SAP SuccessFactors HCM vs. SilkRoad Performance

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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)
SilkRoad Performance
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
SilkRoad Performance (formerly WingSpan) is SilkRoad's employee performance management product and is one component of the Life Suite platform.N/A
Pricing
SAP SuccessFactors HCMSilkRoad Performance
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP SuccessFactors HCMSilkRoad Performance
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
SAP SuccessFactors HCMSilkRoad Performance
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
767 Ratings
1% below category average
SilkRoad Performance
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data8.3677 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.1690 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.8664 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.8.0629 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting8.1701 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management8.0630 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.7394 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.8
435 Ratings
4% below category average
SilkRoad Performance
-
Ratings
Pay calculation8.1329 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.4293 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.7292 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.6278 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.8277 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.0354 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.7251 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
434 Ratings
0% above category average
SilkRoad Performance
-
Ratings
Approval workflow8.4430 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details8.1366 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment8.0324 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.3
614 Ratings
1% above category average
SilkRoad Performance
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information8.4461 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information8.7597 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.0398 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition7.8368 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.4573 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
3 Ratings
5% above category average
SilkRoad Performance
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.0
599 Ratings
8% below category average
SilkRoad Performance
-
Ratings
Report builder7.2573 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.0543 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.7448 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
484 Ratings
0% above category average
SilkRoad Performance
-
Ratings
New hire portal7.7470 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.6440 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
599 Ratings
4% above category average
SilkRoad Performance
2.3
1 Ratings
107% below category average
Corporate goal setting8.2536 Ratings2.01 Ratings
Individual goal setting8.3592 Ratings3.01 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility8.0480 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking8.0557 Ratings00 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
632 Ratings
4% above category average
SilkRoad Performance
-
Ratings
Performance plans8.1606 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans8.0518 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking8.0572 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders7.9568 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency8.1466 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
430 Ratings
3% above category average
SilkRoad Performance
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools8.1397 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking8.0376 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search8.0383 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development8.0362 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
4.2
507 Ratings
59% below category average
SilkRoad Performance
-
Ratings
Job Requisition Management7.9483 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.8460 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.8400 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.7441 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.5411 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.9464 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.9467 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCMSilkRoad Performance
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(782 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(53 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(304 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
8.8
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
7.8
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
5.4
(30 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
4.7
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.5
(15 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
5.2
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
2.9
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
6.9
(419 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.8
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
6.1
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
5.5
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
4.6
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP SuccessFactors HCMSilkRoad Performance
Likelihood to Recommend
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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SilkRoad
No, we just had a bad experience unfortunately.
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Pros
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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SilkRoad
  • Unfortunately our experience was very poor, so I don't have anything for what they do "particularly" well.
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Cons
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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SilkRoad
  • Transparency about the capabilities of their system. We would have never chosen WingSpan had we had a clear picture of the limitations of their system.
  • Ease of use - as an administrator we found it to be difficult to work with. Of course, improvements may have been made in this area since we used it last.
  • The user interface could use some updating.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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SilkRoad
No answers on this topic
Usability
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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SilkRoad
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
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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SilkRoad
No answers on this topic
Performance
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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SilkRoad
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
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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SilkRoad
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In-Person Training
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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SilkRoad
No answers on this topic
Online Training
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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SilkRoad
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
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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SilkRoad
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Alternatives Considered
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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SilkRoad
We used Cvent following our WingSpan experience. It worked out much better and had more capability than WingSpan.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
SAP
Not applicable.
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SilkRoad
No answers on this topic
Scalability
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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SilkRoad
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
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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SilkRoad
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
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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SilkRoad
  • I feel it set us back a bit, and also caused us to lose credibility with our management team after it turned out to be a "failed experiment."
  • We have gone back to a manual system of doing goal setting that works better for us.
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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