We performed a comparison between Dayforce HCM 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 implementation was through a team assigned to us by Ceridian. They were extremely knowledgeable and it made the implementation go very smoothly."
"Statutory holiday pay is calculated automatically."
"Configuring your HR policies and rules is straightforward."
"The initial setup is easy."
"It provides real-time information with great reports."
"The solution's payroll portion is very streamlined."
"Ceridian Dayforce HCM is a stable product."
"Employees like being able to see what entitlements/balances that they have for their time away."
"The most valuable feature of Workday is the ease of use which is overall user-friendly."
"In the process of obtaining representative sites in NaviNet, it assists us in facilitating decision-making and taking action."
"We use the platform for tasks, including applying for leaves, communication, and adhering to our organization's policies through efficient goal setting and reviews."
"Workday is a holistic HR solution."
"The payroll and benefits engine is the most valuable Workday solution in my opinion. It is also easy to access."
"It stores everything for the employee. It has also been able to store the information that we use for our payroll demand."
"I like that it's easy to use and flexible."
"This product is leaps and bounds above the competition. Part of the reason is that it is built with modern technology. It has no legacy coding in it at all."
"I would like to continue to see improvements in the Recruiting module. I would like to see this module interact with Calendars, such as Outlook, etc."
"Management and reporting of the GL costing could be improved."
"The solution's initial setup was difficult. Also, the solution's initial deployment took around six months."
"Many things are presented as though they will be included with the system but then require costly upgrades."
"The solution's dashboards and geofencing could be improved."
"It would be nice if retro pay calculations were made automatically for salaried payroll, so a calculation and manual entry do not have to be done."
"I would like the solution to improve its customer service communication."
"I would also like to see some improvement in standard reports. A standard report should be available to pull the required information for Affirmative Action Plans. I do not think I should have to build or create one."
"It has missing functionalities. Specific countries, like Germany, didn't have the option to do payroll. Now we need to look for another product for HR."
"We would like to see improvement in the mobile app variant of this solution. The time sheet entry and approval, and the geo-tagging features all need to have their functionality updated, in order to be comparable with other products on the market."
"The finance module of this solution is not great and needs improvement."
"It's possible that the way things are integrated could be improved"
"The solution should be more user-friendly."
"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."
"Workday does not support many Korean language features. So, it will be great if they have some development on the Korean language side – then it will be really powerful in our market."
"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."
Dayforce HCM is ranked 6th in Cloud HCM with 14 reviews while Workday is ranked 2nd in Cloud HCM with 51 reviews. Dayforce HCM is rated 8.6, while Workday is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Dayforce HCM writes "Greatly improved our efficiency with its integrated time and attendance module". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Workday writes "The solution's interface is clean, organized, and easy to use ". Dayforce HCM is most compared with SAP SuccessFactors, UKG, Oracle HCM Cloud, Alight and Netsuite SuitePeople, whereas Workday is most compared with SAP SuccessFactors, SAP HCM, Oracle HCM Cloud, PeopleSoft and SmartRecruiters. See our Dayforce HCM vs. Workday report.
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