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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Saba Cloud (legacy)

    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Saba Cloud was a talent management suite that included performance management, succession planning, learning management, planning, and recruiting.N/A

    SAP SuccessFactors HCM

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ASAP 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
    Saba Cloud (legacy)SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Saba Cloud (legacy)SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Saba Cloud (legacy)SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    Chose Saba Cloud (legacy)
    Saba Cloud is more configurable. In SuccessFactors, the configurations on the home page is very limited. However, in saba cloud we can configure the entire home page as per the company requirement. SuccessFactors is indeed a great product but when it comes to UI, it is not very …
    Incentivized
    Chose Saba Cloud (legacy)
    As an LMS, it has everything that its competitors offer. The integration capability at a great price made the decision easy.
    Incentivized
    SAP
    Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    We felt SAP SuccessFactors was more flexible for what we needed.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    As a services provider, we are an exclusive SAP SuccessFactors implementer. Formerly we have either implemented or supported customers who have used the other products. Our organization uses Oracle for our ERP and it is terrible as a user.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    Our choice of SAP SuccessFactors was driven by its comprehensive capabilities, seamless integration with the broader SAP ecosystem, and strong support for global operations. While it may have a higher cost and complexity compared to Dayforce & Workday, its advanced features, …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    21 Answers
    95%
    Would buy again
    862 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    22 Answers
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    644 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    23 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    848 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    84%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    381 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    487 Answers
    Features
    Saba Cloud (legacy)SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    7.9
    24 Ratings
    9% above category average
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    8.0
    541 Ratings
    1% below category average
    New hire portal7.511 Ratings7.7527 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools8.019 Ratings7.5495 Ratings
    Compliance tracking and reporting8.223 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    7.7
    26 Ratings
    5% above category average
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    8.3
    667 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Corporate goal setting8.224 Ratings8.1600 Ratings
    Subordinate goal setting7.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting8.026 Ratings8.1660 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility8.525 Ratings7.9541 Ratings
    Performance tracking7.025 Ratings7.9621 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    7.2
    28 Ratings
    5% above category average
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    8.2
    699 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Performance plans8.022 Ratings8.2674 Ratings
    Plan weighting6.514 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager note taking7.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans7.218 Ratings8.0578 Ratings
    Review status tracking7.919 Ratings8.0638 Ratings
    Rater nomination workflow7.415 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review reminders8.018 Ratings7.9630 Ratings
    Workflow restrictions6.414 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.016 Ratings8.1524 Ratings
    Reporting7.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    7.5
    14 Ratings
    10% above category average
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    8.0
    489 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Create succession plans/pools8.013 Ratings8.1452 Ratings
    Candidate ranking7.312 Ratings8.1426 Ratings
    Candidate search7.412 Ratings7.8433 Ratings
    Candidate development7.313 Ratings7.9411 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    8.6
    8 Ratings
    19% above category average
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    7.7
    564 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Job Requisition Management7.75 Ratings7.8535 Ratings
    Company Website Posting8.35 Ratings7.8508 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media8.54 Ratings7.7444 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting7.04 Ratings7.7489 Ratings
    Customized Application Form8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resume Management7.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.15 Ratings7.6456 Ratings
    Candidate Search8.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking9.25 Ratings7.7514 Ratings
    Collaboration9.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Templates9.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Permissions9.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts9.17 Ratings7.9519 Ratings
    Reporting9.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    8.9
    31 Ratings
    24% above category average
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    -
    Ratings
    Course authoring9.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Course catalog or library9.030 Ratings00 Ratings
    Player/Portal8.628 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning content9.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile friendly8.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications9.630 Ratings00 Ratings
    Assignments9.629 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance management9.030 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning administration8.830 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics8.830 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social learning8.021 Ratings00 Ratings
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    8.1
    861 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.2763 Ratings
    Employment history00 Ratings8.1776 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.9744 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings8.1702 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings8.1785 Ratings
    Organization and location management00 Ratings8.1709 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.8441 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    7.7
    497 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings7.9383 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.3330 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings7.5336 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.6318 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.8311 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings7.9404 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.5291 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    8.3
    498 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Approval workflow00 Ratings8.5494 Ratings
    Balance details00 Ratings8.2425 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.1380 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    8.3
    688 Ratings
    1% above category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.5524 Ratings
    Update personal information00 Ratings8.7670 Ratings
    View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.1456 Ratings
    Employee recognition00 Ratings7.8421 Ratings
