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    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

    Workiva

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AWorkiva is a cloud platform supporting ESG protecting, designed to provide collaboration, data integration, and an audit trail. The platform helps mitigate risk, and improves productivity.N/A
    Pricing
    Workday Financial ManagementWorkiva
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Workday Financial ManagementWorkiva
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Workday Financial ManagementWorkiva
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    Workday
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    23 Answers
    86%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    23 Answers
    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    19 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    Workday Financial ManagementWorkiva
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Workday Financial Management and Workiva
    Feature
    Workday Financial Management
    8.1
    23 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Workiva
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    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 Workiva
    Feature
    Workday Financial Management
    8.1
    20 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Workiva
    -
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    API for custom integration8.417 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plug-ins7.819 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Workday Financial Management and Workiva
    Feature
    Workday Financial Management
    9.0
    25 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Workiva
    -
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    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 Workiva
    Feature
    Workday Financial Management
    8.0
    27 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Workiva
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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 Workiva
    Feature
    Workday Financial Management
    7.7
    23 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Workiva
    -
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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 Workiva
    Feature
    Workday Financial Management
    7.2
    11 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Workiva
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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 Workiva
    Feature
    Workday Financial Management
    7.3
    11 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Workiva
    -
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    Credit card processing7.311 Ratings00 Ratings
    Governance, Risk & Compliance
    Comparison of Governance, Risk & Compliance features of Workday Financial Management and Workiva
    Feature
    Workday Financial Management
    -
    Ratings
    Workiva
    7.9
    6 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Common repository of GRC items00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Risk management00 Ratings7.75 Ratings
    Integration with Corporate Performance Management (CPM) systems00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    GRC policy management00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Incident management00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Workday Financial ManagementWorkiva
    Small Businesses
    Zoho One
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho One
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    Score4.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Workday Financial ManagementWorkiva
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (27 ratings)
    5.7
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.7
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Workday Financial ManagementWorkiva
    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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    Workiva
    Wdesk is best suited for companies with demanding SEC filings and documents, with multiple revisions due to auditor/counsel review, and where financial reporting is extremely manual. Wdesk really helps take out the potential errors out of extremely manual processes, and helps automate regular financial reporting by allowing companies to link financial information and build customized flows of their information into financial statements and other documents (such as presentations or other internal reporting).
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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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    Workiva
    • The biggest strength of the program for our team is that multiple users can work in the document at the same time. Multiple users can be in the program updating financial statements, footnotes, MD&A - all without stepping on each other's toes.
    • Rolling forward the documents from one period to the next is pretty simple. Links to source documents are maintained and new ones can be added without much hassle.
    • Edits and changes can be made right up until the last minute before filing. There is no waiting period or pencils-down period unless we enforce one ourselves - the Financial Reporting team is in control of the timing of our filings.
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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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    Workiva
    • The automation could be better. A lot of mass updates are done manually.
    • Sometimes the system has connection issues and certain functions are down.
    • The customer service could be more proactive to provide regular training and sharing updates on the software.
    • Customer service could be better to help process the mass updates in a timely fashion.
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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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    Workiva
    Overall it's a good-to-go product because of its features. It's easy to set up, meets requirements, has quality support, etc. So far, it has been working quite well for me, and I wish to continue using it for as long as it meets my requirements.
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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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    Workiva
    Workiva's technical support is impeccable and undoubtedly one of the best. The times we needed them, they were super quick and willing to help. It works 24 hours a day, and there will always be someone to help with doubts or technical problems regarding the tool.
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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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    Workiva
    We moved from a third party filer to doing it in house. Have seen demos of products like Active Disclosure, which has come a long way from the beta version I saw and but we are not too far gone with Wdesk for us to evaluate other products. When we first signed up with Webfilings, (former name of Workiva), there were no viable products in the market. I had seen an Oracle product and a beta version of Active Disclosure. It was not hard to see the ease and intuitive-screens, to guide one through the filing process. The excel-like spreadsheets were an added bonus.
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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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    Workiva
    • We spend less than we used to with a traditional printer.
    • We have been able to do turn-on-a-dime equity offerings with last minute changes and still file on time.
    • Inviting external legal into the platform has helped with communication but we actually suspect they spend MORE time (and billing) on our documents than they used to just simply because it's so easy to get at them anytime they want.
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