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SAP SuccessFactors

Overview

What is SAP SuccessFactors?

SAP SuccessFactors is a suite of HR/HCM products covering these capability areas: core HR and payroll, recruiting and onboarding, learning and development, performance and compensation management, workforce analytics and planning, and employee experience management.

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Recent Reviews

SAP SuccessFactors Review

7 out of 10
April 09, 2024
use it to support onboarding/hiring for new employee's to my specific team.
we use it to track the applicants and input feedback.
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Popular Features

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  • Employee demographic data (369)
    8.1
    81%
  • Employment history (375)
    7.9
    79%
  • Organizational charting (389)
    7.8
    78%
  • Job profiles and administration (363)
    7.4
    74%

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Pricing

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Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
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Offerings

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

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $85 per year Up to 100 Employees
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Product Demos

SAP SuccessFactors Solutions for Core HR, Time, and Payroll Product Tour

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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.

7.6
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
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.

8.4
Avg 8.1

Employee Self Service

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

7.9
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.

8.4
Avg 7.7

HR Reporting

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

6.4
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.

7.7
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.

8.2
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.

8.1
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.

7.7
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.

4
Avg 7.7
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Product Details

What is SAP SuccessFactors?

SAP SuccessFactors HCM provides cloud-based solutions that connect core HR and payroll, talent management, sales performance management, people analytics, and workforce planning. The SAP SuccessFactors HCM enables users to put an organization's people at the center of everything – with solutions designed to meet their individual needs.

The SAP SuccessFactors Human Capital Management (HCM) covers:
  • Employee Experience Management
  • Core HR and Payroll
  • Talent Management
  • HR Analytics and Workforce Planning
  • Sales Performance Management

SAP SuccessFactors 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

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

SAP SuccessFactors Screenshots

Screenshot of SAP SuccessFactors Learning, which supports informal and collaborative learningScreenshot of the SuccessFactors LMS experience that puts learning opportunities at the center of business operations and goals.Screenshot of the learning dashboard and metrics in SAP SuccessFactors Learning.Screenshot of the SAP SuccessFactors Opportunity Marketplace.Screenshot of information on employee requests, evaluations, and performance in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central.

SAP SuccessFactors Videos

SAP SuccessFactors Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android

SAP SuccessFactors Downloadables

Frequently Asked Questions

SAP SuccessFactors is a suite of HR/HCM products covering these capability areas: core HR and payroll, recruiting and onboarding, learning and development, performance and compensation management, workforce analytics and planning, and employee experience management.

SAP SuccessFactors starts at $85.

Workday Human Capital Management, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, and Cornerstone OnDemand are common alternatives for SAP SuccessFactors.

Reviewers rate Direct deposit files and Approval workflow and Annual carry-forward and encashment highest, with a score of 8.5.

The most common users of SAP SuccessFactors are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Recruiting is great, onboarding 2.0 has been a bit of a struggle but I again believe it may be how our partners set it up.

Immediate terminations often leave the termianted EE sitting as active due to workflows, but that is kind of the way things will be when the termination has to be actioned faster
vishal sharma | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Sap success factor is well suited for integrated suite covering various aspects of human capital management
And the complex Hr needs.
It is helpful in scenarios where organisation seek a unified platform for talent management and employee management. It also helps in management for goal setting and learning management.
On other sides it might be less suited for smaller business with simple HR requirements due to extensive feature set Which could be perceived as overwhelming

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Leave management, attendance management and performance rating system is very good i say it is easy to apply leaves and approval of the same.
i think scenario where improvement needed is leaves used and left presentation needs to be better for managers so they can understand well pending leave balance of their sub cordinates.
January 03, 2024

SAP the Brilliancy !

