We performed a comparison between Oracle HCM Cloud and Workday based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Oracle HCM Cloud comes out on top in this comparison. Compared with Workday, it is easier to deploy and it receives higher marks for its pricing and support.
"We have 35,000 employees in our organization, so we consider the solution to be scalable."
"The product's most valuable feature is the centralization of data."
"The solution is very good at building out a roadmap based on client needs and feedback."
"The solution's scalability potential is very good. We have more than 1,000 users ourselves."
"All the features are good."
"Oracle HCM Cloud is easier to use than Oracle ETS. Everything is included on one page, and we no longer need to do workarounds. For example, creating elements, eligibility profiles, and formulas is much easier."
"The newer Redwood team is more client-focused and this is very valuable."
"This product can greatly improve handling of human resources and efficiency."
"The most valuable feature of Workday is the ease of navigation to browse the application. The solution can hold information about the company and people with accounts can be discovered by others in the whole company."
"The most helpful Workday features for our HR processes were in HCM, particularly in areas like talent, compensation, benefits, and learning."
"The solution was very good at reconfiguration and customization of their software. It helped us to meet federal regulations."
"Workday is highly intuitive from a customer experience perspective. It was effortless for us to understand what to do even though we didn't have any related training. It was easy to use without guidance."
"Performance and good usability are the two most valuable features of this solution."
"It's easy to set up."
"There is a lot to like about it. I really enjoy the business process framework. It's something that's really seamless. It allows you to have people within the flow. They get assigned a task to complete something to approve, etc. That's a really good piece of functionality that Workday offers. Their out-of-the-box reporting framework is also really powerful in terms of what it provides. These would be two things that I would highlight."
"The platform itself is very robust and I generally like the reporting and analytics capability."
"Occasionally there are problems with stability."
"It could be more user-friendly."
"I would like to see more direct access for both human resources and employees without so many screens to navigate."
"I was part of a program I went to where I had a discussion on the latest innovation of the Oracle HCM. I think some of the newer technology innovations, such as gamification and consumerization are areas that could be improved."
"It's not so easy to customize as it's cloud-based."
"The recruitment aspect is good, but it's new and it still needs some enhancements. In the future, we hope it will be similar to Taleo."
"In some geographies, you might not find specific localizations. For example, here in Turkey, we can use all Oracle Cloud modules except for payroll. The Oracle payroll module isn't localized for the Turkish system. So, we need to integrate a separate, localized payroll solution with Oracle HCM."
"The solution could improve by having better integration between on-premise and the cloud. It can be difficult and time-consuming to migrate our applications and interfaces."
"In a future release we could like to have access to asset, supply and treasury management functionalities."
"They don't have worker payroll in the product. We have to solve our payroll. I hope one day they will be able to have their own localized standard payrolls for all countries."
"Reporting systems should be improved. If you want to report it on paper, if you want something more BI oriented, more high level predictive or more data-driven, it should be improved."
"The price could be lower."
"Workday does have a community site where people can go on and off for suggestions. They call them Brainstorms, and you can vote them up. That is something that they do well, but oftentimes, they seem to be racing to deliver something based on what a competitor is delivering. For example, if they hear SAP has this new functionality and learning that's going to be coming out, they prioritize there, which makes sense, but unfortunately, some of these Brainstorms may get neglected where the product might not be improved as quickly or as needed for the customers. You might be waiting for a year or two to get a feature that you'd like released. They should pay more attention to customer feedback and ensure that customer feedback is an essential part of their product roadmap."
"The user interface could be better. Everything else was fine."
"One area that could be improved with Workday is the analytics side."
"They could provide a web chatbot feature in the dashboard for Workday."
Oracle HCM Cloud is ranked 4th in Cloud HCM with 64 reviews while Workday is ranked 2nd in Cloud HCM with 51 reviews. Oracle HCM Cloud is rated 7.8, while Workday is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Oracle HCM Cloud writes " Capable of consolidating data from all countries and providing access to any employee information across locations but poor user experience". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Workday writes "The solution's interface is clean, organized, and easy to use ". Oracle HCM Cloud is most compared with SAP SuccessFactors, PeopleSoft, SAP HCM, Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Taleo, whereas Workday is most compared with SAP SuccessFactors, SAP HCM, PeopleSoft, UKG and Cornerstone Learning. See our Oracle HCM Cloud vs. Workday report.
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