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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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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 Justworks?

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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.

6.9
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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Gavin Flynn, MBA PHR | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Ceridian Dayforce is well suited for employers with a high degree of complexity in their HR policies and procedures. It can handle almost any complexity that is thrown at it regarding divergent pay policies, union rules, time off plans, etc. We have been able to automate almost all of the manual work we were doing in previous systems to manage the complexity in our policies presented by heavy representation of our front line workforce by several different unions. Ceridian is also great for employers who desire a one-stop-shop for both the delivery of software and HR services. For example, payroll logistics and tax services are native offerings to Ceridian vs. outsourced to a 3rd party, thus streamlining your relationship between software and service providers in HR.
August 20, 2020

Highly Efficient!

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I have used Ceridian Dayforce at 3 different employers. Each place used it differently. I love the punch clock option. It really makes time tracking easy for payroll purposes. Managers know when employees are at work or away. The compensation module makes giving raises or merit increases or bonuses easy for upper management to control. They can assign ranges or budgets for managers so they have limitations. You can also set up approval levels so that the increases must be approved by upper management.
Janice Monda, SHRM-CP | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Before recommending Dayforce, I would have to gauge the technical proficiency of my peer.

Dayforce is highly configurable providing there is capital available to implement or make changes.Dayforce has training resources available to learn but I still have to consult support to configure correctly. Users must be knowledgeable.

March 06, 2020

Ceridian YAY-force!

Garrett Cox, SHRM-CP | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Ceridian Dayforce is well suited for any company, regadless of size or industry. Ceridian Dayforce provides the Admins with flexibility to configure the system to meet the company's business needs. I can't think of a situation where Dayforce wouldn't be an solution for a company looking for a HRIS.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Dayforce is amazing for onboarding new employees. It has the capacity to have all the things necessary to walk a new employee through the steps. I find my employees (once in the system) find it very user-friendly. Entering time data is straight forward and them being held accountable for what is in the system has increased greatly. Mainly, Dayforce saves time and everyone can use a little bit more of that.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I think it's a very useful tool that's well suited to most companies out there. I think a smaller company would not be suited for it, but a mid to the large-sized company would benefit greatly from having Dayforce. For companies that already have a solid system for benefits and payroll, it would be less appropriate.
Christine Kelichner, SPHR-CA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Of course, the larger the organization, the more Dayforce makes sense. But even with our 350 employees, it is the right solution. I don't see this being a good solution for a smaller organization of less than 100.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Whenever I terminate an employee from previous payroll and generate ROE, it is a bit challenging with vacation payout. Dayforce does not auto payout. I had to calculate and put "vacation payout" manually in quick entry.

Also, the implementation team should have more knowledge of both payroll and HR to map the program and the importance of all the data coming from other programs to Dayforce.
January 24, 2020

Ceridian Dayforce Review

Crystal McNulty | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Dayforce is well suited in any environment where there is a lot of manual administrative work being done. The solution provides employees and their managers a lot of information at their fingertips. It simplified vacation tracking and ensures compliance. IT may be less well suited in a large organization that needs more customized fields.
December 10, 2019

New to Ceridian!

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Dayforce is well suited for companies that are trying to improve their employee experience. Talent management, employee training, and employee engagement are key to the Ceridian platform with our company. It may be less appropriate for companies that are smaller and have less employees just due to the heavy implementation and customization of the system.
November 30, 2019

Dayforce Powerforce

Chuck Graham | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Everything for payroll, taxes, and benefits in one connected module. Automated feeds are very useful and provides vendors with timely and accurate information. One of the drawbacks is that feeds are difficult to change if something in your internal processes needs to be modified. Make sure you get your feeds right to begin with.
November 28, 2019

Dayforce Review

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It’s great that you can check an employee’s pay instantly rather than having to run a preview and waiting for it to be ready to view. The employee self-service is great, giving them the chance to update their own information at any time. Sometimes it’s difficult to understand the messages and errors/warnings after you’ve imported a file so I think that can be improved to make it simpler for the user.
November 27, 2019

User friendly review

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Overall, the solution is a good choice. It is an easy to learn system for end users and employees. Personally, I like more hands-on during implementation. It was difficult to take over after implementation because I didn't fully understand the behind the scenes process. Would also recommend some short "best practice" videos to users.
November 25, 2019

One year into Ceridian

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The performance management, compensation and development elements are fantastic in how they all integrate. Now we can remove paper and multiple spreadsheets which lead to human error. The more modules you have the more the data you can collect through the HR Metrics module.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Ceridian is great if you have an organization that is highly complex and needs a system that can be completely customizable. It's also very well suited for organizations that are in multiple states and/or countries. They have all applicable taxes and employment laws already in the system so you don't have to think twice about accurate data.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Ceridian Dayforce is only used for scheduling, clocking in and out, tracking peoples on the clock times and locations. It also keeps track of your previous time worked so you can look back to see when you worked previously. It really has no function beyond the schedule and the time clock functions.
November 17, 2019

Ceridian Dayforce Review

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
For pay stubs it's great, it has all the current and old info; it has your time off amount. It would be nice if it showed all the history of time off, when it was received, when it was used/applied etc. instead of just one number of how much is left. You can see a calendar of when you're scheduled to work, and holidays off. The website doesn't work in Chrome, not all the features are available, it would be nice if they made it work. The app is great you can see a lot of stuff right from your phone. Overall it's very good.
November 15, 2019

Dayforce Review

Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is great for capturing time and reducing some manual transactions associated with timekeeping, however there can be difficult with having their IC for system configuration understand needed requirements. Also, the responsiveness of the support organization is slow and solutions are not always sound.
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