Namely vs. Workday Human Capital Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Namely
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Namely is an end-to-end HR, benefits, and payroll solution for mid-sized businesses. The cloud-based platform can be used to manage the entire HR process.N/A
Workday HCM
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Workday Human Capital Management is built as a cloud-based system with global consistency in user experience. Workday HCM is part of a broader system with other Workday products.
$100
per year per user
Pricing
NamelyWorkday Human Capital Management
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
NamelyWorkday HCM
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
NamelyWorkday Human Capital Management
Considered Both Products
Namely
Chose Namely
Namely does not compare to Workday because the size and scale of the company is very different. There are a lot of automated features and ATS integrations that Workday offers and I hope Namely will be able to offer someday as well.
Chose Namely
The easy to use feature makes it countable on others. Its compatibilty with other platforms along with management for employee number and employee rating is making it more useful.
Chose Namely
I was not involved in the selection nor implementation of Namely at my company. It was already in place when I joined. I've previously used Workday as an HRIS and it's not even a comparison. Workday has much more robust functionality in all areas of HCM. I've also demoed Pay…
Workday HCM

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Features
NamelyWorkday Human Capital Management
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Namely
8.6
144 Ratings
8% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.3
96 Ratings
5% above category average
Employee demographic data7.8133 Ratings8.281 Ratings
Employment history9.0139 Ratings8.491 Ratings
Job profiles and administration8.931 Ratings8.293 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.8.6133 Ratings8.988 Ratings
Organizational charting8.0135 Ratings9.187 Ratings
Organization and location management8.7130 Ratings8.684 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)9.383 Ratings6.759 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Namely
8.7
128 Ratings
8% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.7
80 Ratings
8% above category average
Pay calculation9.6112 Ratings8.268 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors10.054 Ratings8.456 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.358 Ratings9.718 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.0110 Ratings8.163 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.5114 Ratings8.469 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.8101 Ratings8.966 Ratings
Reimbursement management6.657 Ratings9.243 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Namely
8.9
125 Ratings
9% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.5
74 Ratings
5% above category average
Approval workflow8.5122 Ratings8.573 Ratings
Balance details8.8117 Ratings8.473 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.596 Ratings8.459 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Namely
7.6
142 Ratings
6% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.3
94 Ratings
2% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information9.3130 Ratings8.883 Ratings
Update personal information9.6141 Ratings8.692 Ratings
View company policy documentation7.2128 Ratings7.673 Ratings
Employee recognition4.5117 Ratings7.857 Ratings
View job history7.6135 Ratings8.883 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Namely
5.9
53 Ratings
29% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.0
25 Ratings
1% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets5.953 Ratings8.025 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Namely
7.9
122 Ratings
5% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.2
78 Ratings
8% above category average
Report builder8.2118 Ratings8.674 Ratings
Pre-built reports8.2113 Ratings8.376 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data7.474 Ratings7.664 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Namely
6.6
117 Ratings
18% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.5
56 Ratings
7% above category average
New hire portal8.3111 Ratings8.352 Ratings
Manager tracking tools5.086 Ratings8.652 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Namely
5.8
97 Ratings
32% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.3
60 Ratings
3% above category average
Corporate goal setting5.087 Ratings8.650 Ratings
Individual goal setting3.194 Ratings8.659 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility8.673 Ratings7.651 Ratings
Performance tracking6.490 Ratings8.558 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Namely
6.3
108 Ratings
23% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.7
63 Ratings
9% above category average
Performance plans4.997 Ratings8.862 Ratings
Performance improvement plans4.969 Ratings8.654 Ratings
Review status tracking7.196 Ratings8.658 Ratings
Review reminders7.199 Ratings8.958 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.285 Ratings8.751 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Namely
5.9
21 Ratings
27% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
7.7
40 Ratings
1% below category average
Candidate search5.921 Ratings7.838 Ratings
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings9.134 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.235 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings6.737 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Namely
8.8
6 Ratings
13% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.2
48 Ratings
6% above category average
Job Requisition Management8.95 Ratings8.145 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.85 Ratings8.439 Ratings
Publish to Social Media8.85 Ratings8.634 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.95 Ratings8.540 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention8.85 Ratings7.539 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.95 Ratings8.040 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts8.66 Ratings8.544 Ratings
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User Ratings
NamelyWorkday Human Capital Management
Likelihood to Recommend
7.4
(145 ratings)
9.0
(108 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.4
(10 ratings)
9.0
(18 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(71 ratings)
7.0
(13 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
6.6
(8 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.3
