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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Workday Financial Management

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AWorkday Financial Management is a cloud-based financial software platform built on an in-memory architecture and an object-oriented data model. The system unifies transaction processing, multidimensional reporting, and consolidation into a single environment accessible via web and mobile interfaces. Financial Operations and Automation The platform employs Artificial Intelligence (AI) models and specialized financial agents to manage core business cycles. These…N/A

    Workday Prism Analytics

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AWorkday Prism Analytics is a scalable data hub that enables Finance and HR to securely ingest, blend, and transform high volumes of data from any source—integrated with Workday’s people and financial data. Prism Analytics powers deeper insights across Workday HCM, Financials, and Adaptive Planning, helping teams make smarter decisions without heavy IT reliance. Built on a high-performance Spark engine with machine learning-based resource management, multi-cloud support, and a tables-based…N/A
    Pricing
    Workday Financial ManagementWorkday Prism Analytics
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Workday Financial ManagementWorkday Prism Analytics
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Workday Financial ManagementWorkday Prism Analytics
    Considered Both Products
    Workday
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    23 Answers
    91%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    23 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    19 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    Workday Financial ManagementWorkday Prism Analytics
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Workday Financial Management and Workday Prism Analytics
    Feature
    Workday Financial Management
    8.1
    23 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Workday Prism Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation8.323 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration8.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files8.220 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Workday Financial Management and Workday Prism Analytics
    Feature
    Workday Financial Management
    8.1
    20 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Workday Prism Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    API for custom integration8.417 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plug-ins7.819 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Workday Financial Management and Workday Prism Analytics
    Feature
    Workday Financial Management
    9.0
    25 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Workday Prism Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability9.225 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.823 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Workday Financial Management and Workday Prism Analytics
    Feature
    Workday Financial Management
    8.0
    27 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Workday Prism Analytics
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    Dashboards8.227 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports7.924 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports8.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Workday Financial Management and Workday Prism Analytics
    Feature
    Workday Financial Management
    7.7
    23 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Workday Prism Analytics
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    Accounts payable7.518 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts receivable6.918 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global Financial Support7.519 Ratings00 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers7.419 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations7.716 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting7.719 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standardized Processes7.920 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Workday Financial Management and Workday Prism Analytics
    Feature
    Workday Financial Management
    7.2
    11 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Workday Prism Analytics
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    Inventory tracking7.611 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic reordering7.311 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location management6.810 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Workday Financial Management and Workday Prism Analytics
    Feature
    Workday Financial Management
    7.3
    11 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Workday Prism Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Credit card processing7.311 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workforce Analytics
    Comparison of Workforce Analytics features of Workday Financial Management and Workday Prism Analytics
    Feature
    Workday Financial Management
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Prism Analytics
    8.9
    11 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Data integration00 Ratings8.811 Ratings
    Data management00 Ratings9.011 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Workday Financial ManagementWorkday Prism Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (27 ratings)
    8.6
    (12 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Workday Financial ManagementWorkday Prism Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Workday
    Workday is well suited for managing employees throughout their full life cycle. It excels at housing employee data from the start of their time with the company through their departure. Workday is less suited to payroll functions, which could be more robust.
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    Workday
    In my organization, we mainly use Workday Prism Analytics in HR and Finance departments. It not only enables us to make data-centric decisions but also helps reduce the need for data experts since we are able to visualize data on our own through self-service analytics.
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    Pros
    Workday
    • The flexibility of going beyond handling the accounts, where we can handle cash, assets, and accounting simultaneously for the customer.
    • The single platform offers grants management where you can organize the lifecycle of the grants and synchronize it with any criteria of grant closing out scheme.
    • I personally liked Project billing with the essence of evaluating project revenue and nice reporting templates that can be shared with the customer at any stage of the project while having the flexibility of auditing the reported cost.
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    Workday
    • It's web based. No need to install any desktop clients on your machine to use platfora.
    • It's best suited for a big data Hadoop environment. I can rate it as the #1 BI tool for a big data hadoop environment.
    • Platfora follows kind of the same architecture as Hadoop architecture like Master and Slave architecture. It scales with the data volumes.
    • Querying data is very good and very fast. (Platfora Lens)
    • Client presentation wise it's good. You can get different kinds of graphs.
    • Platfora almost supports everything on Big Data technologies including file formats, compression etc.
    • Security is not compromised and it can deal in parallel with any Hadoop distributor security implementations. Just take an example of Knox on Hortonworks, so it will deal with that and cloudera , MapR
    • Its very easily understandable and for the new people who wants to try platfora, learning curve is low
    • You can create your own datasets in platfora. You can store your results as a dataset in platfora and can share across
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    Cons
    Workday
    • Some of the Workday updates last till like 10 in the morning which prevents employees to clock in and check their times and some cases their schedules
    • Workday can work on opening documents quicker instead of taking couple of minutes or notifying the user when they are ready to download
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    Workday
    • Data Movement - Data needs to be moved from Hadoop to Platfora to create Platfora Lens and to do analytics.
    • To support Data movement, infrastructure cost is high.
    • To support data movement, network bandwidth consumption is high.
    • No trial versions for companies to evaluate.
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    Usability
    Workday
    Workday is easy enough navigate, as long as it is properly set up. With that said, it can be put together in a modular fashion as well, allowing for a very high degree of flexibility in terms of design and process delegation. Finally, it makes consolidation achievable in times previously unthinkable.
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    Workday
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    Support Rating
    Workday
    Our support team has been awesome. They are extremely knowledgeable and have been able to guide us through all of the challenges we have faced. Workday's community online is also extremely helpful with many trainings and help topics that can be reviewed at your convenience.
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    Workday
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    Alternatives Considered
    Workday
    Despite Airtable also being easier to use one thing that differentiates and put forth Workday Financial Management tool above is it's key features and better suited functionality for handling confidential data. The other positive note where Workday Financial Management performs high is it key analytics tool that's easier to use and representation of information into insightful dashboards.
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    Workday
    Both are great products. The advantage of SAP Workforce Analytics is that it's widely interoperable between different APIs and databases. Having said that, Workday Prism Analytics scores much better in user-friendliness and the learning curve for the teams to start using it is very low. If Workday enhances its APIs functionality, it can compete easily with SAP Workforce Analytics.
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    Return on Investment
    Workday
    • We were able to combine 4 different HR modules into one system.
    • We reduced data breach incidents by 95% after shifting to Workday. One of our legacy softwares had vulnerabilities.
    • The initial learning curve was higher than projected. We spent about a week to 10 days extra time deploying it, which affected the profit center that year.
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    Workday
    • Improved ROI by decreasing the necessary time investment that managers must make to upkeep employee data sectors.
    • Improved ease of access for employees, reducing unnecessary communication between employees and management.
    • Has led to fewer accounting errors overall.
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    ScreenShots

    Workday Financial Management Screenshots

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    Workday Prism Analytics Screenshots

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