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Categories and Ranking

SAP SuccessFactors
Ranking in Talent Acquisition
2nd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
99
Ranking in other categories
Talent Management (1st), Cloud HCM (2nd), Global Payroll (2nd)
Teamtailor
Ranking in Talent Acquisition
20th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.3
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software (9th), AI-Recruiting (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Talent Acquisition category, the mindshare of SAP SuccessFactors is 14.4%, down from 20.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Teamtailor is 1.3%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Talent Acquisition Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP SuccessFactors14.4%
Teamtailor1.3%
Other84.3%
Talent Acquisition
 

Featured Reviews

SS
Assistant Manager at Kashiv Biosciences
HR has gained clear analytics for attrition, goals, and appraisals and manages talent efficiently
SAP SuccessFactors has a low error rate. We had many ad hoc reports that we needed to generate, and it was very easy to do so in SAP SuccessFactors. We also created many in-house reports according to our specific requirements with the help of this tool, which was a really big game changer for us. We did not depend on advanced Excel in those cases. We generated a lot of detailed reports whenever we needed them during emergency cases or board meetings. A lot of usefulness and time were saved in those cases. I will also mention that we conducted a comparative study for some recruitment cases. We had a recruitment model where we were looking for a very niche profile. Since the job profile was really different and rare, we had to depend on analytics to understand and shortlist from a large pool of candidates that we already had in our database. Analytics was really helpful in this situation.
CS
HR MANAGER at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Allows us to connect with, take care of, and nurture possible employees
The video function could be improved. Now that we do a lot of digital interviews, you can actually have your own video function. Still, I would prefer if it were more of a team function where you could change the background, for example. With everyone currently working from home offices due to lockdowns, some of the backgrounds look quite unprofessional. It would be nice if we could have our own unique background — for branding purposes during interviews. When we schedule an interview, in the message function, you can create a placeholder using a name, etc. I would like to have more generic placeholders and for them to be included in the message function when you schedule the interview.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It was much easier than the previous system, making things a lot easier and operations much smoother."
"Workday was evaluated with SuccessFactors, but Workday was not able to accommodate some of our customizations, so the company decided to go with SuccessFactors, which gives you more configuration options."
"The most valuable feature is the onboarding module, which enables candidates to fill in their details online and smoothly transitions data from the recruitment module into the SAP database."
"They are the easiest to use without additional instructions."
"It covers all the everyday functions of the employee life cycle."
"We have found objects like Foundation and MDF most valuable."
"The tool has a unique talent management platform."
"This solution support our HR Transformation strategy. Provide ESS and MSS functionalities to employees."
"It's just an easy solution to connect with."
"From my experience, there's no better system currently on the market."
 

Cons

"SAP resources are at the high end and anything you want to change or any customization is expensive."
"I don't think SuccessFactors is quite fit for use as an employee database."
"The user interface could be improved."
"Its overall integration and user experience can be improved. SuccessFactors is a system that is built out of three different systems. The elements part was bought from Plateau, and the original performance dialogue was built by SuccessFactors itself. After that, SAP bought it, and it hasn't improved in the last few years. SuccessFactors is a perfect tool if you use it the way it is meant to be, but if you start building custom sessions and try to use it differently, then it is a total mess. It is not agile. It is like an old Mastodon truck or whatever. We don't have the Employee Central and Competence Management modules. Our company made the choice to not implement the Employee Central module. We also didn't implement the Competence Management module. We use the learning module to do some competence management, but I am not that fond of it. It would have been best to have the whole suite. SAP should never sell this without selling the whole suite because it just doesn't work. The biggest gain for me would be having the possibility of doing strategic personnel planning and managing internal mobility. If it could be used for social purposes, such as creating communities and connecting with media channels, that would be perfect. It should also have the possibilities for local admin and agile product development."
"User-friendliness is a major concern for me, which affects my overall experience."
"SuccessFactors could be improved by making it usable on mobile and making its features less rigid."
"In Employee Central, one of the features that I think SuccessFactors really lacks is the ability to view the time off of all employees at an organizational level."
"We have many interruptions and disconnection points into processes, which is why we are looking to another solution. We are not so happy with the system. We believe we have in the market better solution, so we are looking for alternatives but so far the system has been used a lot."
"The video function could be improved."
"The video function could be improved. It would be nice if we could have our own unique background — for branding purposes during interviews."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I don't want to comment on the license cost, to be honest. It could be about $1,000 approximately per customer. However, it's very flexible in terms of the licensing costs depending on the volume and depending on the deal of installation."
"If you go by best practices and do it right from the outset, the setup won't be a costly endeavor. In terms of setup, there is a lot of flexibility compared to three years ago."
"The price of the solution is highly expensive."
"We are on an annual subscription to use SAP SuccessFactors. The pricing model is something that they could restructure a bit better. If it was based differently on the type of usage it would help."
"The licensing fees are based on the number of modules that are being used, and the number of users."
"SAP SuccessFactors requires an annual subscription."
"So now, SAP charges me 300 Euros for 14,000 employees. I still have to pay 2,000 euros because I'm using SAP on-prem."
"The cost of SAP SuccessFactors is reasonable."
"We pay a fixed amount that includes support. I think it's a very good deal actually."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
Construction Company
18%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise70
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Questions from the Community

What are the biggest differences between Workday, Oracle Cloud and SAP SuccessFactors?
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What is better, SAP HCM or SAP SuccessFactors?
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Sample Customers

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