Oracle PeopleSoft HCM vs. Workday Human Capital Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
Score 7.2 out of 10
N/A
Oracle's PeopleSoft HCM is a complete, customizable suite including Global Core Human Capital Management, Workforce Management, Workforce Service Delivery, and Talent Management. PeopleSoft can be integrated to run on the Oracle Cloud.
$85
Per User Per Month
Workday HCM
Score 8.0 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
Oracle PeopleSoft HCMWorkday Human Capital Management
Editions & Modules
Benefits
$85.00
Per User Per Month
Pension Administration
$85.00
Per User Per Month
Human Resources
$185.00
Per User Per Month
Payroll
$225.00
Per User Per Month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Oracle PeopleSoft HCMWorkday HCM
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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Community Pulse
Oracle PeopleSoft HCMWorkday Human Capital Management
Considered Both Products
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
For organizations that are mostly based out of EMEA, SAP SuccessFactors is better at covering all the details about labor laws and employment management. But for organizations - mid to large - that span both NA and EMEA, Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is much better both in support …
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
PeopleSoft allows organizations to build complex process in HRMS system through customizations. Cloud products like Workday or Fusion HCM are behind PeopleSoft on their customization capability. Nowadays, the organization is continuously improving their processes to automate …
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
While I was not responsible for selecting Oracle PeopleSoft HCM, I have found its user interface to be more intuitive, workflow is easier to follow and page performance is fast. For my organization, Oracle PeopleSoft HCM would have made more sense since they use other Oracle …
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is very user-friendly and one thing we like about PeopleSoft is that we have the flexibility to customize. Also, the overall support and engagement from Oracle was very good during the evaluation.
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM does have a lot of configuration options and works really well with complex organizations. Compared to Workday, PeopleSoft does have challenges with maintaining servers, patch updates, scalability, software support, and maintenance.
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
Better features, better UI, better functions and ease of use.
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
PeopleSoft HCM had more integration with a wider variety of functionality that we wanted to use to support our business processes. The ability to add 'custom' processes or 'bolt-on' applications was a big plus for PeopleSoft HCM. Other products had the UI appeal during an …
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
Great features that are aesthetically amazing and provide trendy reporting features to gain insights, but lacks a fully developed product. They constantly deliver new features and tools and will be fully rounded in a few years from now, but as of now, they do not have all the …
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
The other systems seem more user friendly and engaging- they look fresh and not boring. They seem to have better mobile capabilities and ability to have better reporting. We selected Peoplesoft because we have had it a long time, but we definitely want to get to the cloud
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
PeopleSoft has direct paths to the screens that are efficient and intuitive. At times there seems to be many steps to the final screen, but overall, it is an efficient and user ffriendly system.
Workday HCM
Chose Workday Human Capital Management
Workday is much more intuitive than PeopleSoft. It also touches everyone in the company, where PeopleSoft is more behind the scenes. The reporting module is much more in depth. In addition, the customization is what you make of it in Workday, while Peoplesoft is more of a …
Chose Workday Human Capital Management
Workday HCM helps my organization better align our corporate strategy with defined objectives and KPIs while managing the performance of team members to deliver results. The user interface and time tracking capabilities of Workday HCM are also best-in-class. The Workday cloud …
Chose Workday Human Capital Management
Its core strengths met our functional, technical and implementation requirements, getting in early saved us money without putting it off and waiting until we HAD to select and implement. SAP doesn't stack up well and we wanted a US system. The cloud and its excellent …
Chose Workday Human Capital Management
Workday allowed for more flexibility in the setup and execution of different roles within the system. The design is more intuitive than other programs and allowed for greater acceptance by the user community.
