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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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Recent Reviews

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.

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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Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Dayforce has changed the way we do work. We were 100% manual for all things recruitment, benefits, time off requests, performance reviews, compensation increases, attendance points and perfect attendance prior to the system. Even paychecks and statements were paper! 2 years after our implementation, NONE of this is paper based anymore. For the first time ever, we have employee self-service, which gives power and information to our teammates!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Ceridian Dayforce is being used by our entire organization that encompasses 1200 employees in 18 locations over a 120 mile long service area. Dayforce allows us to house all of our HR and payroll processes to include recruiting, onboarding, payroll, benefits, time, and performance within one application. Dayforce allows our organization to be virtually paperless.
October 30, 2019

Great for Payroll/WFM

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
[It's being used] Across the whole organization - mainly HR, Benefits, Payroll, and WFM. We were on an old Ceridian product and this updated our process and centralized it into one system. Looking to add additional modules eventually.
October 30, 2019

Ceridian Dayforce Review

Jennifer Busby, SHRM-SCP, PHR | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Here, at The SSI Group, LLC, we use Ceridian Dayforce across the organization. It is used more thoroughly in HR, Payroll, and Finance. Dayforce has helped us to streamline our Recruiting, Onboarding, Performance Management, and Employee Self Service. The Performance Management module has been one that is most resourceful for us.
October 30, 2019

Dayforce Review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Dayforce to process payroll and use WFM for time collection as well as simple scheduling. We liked that the product was all in one and we can view paychecks instantly as we go throughout the pay period. It is being used by the whole organization.
October 29, 2019

All things Payroll

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Ceridian Dayforce is currently being used by our entire organization. Since implementation, we have seen a huge decrease in the amount of manual work and an increase in accuracy. Our employees love being able to update or submit forms and have their payment information at their fingertips with the mobile app.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We currently use Ceridian Dayforce at the organization I joined in July of 2019. I have always wanted to have everything utilized in HR in one system, and with Ceridian Dayforce we have it all: onboarding, payroll, benefits performance management, etc. We continue to add more features plus optimize what we currently use. The Ceridian teams are incredible to work with and provide excellent support in a very timely fashion. I could not be happier with the products provided with this HCM. Anyone who is not using this should really look at it!
October 29, 2019

Dayforce Review

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use many of the core modules; benefits, payroll, HR, reporting, recruiting, etc. We use Dayforce as our system of record and main reporting system. It supports about 650 employees, mostly end-users. Admin to about 15 employees.
October 29, 2019

Ceridian Dayforce Review

Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Dayforce across our whole organization, however, certain parts are restricted by users. We use this software for Payroll, Benefits, and Time and Attendance. It addresses issues that would arise if we were to manual complete these options.
Joy Mauro | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have used Ceridian for payroll for some time. We added Dayforce last year but after implementing realized that we had not purchased Dayforce Core with all the HR components that we wanted. We are now signed for this and hope to be live by June. Our Glassdoor rating is bottom of the barrel and we look forward to not only being more efficient with our work but also building better staff clutter and engagement.
October 29, 2019

Dayforce Review (2019)

Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is being used across our whole organization. It has enabled us to automate our timecards and leave tracking systems. It has also enabled us to build and use custom reports to meet our specific and unique organization's needs. Lastly, it has allowed us greater flexibility when it comes to processing payroll.
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
4 of our 5 US divisions use it. The other division is on Workday and raves about it. Ceridian payroll is great, but a lot of the HCM functionality is useless since it can't ingest data from other sources. Ceridian is about 3 years behind the market on the Power BI dashboard integration, were about 3 years behind on comp, and are also a few years behind on mobile forms functionality.

Good payroll, mediocre to poor HCM. Ceridian's current value proposition is that it's already installed and lower cost than Workday. They have positioned themselves as a commodity, which is not a great strategy. Honestly, I have been disappointed so far. The only reason I'm still considering Dayforce is an excellent Sales Executive who listens and is trying to help.
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