SAP Core HR and Payroll vs. SAP SuccessFactors HCM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAP Core HR and Payroll
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
N/AN/A
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
SAP Core HR and PayrollSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP Core HR and PayrollSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
SAP Core HR and PayrollSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Considered Both Products
SAP Core HR and Payroll

No answer on this topic

SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
In my opinion, Netsuite is terrible to use.
Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
We have traditionally use SAP products and from a SAP perspective, cloud definitely is much more leverageable than on-premise.
Features
SAP Core HR and PayrollSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Core HR and Payroll
7.1
5 Ratings
13% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
773 Ratings
1% below category average
Employee demographic data8.03 Ratings8.3683 Ratings
Employment history8.05 Ratings8.1696 Ratings
Job profiles and administration6.04 Ratings7.8670 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.5.05 Ratings8.0633 Ratings
Organizational charting8.05 Ratings8.1707 Ratings
Organization and location management9.05 Ratings8.0636 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)6.02 Ratings7.7398 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Core HR and Payroll
7.3
5 Ratings
11% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.8
441 Ratings
4% below category average
Pay calculation8.05 Ratings8.1333 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.03 Ratings7.4297 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.02 Ratings7.7297 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.04 Ratings7.6284 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.04 Ratings7.8281 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management6.05 Ratings8.0359 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.03 Ratings7.8256 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Core HR and Payroll
4.7
3 Ratings
54% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
440 Ratings
0% above category average
Approval workflow5.03 Ratings8.4436 Ratings
Balance details5.03 Ratings8.1371 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment4.03 Ratings8.0329 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
SAP Core HR and Payroll
5.8
5 Ratings
34% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.3
620 Ratings
1% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information6.04 Ratings8.4467 Ratings
Update personal information7.05 Ratings8.7603 Ratings
View company policy documentation6.03 Ratings8.0404 Ratings
Employee recognition5.04 Ratings7.8374 Ratings
View job history5.04 Ratings8.4579 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Core HR and Payroll
3.0
1 Ratings
90% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
3 Ratings
5% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets3.01 Ratings8.43 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAP Core HR and Payroll
5.0
4 Ratings
41% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.0
605 Ratings
8% below category average
Report builder5.04 Ratings7.2579 Ratings
Pre-built reports4.04 Ratings7.0549 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.03 Ratings6.7454 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
SAP Core HR and Payroll
9.0
3 Ratings
12% above category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
490 Ratings
0% above category average
New hire portal9.03 Ratings7.7476 Ratings
Manager tracking tools9.03 Ratings7.6446 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
SAP Core HR and Payroll
7.8
3 Ratings
3% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
605 Ratings
4% above category average
Corporate goal setting8.03 Ratings8.2542 Ratings
Individual goal setting8.03 Ratings8.3598 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.03 Ratings8.0486 Ratings
Performance tracking8.03 Ratings8.0563 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Core HR and Payroll
8.0
3 Ratings
1% above category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
638 Ratings
4% above category average
Performance plans8.03 Ratings8.1612 Ratings
Performance improvement plans8.03 Ratings8.0524 Ratings
Review status tracking8.03 Ratings8.0578 Ratings
Review reminders8.03 Ratings7.9574 Ratings
Multiple review frequency8.03 Ratings8.1472 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
SAP Core HR and Payroll
7.0
3 Ratings
11% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
436 Ratings
3% above category average
Create succession plans/pools6.03 Ratings8.1402 Ratings
Candidate ranking8.03 Ratings8.0381 Ratings
Candidate search7.03 Ratings8.0389 Ratings
Candidate development7.03 Ratings8.0368 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
SAP Core HR and Payroll
6.7
3 Ratings
14% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
4.2
513 Ratings
59% below category average
Job Requisition Management8.03 Ratings7.9489 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.02 Ratings7.8466 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.02 Ratings7.8406 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting6.02 Ratings7.7447 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention4.02 Ratings7.5417 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.03 Ratings7.9470 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts8.03 Ratings7.9473 Ratings
Best Alternatives
SAP Core HR and PayrollSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Small Businesses
Dayforce Powerpay
Dayforce Powerpay
Score 9.4 out of 10
Dayforce Powerpay
Dayforce Powerpay
Score 9.4 out of 10
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
PeopleStrong
PeopleStrong
Score 9.9 out of 10
PeopleStrong
PeopleStrong
Score 9.9 out of 10
All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
User Ratings
SAP Core HR and PayrollSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(5 ratings)
8.4
(788 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.0
(1 ratings)
8.7
(53 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(310 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(7 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
5.4
(30 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
4.7
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.5
(15 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
5.1
(7 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
3.0
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
6.9
(420 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(7 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(5 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
5.5
(6 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
4.5
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP Core HR and PayrollSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP
SAP HR can be well suited for global companies with operations in multiple countries. The Payroll module needs to be limited to one instance per country, otherwise trying to maintain multiple countries on the same instance is too complicated. I would not recommend using SAP HR and Payroll for smaller companies because the total cost of ownership and the lack of flexibility will make it unfeasible. There are many cloud-based options now a days available that would fit better for this type of scenario.
Read full review
SAP
SAP SuccessFactors a cloud-based human capital management (HCM) tool, helped us to manage core HR, talent management, and employee experience across the entire employee lifecycle. It also provides tools for recruiting, onboarding, performance, learning, compensation, and workforce analytics, using AI to create personalized experiences and streamline processes.
Read full review
Pros
SAP
  • Employee lifecycle JLM process.
  • Globally employee engagement.
  • Employee Learning and development process.
Read full review
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.
Read full review
Cons
SAP
  • The design looks outdated
  • Could add more functions like PTO tracking
  • The help sections aren’t very helpful
Read full review
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.
Read full review
Likelihood to Renew
SAP
I live to mention this rating due the SAP core HR very user frndly and providing and multi HR module under single umbrella. there are multi reasons for this rating we have
Read full review
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.
Read full review
Usability
SAP
The application is highly available, easy to use, and very user-friendly.
Read full review
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
Read full review
Reliability and Availability
SAP
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.
Read full review
Performance
SAP
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.
Read full review
Support Rating
SAP
Even we have excellent team for SAP system who aways working good, whenever we needed for Support for SAP we got quick support for SAP as well
Read full review
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.
Read full review
In-Person Training
SAP
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
Read full review
Online Training
SAP
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.
Read full review
Implementation Rating
SAP
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.
Read full review
Alternatives Considered
SAP
SAP is very intuitive to use and allows us to achieve our goals.
Read full review
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.
Read full review
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
SAP
No answers on this topic
SAP
Not applicable.
Read full review
Scalability
SAP
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.
Read full review
Professional Services
SAP
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.
Read full review
Return on Investment
SAP
  • SAP HR is suited for large companies with a sufficient budget. Small budgets will not be able to cover the expensive licensing, technical personnel and consultants required of an SAP installation.
  • In regards to the total cost of ownership, my ROI experience has been that by replacing SAP HR modules with cloud solutions we have been able to reduce the cost up to 60% while modernizing our systems and improving the employee experience.
  • I would encourage decision makers to look for cloud-based alternatives with a robust system integration, before believing that supporting every area of HR with a single SAP installation is a good long-term strategy. Having SAP HR as the core integrated to best-in-class cloud-based systems is a very valid and effective system strategy.
Read full review
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.
Read full review
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