Workday Human Capital Management vs. Zoho People

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Workday HCM
Score 8.0 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
Zoho People
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Zoho People is an efficient Human Resources Management System that automates daily tasks. It also offers Performance Management and Learning Management resources.
$1.25
per month
Pricing
Workday Human Capital ManagementZoho People
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Essential HR
$1.50 ($1.25)
monthly (annually)
Professional
$2.50 ($2.00)
monthly (annually)
Premium
$3.50 ($3.00)
monthly (annually)
Enterprise
$5.00 ($4.50)
monthly (annually)
People Plus
$10.00 ($9.00)
monthly (annually)
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Workday HCMZoho People
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Workday Human Capital ManagementZoho People
Considered Both Products
Workday HCM

No answer on this topic

Zoho People
Chose Zoho People
Zoho People stand out with its all in one features like Database management with ease of using employee self service, time off management, option to integrate payroll integration. Zoho people allows us to manage employee leaves, attendance and Advance Analytics makes it visibly …
Top Pros
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Features
Workday Human Capital ManagementZoho People
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Workday Human Capital Management
7.7
91 Ratings
2% below category average
Zoho People
9.7
8 Ratings
21% above category average
Employee demographic data8.077 Ratings9.78 Ratings
Employment history7.486 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.288 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.984 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting8.383 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management7.981 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)6.956 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Workday Human Capital Management
7.7
76 Ratings
4% below category average
Zoho People
-
Ratings
Pay calculation7.465 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.553 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.215 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.060 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.466 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.063 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management8.439 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Workday Human Capital Management
8.0
70 Ratings
1% below category average
Zoho People
9.8
8 Ratings
19% above category average
Approval workflow8.369 Ratings9.88 Ratings
Balance details8.269 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.456 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Workday Human Capital Management
7.8
90 Ratings
4% below category average
Zoho People
9.1
8 Ratings
12% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information8.279 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information8.188 Ratings8.58 Ratings
View company policy documentation7.169 Ratings9.77 Ratings
Employee recognition7.455 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.379 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Workday Human Capital Management
6.8
23 Ratings
13% below category average
Zoho People
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets6.823 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Workday Human Capital Management
7.7
76 Ratings
1% above category average
Zoho People
-
Ratings
Report builder8.172 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.974 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data7.262 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Workday Human Capital Management
8.1
54 Ratings
1% above category average
Zoho People
8.8
8 Ratings
9% above category average
New hire portal8.250 Ratings8.77 Ratings
Manager tracking tools8.050 Ratings8.87 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Workday Human Capital Management
7.7
57 Ratings
6% below category average
Zoho People
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting8.047 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting8.056 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.149 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking7.855 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Workday Human Capital Management
8.2
60 Ratings
3% above category average
Zoho People
8.3
8 Ratings
4% above category average
Performance plans8.259 Ratings8.38 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.951 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking8.255 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders8.555 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency8.449 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Workday Human Capital Management
7.0
37 Ratings
12% below category average
Zoho People
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools7.732 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking6.633 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search7.335 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development6.634 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Workday Human Capital Management
8.0
44 Ratings
3% above category average
Zoho People
7.2
7 Ratings
7% below category average
Job Requisition Management8.242 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.435 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media8.131 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.436 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.035 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.736 Ratings7.27 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts8.440 Ratings00 Ratings
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Score 9.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
Workday Human Capital ManagementZoho People
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(103 ratings)
8.8
(9 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(18 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(13 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
6.6
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
7.3
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(22 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.6
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
7.0
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(11 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.5
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Workday Human Capital ManagementZoho People
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Zoho
Zoho People is well suitable in both Remote & work location setups, It will reduce the time for senior management to track their attendance and other activities. It helps a lot in getting the info of their colleagues. Able to request for leave and get approval at the same place and the interesting thing is no need to note it down as it will automatically fall to the respective employee's attendance tracker. It is well useful in remote settings. This is the problem we faced and Zoho People is the solution for us.
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Pros
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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Zoho
  • Zoho People is an exceptional software to improve the effectiveness of your team's communication.
  • Easy check-in for my team, Seamless Trackers for Leave, Time, Attendance, Performance.
  • Compensation and many others.
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Cons
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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Zoho
  • Customer Support- Occasionally support response to questions can take a bit to get to the root issue, which can be frustrating from the technical side of running the system. However, the 24/7 availability is great.
  • Onboarding Features- Could use some improvements. Not as expansive as other Zoho People features.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Zoho
No answers on this topic
Usability
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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Zoho
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
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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Zoho
No answers on this topic
Performance
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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Zoho
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
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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Zoho
No answers on this topic
In-Person Training
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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Zoho
No answers on this topic
Online Training
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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Zoho
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
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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Zoho
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Alternatives Considered
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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Zoho
We only use Zoho People because it is part of our Zoho One suite. We originally used Zenefits, which was great for hiring/onboarding, and we currently use Employee Navigator to manage benefits and PTO, which is much easier to use than Zoho People. As of now, Zoho People is very buggy when it comes to managing PTO and there is currently no real benefits management or onboarding process that's easy to use.
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Scalability
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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Zoho
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
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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Zoho
  • For us, the time/attendance tracking function of Zoho People has done a lot to increase accountability for scheduling and attendance. Since we are a volunteer staff, scheduling can be difficult, and this has made it so much easier to quantify and track everyone's weekly time commitments.
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