We performed a comparison between Oracle HCM Cloud and SAP SuccessFactors based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: SAP SuccessFactors is the winner in the comparison. According to reviews, SAP SuccessFactors appears to be a more mature and powerful solution. Oracle HCM Cloud does come out on top in the ease of deployment category, however.
"It's highly stable because the system is totally managed by Oracle, Oracle provides 99.9% availability for the system uptime."
"The most valuable features of Oracle HCM Cloud are the easy ability to customize the solution and applications. Additionally, the solution updates the solution"
"Oracle HCM Cloud's most valuable feature is that it is user-friendly."
"The solution is very good at building out a roadmap based on client needs and feedback."
"Our overall evaluation of Oracle HCM Cloud as a general ledger tool is mixed. It is a comprehensive and versatile piece of software."
"The initial setup or implementation process of the solution is fine. The deployment process took place in two days. So, once one has the runbook and everything in place, it is not that difficult."
"The product's most valuable feature is the centralization of data."
"The most valuable features in Oracle HCM Cloud are the employee and manager self-services."
"The most important feature is the ability to follow up on the yearly performance of the team. It's very good for management to understand how people are performing."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the performance management module."
"It has a global database, and it is globally accessible. By using this solution, we have moved away from paper, which is a big step for us."
"The initial setup was pretty simple."
"In terms of user experience, it is quite good."
"This solution can be used for reporting related to employee information and contacts"
"The performance goals and learning management solutions are the product's most valuable features."
"Overall, it's excellent performance management."
"The customization of the solution presents many challenges."
"It's not so easy to customize as it's cloud-based."
"Oracle HCM Cloud could improve by adding AI and more offline capabilities."
"The solution has much room for improvement in all the modules."
"I would focus on making high volume recruitment more bulky."
"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."
"The absence management can use some improvement. Due to all the flexible working, the part with work schedules could be a little bit more flexible."
"There needs to be familiarity mixed in with novelty."
"Language settings in the solution need to be improved."
"Its overall integration and user experience can be improved. SuccessFactors is a system that is built out of three different systems. The elements part was bought from Plateau, and the original performance dialogue was built by SuccessFactors itself. After that, SAP bought it, and it hasn't improved in the last few years. SuccessFactors is a perfect tool if you use it the way it is meant to be, but if you start building custom sessions and try to use it differently, then it is a total mess. It is not agile. It is like an old Mastodon truck or whatever. We don't have the Employee Central and Competence Management modules. Our company made the choice to not implement the Employee Central module. We also didn't implement the Competence Management module. We use the learning module to do some competence management, but I am not that fond of it. It would have been best to have the whole suite. SAP should never sell this without selling the whole suite because it just doesn't work. The biggest gain for me would be having the possibility of doing strategic personnel planning and managing internal mobility. If it could be used for social purposes, such as creating communities and connecting with media channels, that would be perfect. It should also have the possibilities for local admin and agile product development."
"The reporting and cloud integration could be done better in this solution."
"Forms cannot be edited once submitted."
"SAP SuccessFactors could improve learning management. The module is desperate and should be included in the primary solution. Additionally, it is missing some business use cases."
"I don't think SuccessFactors is quite fit for use as an employee database."
"They should be more user friendly and give us more tools to make it more flexible."
"The back end for the administration and the front end is too overtly complex and it's not aligned with our operations and learning needs."
Oracle HCM Cloud is ranked 4th in Cloud HCM with 64 reviews while SAP SuccessFactors is ranked 1st in Cloud HCM with 90 reviews. Oracle HCM Cloud is rated 7.8, while SAP SuccessFactors is rated 7.8. 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 SAP SuccessFactors writes "Offers many useful modules and integrations, and helps companies adhere to best practices". Oracle HCM Cloud is most compared with PeopleSoft, Workday, SAP HCM, Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Taleo, whereas SAP SuccessFactors is most compared with SAP HCM, Workday, PeopleSoft, UKG and Cornerstone Learning. See our Oracle HCM Cloud vs. SAP SuccessFactors report.
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