    View job history00 Ratings8.5644 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.43 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of Saba Cloud (legacy) and SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    Feature
    Saba Cloud (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    7.0
    669 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Report builder00 Ratings7.3639 Ratings
    Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.0607 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.8503 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Saba Cloud (legacy)SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (50 ratings)
    8.3
    (894 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.5
    (5 ratings)
    8.6
    (59 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (11 ratings)
    7.8
    (414 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (8 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.1
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.3
    (16 ratings)
    2.6
    (29 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.3
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    7.6
    (16 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.1
    (9 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.8
    (4 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.8
    (420 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (8 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.4
    (5 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.1
    (7 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (7 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Saba Cloud (legacy)SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Our organization uses Saba Cloud primarily to manage all types of learning systems or staff training empirically. In addition, it provides us with a quick test-based follow-up to the trainees. We use Saba Cloud to train our clientele in a professional manner with respect to our worldwide online service. With this tool we are able to enhance the customer experience with the organization. Similarly, our organization uses Saba Cloud to monitor the performance and effectiveness of our employees and customers after having access to all the information provided by the application to subsequently make learning and development reports.
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    SAP
    I recommend SAP SuccessFactors HCM to businesses seeking a functional HR solution. It combines various functionalities, including Payroll, workforce planning, talent management, recruitment, and more. It ensures smooth HR processes and, in the same spirit, proper employee engagement. Most businesses would benefit from this tool.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Skills Management - Saba has allowed us to set specific expectations for employees based upon their role, and this has clarified the skill requirements for employees.
    • Goal Management - With Saba, managers can easily create goals aligned up to senior leadership, and then work with their direct reports to create supporting goals.
    • Learning Management - Using Saba's built-in Smart Lists, assigning compliance training is a simple process that used to be a challenge in our former LMS.
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    SAP
    • It's a well integrated tool and the synchronization between the modules is seamless.
    • We have a good experience with the onboarding.
    • We have a good experience with employee cycle management.
    • There is no match for the SAP payroll system. It takes care of all the legislation, it takes care of all the payroll related activities. So altogether it's a very good tool to work with.
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Saba continues to improve their reporting and analytics. While it is much improved over previous versions, it can be improved.
    • Release Notes for system updates need to be delivered to admins farther in advance of the update in order to prepare properly.
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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
    Discontinued Products
    Typically customers that acquire a Saba solution rarely move away. There are reasons and "legends" behind this. The investment is significant. Time and money are required to make the engine go smoothly. But once it runs at full capacity, it doesn't stop! Professional Services are extremely competent and able to close implementation gaps quickly.
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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
    Discontinued Products
    As someone who creates classes and is also a learning administrator in the system, I have run into some issues with the system's capabilities for my needs. I am not a fan of having to use Adobe Captivate to download a PowerPoint presentation into the system, as my training sessions are much more than a glorified PowerPoint. Our organization has yet to turn on Saba Meetings, which may help with these limitations.
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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
    Discontinued Products
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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
    Discontinued Products
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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
    Discontinued Products
    For the times that we have used the support provided by Saba, it has been a very pleasurable experience for our department. Part of our package with Saba includes a specified number of hours of "training" time with Saba. During these meetings, we have shared our desires of the product and the support personnel have either shown us how to accomplish our task or they have taken our requests to their developers to look at future enhancements. Overall, very pleased with the support.
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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
    Discontinued Products
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    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
    Discontinued Products
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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
    Discontinued Products
    Was not involved with integration.
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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
    Discontinued Products
    We had extensive reviews with a plan of what we needed and must have out of the system, including custom learning paths and tracking inside our HRIS system to grant permissions and positions based on completed learning certifications and courses. We weighed each option and chose based on the one that met the most of the must-haves.
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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
    Discontinued Products
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    SAP
    Not applicable.
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    Scalability
    Discontinued Products
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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
    Discontinued Products
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    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
    Discontinued Products
    • This may seem small but with 90% of our workforce not at our main facility just the fact that since July 1, 2021, we have had over 18,956 compliance-related training completed by our staff. Do the math the ROI is wonderful.
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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

    Saba Cloud (legacy) Screenshots

    Screenshot of The Intelligent Mentor in Action - RecommendationsScreenshot of Learning PlanScreenshot of Informal LearningScreenshot of Performance Check-insScreenshot of Succession Talent DashboardScreenshot of Organizational Planning

    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.Product screenshot