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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Sage People

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AAn extensible, configurable, and flexible global cloud HR and People solution, Sage People aims to empower HR to lead change. Built on Salesforce, Sage People enables business to flow by being inclusive, agile, and resilient, designing new ways of working, successfully competing for talent, and driving business transformation. It does this through automation, to elevate the work of their HR teams and the workforce, using actionable People insights to experiment and innovate, while…N/A

    Workday HCM

    Score7.8 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
    Sage PeopleWorkday HCM
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Sage PeopleWorkday HCM
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Sage PeopleWorkday HCM
    Considered Both Products
    Sage
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    Workday
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    96%
    Would buy again
    68 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    50 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    66 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    87%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    26 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    36 Answers
    Features
    Sage PeopleWorkday HCM
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Sage People and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Sage People
    7.1
    3 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    9.0
    100 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Employee demographic data10.03 Ratings8.985 Ratings
    Employment history10.03 Ratings8.195 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration7.03 Ratings8.997 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.3.32 Ratings9.092 Ratings
    Organizational charting8.03 Ratings9.891 Ratings
    Organization and location management8.03 Ratings9.888 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)3.12 Ratings8.763 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Sage People and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Sage People
    9.2
    3 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.6
    83 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Support for external payroll vendors9.62 Ratings7.259 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration9.01 Ratings8.966 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management9.01 Ratings9.069 Ratings
    Pay calculation00 Ratings9.871 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings9.121 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.072 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.345 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Sage People and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Sage People
    9.7
    3 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.6
    78 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Approval workflow10.03 Ratings8.977 Ratings
    Balance details9.03 Ratings8.177 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment10.03 Ratings8.963 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Sage People and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Sage People
    8.2
    3 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.2
    98 Ratings
    1% below category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information8.03 Ratings8.187 Ratings
    Update personal information10.03 Ratings8.196 Ratings
    View company policy documentation10.03 Ratings7.976 Ratings
    Employee recognition5.03 Ratings8.959 Ratings
    View job history8.03 Ratings8.187 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of Sage People and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Sage People
    9.8
    2 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    7.4
    82 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Report builder9.82 Ratings8.978 Ratings
    Pre-built reports9.82 Ratings6.280 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data9.82 Ratings7.168 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Sage People and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Sage People
    9.0
    3 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.9
    60 Ratings
    10% above category average
    New hire portal9.03 Ratings8.955 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools9.03 Ratings8.956 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Sage People and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Sage People
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.9
    64 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Corporate goal setting8.03 Ratings8.954 Ratings
    Individual goal setting9.03 Ratings8.963 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility8.03 Ratings8.954 Ratings
    Performance tracking9.03 Ratings8.962 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Sage People and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Sage People
    7.8
    3 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.1
    67 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Performance plans8.03 Ratings8.166 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans7.02 Ratings8.158 Ratings
    Review status tracking9.03 Ratings8.162 Ratings
    Review reminders7.03 Ratings8.161 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency8.03 Ratings8.154 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Sage People and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Sage People
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    7.9
    44 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Create succession plans/pools8.22 Ratings8.038 Ratings
    Candidate ranking8.02 Ratings7.938 Ratings
    Candidate search8.02 Ratings8.042 Ratings
    Candidate development7.82 Ratings7.840 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Sage People and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Sage People
    6.7
    3 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.4
    52 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Job Requisition Management8.03 Ratings8.849 Ratings
    Company Website Posting9.03 Ratings8.942 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media7.42 Ratings7.237 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting7.22 Ratings8.943 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention2.12 Ratings8.743 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking5.62 Ratings8.043 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts8.02 Ratings8.047 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of Sage People and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Sage People
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.4
    25 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.425 Ratings
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    UZIO
    Score9.4 out of 10
    UZIO
    Score9.4 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
    Sage PeopleWorkday HCM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (134 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 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
    Sage PeopleWorkday HCM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Sage
    Sage People is well suited to small-medium sized organizations that would like a cloud-based HR solution with no need for servers or software to install. I really like the fact that it is based on Salesforce.com so you know that it will be extremely reliable and well supported. It is very flexible and customizable and can work in complex HR arrangements. For example, we have employees in nearly 60 countries and multiple HR jurisdictions and we are able to make it work for us. However, if you are moving from a traditional or customized HR system there may be a steep learning curve and you should be prepared to spend a lot of time setting up and customizing to your needs, in addition to training.
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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
    Sage
    • Sage is highly flexible and configurable, allowing us to manage the variety of geographies and functional units in one platform.
    • Sage is highly customer focused, with great CSM support.
    • Sage People will be able to integrate with other Sage pillars such as Accounting and Payroll.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Sage
    • Training manuals are not much useful. You always need a helping hand to move forward.
    • When you have to look up employees, we have to provide their job title which I feel is not an efficient way.
    Incentivized
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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
    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
    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
    Incentivized
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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
    We moved to Sage People from a 20+-year-old internally developed HR software. We also evaluated other HR software such as Kronos, SAP, and BambooHR. Ultimately, we chose Sage because of the extensive support they provided to us and the ability to customize to fit our organization's needs. We loved the fact that they were completely cloud-based and built on a reputable platform (Salesforce).
    Incentivized
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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
    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
    • Has significantly improved our team resources by having one system and set of processes, rather than managing duplicate entry in multiple systems
    • Has allowed us to finally have a process for ensuring we can approve, manage, track and report employee PTO liability in one system
    • Improved HR Data reporting and Data Analytics for both HR and for managers, so that we can make better people and business decisions
    • Better manager and employee experiences by eliminating paper based request forms and automating workflows
    Incentivized
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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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    ScreenShots

    Sage People Screenshots

    Screenshot of Reports on the matters that mean the most to the organization. Offers insights about a global workforce to suppot informed, data-driven business decisions with data that is always up to date.Screenshot of An employee self-service portal gives the workforce access to common HR tasks, such as managing personal and pay details, viewing company communications, and managing their time off.Screenshot of Sage People is used to manage time off, and track and manage planned and unplanned absences by team or by an individual.Screenshot of Locates future leaders, close skills gaps, and develops talent with a system for employees and managers to engage in conversations anytime, anywhere, with real-time feedback, instant recognition, flexible goal setting, and formal, flexible performance reviews.Screenshot of The Sage People mobile app is used to manage HR processes on-the-go.Screenshot of Sage People Payroll is a unified HR and Payroll system for UK and US teams, to provide an accurate, synced view of people costs.​

    Workday HCM Screenshots

    Screenshot of Workday Human Capital Management HomepageScreenshot of Workday Human Capital Management Manager Insights HubScreenshot of Workday Human Capital Management HR Partners HubScreenshot of Workday Human Capital Management Expense AnalysisScreenshot of Workday Human Capital Management Skills DashboardScreenshot of Workday Human Capital Management HR Operations and Compliance Dashboard