Paycom vs. Workday Human Capital Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Paycom
Score 7.2 out of 10
N/A
Paycom is a core HR management software solution. It includes features such as talent acquisition and management, time tracking, and payroll management. It offers some automation capacities, particularly regarding payroll.N/A
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
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PaycomWorkday HCM
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
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 …
Top Pros
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Features
PaycomWorkday Human Capital Management
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
6.9
354 Ratings
13% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
7.6
91 Ratings
3% below category average
Employee demographic data7.3321 Ratings8.077 Ratings
Employment history6.8307 Ratings7.486 Ratings
Job profiles and administration6.9308 Ratings7.388 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.6.6309 Ratings7.984 Ratings
Organizational charting5.9231 Ratings8.283 Ratings
Organization and location management7.8267 Ratings7.881 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)6.7254 Ratings6.956 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.5
367 Ratings
7% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
7.7
76 Ratings
4% below category average
Pay calculation7.9356 Ratings7.465 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors6.447 Ratings7.553 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.713 Ratings8.215 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.6306 Ratings7.060 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.0357 Ratings7.466 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management7.1293 Ratings8.063 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.0197 Ratings8.339 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.5
325 Ratings
7% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.0
70 Ratings
1% below category average
Approval workflow7.4310 Ratings8.369 Ratings
Balance details7.4310 Ratings8.269 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.7257 Ratings7.456 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.5
368 Ratings
8% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
7.8
90 Ratings
4% below category average
View and generate pay and benefit information7.8361 Ratings8.279 Ratings
Update personal information8.2364 Ratings8.188 Ratings
View company policy documentation7.6323 Ratings7.169 Ratings
Employee recognition6.3174 Ratings7.455 Ratings
View job history7.7288 Ratings8.279 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
4.9
26 Ratings
45% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
6.8
23 Ratings
13% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets4.926 Ratings6.823 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
6.2
315 Ratings
20% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
7.7
76 Ratings
1% above category average
Report builder6.3309 Ratings8.172 Ratings
Pre-built reports6.4306 Ratings7.874 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data5.855 Ratings7.262 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.0
310 Ratings
13% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.1
54 Ratings
1% above category average
New hire portal7.4307 Ratings8.250 Ratings
Manager tracking tools6.7265 Ratings8.050 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
5.5
179 Ratings
39% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
7.7
57 Ratings
6% below category average
Corporate goal setting4.236 Ratings8.047 Ratings
Individual goal setting6.3166 Ratings8.056 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility4.835 Ratings7.149 Ratings
Performance tracking6.4175 Ratings7.855 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
6.7
224 Ratings
17% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.2
60 Ratings
3% above category average
Performance plans6.8207 Ratings8.259 Ratings
Performance improvement plans6.7196 Ratings7.951 Ratings
Review status tracking6.7200 Ratings8.255 Ratings
Review reminders7.1207 Ratings8.455 Ratings
Multiple review frequency6.3185 Ratings8.449 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
6.8
34 Ratings
15% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
7.0
37 Ratings
12% below category average
Create succession plans/pools9.124 Ratings7.732 Ratings
Candidate ranking6.830 Ratings6.633 Ratings
Candidate search5.833 Ratings7.335 Ratings
Candidate development5.429 Ratings6.634 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
6.6
216 Ratings
16% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.0
44 Ratings
3% above category average
Job Requisition Management6.9193 Ratings8.242 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.2190 Ratings8.435 Ratings
Publish to Social Media6.5152 Ratings8.131 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting6.9176 Ratings8.436 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.2163 Ratings7.035 Ratings
Applicant Tracking6.6199 Ratings7.736 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts6.1202 Ratings8.340 Ratings
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User Ratings
PaycomWorkday Human Capital Management
Likelihood to Recommend
6.8
(387 ratings)
8.6
(103 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.3
(20 ratings)
9.0
(18 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(23 ratings)
7.0
(13 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
6.6
(8 ratings)
Performance
8.2
(1 ratings)
7.3
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(51 ratings)
8.0
(22 ratings)
In-Person Training
6.4
(1 ratings)
9.6
(6 ratings)
Online Training
7.3
(1 ratings)
7.0
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.8
(6 ratings)
8.0
(11 ratings)
Configurability
5.5
(1 ratings)
7.5
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.5
(1 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
5.5
(1 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
4.9
(2 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.3
(2 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
PaycomWorkday Human Capital Management
Likelihood to Recommend
Paycom
Paycom (Perry Watson) has been the most reliable one-on-one person that I, in 33 years, have ever had to work with. Paycom's platform is great, user-friendly, and easy to explain to employees who are not tech-savvy. Employees love the part where they get to see their check and approve it before they ever receive it. Our company is very different, and Paycom has helped me build a system where it is going to save time and money going forward.
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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
  • Customer Support- Jaco Lau and Jeff Sullins have been highly responsive to all of our needs and customizations
  • Customization capabilities - we have had to build an End-To-End performance management system that now fits and meets our needs
  • Functionality - the tools and intuitive use of Paycom makes for a great user-experience. Our employees are already embracing it and have expressed gratitude for moving to this new platform.
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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
  • Update alert system for employees. When and employee misses a clock in so he/she requests a missed punch correction, the alert saying missed punch will continue to pop up at the employee until a manager approves said punch request. It confuses employees and makes them think they didn't request the punch so they do it again. It should not keep alerting said employee if he/she made a change to fix it. If anything, it should alert the manager until said requests are approved and/or denied.
  • Provide the employees pay rate in the edit grid layout section of payroll
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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
The system is very user friendly. Once you navigate where your information is stored under the forms you are golden. While the training amplified my capabilities and knowledge, I could have jumped into the system without and training and managed just fine. This probably one of my favorite parts about Paycom!
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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
It is a solid product and was out first payroll software that we have used
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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
Paycom's customer service model surpasses ADP's by leaps and bounds. I went from spending significant amounts of time on the phone with ADP customer service to contacting my Paycom specialist on as needed basis. Paycom is also far more intuitive to use that ADP Workforce Now and I have much more control in the system than I did previously. Paycom's reporting capabilities are also outstanding in comparison to ADP's. The system as a whole is overall a superior product in comparison to what we utilized previously
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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
  • Saved time, 2 person HR department so time is limited. With reduced time for onboarding we have been able to focus on other areas.
  • Improved employee satisfaction- employees enjoy the ease of use of the system and the ability to use on their phones.
  • Reduced background check/drug screening costs- prior providers were absorbent in the amount we paid compared to Paycom.
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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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