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SAP SuccessFactors Learning vs Workday HCM 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
6.6
SAP SuccessFactors Learning boosts ROI with streamlined integration, centralized data, and enhanced training, benefiting industries like manufacturing and finance.
Sentiment score
5.7
Workday HCM delivers significant time savings and ROI through streamlined HR tasks, reducing manual work, and enhancing engagement.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.1
SAP SuccessFactors Learning customer service feedback varies, with communication challenges but improved response times after system enhancements.
Sentiment score
6.6
Workday HCM support is generally responsive, with a strong community, though customization in regions like Korea needs improvement.
The support from SAP is good.
Chief Executive Officer at Orane Consulting Pvt Ltd
We have an internal IT team that handles initial level one or level two support.
Vice President & Group Head People & Workplace Management at PLDT Enterprise
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
Making tech support more accessible could help with customization needs.
Senior Lead - Portal Rewards at BrowserStack
You typically get a response the same day.
Senior Software Engineer at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
SAP SuccessFactors Learning is a scalable, cloud-based platform, praised for user capacity and simple onboarding despite some limitations.
Sentiment score
7.6
Workday HCM is scalable and flexible, ideal for medium to large enterprises with diverse global roles and customization options.
We have moved from 800 to 1,600 headcount, and I have found it to be very scalable.
Senior Lead - Portal Rewards at BrowserStack
Workday Human Capital Management is very much scalable; all you need is a browser to work or access your data, even for implementation purposes.
Senior Software Engineer at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
SAP SuccessFactors Learning is highly rated for stability, reliability, and accessibility, despite occasional technical issues and cloud challenges.
Sentiment score
7.9
Workday HCM is highly stable, with a 97% uptime and minor weekly login slowness, praised for its reliability and adaptability.
I have never seen a breakdown of the software or any late response.
Senior Lead - Portal Rewards at BrowserStack
 

Room For Improvement

SAP SuccessFactors Learning needs UI enhancements, better integration, mobile functionality, improved analytics, and effective support services.
Workday HCM faces challenges in customization, reporting, integration, pricing, performance, and usability, needing improvements and enhancements.
Some features of SAP SuccessFactors Learning that require improvement include reporting tools and dashboarding, which are not so good, and integration is really difficult.
Chief Executive Officer at Orane Consulting Pvt Ltd
One thing I want to have is an advisory banner with highlighted font that employees can visibly see during login, but support indicated this cannot be done.
Vice President & Group Head People & Workplace Management at PLDT Enterprise
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
The compensation module is not dynamic enough or flexible enough to accommodate the complexities in our salary structure.
Senior Lead - Portal Rewards at BrowserStack
Creating complex reports has a steep learning curve and often requires specified training.
System engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

SAP SuccessFactors Learning pricing is costly for small businesses but competitive for larger ones using broader SAP services.
Workday HCM is seen as expensive, with tiered pricing based on modules and headcount, offering significant features and ROI.
 

Valuable Features

SAP SuccessFactors Learning offers accessible, secure, and user-friendly solutions with personalized recommendations and integrated modules for efficient employee performance management.
Workday HCM centralizes HR tasks with user-friendly tools, seamless integration, automation, and robust analytics for efficient data management.
The implementation of SAP SuccessFactors Learning has definitely impacted our operational efficiency and cost savings.
Chief Executive Officer at Orane Consulting Pvt Ltd
SAP SuccessFactors Learning easily interfaces with our other systems.
Vice President & Group Head People & Workplace Management at PLDT Enterprise
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
 

Categories and Ranking

SAP SuccessFactors Learning
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
Learning Management Systems (LMS) (3rd)
Workday HCM
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
66
Ranking in other categories
Benefits Administration (1st), Talent Management (2nd), Cloud HCM (1st), Talent Acquisition (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

SAP SuccessFactors Learning and Workday HCM aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. SAP SuccessFactors Learning is designed for Learning Management Systems (LMS) and holds a mindshare of 2.1%, down 7.6% compared to last year.
Workday HCM, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud HCM, holds 9.7% mindshare, down 18.5% since last year.
Learning Management Systems (LMS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP SuccessFactors Learning2.1%
Moodle3.5%
Cornerstone Learn2.9%
Other91.5%
Learning Management Systems (LMS)
Cloud HCM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Workday9.7%
SAP SuccessFactors8.8%
UKG5.0%
Other76.5%
Cloud HCM
 

Featured Reviews

Renelia Villanueva - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President & Group Head People & Workplace Management at PLDT Enterprise
Integrated employee data has improved HR coordination but reporting and interface still need work
The GUI of SAP SuccessFactors Learning is still not very good. The drop-downs are too limited. One thing I want to have is an advisory banner with highlighted font that employees can visibly see during login, but support indicated this cannot be done. I have already raised this request to the support team, and they mentioned that the same request has come from other companies.
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
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Construction Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
7%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise18
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business18
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise50
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP SuccessFactors Learning?
The pricing is pocket-friendly if you have more than five hundred users. I would rate the pricing seven out of ten as it can be expensive for less than five hundred users.
What needs improvement with SAP SuccessFactors Learning?
The GUI of SAP SuccessFactors Learning is still not very good. The drop-downs are too limited. One thing I want to have is an advisory banner with highlighted font that employees can visibly see du...
What is your primary use case for SAP SuccessFactors Learning?
Before joining HRIS, I worked in IT for more than ten years. We are using SAP SuccessFactors Learning for employee central, recruitment, goals, and performance. We were using HCM for time and payro...
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 customization to suit the purpose." SAP: Multiple functionalities that increase process effi...
How easy is to maintain Workday, Oracle Cloud, and SuccessFactors?
I implemented Workday in 2024 and without having previous Workday experience, it was very challenging. I spent most of 2025 putting out fires and cleaning up the business processes that came with l...
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 more features to your subscription, Workday becomes expensive. The solution is fl...
 

Also Known As

Plateau, SuccessFactors Learning
Workday Human Capital Management
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

SHORE Solutions Inc., TranSystems Corporation, Day & Zimmerman, Serco Group, Harlequin Sales Corp, China DataCom Corporation, Sonova AG, Metropolitan Utilities District (M.U.D.)
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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