Paycom vs. Workday Human Capital Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Paycom
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Paycom supports HR and payroll with automated, employee-first technology that supports every stage of employment. Its single database enables seamless data management, to reduce errors, endless data entry and time-consuming administrative tasks.N/A
Workday HCM
Score 8.3 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
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
PaycomWorkday Human Capital Management
Considered Both Products
Paycom
Chose Paycom
Paycom has a lot more customization and matches better with our organizational need, however it isn’t as streamlined.
Chose Paycom
By far, comparable to Workday, but built for smaller-sized organizations; however, capabilities are on par.
Chose Paycom
In my opinion, Workday is more costly, more customizable, and is better for larger organizations. We just needed a more plug and play resource that could handle the number of employees we have at a cost that was more managable.
Chose Paycom
In my 23 year career in HR, I have used PeopleSoft, ADP, Ultipro, SAP, Workday, and Paycom. The first part of my career I used PeopleSoft, ADP, Ultipro, and SAP products. I then used Paycom for 8 years at 2 different organizations and really enjoyed its functionality and …
Chose Paycom
Paycom is more reliable compared to the ADP Enterprise HR, Paycom is more user-friendly and simple to use compared to ADP Enterprise HR. Paycom online feedback and customer reviews are also good compared to any other HR management software. Paycom is a reliable software you do …
Chose Paycom
Paycom stacks up well against the competition. My previous employers typically used ADP or Workday for their payroll services. The Paycom app and workday app are both intuitive and very user friendly. I would give Paycom a slight edge in the usability of its mobile application.
Chose Paycom
  • Paycom is leaps and bounds better than Workday.
  • Paycom is available as a continuously connected phone app, [and] Workday is a heavyweight pc based application that is not cross-functional with a phone app.
  • No downtime or very little downtime during data refresh with Paycom, …
Chose Paycom
As an ATS provider, I prefer ClearCompany over Paycom. ClearCompany is more expensive, you pay for each recruiter license, but it's a sleek design that allows posting to seven main job boards along with company social media. If you are looking to save money, I will go with …
Workday HCM
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 …
Features
PaycomWorkday Human Capital Management
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
8.1
419 Ratings
2% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.3
96 Ratings
5% above category average
Employee demographic data8.9380 Ratings8.281 Ratings
Employment history8.1366 Ratings8.491 Ratings
Job profiles and administration8.1367 Ratings8.293 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.8368 Ratings8.988 Ratings
Organizational charting7.8284 Ratings9.187 Ratings
Organization and location management8.1322 Ratings8.684 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)8.0307 Ratings6.759 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
8.4
430 Ratings
5% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.7
80 Ratings
8% above category average
Pay calculation9.0418 Ratings8.268 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors6.447 Ratings8.456 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.713 Ratings9.718 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.3363 Ratings8.163 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.5417 Ratings8.469 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.3347 Ratings8.966 Ratings
Reimbursement management8.3236 Ratings9.243 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
8.4
378 Ratings
4% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.5
74 Ratings
5% above category average
Approval workflow8.6361 Ratings8.573 Ratings
Balance details8.2360 Ratings8.473 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment8.5301 Ratings8.459 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
8.6
430 Ratings
6% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.3
94 Ratings
2% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information9.1423 Ratings8.883 Ratings
Update personal information9.1426 Ratings8.692 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.2379 Ratings7.673 Ratings
Employee recognition8.4206 Ratings7.857 Ratings
View job history8.2341 Ratings8.883 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
4.9
26 Ratings
47% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.0
25 Ratings
1% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets4.926 Ratings8.025 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.2
372 Ratings
5% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.2
78 Ratings
8% above category average
Report builder8.0366 Ratings8.674 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.8362 Ratings8.376 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data5.855 Ratings7.664 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
8.3
369 Ratings
4% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.4
56 Ratings
6% above category average
New hire portal8.4366 Ratings8.352 Ratings
Manager tracking tools8.2318 Ratings8.652 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
6.2
211 Ratings
26% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.3
60 Ratings
3% above category average
