SAP Concur vs. Workday Adaptive Planning

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAP Concur
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
SAP Concur is a SaaS expense report management product, and handles corporate travel booking, expense report automation, reimbursement, audit, and business intelligence, and corporate card integration.
$9
per month
Workday Adaptive Planning
Score 8.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Workday Adaptive Planning(formerly Adaptive Insights) is a financial planning and reporting tool. It includes automated budgeting and forecasting, financial reporting, and other active planning capabilities, including integrations with third-party products like Salesforce.N/A
Pricing
SAP ConcurWorkday Adaptive Planning
Editions & Modules
Concur Travel and Expense
$9.00
per report (average price)
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP ConcurWorkday Adaptive Planning
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
SAP ConcurWorkday Adaptive Planning
Considered Both Products
SAP Concur
Chose SAP Concur
Expensify was the legacy system I first used prior to Concur. While I am big cheerleader for the price and usefulness it had for my company in its early stages, there was a definite point in which we outgrew Expensify and its limited flexibility to grow. Concur does a pretty …
Workday Adaptive Planning
Chose Workday Adaptive Planning
I have either used Excel or budgeting tools within the accounting software packages. Excel can be tricky and error-prone due to formulas, but they are customizable, and you can adjust things on the fly. Accounting software budgeting tools are usually minimal and are not …
Chose Workday Adaptive Planning
We didn't evaluate other products. Adaptive Insights was highly recommended by our consultants.
Chose Workday Adaptive Planning
I do not have comparisons for this product, other than the budgeting section with Intacct. That system however, is not designed as an FP&A tool, so it is only a bare bones budgeting tool, that would work for smaller organizations, but would not be a manageable solution for the …
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Features
SAP ConcurWorkday Adaptive Planning
Expense Management
Comparison of Expense Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Concur
8.3
283 Ratings
0% below category average
Workday Adaptive Planning
-
Ratings
Employee Expense Reporting8.4278 Ratings00 Ratings
Corporate Card Reconciliation8.2203 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Management
Comparison of Payment Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Concur
8.1
239 Ratings
1% below category average
Workday Adaptive Planning
-
Ratings
Customizable Approval Policies8.1204 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial Document Management8.5171 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Status Tracking8.3208 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Audit Trail8.2187 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Bill Detection7.8166 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced OCR7.8147 Ratings00 Ratings
Electronic Funds Transfer8.2138 Ratings00 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAP Concur
-
Ratings
Workday Adaptive Planning
9.3
1 Ratings
19% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAP Concur
-
Ratings
Workday Adaptive Planning
8.0
1 Ratings
2% below category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
SAP Concur
-
Ratings
Workday Adaptive Planning
8.0
1 Ratings
3% below category average
Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
SAP Concur
-
Ratings
Workday Adaptive Planning
7.7
1 Ratings
2% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
SAP Concur
-
Ratings
Workday Adaptive Planning
9.0
1 Ratings
3% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
SAP Concur
-
Ratings
Workday Adaptive Planning
8.5
1 Ratings
8% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
SAP Concur
-
Ratings
Workday Adaptive Planning
9.0
187 Ratings
8% above category average
Long-term financial planning00 Ratings8.7173 Ratings
Financial budgeting00 Ratings9.5184 Ratings
Forecasting00 Ratings9.0179 Ratings
Scenario modeling00 Ratings9.2170 Ratings
Management reporting00 Ratings8.7184 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
SAP Concur
-
Ratings
Workday Adaptive Planning
6.9
152 Ratings
14% below category average
Financial data consolidation00 Ratings7.0115 Ratings
Journal entries and reports00 Ratings6.575 Ratings
Multi-currency management00 Ratings6.887 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings5.868 Ratings
Minority Ownership00 Ratings5.840 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings9.0102 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings7.7127 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
SAP Concur
-
Ratings
Workday Adaptive Planning
8.5
175 Ratings
5% above category average
Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings9.0154 Ratings
Management Reporting00 Ratings8.9170 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings8.4169 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings9.1146 Ratings
XBRL support for regulatory filing00 Ratings7.028 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAP Concur
-
Ratings
Workday Adaptive Planning
8.2
144 Ratings
2% above category average
Personalized dashboards00 Ratings7.6126 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings8.0105 Ratings
KPIs00 Ratings8.8117 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings7.8119 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings8.7101 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings8.470 Ratings
Integration
Comparison of Integration features of Product A and Product B
SAP Concur
-
Ratings
Workday Adaptive Planning
8.5
165 Ratings
2% above category average
Flat file integration00 Ratings9.2129 Ratings
Excel data integration00 Ratings8.1158 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings8.3120 Ratings
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SAP ConcurWorkday Adaptive Planning
