Cegid vs SAP SuccessFactors vs Workday comparison

Cegid and SAP are both solutions in the Cloud HCM category. Cegid is ranked #18 with an average rating of 6.5, while SAP is ranked #1 with an average rating of 7.8. Cegid holds a 1.6% mindshare in CHCM, compared to SAP’s 10.4% mindshare. Additionally, 78% of Cegid users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 85% of SAP users who would recommend it.

Cegid

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78% willing to recommend

SAP SuccessFactors

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9,926 Views
7,345 Comparison Views

85% willing to recommend

Workday

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9,682 Views
6,777 Comparison Views

92% willing to recommend

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Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Cloud HCM category, the mindshare of Cegid is 1.6%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP SuccessFactors is 10.4%, down from 21.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Workday is 10.5%, down from 18.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud HCM Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SAP SuccessFactors	10.4%
Workday	10.5%
Cegid	1.6%
Other	77.5%

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Project Manager, HRIS

Project Manager, HRIS at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Optimize talent management with modular features but needs better reporting

There are difficulties regarding the reporting part. While we have some reporting functionalities, they are not powerful or deep. For instance, the coverage report on a specific effective date provides data effective on the day of the report, which is a significant limitation. Additionally, the available APIs, both inbound and outbound, are not well-developed, preventing the creation of accurate interfaces with other systems. There is also a need to review the reporting infrastructure to build a data lake that would allow customers to access data regardless of the effective date of the information. Moreover, the silos between the different modules need to be removed. Ideally, one would want a report that provides information at the same time from performance and compensation.

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Saptak Samadder

Assistant Manager at Kashiv Biosciences

HR has gained clear analytics for attrition, goals, and appraisals and manages talent efficiently

SAP SuccessFactors has a low error rate. We had many ad hoc reports that we needed to generate, and it was very easy to do so in SAP SuccessFactors. We also created many in-house reports according to our specific requirements with the help of this tool, which was a really big game changer for us. We did not depend on advanced Excel in those cases. We generated a lot of detailed reports whenever we needed them during emergency cases or board meetings. A lot of usefulness and time were saved in those cases. I will also mention that we conducted a comparative study for some recruitment cases. We had a recruitment model where we were looking for a very niche profile. Since the job profile was really different and rare, we had to depend on analytics to understand and shortlist from a large pool of candidates that we already had in our database. Analytics was really helpful in this situation.

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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

"The most valuable feature is you can customize every type of payroll calculation that you have."

"This solution would be good and more cost-effective than an SAP if you are only looking for HR functionality."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the payment engine."

"It allowed us to fully automate payroll/salary processing for 6000 employees, and this is now operated by only three people."

"The most valuable features of Meta4 are payroll and resource recruitment. However, all of the features in the human resource system are useful."

"Performance appraisal might be the most valuable feature for us."

"It helps to optimize some workflows and provides reporting capabilities."

"Meta4 HCM helps us consolidate HR data across various regions."

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"All of SuccessFactors' features are useful, but there are several modules within SuccessFactors that I find handy. You have Employee Central, which manages employee records within the system. It manages all the information about an employee, including names, addresses, account numbers, positions, org charts, etc. It also handles performance reviews and KPIs for employees within an organization. Then you have succession planning and development as well."

"SuccessFactors' most valuable feature is performance management."

"The performance goals and learning management solutions are the product's most valuable features."

"This solution is more scalable than other solutions because of the features that it offers."

"SuccessFactors' most valuable feature is performance management."

"The UX in SAP SuccessFactors is good."

"One of the most valuable features of this solution is the performance management workflow."

"In terms of user experience, it is quite good."

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"In the process of obtaining representative sites in NaviNet, it assists us in facilitating decision-making and taking action."

"Between risk reduction, audit reduction and knowing that in many ways we can stop thinking about HR as an issue to solve, we have seen great value."

"What I appreciate best about Workday is the recruiting component."

"It's intuitive, a very usable tool and it's easy to find the data you're looking for."

"There is a lot of scope for customization with this solution"

"It's really stable, we use it globally and have 100,000 employees, and I know that there are no big issues with the stability of the tool."

"The product is useful for storing employee records."

"It's easy to set up."

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Cons

"To put it bluntly, the e-Mind product is obsolete older technology, and has no upgrade path for the new PeopleNet product."

"Meta4 could improve by allowing users to manage things by themself."

"The first response usually lacks depth, and if it were just an HR user submitting tickets, the outcome might be poor."

"In future releases, it would be useful to see reporting lines of all the team members in our business to understand who reports to whom."

"The HR portal, training model, and the development career model all need improvement."

"I would like to have recruitment and acquisition features added to this solution."

"Reporting (although it doesn't always work as intended)."

"The user interface could be improved and the maintenance is complex when it comes to upgrades."

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"For SAP, the product is pricey, both CAPEX and the OPEX."

"In my experience with SuccessFactors' analytics capabilities influencing decision-making, workforce analytics is still challenging due to customizations."

"The SAP SuccessFactors integration with old versions can improve. We are using an older finance module but we are having migration issues."

"The GUI needs to be enhanced to be in line with the latest and complete version of the solution."

"The Reporting/Analytics and User Interface need improvement."

"We had stability issues multiple times; sometimes disturbing and in a few cases, it caused blocks for business."

"The integration with Employee Central and Employee Central Payroll needs improvement as the client is still considering on-premises solutions."

