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Overview

What is Dayforce?

Dayforce HCM is a cloud-based platform encompassing HR, payroll, benefits, and talent and workforce management. It provides companies with a scalable framework and real-time data, such as continual pay calculations, to enable efficient decision-making.

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Dayforce Review

7 out of 10
April 11, 2024
We use Dayforce for the majority of all or our HR needs except learning management and leave management. We use the HUBS to get …
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Dayforce

10 out of 10
February 02, 2024
We use Dayforce for Payroll and HR. We have over 20 locations with varying ESA requirements and multiple jurisdictions. Dayforce is able …
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Pay calculation (568)
    9.0
    90%
  • Update personal information (578)
    8.7
    87%
  • Pre-built reports (572)
    7.7
    77%
  • Report builder (572)
    7.6
    76%

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Pricing

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What is Dayforce?

Dayforce HCM is a cloud-based platform encompassing HR, payroll, benefits, and talent and workforce management. It provides companies with a scalable framework and real-time data, such as continual pay calculations, to enable efficient decision-making.

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  • Setup fee optional

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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ADP Workforce Now is a cloud-based HR platform for mid-sized businesses. It features customizable modules of various HR services that businesses can tailor to their specific needs, as well as regulatory monitoring and alerts to help businesses remain compliant.

What is Justworks?

Justworks offers a platform for payroll, benefits, compliance support, with HR tools. As a Professional Employer Organization (PEO), Justworks offers PEO solutions that can bundle payroll, compliance, HR, and benefits under the Justworks umbrella, and help to administer employment-related…

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Features

Human Resource Management

Organizing, tracking and providing instant access to critical employee data, job profiles, transfers, promotions, and benefits information.

7.9
Avg 7.8

Payroll Management

Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.

8.4
Avg 8.0

Leave and Attendance Management

Streamlines communication between HR and employees and facilitates efficient management of employee leave including requisitions, approvals, balance calculation, and annual carry-forward.

8
Avg 8.1

Employee Self Service

Employee portal allowing employees to view and update their personal information.

8.1
Avg 8.1

Asset Management

Maintaining a record of assets such as laptops, pagers, cell phones, etc. issued to employees. Record typically includes asset type, number, serial number and date of issuance.

7.5
Avg 7.7

HR Reporting

Pre-built and custom reports, and integration with external data.

7.2
Avg 7.6

Onboarding

Employee onboarding is the process of orienting new hires to the social and performance aspects of their jobs so that they are able to function in their new roles as quickly as possible.

7.8
Avg 8.0

Performance and Goals

Goal alignment is the practice of ensuring that all employees have clearly defined goals in support of the overall corporate strategy.

7.7
Avg 8.1

Performance Management

Performance management is the process of ensuring employees meet pre-determined objectives and goals through regular check-ins and appraisals.

7.8
Avg 7.9

Succession Planning

Succession planning is the identification and development of internal employees with the potential to fill key business leadership positions in the company.

7
Avg 7.9

Recruiting / ATS

Recruiting or Applicant Tracking Software is software used to manage the recruitment process electronically by handling job postings, applicant status, resume management, etc.

7.3
Avg 7.7
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Product Details

What is Dayforce?

Dayforce is a global people platform for the modern workforce. An enterprise HCM solution, Dayforce combines payroll, HR, benefits, talent management, and workforce management in a single cloud application to power today’s boundless workforce. Dayforce helps organizations unlock their full workforce potential and operate with confidence no matter where they operate in the world.

Dayforce is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario and Minneapolis, Minnesota with operations across the globe. The company’s brand promise to make work life better is the commitment it makes not only to customers, but to its own people and the communities Dayforce operates in.

