well-suited third-party applications for HR and Payroll has been standardized and easy to setup, because of the REST APIs.
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Workday
Despite Airtable also being easier to use one thing that differentiates and put forth Workday Financial Management tool above is it's key features and better suited functionality for handling confidential data. The other positive note where Workday Financial Management performs high is it key analytics tool that's easier to use and representation of information into insightful dashboards.
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Return on Investment
IFS
  • I am not aware about ROI by using this tool, as the details are only available to higher reps in our orgnization.
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Workday
  • We were able to combine 4 different HR modules into one system.
  • We reduced data breach incidents by 95% after shifting to Workday. One of our legacy softwares had vulnerabilities.
  • The initial learning curve was higher than projected. We spent about a week to 10 days extra time deploying it, which affected the profit center that year.
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Screenshot of a discovery boardScreenshot of financial resultsScreenshot of operational analysis