"Configuration transportation functionality is not available in SuccessFactor."

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"The implementation time should be addressed, as it is too slow. Also, the solution should be more user-friendly."

"Workday could give us industry-specific or vertical-specific solutions."

"Workday does not support many Korean language features. So, it will be great if they have some development on the Korean language side – then it will be really powerful in our market."

"My only suggestion might be to include a brief description of any new fields we introduce, making it easier for people to use them. Perhaps this is something they can consider implementing."

"They could provide a web chatbot feature in the dashboard for Workday."

"This solution could be made easier to use by continuing to release new improvements."

"The finance module of this solution is not great and needs improvement."

"The cost of Workday is certainly not inexpensive. It's very pricey."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Meta4 requires annual maintenance that needs to be paid for."

"From a cost perspective, I think this is a well-balanced option."

"The cost of SAP SuccessFactors is reasonable."

"Probably, it is one of the priciest products, and is very costly to put up and maintain but because it is a good solution end to end, people take it."

"It is not expensive because it is a complete suite with a module-based cost."

"Our costs for the solution are subsidized by our parent company, I am not aware of the exact cost because of this. However, we pay $50,000 annually. If we move to another solution it will be more expensive."

"The licensing fees are based on the number of modules that are being used, and the number of users."

"The price of the solution is highly expensive."

"I have raised change requests for some modules within SuccessFactors. For example, when you're using Recruiting Management, there's a feature called Interview Central you can use to reach the candidates you're interviewing. I wanted to add a writing assessment when I select the competency on that platform. It varies from consultant to consultant, depending on what module they use."

"SAP SuccessFactors requires an annual subscription."

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

"Workday is an expensive solution."

"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."

"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."

"The pricing for this solution is fairly high. It is not affordable for small and mid-sized companies."

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

"Workday is moderately priced - I'd rate its pricing three out of five."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

16%

Retailer

13%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Marketing Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

15%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Construction Company

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

University

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	11

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	23
Midsize Enterprise	13
Large Enterprise	69

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

Questions from the Community

What advice do you have for others considering Cegid?

I would recommend Cegid for a small company. I rate the overall solution a six out of ten.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cegid?

The solution is very reasonably priced.

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What needs improvement with Cegid?

There are difficulties regarding the reporting part. While we have some reporting functionalities, they are not power...

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What are the biggest differences between Workday, Oracle Cloud and SAP SuccessFactors?

Differences between Workday, Oracle Cloud,w and SAP SuccessFactors:w Oracle: "simple interface and deep customizatio...

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What is better, SAP HCM or SAP SuccessFactors?

When it comes to user experience, SuccessFactors is unquestionably superior, as it provides end users with a new expe...

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What do you like most about SAP SuccessFactors?

The tool is easy to use for performance management. We haven't experienced any issues with SAP SuccessFactors for per...

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What do you like most about Workday?

I like its UI and UX. When we were using Oracle or SAP, the UI/UX wasn't very user-friendly for the employees.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Workday?

If you go with the launch implementation approach, the solution is generally not very expensive. If you want to add m...

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What needs improvement with Workday?

Workday could improve its custom reporting for beginners. While it is very powerful, creating complex reports has a s...

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Also Known As

TalentSoft, Meta4

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Overview

We create innovative, purposeful business management solutions, designed to help professionals in retail and HR (pay and talent management), payroll, tax and CPAs, achieve their goals and make more possible.

Cegid

SAP SuccessFactors is an AI-powered, cloud-based HR suite supporting over 100 countries, providing real-time insights and integrated solutions across core HR, payroll, talent, learning, analytics, and employee experience.

Trusted by over 10,000 organizations, SAP SuccessFactors elevates people processes, decisions, and experiences by empowering employees. It offers AI-driven tools enhancing self-service, learning, performance, and development, unifying people and skills data to align talents with business goals. The platform ensures compliance with legal updates and speeds up results using HR best practices and a robust partner network. Its modular design, seamless integration, and mobile access stand out, supporting global accessibility and talent management. Role-based permissions and automated compliance offer flexibility and security, catering to diverse industries.

What are the most important features of SAP SuccessFactors?

Performance and Goal Management: Facilitates setting and tracking employee objectives.
Employee Lifecycle Management: Streamlines employee processes from recruitment to exit.
Learning Management: Promotes continuous learning and development.
Real-Time Reporting: Provides instant insights into HR data.

What benefits should users look for in SAP SuccessFactors reviews?

Increased Productivity: AI-driven tools enhance workforce agility.
Talent Alignment: Unifying skills data aligns workforce with business priorities.
Compliance Assurance: Regular updates ensure legal and regulatory adherence.
Global Accessibility: Cloud-based platform supports cross-geography management.

Organizations implement SAP SuccessFactors for Performance Management, Talent Acquisition, Learning, and HR core functions, streamlining recruitment, onboarding, records management, goal setting, and performance evaluation. It extends to time management, compensation, and talent development, integrating across geographies for centralized data management, reporting, and analytics, enhancing HR operations and employee engagement.

SAP

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

Aeroports de Paris, Arkadin, Ingenico Payment Services, Bollor_ Group, Bull, FDJ, Limagrain

City of Cape Town, ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Ltd., TransAlta Corporation, Keolis, PT XL Axiata Tbk, National Football League (NFL), Plan International, Yoh, A Day & Zimmermann Company, China Talent Group (CTG TMO), Umicore S.A., Butterfield Bank, Skril

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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