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Oracle Payroll vs SAP HCM comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Payroll
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Global Payroll (17th)
SAP HCM
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
59
Ranking in other categories
Benefits Administration (2nd), Talent Management (5th), Cloud HCM (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Human Capital Management solutions, they serve different purposes. Oracle Payroll is designed for Global Payroll and holds a mindshare of 2.0%, down 2.2% compared to last year.
SAP HCM, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud HCM, holds 3.0% mindshare, down 8.3% since last year.
Global Payroll Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Payroll2.0%
Deel Global Payroll7.5%
Rippling4.8%
Other85.7%
Global Payroll
Cloud HCM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP HCM3.0%
Workday HCM10.0%
SAP SuccessFactors8.9%
Other78.1%
Cloud HCM
 

Featured Reviews

BM
Dupty Chief Information Technology Officer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
The self-service helps increase employee loyalty
The reporting could use some improvement. It doesn't shorten the data that it displays to the employee. At the moment you have to scroll through all of the results in order to find what you are looking for. Another improvement that should be implemented in the next release is the appraisal. For the appraisal model, we have to go to another solution because the one included is not supporting us in our needs.
SS
Assistant Manager at Kashiv Biosciences
Centralized global HR data has improved expense control and supports secure employee management
The features of SAP HCM are valued by me as it had a clear idea about what was expected from the user point. The person or the application has a lot of features and it had actually all the information needed from our part. That aspect is nice. Apart from that, the T-codes are really helpful to understand which particular option we need when we put the T-code in the search box. The stability and reliability of SAP HCM product are really nice, very helpful, and secured. It has no point of leakage and is mostly reliable, as most companies and organizations prefer SAP over many tools. As for security, it's already secured from the beginning itself, and that is the only reason our organization relies on it. Since it's very useful at a global scale, it is a very useful tool and is very easy to access and handle.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This solution increases the employees' loyalty to the organization since everything regarding their salary, health, insurance, etc. is there, and the employees can also check to see what activity is done on their files."
"I feel SAP HCM is very competitive and worth the investment given its capability to integrate modules and provide comprehensive value."
"The tool's most valuable features for our HR operations include easy reporting capabilities, which allow us to generate reports for management meetings and auditing purposes. Additionally, it supports appointment preparation and processing benefits."
"We are talking about a very friendly product, which sets an industry standard."
"They have some interesting features in the learning space."
"The compliance management functionality is quite good."
"Human Capital Management is a powerful tool for organization management that helps define the organizational structure, support the company, and automate administration of employee information, education and learning, insurance, healthcare, and all other facets of human resources."
"We've found that the solution has the capability to scale."
"Scalability is excellent, and I would rate it ten out of ten."
 

Cons

"The reporting could use some improvement."
"I would like it to move more towards a single data space, a single data source. SAP as a platform relies on multiple data sources because traditionally, it's been bolted together by the acquisition of other products rather than a single database. That's why there are lots of points of failure and lots of required points of integration. They need a single integration point."
"The product significantly improved our organization by automating many processes, which reduced paperwork and provided clearer, more accurate goals and competencies."
"SAP HCM needs to be more customizable to fit unique organizational processes."
"The speed of technical support can be improved."
"It would be very helpful for our company if a new version was released with the ability to contain all of the things that we have newly introduced in our company."
"Scalability can be challenging from a cost perspective. If a company has the budget, they opt for the enterprise level."
"It takes a long time to apply an update patch to the system."
"It would be nice if the solution migrated to S/4HANA, although this is not an immediate need of ours."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"For implementation, SAP offers little support unless you buy SAP Safeguarding from SAP Consulting."
"Be careful and guard against future changes in licensing."
"SAP is expensive, but if you're using the product, then the expensive product becomes inexpensive. Considering its performance and features, I find it quite reasonable."
"The cost depends on the size of the organization. Compared to others, I'd say Oracle is number one, followed by Workday and SAP HCM."
"The product is expensive."
"The terms on which you buy licenses might change due to the way they license in a particular product."
"The cost of SAP HCM is high, the license should be reduced. SAP HCM has a lot of hidden costs."
"The pricing is really high."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Healthcare Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Construction Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise41
 

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What do you like most about SAP HCM?
SAP HCM is the one of the best ERP for an organization with a small to large scale business. It has the most efficient payroll functionality. Regards : SAP HR classes in pune
What do you like most about SAP HCM?
HCM is a very important module that each organization should want to use. It will help any organization to calculate and control the cost of their human resources.
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 experience and an advanced user interface. Additionally, the entire concept of SF is...
 

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Also Known As

Oracle Global Payroll, Global Payroll
SAP Human Capital Management
 

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Sample Customers

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