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Score 9.6 out of 10
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Score 8.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Rippling
Rippling
Score 9.0 out of 10
Centage
Centage
Score 9.5 out of 10
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Webexpenses
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
SAP ConcurWorkday Adaptive Planning
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(759 ratings)
9.0
(216 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(31 ratings)
7.7
(43 ratings)
Usability
8.4
(74 ratings)
8.9
(122 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(10 ratings)
7.3
(11 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(7 ratings)
9.1
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(37 ratings)
8.2
(33 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.7
(4 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(5 ratings)
7.3
(9 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(10 ratings)
9.1
(27 ratings)
Configurability
9.0
(5 ratings)
8.2
(5 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.0
(49 ratings)
7.6
(8 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.2
(49 ratings)
8.4
(12 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
5.0
(6 ratings)
8.2
(4 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
5.9
(5 ratings)
6.4
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP ConcurWorkday Adaptive Planning
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP Concur
SAP Concur works very well to book travel. It provides several options for airlines, hotels and cars. Automatically updates the calendar. Reminds to complete relevant subsequent activities. The app allows to capture the receipts and amounts very easily. While reconciliation this becomes very easy and fast. It allows to capture tips and one can manually update the amount.
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Workday
In a previous company, I was hired based on my experience with Workday Adaptive Planning. After being hired and reviewing the company, I quickly determined they were not large of enough of a company to need the program. Instead, we made better Excel budget templates, utilized OneDrive and created a better experience without the cost. Left the job after 9 months because I worked my way out of the position. My next role I looked for bigger companies and had better success with implementation.
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Pros
SAP Concur
  • SAP Concur has mobile applications for iOS and Android devices.
  • It offers capabilities that automate complex and repetitive accounting processes.
  • In addition, SAP Concur offers invoice, travel, and expense modules in one place.
  • It eradicates errors when paying vendors by matching POs, invoices, and receivables.
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Workday
  • It helps create dynamic plans for finances, operations and various functional units in an organization all under one platform
  • It helps in scenario modeling to help analyze various business events and report by any number of business dimensions including channel, customer or product
  • It can be integrated with any system including ERP, BI or CRM
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Cons
SAP Concur
  • For a new user of SAP Concur, it becomes difficult to file the first reimbursement as that person is new to the application and probably, one needs to to go through the instructions to get used to it. So, user interface can be improved and could be tried to make more interactive. Other than that, it's all good to go.
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Workday
  • Web reports and sheets are not great for in-depth reporting, and require the use of the OfficeConnect for Excel plugin and, therefore, the use of Excel for extensive reporting capabilities.
  • It has limited formula functionality in some instances, requiring again the use of OfficeConnect for Excel for extensive calculations.
  • I would like to see new planning sheet types or upgrades to existing sheet types; functionality has been the same for over 10 years.
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Likelihood to Renew
SAP Concur
Now that we are fully on Concur, switching is not an option. Concur has become ingrained in our expense reporting process. Furthermore, Concur continues to improve its offering. Each month, they release updates and changes, many of which were client requested. Concur's constant evolution means it is adapting with my business
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Workday
For one we're in way too deep to not move forward with Adaptive. We're integrated with Workday, we do a ton of reporting with Adaptive, and it's working very well for planning and forecasting. No reason to look back or change course.
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Usability
SAP Concur
I think it is very easy to use, especially once you are acquainted with it. I think the UX could be improved so some things, like accessing old reports, are more intuitive once you learn it though it is not difficult to replicate.
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Workday
Workday Adaptive Planning has detailed online help with both articles and videos that are comprehensive. It has a lot of similarities to Excel, which most finance people are already familiar with, plus the user interface is intuitive and easy to pick up. The online support team is quick to respond and very knowledgeable.
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Reliability and Availability
SAP Concur
In prior years I would have given them a 9.5 for availability. Unfortunately in 2015 so far this rating has dropped to a 7 overall.
We have experienced far too many interruptions - from admins to employees who rely on it for day to day booking of travel and submission of expense reports. Server errors, slow system response time and spinning wheels are too common place. Those things should be a rare occurrence, not a daily interruption.