Key product areas:

· HRIS

· Global payroll, on-demand pay

· Benefits

· Workforce management, including time and attendance and task management

· Talent acquisition, including recruiting and onboarding

· Talent management, including performance management, succession planning, compensation management, engagement surveys, and an integrated learning management system

· Advanced reporting, analytics, and dashboards

· HR self service via the Dayforce mobile app

Dayforce Features

Human Resource Management Features

  • Supported: Employee demographic data
  • Supported: Employment history
  • Supported: Job profiles and administration
  • Supported: Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
  • Supported: Benefits information
  • Supported: Organizational charting
  • Supported: Organization and location management
  • Supported: Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

Payroll Management Features

  • Supported: Pay calculation
  • Supported: Support for external payroll vendors
  • Supported: Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
  • Supported: Payroll history for each employee
  • Supported: Benefit plan administration
  • Supported: Direct deposit files
  • Supported: Payroll tracking and auditing
  • Supported: Salary revision and increment management
  • Supported: Reimbursement management
  • Supported: Statutory form management

Leave and Attendance Management Features

  • Supported: Approval workflow
  • Supported: Email notifications
  • Supported: Balance details
  • Supported: Travel absence management
  • Supported: Annual carry-forward and encashment

Employee Self Service Features

  • Supported: Employee login
  • Supported: View and generate pay and benefit information
  • Supported: Update personal information
  • Supported: Request time off
  • Supported: View job history
  • Supported: View company policy documentation
  • Supported: View company news and information
  • Supported: Employee recognition

Asset Management Features

  • Supported: Tracking of all physical assets

HR Reporting Features

  • Supported: Report builder
  • Supported: Pre-built reports
  • Supported: Ability to combine HR data with external data

Integration with other HR capabilities Features

  • Supported: Additional HR capabilities (talent management, LMS, etc.) supplied by same vendor
  • Supported: Additional HR capabilities (talent management, LMS, etc.) supplied by different vendor

Performance Management Features

  • Supported: Performance plans
  • Supported: Performance improvement plans
  • Supported: Review status tracking
  • Supported: Review reminders
  • Supported: Multiple review frequency

Succession Planning Features

  • Supported: Create succession plans/pools
  • Supported: Candidate ranking
  • Supported: Candidate search
  • Supported: Candidate development

Onboarding Features

  • Supported: New hire portal
  • Supported: Manager tracking tools

Performance and Goals Features

  • Supported: Corporate goal setting
  • Supported: Individual goal setting
  • Supported: Line-of sight-visibility
  • Supported: Performance tracking

Recruiting / ATS Features

  • Supported: Job Requisition Management
  • Supported: Company Website Posting
  • Supported: Publish to Social Media
  • Supported: Job Search Site Posting
  • Supported: Duplicate Candidate Prevention
  • Supported: Applicant Tracking
  • Supported: Notifications and Alerts

Dayforce Screenshots

Screenshot of Dayforce Home ScreenScreenshot of Scheduling DashboardScreenshot of Compensation DashboardScreenshot of Succession Planning - Talent MatrixScreenshot of Payroll DashboardScreenshot of Dayforce Mobile - RecruitingScreenshot of Dayforce Mobile - SchedulingScreenshot of Dayforce Benefits Decision SupportScreenshot of Dayforce AssistantScreenshot of Dayforce WalletScreenshot of Performance ManagementScreenshot of Docu SignScreenshot of Dayforce Dash BoardScreenshot of CompensationScreenshot of BenefitsScreenshot of Benefits IntelligenceScreenshot of ApprovalsScreenshot of Analytics DashboardScreenshot of AdministrationScreenshot of Workforce ManagementScreenshot of Workforce management AnalyticsScreenshot of Talent SolutionScreenshot of Payroll

Dayforce Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesGlobal
Supported LanguagesEnglish (US), English (GB), French, French Canadian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Italian, German, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Hindi, Portuguese (Brazil), Croatian, Czech, Romanian, Bulgarian, Slovak, Japanese, Korean, Hungarian, Thai

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Frequently Asked Questions

Dayforce HCM is a cloud-based platform encompassing HR, payroll, benefits, and talent and workforce management. It provides companies with a scalable framework and real-time data, such as continual pay calculations, to enable efficient decision-making.

ADP Vantage HCM, Workday Human Capital Management, and ADP Workforce Now are common alternatives for Dayforce.

Reviewers rate Pay calculation and Direct deposit files highest, with a score of 9.

The most common users of Dayforce are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).