Chose Workday Human Capital Management
I would like Workday the most if we had a greater level of functionality. Would like the company to broaden the package so it benefits the recruiters rather than another administrative tool. Onboarding of Workday needs to be better, we have had terrible experiences with the …
Chose Workday Human Capital Management
We liked that all customers are on the same version of the product and the minimum bi-annual updates. The customization is in the business processes you build within the delivered system. No "Bolt Ons". The visibility to managers to their teams was another big plus and we like …
Chose Workday Human Capital Management
Genesys. We chose Workday due to functionality and competitive pricing.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Oracle PeopleSoft HCMWorkday Human Capital Management
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
8.1
70 Ratings
3% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
7.6
91 Ratings
3% below category average
Employee demographic data7.066 Ratings8.077 Ratings
Employment history9.064 Ratings7.486 Ratings
Job profiles and administration10.066 Ratings7.388 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.9.064 Ratings7.984 Ratings
Organizational charting8.056 Ratings8.283 Ratings
Organization and location management8.061 Ratings7.881 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)6.054 Ratings6.956 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
9.3
61 Ratings
15% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
7.7
76 Ratings
4% below category average
Pay calculation10.057 Ratings7.465 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors9.041 Ratings7.553 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.94 Ratings8.215 Ratings
Benefit plan administration9.052 Ratings7.060 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.055 Ratings7.466 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management9.053 Ratings8.063 Ratings
Reimbursement management9.040 Ratings8.339 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
8.7
48 Ratings
8% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.0
70 Ratings
1% below category average
Approval workflow9.041 Ratings8.369 Ratings
Balance details8.047 Ratings8.269 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.037 Ratings7.456 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
9.2
69 Ratings
13% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
7.8
90 Ratings
4% below category average
View and generate pay and benefit information10.059 Ratings8.279 Ratings
Update personal information10.067 Ratings8.188 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.046 Ratings7.169 Ratings
Employee recognition9.039 Ratings7.455 Ratings
View job history9.063 Ratings8.279 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
9.0
27 Ratings
15% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
6.8
23 Ratings
13% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets9.027 Ratings6.823 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
7.7
65 Ratings
1% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
7.7
76 Ratings
1% above category average
Report builder8.062 Ratings8.172 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.060 Ratings7.874 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data8.055 Ratings7.262 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
9.0
46 Ratings
12% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.1
54 Ratings
1% above category average
New hire portal9.046 Ratings8.250 Ratings
Manager tracking tools9.042 Ratings8.050 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
8.5
35 Ratings
4% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
7.7
57 Ratings
6% below category average
Corporate goal setting8.033 Ratings8.047 Ratings
Individual goal setting9.035 Ratings8.056 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility8.033 Ratings7.149 Ratings
Performance tracking9.035 Ratings7.855 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
8.6
40 Ratings
8% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.2
60 Ratings
3% above category average
Performance plans9.039 Ratings8.259 Ratings
Performance improvement plans9.038 Ratings7.951 Ratings
Review status tracking9.038 Ratings8.255 Ratings
Review reminders9.033 Ratings8.455 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.036 Ratings8.449 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
7.5
31 Ratings
5% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
7.0
37 Ratings
12% below category average
Create succession plans/pools8.030 Ratings7.732 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.029 Ratings6.633 Ratings
Candidate search6.130 Ratings7.335 Ratings
Candidate development9.027 Ratings6.634 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
8.1
35 Ratings
4% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.0
44 Ratings
3% above category average
Job Requisition Management8.033 Ratings8.242 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.031 Ratings8.435 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.029 Ratings8.131 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.032 Ratings8.436 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.025 Ratings7.035 Ratings
Applicant Tracking9.034 Ratings7.736 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts9.033 Ratings8.340 Ratings
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
Oracle PeopleSoft HCMWorkday Human Capital Management
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(78 ratings)
8.6
(103 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
5.0
(10 ratings)
9.0
(18 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(6 ratings)
7.0
(13 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(1 ratings)
6.6
(8 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(1 ratings)
7.3
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(4 ratings)
8.0
(22 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(6 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(3 ratings)
8.0
(11 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.5
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.0
(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
Oracle PeopleSoft HCMWorkday Human Capital Management
Likelihood to Recommend
Oracle
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is great for tracking most HR related information. The customization for the company is great, as well as the ability to integrate with a wide variety of complimentary software. For example, ours is integrated with our ATS (Taleo) for recruiting, Kronos for timekeeping, and Vemo for workforce insight reports. Given it's overall ability, it is probably overkill for smaller companies that may want a more focused HRIS that can handle everything without the need to integrate with additional software.
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Workday
Workday human capital management is well suited for organizations to manage their employee records. It is also well suited for managing the employee's salary details, also the details of past salary changes, promotions, etc. It has options to keep track of employees' goals for the year, where they can keep track of their progress, and also managers can view the progress or share feedback. This is very helpful for tracking career progress and providing feedback. Other options, like training assigned to employees, can also be seen in Workday; users will get alerts by email for any new assignments or due assignments, etc.
