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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Proliant

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AProliant provides a cloud-based human capital management solution designed to simplify payroll and HR processes, improves accuracy, and ensures industry compliance. Proliant is an all-in-one solution for workforce and talent management across the entire employment life cycle. Specializing in payroll, Proliant helps users pay people accurately, on time, and without risk from the IRS, supporting tax filings, contractor payments, and unlimited payroll runs. Proliant also streamlines…N/A

    Workday HCM

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AWorkday Human Capital Management is a cloud-native system offering a globally consistent user experience. Workday HCM is part of an intelligent, unified system with other Workday products.N/A
    Pricing
    ProliantWorkday HCM
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ProliantWorkday 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
    ProliantWorkday HCM
    Considered Both Products
    Proliant
    No answer on this topic
    Workday
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    79%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    68 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    50 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    66 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    87%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    26 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    36 Answers
    Features
    ProliantWorkday HCM
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Proliant and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Proliant
    7.7
    23 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    9.0
    100 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Employee demographic data9.721 Ratings8.985 Ratings
    Employment history8.822 Ratings8.195 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration6.620 Ratings8.997 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.8.822 Ratings9.092 Ratings
    Organizational charting5.916 Ratings9.891 Ratings
    Organization and location management7.117 Ratings9.988 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.217 Ratings8.763 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Proliant and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Proliant
    9.0
    22 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.6
    83 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pay calculation9.822 Ratings9.871 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors7.411 Ratings7.159 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.820 Ratings9.021 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration8.115 Ratings8.966 Ratings
    Direct deposit files9.921 Ratings9.072 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management9.720 Ratings9.069 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.914 Ratings7.245 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Proliant and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Proliant
    6.6
    21 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.6
    78 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Approval workflow4.419 Ratings8.977 Ratings
    Balance details7.920 Ratings8.077 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment7.516 Ratings8.963 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Proliant and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Proliant
    8.7
    22 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.2
    98 Ratings
    1% below category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information9.822 Ratings8.087 Ratings
    Update personal information9.822 Ratings8.096 Ratings
    View company policy documentation8.317 Ratings7.976 Ratings
    Employee recognition7.513 Ratings8.959 Ratings
    View job history7.915 Ratings8.187 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of Proliant and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Proliant
    7.4
    12 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.4
    25 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Tracking of all physical assets7.412 Ratings8.425 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of Proliant and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Proliant
    9.0
    22 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    7.4
    82 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Report builder9.721 Ratings8.978 Ratings
    Pre-built reports9.822 Ratings6.280 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data7.612 Ratings7.168 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Proliant and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Proliant
    8.6
    20 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.9
    60 Ratings
    10% above category average
    New hire portal7.719 Ratings8.955 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools9.618 Ratings8.956 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Proliant and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Proliant
    7.2
    10 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.9
    64 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Corporate goal setting7.09 Ratings8.954 Ratings
    Individual goal setting7.010 Ratings8.963 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility7.19 Ratings8.954 Ratings
    Performance tracking7.69 Ratings8.962 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Proliant and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Proliant
    8.2
    13 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.0
    67 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Performance plans8.113 Ratings8.066 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans8.412 Ratings8.058 Ratings
    Review status tracking8.313 Ratings8.062 Ratings
    Review reminders8.113 Ratings8.061 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency8.211 Ratings8.054 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Proliant and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Proliant
    7.2
    9 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.0
    44 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Create succession plans/pools7.59 Ratings8.038 Ratings
    Candidate ranking7.09 Ratings8.038 Ratings
    Candidate search7.09 Ratings8.042 Ratings
    Candidate development7.59 Ratings7.940 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Proliant and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Proliant
    7.0
    14 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.4
    52 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Job Requisition Management6.612 Ratings8.949 Ratings
