SAP SuccessFactors HCM vs. UKG Pro

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)
UKG Pro
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
UKG delivers cloud-based HCM solutions including UKG Pro that help businesses simplify payroll computations, accelerate talent acquisition, manage time and attendance, and support proactive, strategic talent management on a global level.N/A
Pricing
SAP SuccessFactors HCMUKG Pro
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP SuccessFactors HCMUKG Pro
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
SAP SuccessFactors HCMUKG Pro
Considered Both Products
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Comparable; selected SAP SuccessFactors due to overall SAP ecosystem
Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
SAP is far better product when compare from Payroll. Time , core hr perspective
Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
SAP SuccessFactors has limited functionality compared to Oracle PeopleSoft and SAP on Prem
Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
I used both ADP and UltiPro in previous roles and did not have the full integrated experience that I do with SuccessFactors. I believe SuccessFactors is more powerful from a custom configuration standpoint and is more user friendly.
Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Compared to UltiPro (my current company's software) SuccessFactors is much easier and more efficient. SuccessFactors customer service is better and goes above and beyond others. I think that SuccessFactors also does a great job keeping up to date and being new and innovative …
UKG Pro
Chose UKG Pro
Definitely better than Ceridian
Chose UKG Pro
The organization already had UKG Pro - it was nothing that was chosen. As far as ranking, it would be last on the list.
Chose UKG Pro
I did not have a say in selecting UKG Pro in our organization, as that was done at the territorial level. In my personal experience, UKG Pro is easier to use than Oracle PeopleSoft (but that's a low bar), and less glitchy than Zenefits. SuccessFactors is comparable in terms of …
Chose UKG Pro
UKG is in line with the systems listed as a top five product. At the upper echelon, there is little to differentiate these products outside aspects that are usually industry specific requirements that some organizations have. For example, I have heard UKG is fantastic in the …
Chose UKG Pro
I couldn't add the ADP module I used - but it was a great product for a small organization.