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Pros
Oracle
  • Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is one of the best product and has helped implement the complex Business functionalities in the Higher Education business in a very streamlined process.
  • Oracle PeopleSoft HCM helped in moving from 34 different legacy system to one centralized system which helps immensely in maintaining the data and reporting purpose.
  • Oracle PeopleSoft HCM also helps immensely in data analytics and trend analysis which helps immensely in preparing for the resourcing and planning for the peak season in advance and be better prepared to handle the quarterly on annual activities.
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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
Oracle
  • We have issues with students using Time & Labor for multiple jobs, where time is incorrectly calculated, including negative balances where none exist.
  • The application is complex and some areas, especially Time & Labor, are very difficult to troubleshoot. The overall level of complexity has increased over the years.
  • We also use Campus Solutions and had to split apart HCM and CS, significantly increasing our maintenance overhead and creating inter-system issues that aren't always resolvable.
  • Campus Solutions has developed a solution for managing preferred names and gender identity that is missing/ incompatible with the HCM product.
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Workday
  • The web interface is awful
  • Terrible, terrible, UI. No modern features like auto-save. I can't count the times I have lost work.
  • Their UX team (if it even exists) must be aliens, because I can't see how humans would have come up with the UI conventions they have.
  • Who creates a website application where you can't open stuff in multiple browser windows and tabs easily?
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Likelihood to Renew
Oracle
PeopleSoft HCM has provided a very flexible platform for our HR needs. The ability to add customizations to handle some of our unique business processes have been critical in the longevity of our PS HCM use. We've been able to handle a wide variety of business processes for multiple subsidiaries due to the ability to customize when needed.
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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
Oracle
Oracle HCM has been around for more thab a decade and is a preferred package to use for Human capital management.Ease with which upgrades happen and how updates are pushed has come thru a long way of improvement and research over the years.Oracle has moved toward cloud based architecture which will help in its customers keep at par with current industry trends.
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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
Oracle
I give this rating because we have had no issues in the area of the product's overall availability. In my opinion the resources are there when we need them and the features serve the purpose they are set to do. I feel things have gone really well as far as the availability of the product.
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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
Oracle
I give this rating because I don't have any complaints in the area of performance. In my opinion the product's performance is right on the mark. In comparison to other systems I have used for the same purpose - recruiting, hiring and managing hires, I have found Oracle's performance to be the best. Oracle system flows better than any other recruiting system out there.
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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
Oracle
Overall support has been positive and Oracle has gladly sent out representatives to meet with our teams in person. Despite sometimes sow and inadequate fixes, their willingness to try and meet face to face helps give them a better name in our organization. Sometimes their people do not understand unique needs of the industry, and it can be a challenge to explain that one size does not fit all. Finding the appropriate IT support for our unique requests has been hit and miss.
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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
Oracle
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
Oracle
It was a great training tool and provided all of the necessary information we needed to implement the sites for our clients. We were provided with a great deal of resources in regards to Oracle CRM. We didn't have any issues with the training at all. The only thing I would say would that there could be more FAQ's for users to read through
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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
Oracle
When we implement Oracle and Taleo to different clients it typically goes pretty smoothly. When we do system upgrades we usually test the main issues the clients are having just to make sure there are not outstanding issues or errors. I don't have any examples where implementation went poorly. It typically goes well and clients are pleased with the final result. The only complaint would be the time it takes to implement
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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
Oracle
Great features that are aesthetically amazing and provide trendy reporting features to gain insights, but lacks a fully developed product. They constantly deliver new features and tools and will be fully rounded in a few years from now, but as of now, they do not have all the features that PeopleSoft provides.
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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
Oracle
In my opinion I rate this high because we have had no issues in this area and so that is why I give it such a high rating. There is no issue with the product's overall scalability. In my opinion this has been a positive from my team and client's view.
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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
Oracle
  • PeopleSoft helps us when we have re-orgs or acquisitions. Helps to house and organize data.
  • Very positive impact given that we have over 13,000 employees and we need a robust system like PeopleSoft to organize our employees and multiple locations and unions, etc...
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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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