SAP SuccessFactors HCM vs. Workday Workforce Management

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)
Workday Workforce Management
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Workday Workforce Management is a workforce operations software that integrates HR, time, and scheduling data, to eliminate disjointed processes that halt day-to-day operations. Consistent with a worker-first approach, Workday provides mobile-first access to personalized pay, time, and schedules, giving workers frictionless on-the-go access. This helps overcome difficulties in retaining workers and keeps them engaged in a competitive labor…N/A
Pricing
SAP SuccessFactors HCMWorkday Workforce Management
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP SuccessFactors HCMWorkday Workforce Management
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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Community Pulse
SAP SuccessFactors HCMWorkday Workforce Management
Considered Both Products
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
In my opinion, it's About the same as SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Every system has its unique advantages and disadvantages. I find SAP SuccessFactors HCM being a better product.
Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
SuccessFactors made the most sense given our prior investment with SAP products
Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
I think The UI and data structures are better in SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
PeopleSoft is no longer around and I think BambooHR is great for smaller industries. SAP SuccessFactors HCM is powerful, can be augmented by leveraging other technologies and is highly customizable. This latter trait is one that Workday, at the time I had gained some experience …
Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
As I said before it is market leader, it has very extensive functionality and it is the one that best integrates with other SAP landscape.
Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
In our organization, we chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM because it was Cheaper for us.
Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Since SAP SuccessFactors is SAP product so it had native integration with SAP S/4HANA for employee replication and management, localization and high modularity, good modules in talent management and organization management, Analytics, AI, reporting, User interface with cost and …
Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
For Global coverage SAP SuccessFactors HCM is good. But WorkDay does better in local US market. SAP SuccessFactors HCM support needs to improved.
Workday Workforce Management

No answer on this topic

Features
SAP SuccessFactors HCMWorkday Workforce Management
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.1
803 Ratings
0% below category average
Workday Workforce Management
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data8.3710 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.1723 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.9697 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.8.1656 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting8.1733 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management8.1661 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
462 Ratings
5% below category average
Workday Workforce Management
9.0
13 Ratings
9% above category average
Pay calculation8.0354 Ratings9.810 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.4312 Ratings7.76 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.6313 Ratings8.97 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.6299 Ratings9.69 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.9296 Ratings9.012 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.0377 Ratings8.912 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.7274 Ratings9.26 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.3
462 Ratings
2% above category average
Workday Workforce Management
-
Ratings
Approval workflow8.5458 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details8.2391 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment8.1349 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.3
643 Ratings
1% above category average
Workday Workforce Management
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Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information8.5487 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information8.8626 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.1425 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition7.9394 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.4601 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
Workday Workforce Management
-
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
626 Ratings
8% below category average
Workday Workforce Management
-
Ratings
Report builder7.3598 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.0566 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.8473 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
511 Ratings
0% above category average
Workday Workforce Management
-
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
630 Ratings
4% above category average
Workday Workforce Management
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting8.1566 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting8.2623 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility8.0509 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking8.0587 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
661 Ratings
4% above category average
Workday Workforce Management
-
Ratings
Performance plans8.2636 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans8.0548 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking8.1602 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders7.9595 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency8.1495 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.1
455 Ratings
3% above category average
Workday Workforce Management
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools8.2421 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking8.1398 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search8.0406 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development8.0384 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
Workday Workforce Management
-
Ratings
Job Requisition Management7.9504 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.8481 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.8419 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
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User Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCMWorkday Workforce Management
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(768 ratings)
9.2
(5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(52 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.1
(291 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Availability
8.5
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
7.5
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
3.7
(29 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
4.0
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.8
(14 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
4.3
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
3.3
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
6.8
(420 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.5
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
5.3
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
4.5
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
3.5
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP SuccessFactors HCMWorkday Workforce Management
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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Workday
Workday Workforce Management has a lot of varying templates that give you a good place to start. You can tailor the if/then statements to your liking. When scheduling meetings, it scans for people on break/lunch/in other meetings and reduces conflicts that can derail an important meeting by someone having to leave early
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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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Workday
  • Collaborate with HR on completed tasks
  • Review and Submit Timesheets for staff
  • Submit personal time off for supervisors to review and approve or decline.
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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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Workday
  • The tasks function is somewhat clunky, and its hard to see who the task is sent to next in order to follow up with them.
  • In-process referrals don't always show up in the "My Referrals" tab
  • Filters on tasks don't always work.
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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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Workday
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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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Workday
The UI is a bit outdated and could be a bit more streamlined. There are a lot of clicks for a few items like updating employee information. The training section could be more integrated into the tasks section so users can see they have training right from their home screen.
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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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Workday
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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Workday
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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Workday
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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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Workday
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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Workday
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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Workday
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.
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Workday
The only other tool I have used was paylocity. Paylocity is a great tool as well and is more user friendly, however it is not for as big of organizations as Workday is. I would say if you are under 1k employees go with Paylocity as it will be less expensive and has everything you need with a user friendly experience. Workday is great for larger orgs but doesn’t have as much of a user friendly experience
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
SAP
Not applicable.
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Workday
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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Workday
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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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Workday
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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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Workday
  • Workday Workforce Management has lowered the amount of time team members have to go to HR for questions.
  • The approval process for reimbursement is lightning fast.
  • I am no longer requested to research my team's different benefit options, which saves me a LOT of time during enrollment periods.
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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

Workday Workforce Management Screenshots

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