Corporate goal setting4.236 Ratings8.650 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.8198 Ratings8.659 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility4.835 Ratings7.651 Ratings
Performance tracking7.7207 Ratings8.558 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.9
264 Ratings
0% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.7
63 Ratings
9% above category average
Performance plans8.1244 Ratings8.862 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.8229 Ratings8.654 Ratings
Review status tracking8.1237 Ratings8.658 Ratings
Review reminders8.1243 Ratings8.958 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.7217 Ratings8.751 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
6.8
34 Ratings
13% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
7.7
40 Ratings
1% below category average
Create succession plans/pools9.124 Ratings9.134 Ratings
Candidate ranking6.830 Ratings7.235 Ratings
Candidate search5.833 Ratings7.838 Ratings
Candidate development5.429 Ratings6.737 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.3
263 Ratings
6% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.2
48 Ratings
6% above category average
Job Requisition Management7.2233 Ratings8.145 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.2230 Ratings8.439 Ratings
Publish to Social Media6.9180 Ratings8.634 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.1212 Ratings8.640 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.1200 Ratings7.539 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.1238 Ratings8.040 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts8.2247 Ratings8.544 Ratings
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Score 9.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Paypro Workforce Management
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Score 9.7 out of 10
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Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises
PeopleStrong
PeopleStrong
Score 9.6 out of 10
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Score 9.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
PaycomWorkday Human Capital Management
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(442 ratings)
9.0
(108 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.8
(23 ratings)
9.0
(18 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(24 ratings)
7.0
(13 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(2 ratings)
6.6
(8 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(2 ratings)
7.3
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(52 ratings)
8.0
(22 ratings)
In-Person Training
6.4
(1 ratings)
9.6
(6 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(2 ratings)
7.0
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(7 ratings)
8.0
(11 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(2 ratings)
7.5
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.5
(1 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(2 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.0
(4 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.0
(4 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
PaycomWorkday Human Capital Management
Likelihood to Recommend
Paycom
So going back to our goals and mid-year reviews and everything, I do think that it is very helpful, especially when it comes to employees knowing the deadline, knowing the dashboard exactly where to go. I think being that they're all outlined perfectly, the one thing I would say is that we've gotten a lot of feedback from the employees would be, I'm not sure if it's the way that we set them up, but the goals, when they add in their comment and their specific goal, it kind of hides from them where they have to go to update progress and then view history to see the actual comment that they added because they would like to actually see it on their dashboard as soon as they open it. So it would just be that. I do think that they were happy about having that dashboard there. That way they can always go back to it throughout the year and making all the tracking their progress and everything has been great. So I definitely, that one is a good one for me.
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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
Paycom
  • Well, I say everything, absolutely everything. We had ADP prior to this and it was hard to go from the ADP Workforce Now to the ADP Workforce Manager and then the benefits piece of it. So it was wonky all throughout. With Paycom, it's a smooth transition. If I hire somebody in the applicant tracking portion of that, it moves it right into the manage people part of that. And then of course then goes right over into the time cards and things like that so I can toggle back and forth in between a timecard, oh wow. I need to go back and check their benefits. I can just click on their name, go back and click on their name, and it takes me right over and I can go to their form 13 I believe it is for benefits.
  • I'm going to say there are no cons because every time we've had a product development suggestion, they've taken that very seriously and they have worked to create some workarounds for us to affect the change so that we can operate more efficiently. Then if they can't, it's still in product development, but they let us know, Hey, it's still in product development, we'll get back to you as soon as we can. And they keep us abreast. We meet with our payroll specialists every two weeks and she is always talking to us. And then we of course can always go to somebody higher than that, which we normally don't yet. We do have a representative, Adam Rosnick that he is always available to us anytime. So I don't have any cons.
