Workday and Oracle Taleo compete in the HR software category. Workday appears to have the upper hand with its comprehensive feature set and flexibility, particularly in HR and payroll domains.
Features: Workday offers a cloud-native environment with user-friendly navigation, robust business process frameworks, and seamless integrations for data centralization. It simplifies automation and reduces audit costs. Oracle Taleo is known for its recruiting capabilities, focusing on requisition management and candidate tracking.
Room for Improvement: Workday faces challenges with custom analytics, payroll limitations in certain regions, and high support costs. Its configuration can be complex, and mobile applications need more intuitiveness. Oracle Taleo would benefit from interface updates, better CRM functionality, and improvements in candidate screening and user experience.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Workday provides deployment flexibility and a supportive community, though some technical tasks may require an internal team. Oracle Taleo offers deployment in public and on-premises cloud environments with generally well-received customer service, although issue resolution can be slow.
Pricing and ROI: Workday's high cost is structured around modules, making it expensive for smaller firms, though ROI is often seen in improved processes. Oracle Taleo's pricing based on active users is adaptable but can still be costly for certain features, making its pricing reasonable within its scope.
| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| Workday | 17.8% |
| Oracle Taleo | 2.2% |
| Other | 80.0% |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 4 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 3 |
| Large Enterprise | 12 |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 16 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 6 |
| Large Enterprise | 41 |
Workday is a cloud-based software solution that specializes in developing applications for capital and finance management applications. The system is built to work in global workforces and is adaptable. The global system ensures that users are up to date and can manage internal career-related information, and everyday business problems like timesheets, payrolls, and time off.
“A Pioneer in Software-as-a-Service”
Workday Human Capital Management tool is designed to simplify and streamline your work. It leverages machine learning to adapt capital management to a changing environment.
The Workday model is based on delivering a single system that uses a single source of data and a single security model to deliver a unique user experience. The system is user-friendly and ensures that employees and management can use it from any and all devices. Workday HCM integrates into a central system that includes financial management, payroll, recruiting, learning, and planning. Managers and employees can provide feedback to one another, too.
Workday’s features include:
Workday smart platform consists of the following modules:
Reviews from Real Users
Many organizations choose Workday because it provides an all-in-one modular solution for human capital and finance management. Our users say they like the ease of use for time-off requests, career and development segments, and overall HR management. The records and reporting capabilities are another popular feature.
"The solution was very good at reconfiguration and customization of their software. It helped us to meet federal regulations," said one user. Another said that the best feature is the optimization of the work day experience with a unified platform that can be applied across different business units. “You will never find a use case that cannot be covered," said a third.
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