Paycor vs. SAP SuccessFactors HCM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Paycor
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
Paycor provides core HR functions scaled towards small and mid-sized businesses. Paycor offers an integrated benefits platform for interfacing directly with insurance carriers and an adaptable time management platform.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
PaycorSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PaycorSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPaycor's pricing for small, mid, and enterprise companies varies based on product bundle and company size. Because Paycor HR software is built to help businesses scale and grow, plans are based on the mix of HR products needed, and company size. Payroll is at the core of Paycor's offering, and their products are sold as a part of their payroll and HR platform.
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Community Pulse
PaycorSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Considered Both Products
Paycor
SAP SuccessFactors HCM

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Features
PaycorSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycor
8.1
400 Ratings
2% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.8
448 Ratings
4% below category average
Pay calculation8.5388 Ratings8.1340 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors8.25 Ratings7.4302 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.1183 Ratings7.7302 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.6276 Ratings7.6287 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.8383 Ratings7.8286 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management7.9319 Ratings8.0365 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.6105 Ratings7.8261 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycor
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
780 Ratings
1% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.3691 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.1704 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.9677 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings8.0640 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings8.1714 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings8.1643 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.7403 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycor
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
445 Ratings
1% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.5441 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings8.1376 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.0334 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Paycor
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.3
626 Ratings
1% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.4473 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.7609 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.0410 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
Paycor
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
3 Ratings
5% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.43 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Paycor
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.0
612 Ratings
7% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.2585 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.0555 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.7461 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Paycor
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
496 Ratings
0% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings7.8482 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.6451 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Paycor
-
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 Ratings8.0569 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycor
-
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
Paycor
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
443 Ratings
3% above category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings8.1409 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings8.0388 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings8.0396 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings8.0374 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Paycor
-
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 Ratings7.8475 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.9479 Ratings
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PaycorSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Small Businesses
Dayforce Powerpay
Dayforce Powerpay
Score 9.4 out of 10
Dayforce Powerpay
Dayforce Powerpay
Score 9.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.2 out of 10
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Infor Human Resources
Infor Human Resources
Score 7.1 out of 10
PeopleStrong
PeopleStrong
Score 9.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
PaycorSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
7.3
(420 ratings)
8.4
(780 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.9
(21 ratings)
8.7
(53 ratings)
Usability
7.8
(389 ratings)
8.0
(303 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(3 ratings)
8.6
(7 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(3 ratings)
7.6
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
4.3
(58 ratings)
5.1
(30 ratings)
In-Person Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(3 ratings)
4.4
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.1
(19 ratings)
6.5
(15 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(4 ratings)
4.8
(7 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
3.1
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
10.0
(2 ratings)
6.8
(420 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(3 ratings)
7.7
(7 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
5.7
(5 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(2 ratings)
5.1
(6 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(2 ratings)
4.1
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
PaycorSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
Paycor Inc
Paycor is well suited for an organization with a strong implementation team or who has the budget to hire a consultant to implement Paycor. Once the system is implemented, Paycor is great. If you are a smaller organization, we suggest starting with just 1-2 modules and working your way up from there as setting up everything takes time and resources
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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
Paycor Inc
  • Open enrollment-their software is user friendly and has good features for end users and administrators
  • Onboarding-entering new hires is easy
  • Mass Template Upload-you can easily upload mass changes, the system is easy to use.
  • Reporting-their reporting tool is improving and AI is incorporated into it.
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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
Paycor Inc
  • The reporting capabilities of Paycor Recruiting are lacking. While there are some great features I would like to see more options for customization. The options to build my own report from SCRATCH with whatever fields I want/need would be a huge improvement. At this time, I have to finagle the reports to try and get what I need and often times I have to pull multiple reports and then do extra work outside of the system to end up with metrics close to what I’m looking for in the data.
  • The candidates search feature could use some improvement. In theory, the tagging system is a great idea but it leaves room for inconsistency and trying to search for a previous candidate who interviewed well isn’t always easy. This makes it harder to re-engage with people who could be a strong match for a new job opening.
  • Although the platform is very user friendly as far as ease of use and intuitiveness it can be VERY slow at times. There are days where the system moves at a snails pace and when there are multiple clicks to have to get to a specific spot in the system this can be very frustrating. This is especially try for navigating through job postings and candidate details.
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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
Paycor Inc
Price point is the biggest driving factor. Paycor has made some strides in the customer service area and we've seen enough improvements that renewing our contract has become more a reality than a pipe dream. The system functions well and our employees are familiar with how it works, so to make a change would be a huge lift for our team
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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
Paycor Inc
Glitches. So many glitches. The customer service number provides basic troubleshooting, which doesn’t help; some issues take weeks to resolve, with no apparent reason why they occur. The system does not work on Safari. We have dealt with Payroll not working, which has caused a manual payroll to be run. Paycor representatives do not provide any assistance.
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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
Paycor Inc
I feel like Paycor is always up and running! If they are planning downtime, they communicate it clearly. Every once in a while, I get something that says the system isn't working but it is usually back up within the hour. I typically find by the time that the employees complain about it, that it is resolved within the system.
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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
Paycor Inc
For the most part, everything moves super fast. There are a few sections (Expense Management) that sometimes take a bit to load correctly. Or if they are interesting, it takes a minute to talk to each other! But reports are quickly downloaded and available! Even data heavy reports run fairly fast!
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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
Paycor Inc
I feel like support will transfer you back and forth between departments and put you on hold forever. I believe it is very difficult to see the status of an open ticket. During my experience, it feels like the client has to push all communication and request updates from support regularly.
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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
Paycor Inc
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
Paycor Inc
The online trainings are super helpful. They have user guides that you can read through, interactive training that will walk you through it as well as plain web based ones. I've actually never had an in-person training but all of the information you need can be found online. They also will do individual support training if you are struggling with a certain area.
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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
Paycor Inc
Implementation of any new software is going to be challenging, especially if you are maintaining an existing program concurrently. When it is time for dual-processing (both old and new software) prior to going live, be prepared to be stressed. But trust the process and it will be over soon.
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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
Paycor Inc
They seemed similar but Paycor was cheaper at the time. However, Paycor has so many fees they tack onto every invoice that may not be the case anymore. The support services supposedly were better at ADP but that was an unknown
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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
Paycor Inc
No answers on this topic
SAP
Not applicable.
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Scalability
Paycor Inc
I gave it a 10 because we only use it across one organization. However, it has allowed us to break it into multiple departments and layers of management. It is also easy for us to utilize across different locations but still under one master company. They have always provided us support when we decide to change something on an organizational level
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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
Paycor Inc
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
Paycor Inc
  • We can process Payroll in a 25% of the time that we previously could.
  • Scheduling takes 2 or 3 times as much effort as it did before.
  • Onboarding allows employees to do self-service but comes with a lot of questions from team members so it is net the same amount of time at the end of the day.
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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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ScreenShots

Paycor Screenshots

Screenshot of the real-time data insights that support critical business decisions.Screenshot of Paycor's expense reportingScreenshot of the recruiting processes streamlined in PaycorScreenshot of workforce scheduling in PaycorScreenshot of Paycor's mobile app, that allows employees to punch in and out from their phonesScreenshot of the Paycor Home Screen

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