ADP Reporting was an extremely easy and powerful report writer
Chose UKG Pro
I have previously used SuccessFactors and Workday and UltiPro is right up neck in neck with those major products. When I used SuccessFactors I would say it was my preferred Applicant Tracking System but for all in one program UltiPro is the best I have used. When I used both …
Features
SAP SuccessFactors HCMUKG Pro
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
780 Ratings
1% below category average
UKG Pro
7.8
940 Ratings
4% below category average
Employee demographic data8.3691 Ratings8.6851 Ratings
Employment history8.1704 Ratings8.3877 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.9677 Ratings8.0847 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.8.0640 Ratings7.6832 Ratings
Organizational charting8.1714 Ratings7.1743 Ratings
Organization and location management8.1643 Ratings8.0756 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.8403 Ratings7.2599 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.8
448 Ratings
4% below category average
UKG Pro
8.1
857 Ratings
0% below category average
Pay calculation8.1340 Ratings8.3811 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.4302 Ratings7.8407 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.7302 Ratings8.2318 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.6287 Ratings7.7732 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.8286 Ratings8.5799 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.0365 Ratings8.2659 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.8261 Ratings8.057 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
445 Ratings
1% above category average
UKG Pro
7.7
663 Ratings
6% below category average
Approval workflow8.5441 Ratings7.6588 Ratings
Balance details8.1376 Ratings7.7618 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment8.0334 Ratings7.7510 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.3
626 Ratings
1% above category average
UKG Pro
8.0
908 Ratings
2% below category average
View and generate pay and benefit information8.4473 Ratings8.2876 Ratings
Update personal information8.7609 Ratings8.4881 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.0410 Ratings7.9650 Ratings
Employee recognition7.8380 Ratings7.3340 Ratings
View job history8.4585 Ratings8.3862 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
UKG Pro
7.6
229 Ratings
5% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets8.43 Ratings7.6229 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.0
612 Ratings
7% below category average
UKG Pro
7.1
843 Ratings
6% below category average
Report builder7.3585 Ratings7.3819 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.0555 Ratings7.3832 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.7461 Ratings6.7579 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
496 Ratings
0% above category average
UKG Pro
7.8
644 Ratings
2% below category average
New hire portal7.8482 Ratings8.1637 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.7451 Ratings7.6516 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
611 Ratings
4% above category average
UKG Pro
7.5
438 Ratings
7% below category average
Corporate goal setting8.2548 Ratings7.3345 Ratings
Individual goal setting8.3604 Ratings7.5417 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility8.0492 Ratings7.6298 Ratings
Performance tracking8.0569 Ratings7.6387 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
644 Ratings
4% above category average
UKG Pro
7.5
542 Ratings
5% below category average
Performance plans8.2619 Ratings7.6484 Ratings
Performance improvement plans8.0531 Ratings7.0381 Ratings
Review status tracking8.1585 Ratings7.7498 Ratings
Review reminders8.0580 Ratings7.5468 Ratings
Multiple review frequency8.1479 Ratings7.6394 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
443 Ratings
3% above category average
UKG Pro
7.1
235 Ratings
9% below category average
Create succession plans/pools8.2409 Ratings6.7189 Ratings
Candidate ranking8.0388 Ratings7.2203 Ratings
Candidate search8.0396 Ratings7.5206 Ratings
Candidate development8.0374 Ratings7.0187 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
4.2
518 Ratings
58% below category average
UKG Pro
7.5
530 Ratings
2% below category average
Job Requisition Management7.9493 Ratings7.5499 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.8471 Ratings7.6489 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.8410 Ratings7.2387 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.7452 Ratings7.4451 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.5422 Ratings7.1382 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.8475 Ratings7.7486 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.9479 Ratings7.7451 Ratings
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User Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCMUKG Pro
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(769 ratings)
8.1
(1032 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(53 ratings)
10.0
(197 ratings)
Usability
8.1
(292 ratings)
7.9
(268 ratings)
Availability
8.6
(7 ratings)
10.0
(76 ratings)
Performance
7.6
(7 ratings)
10.0
(333 ratings)
Support Rating
5.1
(30 ratings)
6.0
(496 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(2 ratings)
10.0
(88 ratings)
Online Training
4.4
(5 ratings)
8.4
(206 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.5
(15 ratings)
9.0
(87 ratings)
Configurability
4.7
(7 ratings)
8.5
(78 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
3.1
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
6.8
(420 ratings)
6.8
(68 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.7
(7 ratings)
10.0
(95 ratings)
Professional Services
5.7
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
5.0
(6 ratings)
8.9
(57 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
4.1
(6 ratings)
10.0
(50 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP SuccessFactors HCMUKG Pro
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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UKG
I would say, well, I don't want to focus on less appropriate. I want to be well suited. I really feel like if the transparency with our count rep and then just diving in onto how to problem solve and how to troubleshoot, I think that's most important with that.
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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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UKG
  • UKG has an amazing support team to reach out to if assistance is needed
  • All add-ons of UKG Pro integrate seamlessly making it a powerful software program
  • UKG Pro is very configurable to meet the specific needs of companies
  • It is easy to use and navigate
  • The mobile app is loved by all employees and provides on-demand access
  • The Ultimate Community is amazing!! On-demand information on all products and how they are used. Connect with other companies that use UKG Pro and learn from each other.
  • The Learning Centre is also amazing!! Learning right at your fingertips anytime, anywhere.
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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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UKG
  • Onboarding and recruiting need an environment that is more stable and dependable.
  • Core Benefits could be enhanced to allow OE and LE events via the mobile app.
  • Service and support need to be increased; days and weeks now, when we first went live, it was minutes and hours.
  • Adapting all version of time management into one or two versions, at no cost to the customer would allow the resources from UTA, UTM and WFM Classic to be directed to future enhancements and would allow support services to be increased for the 2 remaining platforms.
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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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UKG
We have been a customer since 2015, we have gone to market and find that UKG Pro product is both user friendly for administrators as well as the employee. The qualify of support and service of UKG team is valued and we trust the product.
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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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UKG
It gets the job done, but not with a few deep sighs. Once you know where stuff lives, it's manageable, but the first learning curve is steep, some menus feel buried. However, it's consistent, reliable and doesn't crash on me, which counts for a lot. With a little UI glow up it could push into a 9 zone.
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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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UKG
For the most part UltiPro has been reliable, but it could definitely be better. There have been several notable server issues where we were unable to access the product or unable to utilize some of the features. Customer support is usually quick to respond to questions about these issues, but they do not proactively reach out to customers whose environments have been effected by outages
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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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UKG
Normally UKG Pro loads quickly. We had been having major issues with reports running in a timely manner but recently they broke out our virtual server to another instance where is wasn't sharing resources and that seems to have helped reporting run more efficiently.
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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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UKG
The quality of UKG Support is related directly to the UKG rep. who handles the issue. In some cases you get someone who really is good at supporting the product and others may not have as much experience and it shows
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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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UKG
I've been to a few in-person (hands on) training sessions and it is very similar to the online classes. You have the same reference material to look back on after the training. So regardless of in person training or online you really get the same thing.
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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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UKG
Most of the online training was very generic (to be expected) but we had specific requirements for configuration that could have been better addressed with more individual sessions earlier on from our project team. However, we did finally begin booking training sessions with our implementation team which were recorded, and so provided additional information for how to correctly configure and test the system.
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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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UKG
Make sure you have all of your tax account information with all the states you are registered in available and that you are knowledgeable about the filing status, frequency, etc. We had some unique challenges with our state unemployment tax set up that I was not aware of and needed to be addressed prior to going live. Working with the state unemployment office can be a challenge.
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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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UKG
We used ADP WFN prior to switching to UKG. We interviewed three different payroll companies to see what our options were. UKG stood out and aligned with our company values. The sales team was very helpful and asked questions about what we were currently doing and how they could assist with simplifying things. I personally had a side meeting with them to see if there were options for a process that we manually process and if UKG could actually eliminate the process. We came to the conclusion that we weren't able to get it 100%, but we could pull 80% of what we needed from UKG, and then we would only need to manipulate 20% of the information. It was also determined from that meeting that we wouldn't need to pay extra to have a special report built. The customer service is what we were sold on. The other companies that we looked at didn't give us the confidence that their customer service would be any better than what we previously had.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
SAP
Not applicable.
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UKG
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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UKG
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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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UKG
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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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UKG
  • Personally as a veteran user of UKG Pro, in past employers I have seen many amazing increases in employee engagement and ROI.
  • With QuVa, we are still very new to the UKG Pro platform and are just now beginning to get out of the implementation phase where we can start measuring the change. I will be looking for changes in Overtime spending to reduce as a result of more informative and actionable dashboards for managers to monitor overtime and timeclock abuses in real time. I am also expecting employees to engage more with new features being pushed out to the mobile app.
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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

UKG Pro Screenshots

Screenshot of included workforce analytics.Screenshot of the payroll gateway.