Dayforce Customer Size Distribution

Consumers0%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)1%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)18%
Enterprises (more than 500 employees)81%
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Reviews and Ratings

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Reviews

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April 11, 2024

Dayforce Review

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use Dayforce for the majority of all or our HR needs except learning management and leave management. We use the HUBS to get information to staff and have self-service to streamline employee needs. We utilize onboarding to streaming and make the candidate experience positive. We have recruiting which is nice as it is easy to hire and flows over nicely to HR. Being able to make dashboards has been really helpful and a nice addition to Dayforce. It is a great visual to tell a story. There are so many nice features with Dayforce. It is a very technical system so staying on top of all the enhancements can be a challenge.
  • The Dayforce HUBS are really nice to provide information to staff. It is pretty easy to set up and navigate and was really a great new feature the last few years.
  • The Performance and Compensation module are really nice. They were pretty easy to navigate and set up.
  • The resources Dayforce has is great. Being able to hop on a webinar, training or sign up for an Instructor Led Training is great.
  • It would be nice to see what Dayforce could offer for "leave management".
  • Every new enhancement seems to be billable. It would be nice to have the newer enhancements but being a non-profit, we can get all of these and sometimes it gets confusing what we can or can't have.
  • Dayforce does have some quirks. Sometimes things stop working. It is easy enough to put in a case and typically the response time is good but to be told, it was a "fluke", is sometimes frustrating.
Like I said before, Dayforce has many great features but each feature is a separate platform where we are charged per person per month for everything so sometimes that gets frustrating. Dayforce is very technical so having a dedicated HRIS person or team is critical to really utilizing the system and staying on top of the new enhancements.
Human Resource Management (7)
72.85714285714286%
7.3
Employee demographic data
80%
8.0
Employment history
80%
8.0
Job profiles and administration
80%
8.0
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
90%
9.0
Organizational charting
80%
8.0
Organization and location management
50%
5.0
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
50%
5.0
Payroll Management (5)
88%
8.8
Pay calculation
100%
10.0
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
90%
9.0
Benefit plan administration
80%
8.0
Direct deposit files
100%
10.0
Salary revision and increment management
70%
7.0
Leave and Attendance Management (3)
80%
8.0
Approval workflow
80%
8.0
Balance details
80%
8.0
Annual carry-forward and encashment
80%
8.0
Employee Self Service (4)
92.5%
9.3
View and generate pay and benefit information
100%
10.0
Update personal information
100%
10.0
View job history
100%
10.0
View company policy documentation
70%
7.0
Asset Management
N/A
N/A
HR Reporting (3)
63.33333333333333%
6.3
Report builder
70%
7.0
Pre-built reports
80%
8.0
Ability to combine HR data with external data
40%
4.0
Integration with other HR capabilities
N/A
N/A
Performance Management (4)
60%
6.0
Performance plans
80%
8.0
Review status tracking
80%
8.0
Review reminders
80%
8.0
Multiple review frequency
N/A
N/A
Succession Planning
N/A
N/A
Onboarding (2)
90%
9.0
New hire portal
90%
9.0
Manager tracking tools
90%
9.0
Performance and Goals (4)
85%
8.5
Corporate goal setting
90%
9.0
Individual goal setting
90%
9.0
Line-of sight-visibility
80%
8.0
Performance tracking
80%
8.0
Recruiting / ATS (7)
78.57142857142857%
7.9
Job Requisition Management
80%
8.0
Company Website Posting
80%
8.0
Publish to Social Media
90%
9.0
Job Search Site Posting
90%
9.0
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
70%
7.0
Applicant Tracking
80%
8.0
Notifications and Alerts
60%
6.0
  • Recently, Dayforce came out with an audit of "Dayforce User Roles" that cost $999.00. I was able to utilize the reports in Dayforce and conduct my own internal audit.
  • The time it saves managers and division leaders to be able to pull data directly from Dayforce versus setting up Excel spreadsheets.
  • Utilizing scheduling in order to track attendance issues has been new to us but is really a nice and visible feature.
We utilize Dayforce for tax compliance. Dayforce is easy enough to work with if we have tax questions or get letters from tax agencies that we don't know how to handle. Having access to tax reports is nice, and being able to pull SOC data is nice, especially when auditors request it last minute.
