Sage CRM vs. SAP SuccessFactors HCM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Sage CRM
Score 8.9 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Sage CRM is an SMB-oriented CRM platform offered in both SaaS and on-premise editions. Unlike the Sage SalesLogix product, the SaaS version is a true multi-tenant offering. The platform offers excellent integration with Sage ERP and accounting products. It is also a good global solution and is available in many languages and is used by over 12,000 customers worldwide, with many customers in Europe.
$33
per month
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
Sage CRMSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Editions & Modules
Sage CRM (cloud)
$45
Per User per Month
Sage CRM (on premise)
Lifetime License per Seat
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Sage CRMSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsTiered pricing is available for multiple users.
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Features
Sage CRMSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Sage CRM
8.8
17 Ratings
12% above category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
-
Ratings
Customer data management / contact management9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow management8.616 Ratings00 Ratings
Territory management8.517 Ratings00 Ratings
Opportunity management8.917 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)9.016 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract management8.614 Ratings00 Ratings
Quote & order management9.016 Ratings00 Ratings
Interaction tracking9.216 Ratings00 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management8.716 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
Sage CRM
8.1
16 Ratings
5% above category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
-
Ratings
Case management8.016 Ratings00 Ratings
Call center management8.215 Ratings00 Ratings
Help desk management8.214 Ratings00 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Sage CRM
8.7
16 Ratings
11% above category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
-
Ratings
Lead management8.816 Ratings00 Ratings
Email marketing8.715 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage CRM
9.0
17 Ratings
16% above category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
-
Ratings
Task management9.016 Ratings00 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management9.015 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting9.113 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Sage CRM
8.6
17 Ratings
11% above category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
-
Ratings
Forecasting8.716 Ratings00 Ratings
Pipeline visualization8.416 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable reports8.717 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Sage CRM
8.6
17 Ratings
11% above category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
-
Ratings
Custom fields8.517 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom objects8.516 Ratings00 Ratings
Scripting environment9.016 Ratings00 Ratings
API for custom integration8.314 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Sage CRM
8.7
17 Ratings
3% above category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability8.717 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.813 Ratings00 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Sage CRM
9.4
13 Ratings
23% above category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
-
Ratings
Social data9.513 Ratings00 Ratings
Social engagement9.313 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Sage CRM
9.0
14 Ratings
18% above category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
-
Ratings
Marketing automation9.114 Ratings00 Ratings
Compensation management8.912 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Sage CRM
7.8
16 Ratings
3% above category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
-
Ratings
Mobile access7.816 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage CRM
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
807 Ratings
1% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.3714 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.1726 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.9700 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings8.0657 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings8.1736 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings8.1665 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.8415 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage CRM
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.7
464 Ratings
5% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.0355 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.4312 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings7.6313 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.6300 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.9297 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.0378 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.7275 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage CRM
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
464 Ratings
1% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.5460 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings8.2393 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.1351 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Sage CRM
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.3
645 Ratings
1% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.5489 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.8628 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.1427 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings7.8396 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.4603 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage CRM
-
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 Product A and Product B
Sage CRM
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.0
629 Ratings
8% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.3600 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.0569 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.8475 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Sage CRM
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
511 Ratings
0% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings7.7497 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.6466 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Sage CRM
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
633 Ratings
4% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.1568 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.2626 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.9512 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings8.0590 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage CRM
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
664 Ratings
4% above category average
Performance plans00 Ratings8.2639 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings8.0550 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings8.0605 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings7.9598 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings8.1497 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Sage CRM
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
457 Ratings
2% above category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings8.1423 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings8.1399 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings7.9407 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings8.0385 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Sage CRM
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.7
530 Ratings
1% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.8504 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings7.8481 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.7418 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.7462 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.5431 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings7.8486 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.9490 Ratings
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User Ratings
Sage CRMSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(28 ratings)
8.5
(765 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
5.1
(11 ratings)
8.7
(52 ratings)
Usability
8.9
(11 ratings)
8.1
(290 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(7 ratings)
Performance
8.2
(1 ratings)
7.4
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
7.9
(8 ratings)
3.6
(29 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
3.9
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
5.8
(14 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
4.2
(7 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
3.4
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
6.8
(420 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(7 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
5.1
(5 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
4.4
(6 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
3.4
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
Sage CRMSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
Sage
as it is a very flexible software that can be adapted to any business model, other functions human resource management, manufacturing and supply chain planning, all these functions are housed in a highly technological interface. I liked this system because it made automating accounts payable so much easier.the control of the basic accounting of any type of company
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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
Sage
  • When in client profile, it is very intuitive, allowing you to easily transcribe notes in the clients profile.
  • Sage allows 3rd party plugins, so if you utilize a particular phone services or would like to import something as simple as google drive, its compatible.
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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
Sage
  • Reliance on Apache Tomcat causes a lot of headaches. There are common issues trying to start up the server, resulting from Apache Tomcat misconfigurations, or Java. Some forum posts on Sage City address common issues, but digging into server logs seems to be an often occurrence.
  • Support is somewhat lacking, less user install base means error messages are sometimes hard to find quick answers for. Most of the knowledge found on the internet is in the Sage City forum.
  • Integration with Microsoft 365 causes you to have to turn off some security features. This will result in your 365 tenants running lower security standards than recommended, it may put you at risk for targeted attacks.
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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
Sage
There are really no other words to say, it is a very easy to use application that is more straightforward and has provided better results with the bulk of features that appeal to a very broad amount of users. There may be other CRM platforms out there that are more prevalent, but I have found them to be much more clunky and less intuitive than Sage CRM.
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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
Sage
Excellent integration with the most important social networks (LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter) to get leads. The mobile app is quite useful for speeding up the tasks at hand and not relying on the computer or being in the office to get them done.
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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
Sage
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
Sage
Sage works very quickly based on the network you are using it on. It is internet based so if your network is slow, it will perform slowly. Reports seem to run reasonably fast, if there is too much information it is trying to populate that could slow it down a little. When Sage CRM is integrated with a Sage ERP product it doesn't tend to slow down either system at all
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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
Sage
Support team is really slow and they need to work on this really. Sometimes it takes days to resolve a simple query and there is no way to get it expedited. Rest the product is is amazing but the team should look into the costumer support and get it working
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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
Sage
Most training would come after a upgrade. Otherwise we would self teach new employees. Training was with a Sage Software partner SWK technologies.
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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
Sage
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
Sage
The implementation and upgrades were rather quick and straight forward. Attempting to link Sage CRM with Sage 100 ERP however was a nightmare and will be avoided by us in the future due to numerous issues.
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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
Sage
Whilst SAGE CRM was selected around 10 years ago and we became a partner, the main contenders would have been at the time Sales Logix and MS CRM 4.0. However, we had extensive experience of the mid-market CRM's and decided on SAGE CRM since it had a clean, easy to understand interface and importantly offered both workflow automation and Self Service capability, all of which across both the Case and Sales and Marketing functionality was seamless and saved time. As it was pure browser based, access was from anywhere we wanted. In my view, SAGE CRM still stacks up well against all the other mid-market CRM systems and offers good value for money, but more importantly, it is an easy to operate and customisable solution which user like. Again, we can teach administration users very quickly to support and customise themselves since the admin. function are clear as well.
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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
Sage
No answers on this topic
SAP
Not applicable.
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Scalability
Sage
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
Sage
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
Sage
  • It is very affordable in pricing, compared to competitors
  • Lead management and convertion into prospects is also a very easy process
  • Lead capture from web pages should be available, and better ways to capture leads from tradeshows by uploading directly from scanned business cards
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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