UKG Workforce Central (discontinued) vs. Workday Human Capital Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
UKG Workforce Central (discontinued)
Score 6.0 out of 10
N/A
UKG Workforce Central (formerly Kronos Workforce Central) was a suite of HR Management offerings targeted mainly at enterprise customers with larger-scale and more complex HR and workforce management issues. The product is discontinued.N/A
Workday HCM
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Workday Human Capital Management is built as a cloud-based system with global consistency in user experience. Workday HCM is part of a broader system with other Workday products.
$100
per year per user
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
UKG Workforce Central (discontinued)Workday HCM
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
UKG Workforce Central (discontinued)Workday Human Capital Management
Considered Both Products
UKG Workforce Central (discontinued)
Chose UKG Workforce Central (discontinued)
There were some functionalities in Kronos that we needed that the other systems did not have readily available or easily deployable.
Workday HCM
Chose Workday Human Capital Management
Workday is by far one of the leading HCM application systems out there. So easy to configure and yet so advanced in capability. The WD Community of resources and other clients is very very helpful. It has allowed us to be successful in all our HR needs, looking to consolidate …
Top Pros
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Features
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Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
UKG Workforce Central (discontinued)
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Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.3
96 Ratings
5% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.381 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.291 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.093 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings8.888 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings9.187 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings8.684 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings6.859 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
UKG Workforce Central (discontinued)
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Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.5
80 Ratings
6% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.168 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings8.356 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings9.518 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.863 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.269 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.766 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings9.143 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.4
74 Ratings
3% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.573 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings8.473 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.259 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
UKG Workforce Central (discontinued)
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Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.3
94 Ratings
2% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.883 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.692 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings7.573 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings7.857 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.783 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
7.9
25 Ratings
0% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.925 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
UKG Workforce Central (discontinued)
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Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.2
78 Ratings
8% above category average
Report builder00 Ratings8.674 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings8.376 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings7.664 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
UKG Workforce Central (discontinued)
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Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.4
56 Ratings
4% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.352 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.552 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.2
60 Ratings
1% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.550 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.559 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.651 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings8.458 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.6
63 Ratings
7% above category average
Performance plans00 Ratings8.762 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings8.454 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings8.558 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings8.958 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings8.751 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
7.6
40 Ratings
5% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings8.834 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.235 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings7.738 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings6.837 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.3
48 Ratings
6% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.245 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.539 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings8.634 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.640 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.539 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.040 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.544 Ratings
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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Score 9.6 out of 10
Paypro Workforce Management
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Score 9.6 out of 10
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Score 7.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
UKG Workforce Central (discontinued)Workday Human Capital Management
Likelihood to Recommend
6.6
(38 ratings)
8.9
(108 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
5.0
(11 ratings)
9.0
(18 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(13 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
6.6
(8 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(8 ratings)
8.0
(22 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(6 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(11 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
UKG Workforce Central (discontinued)Workday Human Capital Management
Likelihood to Recommend
Discontinued Products
This product was marketed to us as a school and several schools in our area use the program. However, the implementation team we were set-up with had limited school experience and we are still working on the best way to do some of the timekeeping issues where I know that could have been handled better. That being said from a payroll and reporting side it has been great to capture so much data (at times almost too much) and have the system do automatic allocations of salaries and general ledger reports. The reporting takes some getting used to, but overall I've been able to run reports to see and track just about anything I want. Our employees also love the self service compared to our previous products where they can make W4, direct deposit and other updates on their own without having to get HR involved.
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Workday
Workday human capital management is well suited for organizations to manage their employee records. It is also well suited for managing the employee's salary details, also the details of past salary changes, promotions, etc. It has options to keep track of employees' goals for the year, where they can keep track of their progress, and also managers can view the progress or share feedback. This is very helpful for tracking career progress and providing feedback. Other options, like training assigned to employees, can also be seen in Workday; users will get alerts by email for any new assignments or due assignments, etc.
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Pros
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  • I personally feel like timekeeping is very well thought out and has some powerful tools built in. There is a bit of a learning curve but with strategically placed SMEs we were able to get the use and functionality we needed out of the system.
  • Workforce planning has been crucial in planning operational support in our retail and customer service centers. It is also editable and modifiable as needed.
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Workday
  • Groups employees in management hierarchies and creates Org Charts that are easy to navigate and allow for visualizing management chains regardless of employee locations
  • Intuitive and easy to use. The Workday search functionality works very much like Google; one can search for anything that they have access to in the database and drill down into the various details. All information is connected through hyperlinks and users can easily keep digging into the details for as far as their security access would take them.
  • Tasks such as to do, review or approve items are sent to the user's Workday Inbox, very much resembling email. Notifications about outstanding "to do" items are also sent to each the user's work email address on a daily basis.
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Cons
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  • Reporting - some of the reports' names do not coincide with the data that is pulled from the system
  • System errors - the system crashes regularly on us with no real explanation why
  • Punch accuracy - sometimes the punches from the timeclocks do not feed into the system
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Workday
  • The web interface is awful
  • Terrible, terrible, UI. No modern features like auto-save. I can't count the times I have lost work.