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It caters to businesses with diverse and global workforces. It's capabilities in multiple languages, currency handling and support for various employment practices makes it an ideal choice for companies operating in different regions and industries.
It is useful for prioritising talent management in any organization from recruitment to employee development.
This product is useful for organization's seeking scalable and cloud based HR solutions.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Based on experience I can say that managing people's chart. Employee profile, payroll active etc.
Work hours from to end data storage by manual data entry takes lot of time and may went wrong. To avoid such case SAP successFactors is well suited for the large scale sectors. It give true data to employees and employer.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It was wonderful experience to see the status of new employees recruitment status. I don't need to ask again and again to HR department for status of the candidates recruitment. I can simply see it on my own. Having a big need graphical data representation to a quick glance for decision making which is missing here and they can improve on it.
January 02, 2024

Sap is really good

Vikas Verma | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It works very good in automotive, but other places it is not so effective. Such as this do not have a nesting process to calculate the proper usage by considering wastage. Anyhow looking to most of other process, we can recommend the SAP to all other collegea in the world. We are already using SAP in our global plants.
Sasha Dawson Weingart | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
SAP SuccessFactors provides a more accurate view of the work of the company's employees according to performance and generates alerts on working hours and has improved our internal recruitment system for the human resources department. With this software we have a very pleasant interface that allows us helps manage payroll and performance in just a few steps without spending long work hours reading data. It is essential to be able to save money for the company and with SAP SuccessFactors it has been possible to significantly reduce the costs of hiring with low labor standards, which in the long term generated extra expenses because more budget had to be allocated to new hires.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
SAP SuccessFactors is well suited for most scenarios that I work in, as SAP is mainly meant for making entries and making custom codes and libraries as power our requirements. Even though SAP is not necessarily meant to make dashboard, adding it would be more beneficial. As we can analyse the data and make dashboards in one place.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Large Enterprises with Complex HR Needs:SuccessFactors is well-suited for large enterprises with complex human resources requirements. Its scalability and extensive features cater to organizations managing a large workforce with diverse HR processes.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I prefer to maximum because the ease of access and work. Interface is too much simple, anybody can understand. It makes our work easier. Earlier software we use was not have too much feature in. Managing your goals is very easy if you want to change or improvement. Succession planning part can be improved.
Ujjawal Poonia | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
One of the first things that struck me was the outdated UI of SAP SuccessFactors. In an era where sleek, intuitive interfaces are the norm, SuccessFactors felt like a relic from the past. Navigating through the various modules was cumbersome, and the I think the overall aesthetic lacked the modern appeal expected from an enterprise-level software solution.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Successfactors does a pretty decent job for the modules that we use which are employee time management, requesting leaves, P&G reviews. I think there is room for improvement in the UI for performance management. AI is big now. We could always use some AI insights while filling up the P&G goals/reviews etc.
Jeykaran G B | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Success Factors helped us get structure to our data sets which wasn't present pre implementation. The data from Success Factors are much reliable. It offers great reporting capabilities and live dashboards for each access of reports and trends.

On the other hand, Success Factors is ideal for companies with some existing framework which will be further improved by SF capabilities but not for companies that do not have an framework as it could take a considerable amount of time to build them in Success Factors.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
SAP SuccessFactors excels in scenarios requiring comprehensive human capital management. It proves highly effective for large enterprises with complex organizational structures, as it streamlines talent acquisition, performance management, and learning initiatives on a global scale. The platform is well-suited for industries with stringent compliance requirements, ensuring HR processes align with regulatory standards.However, in smaller organizations with simpler HR needs, the extensive features of SuccessFactors might be seen as overly robust and potentially cumbersome. Additionally, if there's resistance to digital transformation or a preference for localized HR solutions, the platform's cloud-based nature may pose challenges. It's essential to assess the organization's size, complexity, and willingness to embrace cloud solutions when determining the appropriateness of SuccessFactors. Customization and implementation costs are factors to consider, making it crucial to align the platform with specific business goals and requirements.
Bhawani Gour | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Well-Suited for SAP SuccessFactors:Large corporations needing comprehensive HR management.Companies with a global workforce requiring multi-language support.Less Suited for SAP SuccessFactors:Small businesses with simple HR needs.Firms needing highly customized, industry-specific HR tools.
Neeraj Sharma | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
SAP SuccessFactors is used well when I manage my team, Requesting for time off, Viewing my profile or the org chart.
Best part is that you can view your learnings and plan for further learnings,
Managing your goals is something which I want some improvement where in this can be made little more detailed
December 13, 2023

Attention SAP

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
SAP takes time to load and it keeps getting stuck. If we add more graphic or increase its server capacity it will be more reliable other than that it's a clean software which need regular and clean update like IOS. Hope this will work. Do improve the UI good luck!
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