While Conur still has great product offerings overall, they are currently not offering world class or best in class product (and customer service) availability. Remaining hopeful they step up and get their A game going again soon.
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Workday
There haven't been any lately. The only one issue I can think of is when there was an update in Adaptive that altered our reports. Before I realized there was an issue, Adaptive reached out to let me know, so that it could be fixed.
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Performance
SAP Concur
Pages always load quickly, reports are always completed in a quick and efficient time frame, and everything about the experience is swift. I've never had any frustrations or complexities that can't be handled easily
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Workday
All aspects of Adaptive Insights perform well. One area that I wish was quicker was integration. When importing data from Intacct our accounting ERP platform, it can sometimes take 4 hours for the import to process. The earlier imports are done, the quicker they complete. My estimate for a quick upload is about two hours.
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Support Rating
SAP Concur
I have never had to use customer support when using Concur Expense - the UX could be a bit nicer on the eyes or easier to understand, but there have never been any problems when using Concur Expense that I have had to ask or reach out to customer support to help me with anything.
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Workday
Whenever we have had any questions, issues, or concerns, the support has been quick and thorough. [This] allow[s] us to be able to fully resolve any issues, or be connected with the right group quickly to attain the result we were after; be it from simple formatting to adding new detailed reporting.
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In-Person Training
SAP Concur
My Seniors were the ones who taught me about Concur. Concur Support team has sent me training links and answered me in their tickets too. Usually they are helpful and knows their stuff. There are times when webex meetings is conducted for reporting training. They were very patient and took down all the details from me.
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Workday
This was extremely helpful so that they could walk you through the model and teach you more about the complexity of various areas. It is most helpful when it is specific to your organization's model. The larger in-person trainings were helpful but they tended to be more generic and entry level. The trainings that are more tailored to your specific needs are the most helpful.
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Online Training
SAP Concur
I can use it after that training, so it fits the purpose.
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Workday
They often times tended to be way too generic or entry level. They would also become sales pitches to upgrade or get new Adaptive Planning products. The questions in the training would be very niche and specific to other organizations. They were rarely helpful to the group at large.
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Implementation Rating
SAP Concur
There are different implementation teams for each module of the product you purchase, so implementation is not a 'one size fits all' environment. Also, the different implementation teams have different ways of doing things, so Concur could stand some standardization and streamlining in this area. A Project Manager can make or break an implementation so don't be scared to ask for a new one if things are rocky.
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Workday
Trust the expertise of very strong 3rd party implementers. Having deployed Adaptive at a separate company before, I thought I knew it all (hubris, I know). Fortunately, I began to (very quickly) trust the judgment of our Carlson implementation team, and they provided invaluable insights and best-in-class processes that have benefitted me and my team greatly.
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Alternatives Considered
SAP Concur
Expensify and Zoho Expense work for small and mid-size businesses. Big multinationals do not receive benefits from the apps. Coupa is good as a solution for organizations with non-SAP leading systems. If you plan to use SAP ERP as the main/lending system then SAP Concur is the best solution, mainly for its native integration with SAP ecosystem.
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Workday
Workday became our choice because it is fully web-based and easily integrates with other systems. The learning curve for Workday was shorter than that of Dynamics. The reporting tools in Workday are more user-friendly than that of Dynamics. However Workday did not have Check Printing tools which are available in Dynamics. The organization started a project to digitize all financial transactions so it was not a priority feature. When it comes to scaling up the functionalities of Workday it was much easier than Dynamics.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
SAP Concur
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Workday
Good read only seat access
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Scalability
SAP Concur
This program has been very helpful, user friendly and has been a great asset to use to assist with time management. Not only are leadership involved with using this program but all staff as well. This is also a great way to hold each accountable. Easy startup with not many means for hands on training
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Workday
We went from 2 users to 70+ users over a 2 year period of time. The application scaled wonderfully. 65 of those users were non-finance users so they were able to quickly learn the software and prepare budgets quickly and efficiently. That is the power of Adaptive and its ability to scale
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Professional Services
SAP Concur
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Workday
This is now available in house at Workday which is convenient.
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Return on Investment
SAP Concur
  • Concur's automation has produced impressive efficiency improvements, which have decreased the time and effort required for expense management.
  • Manual errors and policy violations have decreased, which has led to cost savings.
  • We now adhere to corporate regulations better, which lowers risks thanks to Concur's policy compliance checker.
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Workday
  • It's facilitated a better financial literacy and management by the non-financial managers in the company, giving them a much better ability to see what they're spending, control it, and plan better in the future.
  • It's hard to quantify the ease of model and version management, but we could never do what we're doing now with our current staff. It would take a small army to replicate anything close to what Adaptive pulls off using Excel, if it's even possible.
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ScreenShots

SAP Concur Screenshots

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Workday Adaptive Planning Screenshots

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