We performed a comparison between ADP Workforce Now and Workday 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 features are the reporting and benefits piece."
"The most valuable feature to me is performance management because we just started using that."
"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."
"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."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The platform is on a private cloud that is fully secure with no way for hacker penetration."
"There is a lot of scope for customization with this solution"
"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"
"It's a fully consolidated system. All the transactions and configuration are co-located in one fully in-memory system, so there is no need to go to different data sources (multiple DBs) to pull data; it’s all in one place."
"I found the analysis features to be very useful for our company. I also found the modules installed to be aligned with our company's KPIs. These were the two features that stood out."
"We use the platform for tasks, including applying for leaves, communication, and adhering to our organization's policies through efficient goal setting and reviews."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the usability, learning, and compliance tools."
"In terms of customization, while it may not be fully customizable, you can configure the features based on the foundation that Workday offers. This allows you to take the basic features and tailor them to the specific needs of your company or business. It provides a lot of configuration flexibility."
"In the process of obtaining representative sites in NaviNet, it assists us in facilitating decision-making and taking action."
"The report functionality is not as good as competitive products."
"I would like to see the payroll side improved and there are a few kinks that need to be worked out."
"The ease of developing and creating reports could definitely use some improvement."
"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."
"Its benefits portal could be user-friendly."
"The finance module of this solution is not great and needs improvement."
"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."
"The expenses and reimbursements module could be improved. Creating expense reports is time consuming and inefficient compared to other expense solutions."
"It's possible that the way things are integrated could be improved"
"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."
"Workday would be improved with more API connectors."
"The solution can be improved by speeding up the load time when pulling up information."
"Workday does have a community site where people can go on and off for suggestions. They call them Brainstorms, and you can vote them up. That is something that they do well, but oftentimes, they seem to be racing to deliver something based on what a competitor is delivering. For example, if they hear SAP has this new functionality and learning that's going to be coming out, they prioritize there, which makes sense, but unfortunately, some of these Brainstorms may get neglected where the product might not be improved as quickly or as needed for the customers. You might be waiting for a year or two to get a feature that you'd like released. They should pay more attention to customer feedback and ensure that customer feedback is an essential part of their product roadmap."
ADP Workforce Now is ranked 9th in Benefits Administration with 11 reviews while Workday is ranked 1st in Benefits Administration with 49 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, ADP GlobalView Payroll and Netsuite SuitePeople, 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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