We performed a comparison between Oracle HCM Cloud and SAP SuccessFactors based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: SAP SuccessFactors is the winner in the comparison. According to reviews, SAP SuccessFactors appears to be a more mature and powerful solution. Oracle HCM Cloud does come out on top in the ease of deployment category, however.
"The most valuable feature is the support for mobile devices."
"In general, functionality is fine."
"The tool's implementation has resulted in significant time savings, ranging from 30 to 50 percent across various processes. Oracle HCM, particularly its payroll functionality, has proven to be highly valuable for our organization. Additionally, the ability to implement various customizations has proven valuable. The robust nature of Oracle HCM Cloud ensures high accuracy."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle HCM Cloud is the dashboards, customization, and configuration."
"Offers a good balanced scorecard capability."
"The application design is beautiful."
"I like the interfaces, and they are fine. I would like to see more interfaces."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle HCM Cloud is its integration."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the performance management module."
"What I like the most is the KPI management formula."
"Overall, it's excellent performance management."
"The overall functionality of the solution is very good."
"It's a uniform user interface."
"In terms of user experience, it is quite good."
"The performance of the solution is very good."
"The interface is user-friendly. It is very simple and intuitive, so it's good."
"The initial setup is straightforward. However, it is more complex than Oracle Taleo because it has a lot more features have complexity."
"Once we are done working on a template, we can't change it unless we create a new one."
"The recruitment aspect is good, but it's new and it still needs some enhancements. In the future, we hope it will be similar to Taleo."
"The user interface, as well as the interfaces between modules, should definitely be enhanced."
"An employee needs training to apply for leave, something as simple as that. They shouldn't need training materials or user guides to navigate the system. We're moving towards empowering users, especially with end-user-facing systems. People should be self-reliant and not need to rely on manuals. Oracle HCM Cloud is very old-school in this regard."
"Cloud learning can be improved."
"The GUI interface should be more user-friendly."
"In some geographies, you might not find specific localizations. For example, here in Turkey, we can use all Oracle Cloud modules except for payroll. The Oracle payroll module isn't localized for the Turkish system. So, we need to integrate a separate, localized payroll solution with Oracle HCM."
"Some of the screens aren't that user-friendly, older employees especially have a hard time with it. They have some problems with it."
"SAP SuccessFactors' pricing structure could be improved."
"The process for long modules needs to be improved, because compared to how it's done with a competitor (Meta4), the competitor's process was simpler."
"There is an area of improvement in integrating SuccessFactors with different platforms."
"I think there is room for improvement in user friendliness. In my experience, users are sometimes confused about how to use the solution."
"The price of the solution could improve, it is too high."
"There are some limiting aspects to this product."
"They should be more user friendly and give us more tools to make it more flexible."
Oracle HCM Cloud is ranked 3rd in Talent Management with 62 reviews while SAP SuccessFactors is ranked 1st in Talent Management with 90 reviews. Oracle HCM Cloud is rated 7.8, while SAP SuccessFactors is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Oracle HCM Cloud writes " Capable of consolidating data from all countries and providing access to any employee information across locations but poor user experience". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP SuccessFactors writes "Offers many useful modules and integrations, and helps companies adhere to best practices". Oracle HCM Cloud is most compared with PeopleSoft, Workday, SAP HCM, Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Taleo, whereas SAP SuccessFactors is most compared with SAP HCM, Workday, PeopleSoft, UKG and Cornerstone Learning. See our Oracle HCM Cloud vs. SAP SuccessFactors report.
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