  • Their UX team (if it even exists) must be aliens, because I can't see how humans would have come up with the UI conventions they have.
  • Who creates a website application where you can't open stuff in multiple browser windows and tabs easily?
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Likelihood to Renew
Discontinued Products
Now that the system is installed and operational, the "pain is gone"...therefore we see no reason to change to a different application. There is no functionality that is missing from the system that would drive us to consider another solution at this time. Maintenance support from Kronos is sufficient and updates occur regularly.
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Workday
It is work to make one system the source of truth for our data, but now that it is done, there is less work involved in staying on this path. This means for us that maintaining and/or implementing new modules like performance, finance, talent, etc. is simple. It's a no-brainer
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Usability
Discontinued Products
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Workday
Workday's on a great path in terms of user experience. Their goals is to deliver a use experience that doesn't require training or instruction, like Amazon on the consumer side for example. That's hard to do when you're talking about complex business processes and important and sensitive employee information, but they're doing it well
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Reliability and Availability
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Workday
In 2014, Workday has changed the update process. There will be two updates a year; the updates will be delivered to customers typically in a 24 hour window during these two weekends a year. They also keep the Community up-to-date about any planned outages, etc. There is weekly scheduled downtime on Friday night.
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Performance
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Workday
From my perspective, the system runs like a well oiled machine and I have not had any issues with customers complaining about speed. If a report is taking long to run, the report can run in the background and you can go about your business. For larger enterprises, there is additional space and machines to process the application in what Workday refers to it as Extended Configuration Tenant
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Support Rating
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Having no experience with Kronos prior to using it in March 2016, their customer service team taught me how to use it the right way after my initial training at work. I am well-versed in data analysis using Excel and Access primarily, so once I discovered that Kronos had a reporting feature built in, I've used the feature quite a few times to help our properties evaluate their production costs and make good labor decisions. I give Kronos a 10 because once a person takes the time to learn how to use the software, they'll realize that Kronos is far more effective than most, and gives users more ways to access their information where and when they want to.
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Workday
Workday is still learning about the needs of higher education. I have seen rapid improvement in support and knowledge over the last year so am confident this will continue to improve. Overall however, I have found the Support Team to be extremely responsive and Workday offers the advantage of having support across several timezones so that we never wait more than a few hours for a response.
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In-Person Training
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Workday
Some training is offered online. Cost is per-person. This also gets quite expensive. Training doesn’t follow a logical path A to B. Starts in middle. When you try to do it afterwards at your desk, difficult.
• Training scenarios are not very real
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Online Training
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Workday
I have done for report writing and mass imports (EIBs). They give materials and you run through examples, i.e. you don’t just watch them do tasks, so that is helpful. Training is expensive – a single reporting writing class is $600 per person for virtual training
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Implementation Rating
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Workday
It was implemented before my joining the company. At my last company, we used Workday professional services.

Based upon my experience at my last company, I would rate the implementation experience an 8/10. There are different ways to set things up and we had different people telling us different things. It set us back a couple of times.

Regarding configuration advice, we could set things up where every manager has supervisory organizations, or have it financially based i.e. aligned to cost center/department. We chose the individual manager path and I think we should have chosen a department route. Going down the individual manager path, to maintain the information, we have to inactivate a supervisory org whenever a manager changes/leaves.
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Alternatives Considered
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Kronos and Dayforce are the two timekeeping systems I’ve worked with in recent years. Kronos feels a little more comprehensive and is my primary timekeeping tool both for myself as well as my staff. Kronos is a great tool for a wide range of shifts, working locations, and pay codes. In this context, I would pick Kronos over Dayforce. On the opposite side, Dayforce is extremely user-friendly and has a “cleaner” user interface if that is a contributing factor for anyone. Also, for managers who oversee large teams (30-50 team members) then Dayforce is a bit more simple to approve time cards, hours, and leave. Kronos is a bit clunky with all the clicks, and managing large teams of hourly employees would be a huge time suck to go in to review/approve all.
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Workday
Unfortunately, I do not recall the brands of the other human capital management software programs or tools I used at my current company or workplaces prior. I do think that is a testament to Workday with its strong branding and compelling features. I was not part of the selection process of Workday but have enjoyed my experience.
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Scalability
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Workday
Workday has released Financials and is continuing to develop it's Human Capital Management footprint with the addition of Workday Recruiting. I think customers will find that is easy to add on additional functionality in the system. Workday does make it easy for customers to make changes without relying on IT resources. The Business Process framework is a visual tool that allows functional resources to make changes and see the flow of the transaction
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Return on Investment
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  • Kronos is much more expensive than the previous systems we were using, so at this point the ROI is negative. The idea is that it will allow us to scale and grow the company more easily so time will tell if that is the case.
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Workday
  • Positive ROI, we were one of the first organizations that went with Workday HCM, and we received numerous discounts. Cloud systems are the way to go and we feel the system is stable for our growing work force.
  • The user conferences have been helpful to network and learn more deepness in the modules and functionality.
  • Right off the bat, our implementation costs were lower than budgeted and we had less 'billing' surprises.
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