Having the recruiting module built in Dayforce is really nice to be able to hire someone directly in recruiting and then with Onboarding, it allows for a good candidate experience. The ability to have self-service and feel comfortable that processes are set up are nice especially having workflows set up for our direct deposit changes. Adding Multi-Factor Authentication was a great enhancement to add another layer of security and has been positively accepted by staff.
Processes flow nicely having all in one system and there is one contact (Dayforce) in case there in an issue. Once you understand how the system works, you will understand how the system flows. I have worked in another payroll system where we had to upload timecards. While it was easy enough to upload having the system all in one really streamlines everything and if errors are made, for instance on timecards, the system will do its own calculation and update the error in payroll.
Amber Smith | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Ceridian Dayforce for payroll, benefits, and WFM - this has helped us to have real time data and easy record keeping
  • Dayforce Wallet
  • Payroll
  • WFM
  • Mass uploads for more items
Ceridian Dayforce Wallet has been fantastic for our employees, we see a very high usage and it has been very well received.
Human Resource Management (4)
80%
8.0
Employee demographic data
80%
8.0
Employment history
80%
8.0
Job profiles and administration
80%
8.0
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
80%
8.0
Payroll Management (5)
88%
8.8
Pay calculation
90%
9.0
Support for external payroll vendors
80%
8.0
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
90%
9.0
Benefit plan administration
90%
9.0
Direct deposit files
90%
9.0
Leave and Attendance Management
N/A
N/A
Employee Self Service (5)
78%
7.8
View and generate pay and benefit information
80%
8.0
Update personal information
80%
8.0
View job history
70%
7.0
View company policy documentation
80%
8.0
Employee recognition
80%
8.0
Asset Management
N/A
N/A
HR Reporting (3)
83.33333333333334%
8.3
Report builder
90%
9.0
Pre-built reports
80%
8.0
Ability to combine HR data with external data
80%
8.0
Integration with other HR capabilities
N/A
N/A
Performance Management
N/A
N/A
Succession Planning
N/A
N/A
Onboarding (2)
85%
8.5
New hire portal
90%
9.0
Manager tracking tools
80%
8.0
Performance and Goals
N/A
N/A
Recruiting / ATS (6)
76.66666666666667%
7.7
Job Requisition Management
80%
8.0
Company Website Posting
80%
8.0
Job Search Site Posting
70%
7.0
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
70%
7.0
Applicant Tracking
80%
8.0
Notifications and Alerts
80%
8.0
  • we have been able to reduce paper in a lot of areas (employee record as well as open enrollment)
With our policies and rules we have enabled we are able to stay in compliance
We are able to have real time cost estimates of what specific jobs will cost
Having the modules together allows for accurate real time calculations of time, pay, and benefit costs. This saves us so much time by having one system. We are able to essentially process payroll from anywhere. Prior to Dayforce we used multiple systems and had to upload multiple files to process payroll. We dont do that anymore, we have easily cut our processing time in half.
800
We have over 800 employees who use Dayforce for self services which includes timekeeping and accessing paychecks, year end forms, etc.
We have over 100 managers who use Dayforce for time reivew, performance reviews, attendnace tracking, annual merit review and processing and reporting.
We have about 4 client admin SME's who use Dayforce to maintain and enhance our current datebase.
4
We have about 4 who are trained enough to support the database. We have one HRIS manager. The SME's each have an area they focus on such as benefits and recruiting. The SME's also attend most of the webinars and training provided by Dayforce. Having a small team helps us to keep from having too many hands in the cookie jar but also allows us to have additional support to bounce ideas off of.
  • timekeeping
  • payroll
  • benefits
  • recruiting
  • onboarding
  • Dayforce Wallet
  • Compensation cycle
  • Document management
We are planning to renew when our contact comes due later this year.
Yes
We replaced Ultimate (UKG) and also a small timekeeping system through Midwest Time
  • Ease of Use
Our most important factor when changing was ensuring we were able to have a single system that we could perform all HR tasks we wanted and needed to.
I dont think I would change the selection process, but I would investigate and spend more time making sure we went with a strong implantation team... we had a very rocky and unorganized implementation.
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