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Oracle Taleo vs PeopleSoft vs Workday comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
1.0
Oracle Taleo's ROI is significant through training sales and process efficiency, but lacks direct cost or time comparison.
Sentiment score
5.2
Organizations find PeopleSoft cost-effective, emphasizing its successful long-term use and economical implementation compared to Oracle and SAP.
Sentiment score
5.2
Transitioning to Workday from on-premises HR platforms improved engagement, saved time, and enhanced ROI satisfaction with competitive pricing.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.4
Oracle Taleo's customer service is praised for efficient problem resolution, but technical support ratings vary due to communication issues.
Sentiment score
4.6
PeopleSoft's customer service is praised for reliability and documentation, but custom support and Oracle's central service receive mixed reviews.
Sentiment score
6.7
Workday's customer service is highly rated for quick responses and efficiency, though regional expertise in Korea needs improvement.
We do get updates every quarter regarding our experience with the technical support and customer service team because they let us know about product feature developments.
Talent Acquisition Specialist at Autodesk, Inc.
If a customer designs custom applications and encounters issues, PeopleSoft will not provide service for those custom applications.
Owner at Qubixlabs.com
I have not found any other enterprise resource planning systems that are as well documented or as easily searchable as PeopleSoft.
CEO at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
With Workday, I can pick up the phone, call them on Teams, and they answer immediately.
Senior people and systems analyst at B_labs & Mylo
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
3.0
Oracle Taleo scales efficiently for many organizations, but struggles with personalization, lagging behind more advanced enterprise tools.
Sentiment score
7.5
PeopleSoft offers high scalability, seamless integration, and stability for both traditional and cloud-based environments, supporting diverse organizational growth.
Sentiment score
7.6
Workday excels in scalability, integrating seamlessly and efficiently with platforms for small to large enterprises, despite its cost.
For larger enterprises, Oracle Taleo may not stand out due to other available tools in the market that offer more features and scalability.
Student at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
This rating reflects the limitation that custom applications do not receive support.
Owner at Qubixlabs.com
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.0
Oracle Taleo is stable and reliable, with minor slowdowns, effective communication, and continuous performance enhancements.
Sentiment score
7.4
PeopleSoft is valued for its reliable, stable performance and mature features, significantly enhancing business operations despite occasional upgrade challenges.
Sentiment score
7.9
Users praise Workday's stability, reliability, and efficient performance, despite occasional brief slowness or login issues, rating it highly.
When it comes to overall stability and performance, there are prior communications about downtime on Saturdays for developments.
Talent Acquisition Specialist at Autodesk, Inc.
Small issues take maximum one to two hours to resolve, while major issues take up to 12 hours.
Owner at Qubixlabs.com
 

Room For Improvement

Oracle Taleo needs improved support, UI, navigation, automation, AI CV screening, data management, mobile compatibility, and pricing strategy.
PeopleSoft needs enhanced mobility, better integration, improved support, reduced complexity, and clarity on development to minimize costs and disruptions.
Workday needs significant improvements in data handling, integration, UI, and functionality to better meet diverse user needs.
I cannot compare certain things or implement some automations that require a lot of manual intervention when initiating, generating, and calculating offers.
Associate Architect-Technology at Virtusa Global
Oracle Taleo could also enhance customization options to better suit enterprise clients who typically engage in long-term contracts.
Student at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oracle Taleo lacks AI right now when everyone is transitioning into AI.
Talent Acquisition Specialist at Autodesk, Inc.
Professionals are transitioning due to challenges in availability, scalability, and resource allocation.
Owner at Qubixlabs.com
More delivered artificial intelligence functionality in operations and finance would be helpful.
CEO at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
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.
Senior people and systems analyst at B_labs & Mylo
Creating complex reports has a steep learning curve and often requires specified training.
System Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
The ease of use is notable because seeing all the videos and demos, the user interface is quite simple to use.
Senior Analyst at Eos Intelligence
 

Setup Cost

Oracle Taleo's pricing involves annual fees based on needs, active users, and features with competitive rates rated 7-8/10.
PeopleSoft pricing varies widely, influenced by user needs, with high base costs but justified by its functionality and flexibility.
Workday is a costly HCM solution with tiered pricing, offering value and ROI despite high fees for smaller organizations.
PeopleSoft is certainly cheaper than cloud solutions.
CEO at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
 

