Sapling by Kallidus vs. SAP SuccessFactors HCM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Sapling by Kallidus
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
A suite of HR and L&D software that supports the entire employee lifecycle. It offers functionality to support onboarding and upskilling, performance reviews and employee farewells, and boasts over 2 million users worldwide. Sapling provides onboarding and offboarding experiences that aim to create a unique and engaging experience for employees, helping HR teams automate workflows, support data-driven decisions and be more strategic. The vendor states the platform is used by…N/A
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
Sapling by KallidusSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Sapling by KallidusSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Sapling by KallidusSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Sapling by Kallidus
6.7
3 Ratings
19% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
780 Ratings
1% below category average
Employee demographic data7.93 Ratings8.3691 Ratings
Employment history3.42 Ratings8.1704 Ratings
Organizational charting7.13 Ratings8.1714 Ratings
Organization and location management8.33 Ratings8.1643 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.9677 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings8.0640 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.8403 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Sapling by Kallidus
6.4
1 Ratings
24% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
445 Ratings
1% above category average
Approval workflow6.41 Ratings8.5441 Ratings
Balance details6.41 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
Sapling by Kallidus
8.9
3 Ratings
8% above category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.3
626 Ratings
1% above category average
Update personal information9.03 Ratings8.7609 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.93 Ratings8.0410 Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.4473 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
Sapling by Kallidus
7.5
2 Ratings
6% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
3 Ratings
5% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets7.52 Ratings8.43 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Sapling by Kallidus
6.0
3 Ratings
23% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.0
612 Ratings
7% below category average
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.03 Ratings6.8461 Ratings
Report builder00 Ratings7.3585 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.1555 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Sapling by Kallidus
7.9
3 Ratings
1% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.1
496 Ratings
1% above category average
New hire portal8.83 Ratings7.8482 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.03 Ratings7.7451 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Sapling by Kallidus
-
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
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Sapling by Kallidus
-
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
Sapling by Kallidus
-
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
Sapling by Kallidus
-
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
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Sapling by Kallidus
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
4.2
518 Ratings
58% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.9493 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings7.8471 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.8410 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.7452 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.5422 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings7.9475 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.9479 Ratings
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User Ratings
Sapling by KallidusSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
7.4
(6 ratings)
8.5
(769 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.7
(53 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(2 ratings)
8.1
(292 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(7 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(4 ratings)
4.9
(30 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
4.3
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(1 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)
5.6
(5 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
4.9
(6 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
3.9
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
Sapling by KallidusSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
Kallidus
It's a good space to have a high level overview of the organization (especially Org view). Places for improvement include extra levels of complexity when you need to click on the person and you are navigated to the pop-up that is hard to use and only one pop up can be used at a time. I wish there wasn't so much of clicking in and clicking out.
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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
Kallidus
  • Very customizable. Very easy to create new workflows and tasks to meet the unique needs of your organization.
  • The system is easy to navigate, so minimal training is needed for users.
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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
Kallidus
  • Deeper data management/review - dashboard experience could be better and deeper
  • Ability to drill into reports within the tool- right now it takes you out to a sheet to view
  • Org planning/org chart sharing
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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
Kallidus
It is hard to rip out and replace systems and Sapling is doing what we need
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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
Kallidus
To use this system you need to buy several add-ons. If add-ons do not fit your business model you will have to access platforms from different companies. The system is not easy to use for onboarding. Candidates cannot change and update settings. To use the system a person must click in the correct spots. If not it leads you someplace else. Then you have to start clicking all over again.
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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
Kallidus
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
Kallidus
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
Kallidus
Sapling HR helps my HR team keep track of our personal information like contact information or t-shirt sizes (who doesn't like free shirts), as well as helping new hires onboard. I think it's super simple to use and keeps everything pretty nicely organized.
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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
Kallidus
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
Kallidus
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
Kallidus
If you have someone internally that can run it that definitely helps!
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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
Kallidus
Sapling [HR] was our first and only HR automation platform. We ran a trial campaign with them and did not compare them to other vendors.
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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
Kallidus
No answers on this topic
SAP
Not applicable.
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Scalability
Kallidus
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
Kallidus
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
Kallidus
  • We were able to get the system implemented very quickly, which was of great importance to us as we were undergoing rapid growth.
  • The system has helped us keep and stay organized and allowed team members to work collaboratively to get tasks done. Many of these tasks were previously managed with various spreadsheets and other trackers that were quickly becoming unmanageable.
  • Sapling has greatly decreased the time we needed to onboard and employee and has prevented many errors.
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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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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