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Deel Global Payroll vs SAP SuccessFactors HCM comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 12, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Deel Global Payroll
Ranking in Cloud HCM
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
Global Payroll (1st), AI-Agents for HR (1st)
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Ranking in Cloud HCM
7th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
4.3
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Cloud HCM category, the mindshare of Deel Global Payroll is 0.7%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP SuccessFactors HCM is 1.2%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud HCM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Deel0.7%
SAP SuccessFactors HCM1.2%
Other98.1%
Cloud HCM
 

Featured Reviews

Petra Valjak - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of People&Culture at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees
Unified HR platform has streamlined global hiring, reduced onboarding work, and improved reviews
There are some minor things that I am looking forward to seeing improved in Deel, such as employment types. For example, I hire a lot of interns and there isn't a specific employment type for intern. There are employment types for direct employee, contractor and similar, but nothing for interns. There is a way to work around it by saying an intern is actually a direct employee and then implementing a custom field, but it would be really good if there was a general field to recognize interns as a part of the workforce. That is something that comes to mind. I think there are still some things that Deel will improve over time and then I will be happy to give it a 10 out of 10. Given the fact that it is still a fairly new HRIS system, there are minor improvements that can be made from that perspective of purely admin work, for example, correcting data in the fields once you import them when changing a salary. If I input one salary incorrectly, I need to import another line. I cannot just correct the previous field, which some of the other HRIS systems allow. This way, on one hand I have full tracking of all the logs so I am not missing if someone corrected something or did any changes, but on the other hand, it also remains visible in the logs. Even if it is a small human error, there is no way to make it very well structured and polished when I am drawing, for example, a historical report of all the salary changes. Such things are minor improvements that I believe would come over time. Once those are implemented, it would be a 10 out of 10.
Stuti Ghosh - PeerSpot reviewer
VP – Skills Architecture And Management at Standard Chartered Bank
Unified talent workflows have streamlined performance reviews and continuous feedback
Based on my experience with SAP SuccessFactors HCM, there are a lot of improvements needed. They are improving definitely, but SAP SuccessFactors HCM needs a lot more integrated flow of data and information across different modules because it is sitting in a lot of places. The biggest improvement is that SAP SuccessFactors HCM is very plain and vanilla and is not very engaging in terms of UI/UX. From a UI/UX perspective, it is not very intuitive. You need to know where to go and navigate and what information is sitting there. Therefore, we have to do a lot of change management education, a lot of guidance work, and a lot of change management to get higher adoption and engagement on the platform. Something that would be really intuitive could fit better with the flow.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Deel has positively impacted my organization as it is not only a good price point for startups, but it is also very startup-friendly."
"Deel allowed us in its initial stage to be able to hire no matter where, and it also allowed some of our employees to be able to relocate."
"The best features Deel offers include a very user-friendly system as far as the platform itself, and the customer service is really great."
"Using Deel has really helped us save time."
"Having this one-stop shop for all of our employees is quite crucial, and I am really happy that we use Deel on a daily basis."
"The best features Deel offers are its core product offering that enables us to work with people in countries where we don't have an entity, which has really opened the doors to global talent for us that we wouldn't have been able to access otherwise and enabled us to do this legally and compliantly."
"After using Deel, I can manage different payouts across different countries instantly, saving a lot of time, reducing headaches, and minimizing the efforts of human resources."
"Deel has created a great impact and saved us a lot of time and hard work behind the scenes."
"The SAP SuccessFactors HCM tool is a fantastic platform to work with, offering end-to-end employee lifecycle coverage."
"SAP SuccessFactors HCM has positively impacted my customer's environment by ensuring they are digital; we promote using DocuSign for document signing and ensuring effective onboarding, and post-implementation we provide hyper-care and digital adoption reports after six months or a year to show how much more paperless and workflow-enabled their organization has become after SAP SuccessFactors HCM implementation."
"The feature I appreciate the most about this solution is the integration with SAP S/4HANA system."
"The employee experience management tools have had a very positive impact on employee satisfaction and well-being within our organization."
"Using SAP SuccessFactors HCM analytics and insights helps my customers in data-driven decision-making."
"Regarding how SAP SuccessFactors HCM has helped my organization, we have timelines that work with the platform in terms of when we set up our goals and record them, performance reviews, check-ins, and everything work seamlessly."
 

Cons

"There are small things about Deel that could be improved."
"Deel can be improved by making adjustments to contract styles, especially regarding incentives or bonuses, which can be a little tricky, as their legal team sometimes takes their time and doesn't show consistency in what they allow and what they don't, but these are relatively minor issues."
"Deel can be improved in terms of user interface."
"For improvement with Deel, the focus is on the entity side, as we have experienced some delays regarding the entity setup, with the actual timeline being far from what they provided."
"I think Deel can be improved as it is a bit costly."
"I think Deel could improve by making the platform more customizable and expanding coverage to more immigration policies, such as Singapore."
"Deel can be improved by providing notifications of time-off requests."
"I find the on-demand payroll feature overly complicated."
"The reporting part is quite weak in SAP SuccessFactors HCM because the drill-down capabilities are not what a customer wants compared to what it offers."
"The pricing of the solution is very high concerning pricing, setup cost, and licensing of this tool."
"Based on my experience with SAP SuccessFactors HCM, there are a lot of improvements needed."
"It is very difficult to purchase SAP SuccessFactors HCM over here for smaller or medium-sized organizations, mainly because of the price."
"The SAP SuccessFactors HCM has room for improvement in terms of product development nimbleness. Additionally, the speed of the application platform occasionally reduces, primarily due to data center related issues."
"The main area for improvement would be implementing a better pricing model. It is expensive, and with people discussing Workday more frequently, SAP needs to compete by becoming more free-flowing and dynamic compared to traditional SAP systems."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
14%
Media Company
12%
University
10%
Educational Organization
8%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Educational Organization
12%
Construction Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise3
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Deel?
Our experience with Deel pricing has been positive overall. It’s not the cheapest, but the value is clear given the global compliance and infrastructure it provides. Setup was quick with minimal up...
What needs improvement with Deel?
Deel can be improved as there are still quite a lot of bugs on the system, which I raise with my account manager. While they are dealt with really well, it would be great to reach a stage where I a...
What is your primary use case for Deel?
My main use case for Deel centers around the EOR model; however, I have now fully utilized Deel for payroll and HRIS as well. For EOR and payroll in my day-to-day work, I utilize Deel to employ peo...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP SuccessFactors HCM?
The pricing of SAP SuccessFactors HCM is a bit expensive; its HCM without SuccessFactors was reasonable when it was on-site, but SuccessFactors is very expensive. On-premise HCM was good regarding ...
What needs improvement with SAP SuccessFactors HCM?
Based on my experience with SAP SuccessFactors HCM, there are a lot of improvements needed. They are improving definitely, but SAP SuccessFactors HCM needs a lot more integrated flow of data and in...
What is your primary use case for SAP SuccessFactors HCM?
I have hands-on experience with SAP SuccessFactors HCM and we use different modules. As an HR person, I work from that side of the platform. I am the customer of SAP SuccessFactors HCM. We utilize ...
 

Overview

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