Sage HR vs. SAP SuccessFactors HCM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Sage HR
Score 8.8 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Sage HR is HR software for small to medium businesses. The vendor states Sage HR is designed to be easy to use, and automates every step of the human resource process. Sage HR is designed with modular functionality to be customized for users' needs. According to the vendor, key differentiators include: 1. Easy to use 2. Modular functionality 2. Automates the end-to-end HR process 3. There's a mobile app (iOS & Android) 5. Feature…
$5.50
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 HRSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Editions & Modules
Expenses Management
$1.50
per user, per month
Performance Management
$3.00
per user, per month
Shift Scheduling
$3.00
per user, per month
Timesheets
$3.00
per user, per month
Leave Management
$5.50
per user, per month
Recruitment
$200.00
per user, per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Sage HRSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsThe modular product. - No hidden fees - Cancel anytime - No credit card required
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Features
Sage HRSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage HR
7.2
12 Ratings
12% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
780 Ratings
1% below category average
Employee demographic data8.811 Ratings8.3691 Ratings
Employment history8.511 Ratings8.1704 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.69 Ratings7.9677 Ratings
Organizational charting6.011 Ratings8.1714 Ratings
Organization and location management6.99 Ratings8.1643 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)5.54 Ratings7.8403 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings8.0640 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage HR
7.5
2 Ratings
8% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.8
448 Ratings
4% below category average
Support for external payroll vendors7.01 Ratings7.4302 Ratings
Reimbursement management8.02 Ratings7.8261 Ratings
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.1340 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings7.7302 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.6287 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.8286 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.0365 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage HR
7.6
12 Ratings
7% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
445 Ratings
1% above category average
Approval workflow6.112 Ratings8.5441 Ratings
Balance details8.512 Ratings8.1376 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment8.29 Ratings8.0334 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Sage HR
7.2
11 Ratings
13% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.3
626 Ratings
1% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information8.03 Ratings8.4473 Ratings
Update personal information8.711 Ratings8.7609 Ratings
View company policy documentation5.79 Ratings8.0410 Ratings
Employee recognition5.59 Ratings7.8380 Ratings
View job history8.08 Ratings8.4585 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage HR
4.6
6 Ratings
54% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
3 Ratings
5% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets4.66 Ratings8.43 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Sage HR
6.1
11 Ratings
21% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.0
612 Ratings
7% below category average
Report builder7.210 Ratings7.3585 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.510 Ratings7.0555 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data3.53 Ratings6.7461 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Sage HR
8.1
9 Ratings
1% above category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
496 Ratings
0% above category average
New hire portal7.99 Ratings7.8482 Ratings
Manager tracking tools8.38 Ratings7.7451 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Sage HR
6.1
8 Ratings
27% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
611 Ratings
4% above category average
Corporate goal setting6.67 Ratings8.2548 Ratings
Individual goal setting4.38 Ratings8.3604 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility6.78 Ratings8.0492 Ratings
Performance tracking7.08 Ratings8.0569 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage HR
5.4
8 Ratings
38% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
644 Ratings
4% above category average
Performance plans6.18 Ratings8.2619 Ratings
Performance improvement plans3.17 Ratings8.0531 Ratings
Review status tracking6.18 Ratings8.1585 Ratings
Review reminders7.78 Ratings8.0580 Ratings
Multiple review frequency4.28 Ratings8.1479 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Sage HR
3.6
4 Ratings
74% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
443 Ratings
3% above category average
Create succession plans/pools3.34 Ratings8.2409 Ratings
Candidate ranking3.12 Ratings8.0388 Ratings
Candidate search4.82 Ratings8.0396 Ratings
Candidate development3.34 Ratings8.0374 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Sage HR
3.1
3 Ratings
85% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
4.2
518 Ratings
58% below category average
Job Requisition Management2.63 Ratings7.9493 Ratings
Company Website Posting2.02 Ratings7.8471 Ratings
Publish to Social Media2.01 Ratings7.8410 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting2.02 Ratings7.7452 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention2.02 Ratings7.5422 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.02 Ratings7.9475 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts4.02 Ratings7.9479 Ratings
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User Ratings
Sage HRSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(13 ratings)
8.5
(769 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(53 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(3 ratings)
8.1
(292 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(7 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(5 ratings)
5.0
(30 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
4.4
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.5
(15 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
4.7
(7 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
3.1
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
6.8
(420 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(7 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
5.7
(5 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(6 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
4.1
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
Sage HRSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
Sage
Keeping an accurate time off calendar, with specific buckets, is extremely important. It has helped my company grow without having to manage things in Excel. Also, implementing an annual review process by using CakeHR has been very clean and transparent with my employees. This also allows me to see year over year. In years past, we used Word or a Jotform which made it challenging to pull up years past.
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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
  • Employee self service - the apps and desktops GUIs are very intuitive.
  • Leave management - this manages itself through the app and system, saves lots of admin.
  • Customization - you can tailor the system more and more to suit your specific needs.
  • Updates and Customer Service - the CakeHR team gave dedicated a lot of time to bring out weekly updates and systems improvements which shows they are dedicated to making this a great product - the fact that they were bought by Se recently is also testament to their ongoing mission.
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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
  • Some features available in other HR products have not been available in Cake in the past (Performance, ATS), however, these are being rolled out now.
  • The user experience for the Admin interface is not completely intuitive.
  • Overall look and feel could be updated one day.
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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
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
Sage
payroll process is good Sage HR - web version gives good demographic data uploading to Super portal is good uploading to ATO portal is good giving various reports to Managers is good
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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
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
Sage
Customer support is amazing. There are times I post a question and I don't get back to support. They will always follow-up with an email to make sure our questions are answered. I even had a call with Julianna who was wonderful and very personable. You definitely get a level us service that exceeds most companies. Keep up the good work CakeHR.
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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
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
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
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
Sage
Bamboo is more versatile for large enterprises where as Sage HR is better for smaller/mid-size businesses. Both systems have very similar features and functionality. Sage HR has great tools for companies with multiple locations which has benefitted us in tracking employees' time, resources, and performance. Both have similar customer service and it really comes down to what features you are wanting to focus on as a business.
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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
  • Saved me lots of admin time with employee self service.
  • I can run this system by myself for over 100 employees so no need to hire extra staff to manage.
  • Easy performance management allows the business to review and appraise employees and make everything more efficient (cost and time).
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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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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