We performed a comparison between Sage People and SAP HCM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Benefits Administration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of Sage People is the integration with our payroll system."
"Without a doubt, the most valuable aspect of this solution is the reports, as it offers endless possibilities for report customization. You can easily build any report you can imagine with this system."
"The reporting features are also very valuable because, on top of 300+ reports available on the system, you can also customize quite a number of reports."
"Sage makes all the information accessible, like pulling a file because an employee needs something ASAP. It's all in the system. It's easy to find old reports if I need them for payroll purposes. It might take days to do some of this work by hand."
"The solution's initial setup was straightforward."
"Compared to the other system that we were using, I think Sage is more friendly. As an administrator, Sage's dashboard is visually friendly and many tasks are easier to accomplish. Another feature that we've liked since we started using Sage is the reporting. With the other system, we needed to configure a lot of things manually when it came to reporting, but with Sage the reporting tasks are much simpler."
"The report builder and dashboard builder are very, very good."
"The solution provides the ability to trace back records, is reliable, makes life easy, and is secure."
"They provide the most stable and powerful technology in the areas of human resources, information systems, and ERP."
"The most valuable feature, in my view, is the level of exceptions or error messages that come back when something goes wrong."
"We've found that the solution has the capability to scale."
"The tool's best feature is SAP SuccessFactors."
"I think HCM was the most stable for me...It is a very scalable product."
"All of the core processes are very valuable aspects of the solution. These include personnel, administration, organizational structure, and payroll."
"Customers can create custom infotypes to store any custom data points."
"SAP HCM has valuable features for analytics data management."
"The user interface is not great."
"If Sage People were to become a fully cloud-based solution, it could lead to significant improvements. With the COVID pandemic highlighting the benefits of remote work, a complete shift to cloud-based functionality would be a welcome development for users."
"The budget module does not work. Sage People need to maybe make it more user-friendly."
"Its technical support could have been better."
"The integration with our payroll system could improve. However, it is managed by another company."
"Right now, Sage doesn't seem to have what we are looking for when it comes to managing HR tickets. In my previous experiences with other HR software, we had to buy another solution to obtain this functionality, and it would be a great feature for Sage to consider adding. For an HR system, Sage would do very well to include it."
"Its stability could be better."
"The automation in Sage People could improve. The solution is the best used for data storage but the automation could be better to have more functionality."
"We find some challenges in the integration between SAP HCM and SAP SuccessFactors."
"It needs a lot of end user training as it is not intuitive at all."
"It was difficult to deploy. There were challenges regarding configurations and implementation. So, we had a lot of issues."
"It would be nice if the solution migrated to S/4HANA."
"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."
"Its reporting feature could have customization options."
"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."
"SAP HCM could improve by having more resources and making it more user-friendly. It is complex."
Sage People is ranked 8th in Benefits Administration with 15 reviews while SAP HCM is ranked 4th in Benefits Administration with 45 reviews. Sage People is rated 7.8, while SAP HCM is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Sage People writes "Highly customizable, robust, and access to helpful online community". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP HCM writes "Efficiently handles the entire hire-to-retire cycle management within an organization and the ability to scale is outstanding". Sage People is most compared with Workday, PeopleSoft and SAP SuccessFactors, whereas SAP HCM is most compared with SAP SuccessFactors, Workday, Oracle HCM Cloud, ADP GlobalView Payroll and Cegid. See our SAP HCM vs. Sage People report.
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