PayScale Payfactors vs. SAP SuccessFactors HCM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
PayScale Payfactors
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Payfactors, now part of PayScale, provides three data sources to help organizations quickly respond to a changing talent market and the technology for organizations of all sizes to create more equitable and transparent pay practices.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
PayScale PayfactorsSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PayScale PayfactorsSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
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PayScale PayfactorsSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Considered Both Products
PayScale Payfactors

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SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
SAP SuccessFactors was more user friendly and we felt it better aligned with our company's current structure and our company's future strategy. Employee engagement is very important to us and we feel SAP SuccessFactors allows our employees to have more access to company data …
Features
PayScale PayfactorsSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
PayScale Payfactors
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Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
770 Ratings
1% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.3680 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.1693 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.8667 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings8.0632 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings8.1704 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings8.0633 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.7395 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
PayScale Payfactors
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Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.7
438 Ratings
6% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.1331 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.4295 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings7.7294 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.6281 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.8279 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.0357 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.7253 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
PayScale Payfactors
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
437 Ratings
0% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.4433 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings8.1369 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.0327 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
PayScale Payfactors
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.3
617 Ratings
1% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.4464 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.7600 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.0401 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings7.8371 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.4576 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
PayScale Payfactors
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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
PayScale Payfactors
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Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.0
602 Ratings
8% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.2576 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.0546 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.7451 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
PayScale Payfactors
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Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
487 Ratings
0% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings7.7473 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.6443 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
PayScale Payfactors
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Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
602 Ratings
4% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.2539 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.3595 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings8.0483 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings8.0560 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
PayScale Payfactors
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Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
635 Ratings
4% above category average
Performance plans00 Ratings8.1609 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings8.0521 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings8.0575 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings7.9571 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings8.1469 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
PayScale Payfactors
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Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
433 Ratings
3% above category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings8.2400 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings8.0379 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings8.0386 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings8.0365 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
PayScale Payfactors
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Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
4.2
510 Ratings
59% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.9486 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings7.8463 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.8403 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.7444 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.5414 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings7.9467 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.9470 Ratings
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User Ratings
PayScale PayfactorsSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.4
(785 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(53 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(307 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(7 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.4
(30 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
4.7
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.5
(15 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
5.1
(7 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
2.9
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
6.9
(420 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(7 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
6.1
(5 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
5.5
(6 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
4.6
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
PayScale PayfactorsSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
PayScale, Inc.
With their multiple compensation databases and the ability to quickly navigate and explore market matches, I can trust that the data is accurate and up-to-date and that I can confidently stand behind my recommendations after doing my in-the-box Payfactors work. PayScale is a company that continues to grow and develop by leaps and bounds , so getting onboard with them now is still essentially the ground floor of something incredible.
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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
PayScale, Inc.
  • Real-time market data for the most up-to-date pay bands and ranges
  • Robust internal organizational tools to manage multiple projects and collections of roles
  • Quick Price tool can get a comprehensive compensation pick for a role within seconds.
  • Internal help documents, message board communities, and live help agents are there if you need them
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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
PayScale, Inc.
  • I am not seeing an easy way to produce or export compensation summaries for multiple roles at once. I have to pull up multiple at once.
  • The ERD and HRMA reports are in totally different formats and they don't have the same parameters to fine-tune matches.
  • To be honest, I look forward to exploring more built-in features in 2024. It is a great program!
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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
PayScale, Inc.
No answers on this topic
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
PayScale, Inc.
No answers on this topic
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
PayScale, Inc.
No answers on this topic
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
PayScale, Inc.
No answers on this topic
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
PayScale, Inc.
No answers on this topic
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
PayScale, 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
PayScale, Inc.
No answers on this topic
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
PayScale, Inc.
No answers on this topic
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
PayScale, Inc.
I continue to use both CompAnalyst and Payfactors simultaneously and they both have many pros and few cons. PayScale seems to have more advanced capabilities and has more robust user-provided tweaking and cutting-edge features. The access to multiple databases is also a major benefit. While the look and feel of Payfactors seems more "21st century" than CompAnalyst, I have to say that CompAnalyst has some very intuitive features, like the ability to select many matches, add them to a list, and then export the lot of them in a single Excel file, that I do enjoy and that I don't believe Payfactors can match. That would be one drawback, however this doesn't really affect the end results, which are incredible, it just changes the path to get there a little bit.
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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
PayScale, Inc.
No answers on this topic
SAP
Not applicable.
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Scalability
PayScale, Inc.
No answers on this topic
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
PayScale, 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
PayScale, Inc.
  • Increased capacity to provide accurate and robust compensation analyses
  • Ability to compare and contrast compensation schema between Payfactors and other databases.
  • Access to an enormous database of help documents and lux pdfs regarding pay philosophies, compensation concepts, market developments, etc. Educational resources are phenomenal.
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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

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