We performed a comparison between ADP Workforce Now and Workday based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud HCM solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The way that ADP helped us improve our organization is by making the payroll process clean and efficient because if you make a mistake there, you're in big trouble."
"The most valuable features are the reporting and benefits piece."
"In my day-to-day work, attendance tracking would be most important. That's because I have a really diverse group of employees, and I have a subset of younger folks who are struggling with their attendance. So, that's the thing that I'm most involved with currently."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature to me is performance management because we just started using that."
"The platform is on a private cloud that is fully secure with no way for hacker penetration."
"The software is easy to learn and use. When compared to SAP HR and SAP HCM, the tool is easy to access and understand. We have a hierarchy and structural connectivity in Workday. There is a certification for the solution and when we do it, we become the certified partners of the company"
"The reporting feature is quite easy for a layman to use, and the look and feel of the application is good. Its security is robust. You will never find a use case that cannot be covered."
"Workday's best features are planning and finance."
"The user interface is good and very easy to use."
"The product is useful for storing employee records."
"The most helpful Workday features for our HR processes were in HCM, particularly in areas like talent, compensation, benefits, and learning."
"It is quite user-friendly."
"I would say that we have definitely seen a return on investment."
"Its benefits portal could be user-friendly."
"The report functionality is not as good as competitive products."
"The ease of developing and creating reports could definitely use some improvement."
"I would like to see the payroll side improved and there are a few kinks that need to be worked out."
"When I'm not working with the implementation team and I'm just talking to customer service or something, they're just not a lot of help. They don't understand how it works. They'll tell you to do something that I know would affect something else. So, it's less about the software and more about just training their folks to a higher level."
"The user interface could be modernized somehow."
"One potential feature that could be added is the ability to streamline business processes through quick tips and guided tours. This would allow for a smoother and more guided experience for colleagues as they navigate through different processes and steps. It would be similar to a guidance system or a step-by-step tutorial that could be added after the business process to guide users through it."
"The navigation of Workday is good but could be better."
"In a future release we could like to have access to asset, supply and treasury management functionalities."
"In terms of reporting, we have to rely on a consultant to do the report customization. The most important thing is to be able to do your own reporting, which it can't do. We rely so much on our consultant to customize reports for us."
"The solution has to work a lot on financial integrations, material management and CRM modules."
"Analytical tools have needed improvement. Workday has just released Prism Analytics, to replace the current analytical tools, so it’s in the early stages."
"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."
ADP Workforce Now is ranked 8th in Cloud HCM with 11 reviews while Workday is ranked 2nd in Cloud HCM with 51 reviews. ADP Workforce Now is rated 7.6, while Workday is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of ADP Workforce Now writes "The total cash compensation dashboard is valuable but customer support is lacking". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Workday writes "The solution's interface is clean, organized, and easy to use ". ADP Workforce Now is most compared with PeopleSoft, ADP TotalSource, ADP Vantage HCM, Netsuite SuitePeople and ADP GlobalView Payroll, whereas Workday is most compared with SAP SuccessFactors, SAP HCM, Oracle HCM Cloud, PeopleSoft and Microsoft Viva Insights. See our ADP Workforce Now vs. Workday report.
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