We performed a comparison between SAP HCM and UKG 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 technical support is quite good."
"The tool's best feature is SAP SuccessFactors."
"The most valuable feature, in my view, is the level of exceptions or error messages that come back when something goes wrong."
"We have managed to consolidate our payroll for all India operations on this platform."
"The most valuable feature is the Personnel Administration."
"I think HCM was the most stable for me...It is a very scalable product."
"Technical support is excellent."
"All of the core processes are very valuable aspects of the solution. These include personnel, administration, organizational structure, and payroll."
"It enables us to manage the system ourselves. We don't need an additional team to do a lot of maintenance and add the things that we want."
"The most valuable feature is being able to get time management reports which break out reclassified jobs and departments to separate areas of the company. This allows for better tracking of hours spent in certain jobs and where more hours may be needed."
"UKG allows us to customize our home screen so that we can easily monitor important items on a daily basis."
"I like UKG's integration."
"The fact that I can see the whole HR information in a single point is valuable. There is a unified view of everything, which is good. Previously, we had many different systems for each part of the information. Now, it is all centralized. It is very good."
"The employee self-service feature is most valuable. This is the restaurant industry, and they have a mobile app that allows employees to go in and manage their data. So, employees can manage direct deposit accounts, emergency contacts, and other things in the app. That's definitely the biggest benefit."
"The solution's UI is good. Also, it is very easy to use."
"I have found the most valuable feature to be business intelligence and Cognos reporting."
"A better user interface and greater AI integration are crucial."
"I'm currently working for a state-owned government company, and we need to follow some standards and regulations. We also have a strategy to be followed. Sometimes the template and the format are not available in the SAP HCM, so we have to work around this limitation. The tax also sometimes changes in my country, and we have to redo everything to change the payroll calculations, benefits, and things like that. The talent management feature can be improved. It is currently very simple in SAP HCM. SAP is also very hard to integrate. In terms of monitoring, there are no monitoring tools, but as long as we take care of the disk capacity, there is no problem."
"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."
"It takes a long time to apply an update patch to the system."
"Its reporting feature could have customization options."
"The speed of technical support can be improved."
"The implementation of the solution can be a bit difficult. They should make it easier. If it could be as simple as the SuccessFactors implementation that would be ideal."
"The solution could use better reporting with standard reports. We use the Cognos platform in BI for a lot of our reporting. However, they need to have more robust standard reporting available to their user base."
"The navigation on the screen could be better. Sometimes, I have to dig a little bit deep to find what I need. Everything is there. It just needs to be a little bit smoother."
"Certainly, the time and attendance and the payroll integration need a lot of work. They are disjointed pieces, and they don't work smoothly together. That's the main drawback."
"One area where UKG could improve is in its ability to understand its own competency and then work hard to improve it."
"UKG could be a little more flexible in some areas."
"I would like to see more functionality in the next release to be able to get hours and dollars per calendar month rather than just by payroll in the Business Intelligence reports."
"The solution could improve by simplifying it even more core reports, such as more sample reports, more generic reports that you can edit and improve on yourself."
"I would like the capability to use UKG as a single platform without the need to alternate between systems."
SAP HCM is ranked 4th in Benefits Administration with 45 reviews while UKG is ranked 6th in Benefits Administration with 117 reviews. SAP HCM is rated 7.6, while UKG is rated 7.8. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of UKG writes "A solution with the capability to integrate seamlessly with other third-party applications". SAP HCM is most compared with SAP SuccessFactors, Workday, Oracle HCM Cloud, ADP GlobalView Payroll and P&I LogaHR, whereas UKG is most compared with Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, PeopleSoft, Dayforce HCM and Saviom Resource Management. See our SAP HCM vs. UKG report.
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