SAP SuccessFactors HCM vs. Sterling Check

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)
Sterling Check
Score 6.5 out of 10
N/A
Sterling background and identity solutions help you build a foundation of trust and safety for your employees, customers, and partners around the world. Sterling's CourtDirect technology provides direct online digital access to ~90% of US criminal search records, and SmartData technology enables Sterling to further automate across the end-to-end employment criminal background check process – from matching candidate data to determining reportability and applying any order rules.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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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
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Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
807 Ratings
1% below category average
Sterling Check
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Ratings
Employee demographic data8.3714 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.1726 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.9700 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.8.0657 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting8.1736 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management8.1665 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.8415 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.7
464 Ratings
5% below category average
Sterling Check
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Ratings
Pay calculation8.0355 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.4312 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.6313 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.6300 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.9297 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.0378 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.7275 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
464 Ratings
1% above category average
Sterling Check
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Ratings
Approval workflow8.5460 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details8.2393 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment8.1351 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.3
645 Ratings
1% above category average
Sterling Check
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View and generate pay and benefit information8.5489 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information8.8628 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.1427 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition7.8396 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.4603 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
3 Ratings
4% above category average
Sterling Check
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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
629 Ratings
8% below category average
Sterling Check
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Ratings
Report builder7.3600 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.0569 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.8475 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
511 Ratings
0% above category average
Sterling Check
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Ratings
New hire portal7.7497 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.6466 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
633 Ratings
4% above category average
Sterling Check
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Ratings
Corporate goal setting8.1568 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting8.2626 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.9512 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking8.0590 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
664 Ratings
4% above category average
Sterling Check
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Ratings
Performance plans8.2639 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans8.0550 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking8.0605 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders7.9598 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency8.1497 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
457 Ratings
2% above category average
Sterling Check
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Create succession plans/pools8.1423 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking8.1399 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search7.9407 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development8.0385 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.7
530 Ratings
1% below category average
Sterling Check
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Ratings
Job Requisition Management7.8504 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.8481 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.7418 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.7462 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.5431 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.8486 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.9490 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses
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Score 9.3 out of 10
Arcoro HR
Arcoro HR
Score 8.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.1 out of 10
Paycom
Paycom
Score 8.5 out of 10
Enterprises
PeopleStrong
PeopleStrong
Score 10.0 out of 10

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User Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCMSterling Check
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(765 ratings)
2.1
(8 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(52 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.1
(290 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
8.4
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
7.4
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
3.6
(29 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
3.9
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.8
(14 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
4.2
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
3.4
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
6.8
(420 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.5
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
5.1
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
4.4
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
3.4
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
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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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Sterling
SterlingOne has had my background check in progress for nearly a month. I spoke with them 5 days ago about the issue and discovered there was a criminal record flag in Connecticut. I have never been to Connecticut. They said this can often happen if an individual has the same name, birthday, or last four digits of SSN. This is clearly a flaw in their system if someone with the same name or birthday can appear on the same background check. I feel bad for any John Smith who applies for a job with a company that uses SterlingOne, they'll never get past the screening. Not only is this a flawed system, but when I spoke with customer service about this, they guaranteed they would expedite this within 24-48 hours. It has now been 5 days and when I called back, they said they would expedite this as if I had never called in the first place. I have been through numerous background checks for work in my life, I have done live scans and had my fingerprints taken, and have been approved to work with children with special needs (which requires a very rigorous screening) and I have never experienced such a disjointed and unprofessional process.
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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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Sterling
  • The initiation of a background check is very simple by only needing the name and email of the new candidate and submitting that as the new ticket.
  • Sterling communicates with the new candidate to keep the background check moving which saves us time by not needing to keep a close eye on the process of the background check.
  • Sterling communicates with the employer to let them know if additional charges are needed to run the background check and we can either approve or deny the charge.
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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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Sterling
  • In my opinion, Horrible new platform "Sterling check"
  • No designated account representative
  • In my experience, Poor troubleshooting support
  • Customer service often doesn't answer questions
  • Many back and forth needed to resolve issues
  • Recently changed platform and not offering the same services
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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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Sterling
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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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Sterling
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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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Sterling
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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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Sterling
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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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Sterling
  • Sterling Talent is an excellent company for performing the background checks for our new hires. However, the delay in processing times can be improved.
  • Also, there should be automation from legacy systems to pick up the candidate details as much as possible instead of asking for more details from the candidate via email.
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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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Sterling
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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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Sterling
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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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Sterling
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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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Sterling
We had no issues with HireRight. The system worked well and we had excellent service. The only reason we selected Sterling is we changed our ATS to Compas and wanted to be integrated with a background check company. Sterling was only one of two options and offered onboarding capabilities. The other did not
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
SAP
Not applicable.
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Sterling
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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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Sterling
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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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Sterling
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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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Sterling
  • Quick results allow us to hire people in short time frames and get them onboarded quickly.
  • The product, and the customer service team, doesn't require much management from a vendor relations perspective.
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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