ADP GlobalView Payroll vs Workday comparison

The compared ADP and Workday solutions aren't in the same category. ADP is ranked #3 in GP , and holds a 7.8% mindshare in the category. Workday is ranked #2 in CHCM , with an average rating of 8.4, and holds a 10.5% mindshare. Additionally, 66% of ADP users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Workday users who would recommend it.

ADP GlobalView Payroll

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66% willing to recommend

Workday

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6,777 Comparison Views

92% willing to recommend

ADP GlobalView Payroll

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between ADP GlobalView Payroll and Workday based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

ADP GlobalView Payroll

Average Rating

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Global Payroll (3rd)

Workday

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Benefits Administration (1st), Talent Management (2nd), Cloud HCM (2nd), Talent Acquisition (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Human Capital Management solutions, they serve different purposes. ADP GlobalView Payroll is designed for Global Payroll and holds a mindshare of 7.8%, down 9.3% compared to last year.
Workday, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud HCM, holds 10.5% mindshare, down 18.7% since last year.

Global Payroll Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
ADP GlobalView Payroll	7.8%
Deel	9.2%
ADP Streamline	5.7%
Other	77.3%

Global Payroll

Cloud HCM Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Workday	10.5%
SAP SuccessFactors	10.4%
Oracle HCM Cloud	5.5%
Other	73.6%

Cloud HCM

Featured Reviews

Prashant Shetty

Associate Director at Raytheon Technologies

A tool to help manage global payroll that needs to improve the area of customization after its implementation

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a six out of ten. With ADP GlobalView Payroll, if I have to scale up the operations, one of the practical challenges I would like to highlight here is that in the post-implementation phase, if there are any new system enhancements or customization requests, it takes a lot of time to work with ADP to implement such changes. In the present time, every business has to operate in an agile manner, but I think that when it comes to the area revolving around change and control, there is a cost involved in ADP, and it comes as part of ADP's global contract. Most of the time, users may find that the prices quoted are not reasonable to justify the efforts involved from ADP's end. Most of the companies that fall under the category of Fortune 100 use ADP GlobalView Payroll, especially in the APAC region and Europe. The good thing with ADP GlobalView Payroll is that its system can be integrated with any HR system, like Workday or SAP SuccessFactors, since the integration is very seamless because many companies use global HR systems.

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Eslam Abo Elnaga

Senior people and systems analyst at B_labs & Mylo

Has improved HR process efficiency through intuitive workflows and responsive support

There is something that could be improved in Workday, specifically in the time tracking module. While I am not working on Workday now, I was a regional HRIS working for Egypt, Malta, India, and China. I mention these countries to relate to high population countries and companies. In our company, we use assigned work schedules for our teams. Because we work with the time tracking module, we need to assign shifts. In the manufacturing industry, we might need to change shifts every day or week. Manufacturing teams are huge, approximately 50 to 200 people in one team. If this team has one leader, the leader needs to assign a work schedule for each person individually. While there is mass upload functionality where we can load shifts for all people or specific groups, we need to select multiple people and assign them to a schedule from the interface itself. I have requested this functionality many times. When extracting business processes awaiting actions report, I can select different processes in one box, hit okay, and the report comes up. However, the same functionality does not work for work schedule assigning. If implemented, it would help many people in companies with high populations and big teams.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"ADP is a good solution if you want simple, static systems."

"Good solution if you want simple, static systems."

"If someone wants a good payroll system with a good presence in the APAC region and Europe, then without a doubt, ADP GlobalView Payroll falls at the top of the list of best tools."

"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"Amazing with the support team; their response time is really good."

"We use the platform for tasks, including applying for leaves, communication, and adhering to our organization's policies through efficient goal setting and reviews."

"I would highly recommend it to anyone."

"I'm happy with the features Workday offers. But in particular, Core HCM is the best."

"Workday is a holistic HR solution."

"It is easy to use and straightforward."

"The payroll and benefits engine is the most valuable Workday solution in my opinion. It is also easy to access."

"It's actually a cloud-native solution and based on the community for development, with a very good open architecture that is able to interconnect with other systems, and it is very stable and very fast in terms of response."

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Cons

"Projects tend to take longer because ADP wants to manage everything."

"With big companies, it takes a long time to run when it comes to the reporting part."

"The portal where employees log in to check their weekly tax statements is called ADP ESS, an area where improvements are needed."

"Projects tend to take longer because ADP wants to manage everything."

"It's possible that the way things are integrated could be improved but if you've used SAP then Workday is actually pretty good."

"There are other enhancements that go untended that have been languishing for years."

"For time management, it does not have a calendar generator. For example, if you want to have a shift calendar for an entire year, you need to push the entire year's calendar into the system instead of being able to generate it using a time management pattern."

"There is a lot of complexity in the configuration of this solution."

"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."

"Setting up reports can be a bit tricky."

"The navigation of Workday is good but could be better."

"The most important thing is to be able to do your own reporting, which it can't do. We rely so much on our consultant to customize reports for us."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"If users consider the license of the solution, then it is an expensive tool."

"I believe that ADP GlobalView Payroll is an expensive solution."

"With a bigger budget, I would recommend SAP."

"I need to pay for a license. It is expensive."

"By and large, Workday is expensive. It is based on the headcount. I'd probably rate it a three or four out of five in terms of pricing. It'd be like buying a Mercedes or a high-end car. It's expensive, but there's a specific value that you're getting with additional features and things of that nature. Using that metaphor, Workday probably tends to be more of a luxury. There are others like ADP that can do your payroll, your time off, and other things, but they don't do it as well."

"Workday is an expensive solution."

"I rate the product’s pricing a ten out of ten."

"You have the license fee per module, and then you have a kind of annual training fee, which is a kind of add-on. I wouldn't say it is exhaustive; it is minor. Licensing is pretty transparent for most of the part."

"It's very, very expensive."

"It has an annual subscription rate, but I'm not sure how it will work."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

University

Government

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	16
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	42

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Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 23% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Overview

A global payroll solution for the world of people you have to pay.

For businesses with thousands of employees, getting payroll right isn’t easy. Every nation brings its own rules, regulations, banking systems, and compliance challenges. Multiply that across a global footprint and the complexity is clear.

ADP's cloud-based GlobalView Payroll platform makes it easier to run global payroll by using a single system of record to unify employee data around the world while accommodating local payroll rules to run compliant payroll.

ADP

The Workday Platform is an AI-powered platform that unifies HR, financial, and operational data, enabling seamless planning, execution, and analysis. It improves decision-making, streamlines cross-team processes, and leverages Workday Illuminate™ for advanced AI insights from vast HR and finance datasets. Workday empowers organizations of all sizes to innovate and optimize performance.

Workday

Sample Customers

Global Talent for Celestica

AAA, Allied Global, Avago Technologies Limited, Aviva, Cardinal Health, CareFusion, Chiquita Brands International, Equifax, Flextronics, HP, Life Time Fitness, McKee Foods, MGM Resorts International, Sanofi, ServiceSource International, Symantec, TripAdvisor, Yahoo!

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