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.
"I like the interfaces, and they are fine. I would like to see more interfaces."
"HCM solution that's easy to set up and scale, with good data integration and technical support."
"It has good navigation, and it is user friendly and secure. Every three months, there is an upgrade, and it has new features."
"It is very user-friendly. Most of the UI is very intuitive so you don't need to follow a course to follow it up."
"The core part and the talent management part are most valuable."
"The application design is beautiful."
"What I like best about Oracle HCM Cloud is that its configuration is okay. I also like it in terms of updates. Product updates that take place from time to time improve Oracle HCM Cloud. What I also found valuable in the product is that since it's on cloud, you can work with it from any place."
"The newer Redwood team is more client-focused and this is very valuable."
"It's actually a cloud-native solution and based on the community for development. It is a very good open architecture and able to interconnect with other systems. And it is very stable and very fast in terms of response."
"It is easy to use and straightforward."
"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."
"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."
"The solution was very good at reconfiguration and customization of their software. It helped us to meet federal regulations."
"It saves a lot of time for onboarding processes."
"The product is useful for storing employee records."
"Workday is a secure product."
"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."
"Product integration, particularly with collaboration tools, is lacking in this solution."
"The data uploading part and backup could be better. They are a bit complex. Oracle is continuously changing it from one functionality to another. It's a bit unstable right now, and it's basically on the backend data upload part. If I have to upload, for example, data for 100 employees, it's a bit of a challenge for an end-user. It can be difficult if you're not a technical person and an end-user like me. I administer the platform, and if I get a request to upload and I'm not a technical person, then I'm just lost. I have to do some research and then complete the task. But it's evolving, and I hope it's more user-friendly in the future. In the next release, I would like a more stable mobile application. The current version isn't very stable. It takes time to open, and although they have come up with new UI pages, a few open areas need to be addressed. I would also like to see more robust and user-friendly data uploading techniques that would be helpful for end users like us. We don't have a technical background, and we just want to upload the data for our day-to-day operations."
"Once we are done working on a template, we can't change it unless we create a new one."
"The support from Oracle HCM Cloud is great, they are responsive and helpful. However, they still could improve."
"Visually, Oracle HCM Cloud needs improvement. For example, the employee portal looks rather old, so it would be awesome if Oracle refreshed its design or if the portal looked more modern. Oracle HCM Cloud works, but visually, it needs improvement."
"The GUI interface should be more user-friendly."
"HCM's analytics features could be improved."
"The user interface can be enhanced."
"My opinion is that this solution can improve the overall integrations and add more automation. I think anything that could be on a self-serve basis would work quite well."
"The security console should be made less complex."
"Workday would be improved with more API connectors."
"Setting up reports can be a bit tricky."
"It's possible that the way things are integrated could be improved"
"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 price could be lower."
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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