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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
Paycom
  • So when we put somebody on leave, you have to be very careful because it asks for an end date. But if you put an end date, then you have the employee, it's already, he's not back yet, but you have an end date on the leave. So I think if you're putting somebody on leave, it shouldn't request the end date because then it's stamping the form three. Another thing is that sometimes maybe there's something wrong with the I-9 and we cannot reassign it. We have to assign a correction even though it's the first day of the employee, there's no way to remove it or fix it. We just have to process that correction. Sometimes I feel like the specialist is not very aware of the issues that may come up. They always have to check with their developers and we have to wait for an answer. So maybe more training for them. Sometimes we find the solution before we get it. Maybe more testing on their end to be more prepared when we reach out for questions.
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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
Paycom
We've made the mistake of moving away from Paycom to a PEO which had made a lot of promises, that they could not keep. Less than a year after that transition, we returned to Paycom and are happier than ever.
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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
Paycom
Just because customer service is amazing if there's something we don't understand or if there's anything that doesn't work properly. Our person that we contact is amazing. And then there's those add-ons, like being in recruiting, the application comes in, there's add mention in the application now where my hiring managers can add mention me and say, hire this person, that kind of thing. The new upgrades, they're amazing.
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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
Paycom
They are very dependable and I have never experience any outages
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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
Paycom
Yes, Paycom's performance is excellent, no issues.
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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
Paycom
Our TSR has been wonderful to work with. Every step of the
way he was quick to respond and answer any questions we had. I knew I could
reach him at any time (day or night) and he would be available to assist.
Implementing a new HRIS system is obviously a huge task and I contribute all
our success to our rep Kurt! Of course, with any implementation, there were
bumps along the way and issues. But I always knew we would work as a team to
get those issues figured out. Working in the Paycom system has been smooth and
easy to learn and I enjoy the employee self-service interface. Our managers
have had positive things to say and are all excited about the changes we have
been able to make to our organization due to Paycom being implemented.
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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
Paycom
They were a sales person and not really a good trainer.
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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
Paycom
All the online training modules were short and straight to the point. Every module teach you how to use the system. If there is one thing they know how to do is training. We did implementation during the pandemic so all had to be done online or via zoom meetings.
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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
Paycom
Not at all satisfied it was a nightmare we spent over 8 months with the implementation team having issues after issues all related to the Puerto Rico regulations (half my employees are in Puerto Rico) and at the end we were moved over from the implementation team to the production team without all the issues being resolved
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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
Paycom
I've used ADP, I've used Paycor, I've used Insperity powered by isolved. I would say biggest competitor being paid for just because I see a lot of similar features and systems, but I do feel like Paycom is more, it just has some added features that our staff in really when it comes to how they're being paid and just being aware of going back to that. I think it's Beti, the Beti system, the paycheck, my paycheck, I think it's in Paycom's Beti system. That's the highlight. That's going to be one of the biggest highlights of Paycom
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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
Paycom
They are not able to meet our current needs
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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
Paycom
  • Yeah, I think actually probably be all of the above. I'll say time saved is probably our biggest one. When we implemented the applicant tracking system, it took our recruiting timeline or our onboarding timeline rather from almost nine to 10 days down to about 36 hours. So we'll take that any day when we have the size that we have. So very exciting.
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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

Paycom Screenshots

Screenshot of GONE®, the app that automates time-off request decision making, reducing the administrative burden for managers while standardizing the approval process to help ensure fairness and timeliness in decisions.Screenshot of Reporting and Analytics: Provides a way to generate and review customizable or predefined reports across all workforce data in real time, as well as a big-picture, on-demand view of company data in real time.Screenshot of Beti®, Paycom’s automated payroll experience, identifies errors and guides employees to fix them before submission. This results in improved accuracy, reduced employer liability and increased payroll oversight — all while giving employees greater paycheck confidence.Screenshot of Tax Credits: Helps identify, secure, and administer government incentives available to improve a company’s financial performance. If no credits are found, clients pay nothing.Screenshot of a new study that reveeals that for a composite organization representative of interviewed clients, unifying HR and payroll in a single-database software with automation and streamlined workflows achieved a three-year 362% ROI and resulted in: $1.4M net present value*; over 45% total time saved by HR; 80% time saved on compliance work.Screenshot of Position Management: For increased consistency and standardization, provides a way to categorize personnel companywide by tying attributes to positions, not personnel.