PeopleFluent vs. Workday Human Capital Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
PeopleFluent
Score 7.3 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
PeopleFluent includes modules for recruiting, performance management, compensation, learning, succession, and vendor management, as well as workforce planning and diversity. These modules can be purchased separately or bundled, and integrate with other HR systems.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
PeopleFluentWorkday Human Capital Management
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PeopleFluentWorkday HCM
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
PeopleFluentWorkday Human Capital Management
Considered Both Products
PeopleFluent
Chose PeopleFluent
We already had a relationship with peoplefluent and were offered assistance through implementation and deployment. We couldn't walk away from our current vendor.
Workday HCM
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 …
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
PeopleFluentWorkday Human Capital Management
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
PeopleFluent
8.0
11 Ratings
9% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.1
54 Ratings
1% above category average
New hire portal7.07 Ratings8.250 Ratings
Manager tracking tools9.011 Ratings8.050 Ratings
Compliance tracking and reporting8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
PeopleFluent
8.2
11 Ratings
12% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
7.7
57 Ratings
6% below category average
Corporate goal setting9.07 Ratings8.047 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting9.09 Ratings8.056 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.09 Ratings7.149 Ratings
Performance tracking7.09 Ratings7.855 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
PeopleFluent
6.5
11 Ratings
5% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.2
60 Ratings
3% above category average
Performance plans7.07 Ratings8.259 Ratings
Plan weighting4.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager note taking7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.05 Ratings7.951 Ratings
Review status tracking7.07 Ratings8.255 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders7.05 Ratings8.555 Ratings
Workflow restrictions5.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.07 Ratings8.449 Ratings
Reporting7.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
PeopleFluent
6.3
8 Ratings
13% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
7.0
37 Ratings
12% below category average
Create succession plans/pools7.05 Ratings7.732 Ratings
Candidate ranking6.05 Ratings6.633 Ratings
Candidate search6.08 Ratings7.335 Ratings
Candidate development6.06 Ratings6.634 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
PeopleFluent
9.5
8 Ratings
26% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.0
44 Ratings
3% above category average
Job Requisition Management10.06 Ratings8.242 Ratings
Company Website Posting10.06 Ratings8.435 Ratings
Publish to Social Media10.03 Ratings8.131 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting10.05 Ratings8.436 Ratings
Customized Application Form10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Resume Management9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.05 Ratings7.035 Ratings
Candidate Search9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking10.06 Ratings7.736 Ratings
Collaboration10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Templates10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
User Permissions9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts9.06 Ratings8.440 Ratings
Reporting10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
PeopleFluent
5.8
2 Ratings
20% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Course catalog or library6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Player/Portal8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning content8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile friendly5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Assignments5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance management5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning administration5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Social learning5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
PeopleFluent
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
7.7
91 Ratings
2% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.077 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings7.486 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.288 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.984 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings8.383 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings7.981 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings6.956 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
PeopleFluent
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
7.7
76 Ratings
4% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings7.465 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.553 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.215 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.060 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.466 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.063 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings8.439 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
PeopleFluent
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.0
70 Ratings
1% below category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.369 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings8.269 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.456 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
PeopleFluent
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
7.8
90 Ratings
4% below category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.279 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.188 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings7.169 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings7.455 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.279 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
PeopleFluent
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
6.8
23 Ratings
13% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings6.823 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
PeopleFluent
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
7.7
76 Ratings
1% above category average
Report builder00 Ratings8.172 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.974 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings7.262 Ratings
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User Ratings
PeopleFluentWorkday Human Capital Management
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(31 ratings)
8.7
(103 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(13 ratings)
9.0
(18 ratings)
Usability
7.5
(3 ratings)
7.0
(13 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
6.6
(8 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
8.5
(4 ratings)
8.0
(22 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(6 ratings)
Online Training
7.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(11 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
PeopleFluentWorkday Human Capital Management
Likelihood to Recommend
PeopleFluent
PeopleFluent has eliminated the use of paper reviews. It is also eliminated the use of scanning, emailing or interoffice mail. It is a great tool for communication and I highly recommend it. However, in some ways, the product can be improved. Some processes are tied to each other and could function in tandem. For example, while completing the self-review, the employee has to capture multi-raters. If self-review is submitted without listing multi-rater names then multi-rater review has to be captured separately on paper. In my opinion, these two processes can be different. Multi-raters should be added/removed/modified after submitting self-review.
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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
PeopleFluent
  • It was very easy to go through resumes, choose the people you wanted to interview and set up the interviews.
  • It is great at keeping track of people that have come through hiring process in the past so you do not waste time on those that have already been declined or are sent in by multiple vendors.
  • The handling of time sheets and expense reports is very easy to manage.
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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
PeopleFluent
  • The interface is a little confusing. I'm not sure if it's something that can be fixed in implementations, or if it's inherent to PeopleFluent, but there are almost too many tabs asking for too much information. A lot of it can be repetitive as well.
  • Changing your password/resetting your password seems to be nightmarish. It requires an organization ID as well as security questions, and forces you to reset your password far too often. I really dislike that feature.
  • Honestly, PeopleFluent itself looks pretty outdated. I feel as though the entire application really needs a facelift to be more current.
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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
PeopleFluent
PeopleFluent continues to develop an already high quality product and works to continually improve the user experience. The different modules integrate well, and the administrative functions are easy to understand and perform resulting in less time spent with KTLO functions. They provide world class customer service and work hard to keep you engaged as a customer.
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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
PeopleFluent
PeopleFluent seems to have all the functionality one would need, but it can be a bit overwhelming. Depending on the client implementation, it can be downright confusing and not intuitive. My 6 rating comes from the fact that it seems like the system can be configured to actually be confusing and not make sense. I think a VMS should be set up not to allow a customer to configure it in such a way as to not really work, or to allow users to circumvent steps. I also really don't like the "organization key" that needs to be entered every time you log in. Why is a login and password good enough for 99% of the systems out there, but PeopleFluent requires an extra field?
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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
PeopleFluent
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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
PeopleFluent
No answers on this topic
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
PeopleFluent
I would rate this ATS system a 9 as there's some room for improvement as mentioned prior. I really love the design and its functionality buttons and the way I can integrate it with other systems. I would really love to see a more detailed reporting metrics long with super candidate filters when searching profiles.
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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
PeopleFluent
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
PeopleFluent
No answers on this topic
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
PeopleFluent
No answers on this topic
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
PeopleFluent
Its great, its very versatile and stacks up very well against the competition. In terms of usability and ease of use, anyone can quickly learn how to use PeopleFluent. Again, the faults against the system would be when a client who is running the tool customizes it to their liking. Not to mention it's a very popular tool that i have had the pleasure of working in twice now with two different organizations.
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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
PeopleFluent
No answers on this topic
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
PeopleFluent
  • I do believe that goal setting and the workflow of following up, going through the process yearly is as good as you make it. If you set good goals, or help your team make good goals then the experience can go well. Otherwise it's just another thing that an employee is doing to make their manager happy.
  • I am not sure the cost of the product, but if it is really expensive I am not sure that we are getting fully what we should be for what the product offers. Make sure you are using what is offered.
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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

PeopleFluent Screenshots

Screenshot of PeopleFluent Talent Management DashboardScreenshot of Recruiting DashboardScreenshot of Compensation DashboardScreenshot of Performance DashboardScreenshot of Analytics Dashboard