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
6.4
(28 ratings)
8.0
(22 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(6 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.5
(85 ratings)
8.0
(11 ratings)
Configurability
9.0
(1 ratings)
7.5
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.0
(1 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.0
(1 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
NamelyWorkday Human Capital Management
Likelihood to Recommend
Namely
Namely is aesthetically very pleasing and navigates like other social media platforms which can be appealing to potentially a remote workforce who interacts more online than in person. Unfortunately, it did not serve our population well as we are primarily manufacturing where people are not as interested in utilizing the HRIS for interactions when they would rather connect in person.
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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
Namely
  • Namely has helped with our COVID sick leave response. It has made a major difference both with the weekly payroll and the 941 tax filing
  • Keeping track of our multiple PTO plans. Thank goodness for Namely, I have shredded my old PTO spreadsheets.
  • Employees like the convenience of the cell phone app. As a payroll administrator, I like the Geo Tracking tool where I can see where some are when the clock is in or out.
  • The flexibility inside of the payroll system both as you are finalizing an employee profile and when you are processing payroll is a major advantage.
  • The reports I get out of Namely in Excel format work well for me.
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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
Namely
  • Limits to custom reporting
  • No direct feed for Ohio Workers Comp (now a manual process on our end)
  • No option to place an employee on Leave of Absence and exclude them from payroll while they are "inactive"
  • No option to suppress certain deductions for certain pay types (i.e. allow 401K for commissions but block remaining deductions - also now a manual process to uncheck the suppress box for 401K for each commission check)
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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
Namely
Administrators and employees love Namely. It is very easy to use and streamlined. Employees stay engaged with news feed updates and enjoy all the self service options. The time cards are very easy to access and clocking in and out for non-exempt employees is a breeze. Namely is part of our family.
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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
Namely
It is very simple to use for myself, the HR team, and our employees. I find the payroll process very user-friendly. Reporting is simple to navigate and produce the required information requested. I know our employees enjoy the self-service feature and use it on a regular basis, which saves me time.
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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
Namely
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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
Namely
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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
Namely
Namely platform has pretty good support: knowledgeable and relatively fast response times. Namely Payroll and Namely Benefits are very much depending on the quality of the support agent or CSM: we have had knowledgeable and attentive ones, but also ones that have provided erroneous information or failed to respond to urgent asks in a timely manner
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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
Namely
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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
Namely
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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
Namely
Implementation was a bit complicated and our company had to carry most of the weight. It often felt like our implementation manager was giving us extra work that she did not want to do herself. It also took much longer than expected - I believe almost 2 months. I believe our company carried a bit too much of the weight.
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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
Namely
The reason I continued to choose Namely at multiple employers is due to the continuity of employee experience. And the features have continued to grow since I initially onboarded in 2014. Also, through the years, I have had terrific benefits teams. The customer service has been the worst part of the experience outside of the benefits team.
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Workday
Unfortunately, I do not recall the brands of the other human capital management software programs or tools I used at my current company or workplaces prior. I do think that is a testament to Workday with its strong branding and compelling features. I was not part of the selection process of Workday but have enjoyed my experience.
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Scalability
Namely
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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
Namely
  • We were able to transition to a fully digital onboarding process which saved us hours in time per new hire and made the process smoother for the new hire.
  • Namely is our first HRIS and has helped the HR department to find data and information quickly.
  • Namely helped us digitize our performance management process which the company undergoes on an annual basis.
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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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ScreenShots

Namely Screenshots

Screenshot of the Namely employee dashboard. This creates a central hub to access payroll and benefits info, share announcements, celebrate milestones, and navigate everything HR, from a desk or on the go.Screenshot of Namely Payroll, which is backed by automation and built-in compliance.Screenshot of the Onboarding interface, for new hires.Screenshot of the Applicant Tracking interface, which supports processes from job posting to onboarding with tools for hiring teams and candidates.Screenshot of the Benefits Administration interface, which supports open enrollment, plan changes, and employee elections.Screenshot of the Workforce Management interface. From here, viewers can track time, manage schedules, and handle complex workforce needs.