We performed a comparison between SAP HCM and Workday based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Workday comes out on top in this comparison. Users say it offers robust security features, is very easy to use, and has excellent compliance features. The tool enables companies to save time and help with financials, payroll, and even recruiting. Many users feel SAP HCM can be a bit bulky and slow, and there can also be a steep learning curve to getting the solution up to speed.
"They provide the most stable and powerful technology in the areas of human resources, information systems, and ERP."
"All of the core processes are very valuable aspects of the solution. These include personnel, administration, organizational structure, and payroll."
"The compliance management functionality is quite good."
"The most valuable feature is Organizational Management (OM)."
"It is a pretty stable solution."
"It has the best data management features."
"It is a scalable solution. There are three administrators maintaining the solution: an HR person, a payroll person, and one backup."
"Recently, the localization versions for different countries were increased, and that added value to the solution."
"It is fairly easy to set up"
"It was more efficient for the agents for their performance reviews, but when it came to HR and the recruitment team, it sometimes worked, and sometimes, it didn't work."
"In terms of customization, while it may not be fully customizable, you can configure the features based on the foundation that Workday offers. This allows you to take the basic features and tailor them to the specific needs of your company or business. It provides a lot of configuration flexibility."
"Workday is easy to use. Timesheet and resource management are also easy."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the usability, learning, and compliance tools."
"The solution is extremely stable."
"The most helpful Workday features for our HR processes were in HCM, particularly in areas like talent, compensation, benefits, and learning."
"Workday is a holistic HR solution."
"There needs to be a renovation of the interface and functionalities of the talent management modules."
"On the personnel administration side, it's very difficult to do custom development."
"The talent modules are lacking in HCM, so I would recommend switching to SuccessFactors for talent management, but HCM excels at time management and payroll."
"Its reporting feature could have customization options."
"System usability is a challenge."
"The setup comes with a set of challenges as well."
"SAP HCM cannot integrate with other third-party applications. One of the drawbacks we encounter with SAP HCM, specifically in payroll management, is the limitation regarding changing payroll areas within the same month. For instance, if an employee transitions from staff to non-staff status during the month, we face difficulties because the system doesn't allow us to change the payroll."
"There are already success factors for the cloud solution which cannot be integrated into S/4 HANA."
"It is good that much of the development is based on community input but often that can lead to details being ignored and small, nagging issues are ignored."
"The solution has some features missing when you put them in the test studio or Confluence Studio. I would like the tool’s coding to be easier to understand and automated. Most of the coding these days is automated. Any query given can pull the answer directly which can make the solution easier to understand."
"Analytical tools have needed improvement. Workday has just released Prism Analytics, to replace the current analytical tools, so it’s in the early stages."
"I'm not sure they have added this feature yet, but there should be a cellphone version, so we do not need to do it on a laptop. I'd like to log in on a cellphone and have the same features. I'm not sure if that is already available or if it's on the roadmap, but that would be a great feature."
"The finance module of this solution is not great and needs improvement."
"The user interface could be modernized somehow."
"The solution has to work a lot on financial integrations, material management and CRM modules."
"In a future release we could like to have access to asset, supply and treasury management functionalities."
SAP HCM is ranked 3rd in Cloud HCM with 48 reviews while Workday is ranked 2nd in Cloud HCM with 51 reviews. SAP HCM is rated 7.6, while Workday is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SAP HCM writes "Allows you to generate reports, easy integration and offers out-of-the-box support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Workday writes "The solution's interface is clean, organized, and easy to use ". SAP HCM is most compared with SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM Cloud, ADP GlobalView Payroll, PeopleSoft and UKG, whereas Workday is most compared with SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM Cloud, PeopleSoft, UKG and Cornerstone Learning. See our SAP HCM vs. Workday report.
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Hi, is HCM the only requirement with the organization, or are other solutions also required? As far as HCM is concerned, SAP is comprehensive and can be tailored as per requirements. Thanks - Ashwin