SAP HCM vs SAP SuccessFactors
We performed a comparison between SAP HCM and SAP SuccessFactors based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: SAP SuccessFactors comes out on top in this comparison. It offers a wider variety of features than SAP HCM does and is easier to configure. SAP SuccessFactors also receives higher marks in the pricing department, thanks to its various licensing options.
"The valuable features of SAP HCM include managing employee data from hiring to retirement."
"SAP HCM has a good performance."
"The tool's most valuable features for our HR operations include easy reporting capabilities, which allow us to generate reports for management meetings and auditing purposes. Additionally, it supports appointment preparation and processing benefits."
"Technical support is excellent."
"The payroll and time management features are useful."
"When you maintain your data in SAP, you can generate any kind of HR report with one click."
"The tool's best feature is SAP SuccessFactors."
"It is a scalable solution. There are three administrators maintaining the solution: an HR person, a payroll person, and one backup."
"What I like most about SAP SuccessFactors are its recruiting and compensation features."
"The tool's most valuable feature is document generation."
"What I appreciate most about SAP SuccessFactors is that it has all the modules in one platform. SAP SuccessFactors is the best option in the market for HR use cases. I also find the solution user-friendly."
"SAP SuccessFactors, in my opinion, is the best cloud-based HR solution tool for any size business."
"The performance and goal management is good, and it has a fairly detailed employee central."
"We have found objects like Foundation and MDF most valuable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the performance management module."
"The self-service part is most valuable. Employees and managers can do a lot of things on their own, and they are not dependent on the HR organization."
"The organizational structure visualization could be improved in future releases. The solution has a very poor interface."
"This solution needs to be more configurable and user-friendly."
"It would be very helpful for our company if a new version was released with the ability to contain all of the things that we have newly introduced in our company."
"A better user interface and greater AI integration are crucial."
"The setup comes with a set of challenges as well."
"There are already success factors for the cloud solution which cannot be integrated into S/4 HANA."
"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."
"It was difficult to deploy. There were challenges regarding configurations and implementation. So, we had a lot of issues."
"We encountered challenges with the tool's integration with third-party applications and deployments."
"There should be more connectivity with other systems."
"The integration between the recruitment module and employee central is a big problem."
"SuccessFactors should consider building their best practices around critical industries to help companies become more differentiated in the markets they operate in."
"Overall, the documentation could be improved, and I think the learning management module needs to include more capabilities when it comes to matching an organization's particular learning approach."
"LMS, Learning Management Systems, needs improvement because there were some stability problems."
"The process for long modules needs to be improved, because compared to how it's done with a competitor (Meta4), the competitor's process was simpler."
"The reporting and cloud integration could be done better in this solution."
SAP HCM is ranked 3rd in Cloud HCM with 48 reviews while SAP SuccessFactors is ranked 1st in Cloud HCM with 90 reviews. SAP HCM is rated 7.6, while SAP SuccessFactors is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of SAP HCM writes "Allows you to generate reports, easy integration and offers out-of-the-box support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP SuccessFactors writes "Offers many useful modules and integrations, and helps companies adhere to best practices". SAP HCM is most compared with Workday, Oracle HCM Cloud, ADP GlobalView Payroll, PeopleSoft and UKG, whereas SAP SuccessFactors is most compared with Workday, Oracle HCM Cloud, PeopleSoft, UKG and Cornerstone Learning. See our SAP HCM vs. SAP SuccessFactors report.
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When it comes to user experience, SuccessFactors is unquestionably superior, as it provides end users with a new experience and an advanced user interface. Additionally, the entire concept of SF is to simplify the process, giving life back to HR systems so that they can be more modern and flexible, and rely more on the heart of HR – the employee.
On the other hand, while SF is technically less complex than SAP HCM, it also has significantly less capability, particularly when it comes to integration with other SAP modules. For example, while SAP's integration between the SAP Project system and the SAP HCM process is robust, SuccessFactors' integration is limited and still in its early stages.
In all circumstances, SAP SF represents the future of HR, with a highly promising road map. I believe that if SAP continues to create more features, SF will have greater functionality than SAP HCM in 5 years.