Valuable Features

Oracle Taleo provides configurable recruiting, integration, reporting, mobile interface, with regular updates enhancing efficiency and operational functionality.
PeopleSoft is highly adaptable, offering robust integration, extensive customization, and supports comprehensive business needs with minimal coding.
Workday excels with intuitive interface, robust reporting, seamless integration, and advanced analytics, efficiently managing payroll, benefits, and recruitment.
This feature enables seamless scheduling without the back-and-forth communication, improving efficiency in our talent acquisition process.
Student at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
The advantage I see is the presence of the industrial Taleo stack, which is beneficial for large-scale companies handling a higher load.
Associate Architect-Technology at Virtusa Global
The user support from Oracle Taleo is great for creating custom workflows.
Talent Acquisition Specialist at Autodesk, Inc.
It aids me from an auditing perspective, as it's all system-driven, and cannot be altered.
Associate Director Talent Acquisition at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
It provides the easiest way to integrate with third-party applications for data exchange between systems.
Owner at Qubixlabs.com
The customizability to exactly match the requirements of the customer is what I appreciate about PeopleSoft.
CEO at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
We now have real-time visibility into our global headcount and labor costs, which allows our leadership to make faster data-driven decisions.
System Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
What I appreciate best about Workday is the recruiting component.
Senior Analyst at Eos Intelligence
The interface of Workday is superior.
Senior people and systems analyst at B_labs & Mylo
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Benefits Administration category, the mindshare of Oracle Taleo is 2.3%, down from 2.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PeopleSoft is 3.9%, down from 9.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Workday is 12.2%, down from 20.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Benefits Administration Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Workday12.2%
PeopleSoft3.9%
Oracle Taleo2.3%
Other81.6%
Benefits Administration
 

Featured Reviews

Raghu Varun - PeerSpot reviewer
Talent Acquisition Specialist at Autodesk, Inc.
Supports recruitment workflows effectively but requires better AI search and mobile capabilities
Oracle Taleo lacks AI right now when everyone is transitioning into AI. It is very limited with a single word search. A chatbot could be added to Oracle Taleo as most of the current existing tools have. Career site redirection could be more advanced with the user interface.AI-assisted search can help in the sourcing platform, which would be an added advantage compared to Oracle Taleo. The filters are good, but when trying to use a Boolean search or customize search options, it only takes a limited selection of keywords. AI could help in more advanced search capability, which might be a drawback for Oracle Taleo. Additionally, creating campaigns and bulk messaging is lacking.Regarding the mobile-friendly candidate experience, there are better options from other tools. You are limited to the approval part. Difficulties arise when wanting access to applications or dashboards connected to Oracle Taleo or viewing the transition on mobile.When it comes to stability and performance, there are prior communications about downtimes on Saturdays, but there are some issues during weekdays which are faced occasionally. The scalability aspect is not quite scalable.
HM
Owner at Qubixlabs.com
Newcomers benefit from automation and user-friendly integration
PeopleSoft is affordable for existing customers only, not for new customers. The popularity is declining for several reasons. Resources are moving to cloud solutions such as Workday cloud. Even though it is the same Oracle environment, professionals are transitioning due to challenges in availability, scalability, and resource allocation. When there are limited hiring opportunities for a particular technology, professionals must consider switching technologies either internally within their organization or personally. If a project ends and someone is placed on bench without new opportunities, they often need to switch to technologies with more market demand. Currently, resources are frequently moving to other ERP systems such as Workday, SAP, Mulesoft, and Salesforce, as there are numerous ERP systems in the marketplace.
Eslam Abo Elnaga - PeerSpot reviewer
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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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
22%
Financial Services Firm
10%
University
7%
Media Company
6%
Comms Service Provider
10%
University
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
7%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
University
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise14
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business28
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise50
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise42
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Oracle Taleo?
Oracle Taleo lacks AI right now when everyone is transitioning into AI. It is very limited with a single word search....
What is your primary use case for Oracle Taleo?
I have been working with Workday for the last one and a half years, but prior to that, I was there for Oracle Taleo a...
What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Taleo?
When someone is trying to implement Oracle Taleo, they should look into the systems and what features can be integrat...
What are the differences between Oracle HCM Cloud and PeopleSoft?
Although both are solutions to manage HR, their differences make each one suitable for different companies. Oracle C...
What do you like most about PeopleSoft?
I use the reporting feature occasionally to check for potential improvements in timesheets. We have integrated it wit...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PeopleSoft?
The pricing is customer-specific, so I am not generally privy to what the pricing for licensing is. However, generall...
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...
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.
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...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

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Overview

 

Sample Customers

ICA Fluor, Monsanto Company, Hitachi Consulting, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Kalpataru Ltd, DELL Inc., JSR Micro Inc., Skanska AB, Acciona, Baloise Group, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, Logicalis Inc., Garmin International, Intuit Inc, The Dow Chemical Company
BMI Healthcare, Lone Star College System, Jefferson County Public Schools, Griffith University, Los Rios Community College District, Tervita Corporation, INFRA S.A. de C.V., ICF Habitat, Central Washington University, Tech Mahindra Limited, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Stanford Childrens Health
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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