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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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What is ADP Workforce Now?

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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Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Newton (now Paycor) had a better ATS and scheduling capability, could understand with a quick glance ACTIVE candidates, where they were at in the pipeline, outlook integrated, templates, etc. The ATS through Dayforce is lightyears behind.
Emily Ozmon | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • UKG Pro (formerly Ultimate Software UltiPro)
We had been using Ultimate before we fully converted to Ceridian. The difference is amazing. We love being in a single system and Ultimate could not provide electronic scheduling and that feature was a big seller for us. With 2800 mostly part time hourly employees it is critical that we be able to track schedules across many locations and departments in real time.
November 17, 2020

Honest Review

Sarah Isaac | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
There were many things I liked about Oracle. Specifically the flexibility with reporting. However, employee record management in Core HR and something as complex as Benefits Admin, setting up plans, updating rates, launching OE, I think I have had a better experience with Dayforce as it is easier to use and the UI is more user friendly.
November 17, 2020

Hooray to Dayforce

Maria Alfano | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It saves time and reduces the duplication of entries. We went from multiple systems for HR, payroll, and finance--none of which spoke to each other--to Ceridian Dayforce being the system that interfaces with our other platforms. The data is entered only once into Ceridian Dayforce.
Stacy Lowery | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have less issues with importing and spend less time on data entry now that we left ADP for Dayforce. The features that ADP had were not even comparable to what Dayforce has to offer and it has created such a change in culture here. It really has been a game changer and such a big difference.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The only difference that I have seen is that I no longer have to import the timesheets, although we do still import from a third party for one particular specialized group.
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
My experience with the other companies I have used is very similar. ADP also had a single platform with modules like Ceridian Dayforce has and it worked better with the tax integration. However, Ceridian Dayforce does have a very easy-to-use and simple payroll processing function, which is a bit easier to use than ADP.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have experienced an increase in productivity by using a single system rather than separate systems and having to administer multiple systems (e.g., adding and removing users, updating employee data to multiple systems). Also, fewer user frustrations (e.g., forgetting log in credentials) now that employees only have to use one system. They become more comfortable with using one system over time.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I love having a "one stop shop." Using other payroll softwares where you have to use many different systems to gather the information you need to solve payroll inquiries or to pay employees can get time consuming and confusing. I love how Ceridian Dayforce integrated all of these in one. It makes it easier and more time efficient.
November 16, 2020

A work in progress.

Amanda Wunrow | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We don’t use third party modules We don’t use a third party modules. We do plan on looking at what more we can use with dayforce in the upcoming year. I do not feel like I can answer this question to the full ability. I will not be answering fbis question
Nitin Sondhi, CHRL | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Dayforce has allowed us to have one employee record, one area for tombstone data, which in turn means that one change will take effect over the whole system. One single update will update all areas of the employees life in the company, from payroll, time and benefits. This decreases error rates which may present themselves in multiple entry systems.
November 16, 2020

Ceridian Dayforce Review

Emily O'Donnell | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Ceridian Dayforce
It is very beneficial having all of an employees records in one place. Each application is somewhat related so it is good to be able to look at each application while staying in one system.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Dayforce is my first Human Resources Information system I have ever used. It is hard for me to compare or evaluate Dayforce, since I did not work in other system. Based on my 2 years experience working in Dayforce I can state that I like it and now I am less likely to switch to another one
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I do not have much experience using other software - HOWEVER, I had had the joys of trying to track similar information through paper documents and excel spreadsheets, and the benefits of switching to Dayforce are astronomical. I highly recommend this software if you value efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
October 09, 2020

Dayforce saves time!

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use Ceridian Dayforce and also Ceridian Powerpay. It has been great having both payroll and HR, Time, and benefits altogether in one application. I prefer this because it saves time. If we are already with Ceridian for payroll we might as well try their products for everything instead of looking to other third-party providers.
Gavin Flynn, MBA PHR | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It has provided a really solid employee experience centralizing almost all HR activities into one solution. It has lessened the change management of driving employees and managers towards a self-service culture. Additionally, the use of the application as one-stop-shop for HR has also increased the visibility and transparency of all the various parts of HR into a single data hub producing better reporting and HR analytics.
Janice Monda, SHRM-CP | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
The true value in a single solution versus add on applications lies in compatibility and ease of use. Add on's are configured differently and may not "think" like the paired program. The user must understand the similarities and differences knowing where the data originates and lands.
This is not a problem if the user is present for the implementation. But, becoming a user post-implementation is a true learning experience.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
This system has changed me whole work life. Before Dayforce we used a product called Insync. It was terrible and ancient. Payroll took 3 days to process. I had paper time sheets and paper payroll registers that where miles long. This system is beautiful. It has its flaws and things I wish it did but overall I love Dayforce. Everything in one place is a gift. I can pull any report requested of me in minutes instead of hours. The time data entered by staff and approved by managers and flows directly to payroll... amazing.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The biggest impact that I have experienced from using Dayforce is accuracy. I do not have to worry about going from program to program or module to module or spreadsheet to spreadsheet, making sure that everything is correct. The employee's information is all there and all connected to every module.

And if I feel that something is off, I can export the information and verify it separately if needed.
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