Sage HRMS vs. Workday Human Capital Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Sage HRMS
Score 9.8 out of 10
N/A
Sage HRMS is an HR management solution that integrates payroll, benefits, recruiting, employee self-service, and analytics capabilities.N/A
Workday HCM
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Workday 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
Sage HRMSWorkday Human Capital Management
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Sage HRMSWorkday 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
Sage HRMSWorkday Human Capital Management
Considered Both Products
Sage HRMS

No answer on this topic

Workday HCM
Chose Workday Human Capital Management
My previous company used Sage because it was significantly smaller than the company I work at now. Workday was implemented before I got here. We have stayed with Workday because it is a rapidly growing product and is being used more and more by many high profile companies. …
Features
Sage HRMSWorkday Human Capital Management
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage HRMS
5.5
9 Ratings
38% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.5
97 Ratings
5% above category average
Employee demographic data8.08 Ratings8.382 Ratings
Employment history8.09 Ratings8.692 Ratings
Job profiles and administration1.39 Ratings8.594 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.99 Ratings9.189 Ratings
Organizational charting6.04 Ratings9.288 Ratings
Organization and location management6.06 Ratings8.885 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)1.27 Ratings6.760 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage HRMS
4.8
7 Ratings
52% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.9
80 Ratings
9% above category average
Pay calculation6.17 Ratings8.468 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors4.04 Ratings8.656 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment6.92 Ratings9.818 Ratings
Benefit plan administration2.16 Ratings8.463 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.07 Ratings8.669 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management3.06 Ratings9.166 Ratings
Reimbursement management3.27 Ratings9.243 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage HRMS
1.2
7 Ratings
149% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.5
75 Ratings
4% above category average
Approval workflow1.26 Ratings8.574 Ratings
Balance details1.27 Ratings8.474 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment1.06 Ratings8.760 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Sage HRMS
3.9
8 Ratings
71% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.4
95 Ratings
2% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information4.18 Ratings8.884 Ratings
Update personal information4.27 Ratings8.693 Ratings
View company policy documentation1.16 Ratings7.673 Ratings
Employee recognition6.04 Ratings7.957 Ratings
View job history4.05 Ratings8.884 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage HRMS
7.0
2 Ratings
13% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.2
25 Ratings
3% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets7.02 Ratings8.225 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Sage HRMS
3.7
8 Ratings
69% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.3
79 Ratings
9% above category average
Report builder2.07 Ratings8.875 Ratings
Pre-built reports1.28 Ratings8.577 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data8.06 Ratings7.865 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Sage HRMS
7.0
4 Ratings
13% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.5
57 Ratings
6% above category average
New hire portal7.04 Ratings8.452 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.03 Ratings8.753 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Sage HRMS
7.3
2 Ratings
10% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.4
61 Ratings
4% above category average
Corporate goal setting8.01 Ratings8.651 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.02 Ratings8.660 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility8.01 Ratings7.851 Ratings
Performance tracking6.02 Ratings8.659 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage HRMS
7.8
5 Ratings
1% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.8
64 Ratings
11% above category average
Performance plans9.03 Ratings8.963 Ratings
Performance improvement plans8.03 Ratings8.855 Ratings
Review status tracking7.03 Ratings8.759 Ratings
Review reminders8.04 Ratings9.058 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.03 Ratings8.851 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Sage HRMS
8.5
1 Ratings
9% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
7.8
41 Ratings
0% below category average
Create succession plans/pools9.01 Ratings9.235 Ratings
Candidate ranking8.01 Ratings7.536 Ratings
Candidate search8.01 Ratings7.939 Ratings
Candidate development9.01 Ratings6.837 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Sage HRMS
7.6
3 Ratings
1% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.3
49 Ratings
8% above category average
Job Requisition Management5.02 Ratings8.046 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.23 Ratings8.439 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.01 Ratings8.634 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.01 Ratings8.540 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention8.01 Ratings7.740 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.02 Ratings8.140 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts9.01 Ratings8.444 Ratings
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Medium-sized Companies
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.7 out of 10
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
Sage HRMSWorkday Human Capital Management
Likelihood to Recommend
1.2
(10 ratings)
9.0
(130 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(18 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(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
Sage HRMSWorkday Human Capital Management
Likelihood to Recommend
Sage
Sage HRMS is a software that fits in all organizations whether small or large and this makes it the most suitable HR solution as it will help you manage your workforce even if it may appear small. The software has analytics and reporting tools that are applicable in performance management where you will use them in assessing the productivity of your employees and plan on how to improve further as a workforce. It further helps in employee on-boarding, payroll management, and talent management
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Workday
I would say it's well suited in every environment because I think it does so much. It's like the holy grail of HRIS systems is what I like to call it because thinking about all parts of the employee lifecycle, it lives here in Workday Human Capital Management. So I love the fact that you can do the people data analytics, you can store employee records, the talent acquisition pieces there. I'm thinking I can't think of anything negative right now except for the fact that I can't drill down into the data for the people analytics side. Other than that, I think it's literally, yeah, the holy grail of HRIS systems, I love it and I would highly recommend it.
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Pros
Sage
  • Ability to see history (like job history) easily at a glance.
  • Ability to make changes easily.
  • Organizing info in the employee record.
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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
Sage
  • We changed our chart of accounts. The system does not allow you to change the numbering format, so we had to start over with new databases.
  • The tax return portion of the software does not file local taxes. We would definitely like to see this functionality in the future.
  • The payroll piece does not handle complicated move up and move downs for union pay. This could definitely be improved upon.
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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
Sage
I do not work with this software anymore, and I am not involved with the renewal of it. However, if I were, I would still suggest using it unless something better was introduced
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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
Sage
No answers on this topic
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
Sage
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
Sage
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
Sage
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
Sage
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
Sage
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
Sage
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
Sage
Sage HRMS was very cost effective for a non-profit. It does all that we needed as a company and more. It also allows us to handle payroll ourselves instead of outsourcing [it].
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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.
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Scalability
Sage
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
Sage
  • there can be a high ROI when processing payroll in house compared to outsourced. Not to mention the flexibility you gain.
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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

Workday HCM Screenshots

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