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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 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.

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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February 10, 2023

I love using Dayforce.

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Dayforce for Onboarding, Timekeeping, and Payroll Processing. Being able to have one program manage all these and more has been amazing. I love the education center and all the in-person trainings that they offer, in addition to having the Ceridian support team available for any issues that may arise.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We wanted a way to decrease the numerous platforms we were asking our employees to use, and this gave us one solution for all of it! We use Ceridian Dayforce for Payroll, Benefits, HR, Recruiting, Onboarding, Engagement, Performance, Compensation, and Learning. It has simplified our administration and access to our employees, as well.
Deborah Watson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Lumos inherited Ceridian Dayforce during a company divestiture. I was hired due to my experience with Ceridian Dayforce with another employer, AdvanSix. AdvanSix is an integrated supply chain, Chemical Processing company with roughly 2000 direct hires and 200 - 400 contractors. All of which were tracked within Ceridian Dayforce. When the AdvanSix team was implementing Ceridian Dayforce, they were implementing Ceridian Dayforce modules to replace other applications. For example, HR, Talent Acquisition, and Benefits replaced ADP, Payroll replaced Kronos with Ceridian Dayforce, and the Cooperate education team replaced Sum Total with Ceridian Dayforce. This was a big project. I supported many of these teams. Since coming to Lumos, I have used this experience to automate several processes. At Lumos, we have increased the amount of metadata collected by utilizing Employee Data Mapping rules and employment properties, which in turn enhances our reports, and communications with downstream systems. Employee Data Mapping rules were used by AdvanSix to assign union rate tables to specific jobs on the employment record. At Lumos, we are always improving processes by creating custom forms, HR Policies, approval workflows, and notifications. If you have Analysts with experience in XML and SQL, you can bring a lot of improvements to processes and analytics quickly.
December 13, 2022

I love Ceridian Dayforce

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We utilize Ceridian Dayforce for the time punching capabilities in the browser, on timeclocks, and on tablets. The Clock+ on tablets help our departments that do not have internet in their buildings. Some employees use Ceridian Dayforce mobile to punch in and out of the clock. These employees work in various locations in the county. We use Ceridian Dayforce's import capabilities to load in complicated Sheriff schedules and time away from work.
December 13, 2022

Ceridian Dayforce

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use Ceridian Dayforce for WFM, Payroll, Onboarding, Data Analytics, and Doc Mgmt. With the usage and enhancement of Ceridian Dayforce modules, I can automate many currently paper-based processes. We are able to reduce errors by automating the processes. The payroll module has been particularly very helpful in managing payments & taxes. We would be looking to include the Ceridian Dayforce Recruiting module in 2023 to have a one-stop shop for our employees and business processes for better data management and enhance our talent management system.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Dayforce for payroll, time and attendance, benefits and various other modules like talent management. The benefits module provides an easy and accurate annual enrollment annually. The other modules like talent etc. are great for smaller organizations but not for larger. Dayforce continues to release new modules items without necessarily fixing issues that impact day-to-day administrators.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Ceridian Dayforce is the core Human Capital Management (HCM) and workforce management (WFM) application used across our entire organization, spanning 13 different countries. We also use it for Payroll processing in the USA and Canada, and timesheet recording for payroll in other countries. It is the single Performance Management tool for the organization as well.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Dayforce is used by all employees, from frontline reception staff to ownership. As clients of Ceridian since 2007 and with ADP prior to that we always are seeking software partners that are willing to listen and grow with us to enhance both our staff and member experience. Any software that can save time, while instilling confidence to not always be in front of the pc, the more time we can spend helping members and our community lead healthier lives!
October 26, 2022

True Data Integration

Amy Neill, CPP | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Dayforce was implemented 3 years ago as a comprehensive HCM solution for our entire company. We currently use Dayforce for time and attendance, payroll, benefit management and HR. After reviewing other vendors, we felt that Dayforce was the only system that could deliver a fully integrated single record solution. We have visibility to our data that wasn't possible with our old provider.
Alicia Wheeler | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Dayforce for a variety of HR process including Recruitment, onboarding, HR policy sign off, payroll & benefits administration, workforce management (including time away and employee job / status changes), scheduling, and reporting, We are also implementing performance and succession planning in 2023.
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Ceridian Dayforce is used as our HCM platform. Users are able to see their paycheck stubs, view PTO accruals, see their benefits package, change or update tax forms, etc. As an employee, I use this every couple of weeks to review my pay, as well as any time I am taking PTO.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is used by the whole organization and it addresses payroll and HR administration. We use the employee self service module and one positive thing is that employees are able to view their paychecks online now. We used to use UltiPro before and while it was more powerful it was more expensive.
Matthew Lorenzen | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 2 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We adopted Ceridian Dayforce to use as a central go-to for time-card punches, personal time-off submissions, benefits, earnings statements, etc. Trying to find one central software solution for all things employee and HR-related was key. This had high hopes.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Primary it is used to pay employees and remit the correct amount of statutory deductions to the appropriate government departments. The reports are used to record the appropriate salary expense in our financial statements. Other reports are used in our human resource planning.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Ceridian Dayforce is used in our organization for timekeeping (including overtime and sick and vacation tracking), payroll (including direct deposit and tax forms), and benefits management (including open enrollment, beneficiary delegations). The scope of our usage of Ceridian Dayforce is our operations based in the United States covering approximately 750 employees.
March 31, 2022

HR perspective

Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I used it as an HR generalist, one of the biggest problems is how easily there are errors within the system. There could be more improvement on it being more user-friendly. I also used it on the talent acquisition side, and the system was unable to link to our ATS. Ceridian also did not have a reminder system that created holes within the system and stayed up with compliance.
Enrique Abello | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We’re using Dayforce throughout our organization for WFM, payroll, recruiting, benefits administration and (eventually) for learning. The decision to purchase Dayforce was driven by our need to automate our payroll process and maintain compliance on leave and overtime rules, among other things.
November 24, 2021

Dayforce review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I was the main administrator of Ceridian Dayforce. I used it almost every second day in the last three years. Automatic payroll and time off policies were a big solution for all employees. I used it to process payroll, hire new employees, onboard, employee benefits, time off policies, multiple reports, and processing year-end.
Julie Freeberg | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Ceridian Dayforce across the entire organization. We use the scheduling, employee records, hiring, benefits, timesheets, HR, people, messages. It is our employee portal in a way, where employees go to submit PTO, update their information, check their hours, paychecks, HR can check employees records, pay, hours, managers can approve timesheets, do benefit enrollment.
September 19, 2021

Dayforce is awesome!

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Ceridian Dayforce for our entire association. We have different roles set up in the system for different levels of access. Our employees mainly use it to clock in/out, update personal information, view their earning statements, and W2's. Our managers use it to approve their staff's payroll. And our HR team uses it as well.
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