    Company Website Posting6.912 Ratings8.942 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media6.99 Ratings7.137 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting6.912 Ratings8.943 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.712 Ratings8.843 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking7.013 Ratings8.043 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.613 Ratings8.047 Ratings
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    UZIO
    Score9.3 out of 10
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    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho People
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Zoho People
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ProliantWorkday HCM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (24 ratings)
    8.2
    (134 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    7.1
    (19 ratings)
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.6
    (8 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (27 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (6 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 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
    ProliantWorkday HCM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Proliant
    Overall, I would generally recommend Proliant to a colleague as I think the system and structure has great bones and is generally very easy to use. However, if a colleague was needing a system with a robust reporting system or access to immediate support, I would be less likely to recommend the system.
    Incentivized
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    Workday
    Large organizations with extensive back-office support functions. With that in mind, WD is a great HCM system for mastering and controlling downstream data and providing strong support. Where WD falls short is the front-end user experience. If your intent is for the average Jane/Joe to use the system, you will find them frustrated or disappointed.
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    Pros
    Proliant
    • Some of the help for the training modules, [...] has been fantastic
    • [...] has also been really helpful
    • Adding a new employee to the system has been relatively easy and simple to do
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    Workday
    • I think what it does is not having worked on the side of talent acquisitions. Whenever we have a job interview, for example, you can go right there, you can put in everything in Workday Human Capital Management. If I need to go in and see what a coworker put in or notes all that, I can document everything there in Workday Human Capital Management. I think the other thing that makes it a lot easier is for performance management, goal setting. All these things can be done right there in the platform and it just makes it easier. So to store documents, I can do that. I mean it is like a one-stop shop all in one, so it's excellent.
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    Cons
    Proliant
    • Reporting is limited to data that is pulled by pay period--not by date worked, so if trying to determine how much an employee earned during a quarter--you have to calculate this manually
    • Employee records are limited to admin only viewing--so managers can not see payrates, upload documents to employee files or update expiration dates to licenses, etc
    • User guides in the knowledge base are out of date and don't cover the recent updates to the system--or outline processes that are no defunct
    • Limited integrations with other HR platforms are available. Ex--outside ATS, candidate assessment tools
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    Workday
    • Should have more option in time sheet like choose project code or something.
    • On The pay page, it should have options to view past salaries; it may be there already but not in the version that I use.
    • The employee information page does not have a back button to navigate to the previous page.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Proliant
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Proliant
    Proliant is pretty easy to maneuver and get used to. There are some things than can be tedious but nothing too difficult where you have to spend hours to get it to work. The payroll processing is pretty straightforward and that's the core reason why we use their software.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Proliant
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Proliant
    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
    Proliant
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Proliant
    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
    Proliant
    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
    Proliant
    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
    Proliant
    Proliant is the only payroll software I have used, and I don't plan on changing that anytime soon. It gives me everything I need in simple, easy-to-use software. If I have questions they have quality customer service. I get calls weekly to change to other payroll services, and I don't consider changing because there is no need to change - I have everything I need here. Proliant does exactly the job I am looking for it to do.
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    Workday
    Workday is an incomplete product, by this I mean it must work alongside other products and does not work by itself. Trying to make several different products work smoothly together becomes very challenging. As compared to ADP products, when purchased all together work very well all together. Also, ADP has extensive Training programs and extensive Customer Support. So ADP's products are far superior to Workday's products in my opinion.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Proliant
    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
    Proliant
    • i am not able to give this information because I don't believe our firm fully uses Proliant
    • I was just made aware of some of the benefits Proliant can offer through this survey
    • The only negative is that when the "pre-wire" requirement was activated this year, we were not told ahead of time and it caused a lot of confusion and delay when we tried to process the first partner payroll in January.
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    Workday
    • To get the most value out of all possible automation in Workday you really need to use a lot of their modules, otherwise you may not be able to solve for some pretty important and necessary needs.
    • The system maintenance is way more than what I have seen with some other systems and therefore you need a quite large team dedicated to it.
    • The ability to automate a lot of administrative tasks and the ability for employee and manager self-service definitely create a lot of opportunity for HR to spent time and effort elsewhere. A lot of the automation that can be leveraged in Workday also allows for eliminating third party vendors as well as the cost of their maintenance and integrations.
    Incentivized
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