SAP SuccessFactors HCM vs. Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX

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)
Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Symphony Talent describes itself as a global leader in Employer Brand and Candidate Experience solutions, boasting some of the world's leading brands as customers. Combining creative and marketing technology, Symphony Talent states the company's goal is to transform employer brands to deliver world-class experiences for candidates, employees and recruiters. Symphony Talent acquired SmashFly in November, 2019. In June 2020, they launched SmashFlyX, their reimagining of the platform…N/A
Pricing
SAP SuccessFactors HCMSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP SuccessFactors HCMSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
Free Trial
YesNo
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 SuccessFactors HCMSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
Considered Both Products
SAP SuccessFactors HCM

No answer on this topic

Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
Chose Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
It was like night and day. Success Factors had horrible customer service and we had very limited control over the platform. When we transitioned to SmashFly, their customer service was excellent and we had complete control over the system to make any changes we needed quickly. …
Features
SAP SuccessFactors HCMSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
765 Ratings
1% below category average
Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data8.3676 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.1688 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.8662 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.8.0628 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting8.1699 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management8.0629 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.7393 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.8
434 Ratings
4% below category average
Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
-
Ratings
Pay calculation8.1328 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.4293 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.7291 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.6277 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.8276 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.0353 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.8250 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
433 Ratings
0% above category average
Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
-
Ratings
Approval workflow8.4429 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details8.1365 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment8.0323 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
613 Ratings
0% below category average
Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information8.4459 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information8.7597 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.0396 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition7.8366 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.3571 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
Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
-
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
598 Ratings
8% below category average
Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
-
Ratings
Report builder7.2572 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.0541 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.7447 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
483 Ratings
0% above category average
Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
-
Ratings
New hire portal7.7469 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.6439 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
598 Ratings
4% above category average
Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting8.1535 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting8.3591 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility8.0479 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking8.0556 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
631 Ratings
4% above category average
Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
-
Ratings
Performance plans8.1605 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans8.0517 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking8.0571 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders7.9567 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency8.0465 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
429 Ratings
3% above category average
Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools8.1396 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking8.0375 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search8.0382 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development8.0361 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
4.1
504 Ratings
61% below category average
Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
7.0
3 Ratings
12% below category average
Job Requisition Management7.9480 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.7457 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.7398 Ratings5.03 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.7438 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.5409 Ratings1.02 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.8461 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.9464 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Customized Application Form00 Ratings5.03 Ratings
Resume Management00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Candidate Search00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Email Templates00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
User Permissions00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings5.03 Ratings
Best Alternatives
SAP SuccessFactors HCMSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
Small Businesses
Dayforce Powerpay
Dayforce Powerpay
Score 9.5 out of 10
Breezy HR
Breezy HR
Score 9.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.7 out of 10
Breezy HR
Breezy HR
Score 9.2 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 SuccessFactors HCMSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(787 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(53 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(309 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
8.8
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
7.8
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
5.4
(30 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
4.8
(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
5.6
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
4.6
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP SuccessFactors HCMSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
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.
Read full review
Symphony Talent
I think all organizations both small and large could benefit from Symphony Talent. It is a must to have a recruitment marketing platform these days given it's a job-seekers market. It is more important today more than ever to capture and nurture leads for your organization and keep them updated on jobs and things happening related to the culture of your organization. Organizations with less than 100 people may be able to get away without it
Read full review
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.
Read full review
Symphony Talent
  • Ability to track candidates engagements with requisitions
  • Personalized email campaigns
  • Ability to post requisitions in different job sites
  • Easy to integrate other systems with SmashFly
  • Talent Network Forms
Read full review
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.
Read full review
Symphony Talent
  • Moving candidates through steps can seem very clunky. When I first started using the software, I was turned off because it seemed to be a little redundant.
Read full review
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.
Read full review
Symphony Talent
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
Read full review
Symphony Talent
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.
Read full review
Symphony Talent
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.
Read full review
Symphony Talent
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.
Read full review
Symphony Talent
I believe SmashFly does a great job supporting their system and staying involved with their clients. Everything in the system is basically a workflow so you can create them or reachout to support for help
Read full review
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
Read full review
Symphony Talent
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.
Read full review
Symphony Talent
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.
Read full review
Symphony Talent
No answers on this topic
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.
Read full review
Symphony Talent
It was like night and day. Success Factors had horrible customer service and we had very limited control over the platform. When we transitioned to SmashFly, their customer service was excellent and we had complete control over the system to make any changes we needed quickly. The technical support with SmashFly is also one of the best I've seen in the business. Their turnaround time is pretty quick when compared to others
Read full review
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
SAP
Not applicable.
Read full review
Symphony Talent
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.
Read full review
Symphony Talent
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.
Read full review
Symphony Talent
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.
Read full review
Symphony Talent
  • From what I've heard, recruiters have noticed a big upswing in candidate response rate, which of course, leads to increased rates of hire.
  • Some recruiters are reluctant to use smashfly because they think they're doing double effort.
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