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Sprout HR vs Workday comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Sprout HR
Ranking in Cloud HCM
14th
Ranking in Talent Acquisition
7th
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
HR Analytics Software (6th)
Workday
Ranking in Cloud HCM
1st
Ranking in Talent Acquisition
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
59
Ranking in other categories
Benefits Administration (1st), Talent Management (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Cloud HCM category, the mindshare of Sprout HR is 0.9%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Workday is 9.2%, down from 18.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud HCM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Workday9.2%
Sprout HR0.9%
Other89.9%
Cloud HCM
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2355699 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Competitive and Market Intelligence at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Enables users to share curated content and helps schedule the best time to post content
The solution helped us get a fairly good footprint in our channel. It makes it very easy for many of us who have a lot of contacts in the channel. We can share curated content from the team on our social channels. It makes it easy. I could select what I want to share and choose the best time for it to be posted there, and it will. The product makes it very easy for many people dealing with different parts of our channel to push our content out to people in it. It works pretty well. There may be other capabilities that I do not know about. The solution works fine for my use cases. It's easy. It's not time-consuming. It takes 15 minutes to go through it. The solution uses AI to help schedule the best time for things to post to get the most reads and likes. It is pretty effective.
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution helped us get a fairly good footprint in our channel."
"The user interface is good and very easy to use."
"The solution was very good at reconfiguration and customization of their software. It helped us to meet federal regulations."
"We use this solution to manage financials, payroll and recruiting."
"Workday is a secure product."
"Between risk reduction, audit reduction and knowing that in many ways we can stop thinking about HR as an issue to solve, we have seen great value."
"There is a lot of scope for customization with this solution"
"It's really stable, we use it globally and have 100,000 employees, and I know that there are no big issues with the stability of the tool."
"The solution is extremely stable."
 

Cons

"I don't have direct access to the performance statistics."
"The expenses and reimbursements module could be improved. Creating expense reports is time consuming and inefficient compared to other expense solutions."
"The navigation of Workday is good but could be better."
"My only suggestion might be to include a brief description of any new fields we introduce, making it easier for people to use them. Perhaps this is something they can consider implementing."
"The solution has to work a lot on financial integrations, material management and CRM modules."
"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."
"This solution could be improved by providing user-level access to customization capabilities."
"There is a lot of complexity in the configuration of this solution."
"The expenses and reimbursements module could be improved. Creating expense reports is time-consuming and inefficient compared to other expense solutions."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I would rate the solution’s pricing a six out of ten."
"Workday is an expensive solution."
"The pricing for this solution is fairly high. It is not affordable for small and mid-sized companies."
"I need to pay for a license. It is expensive."
"Workday is moderately priced - I'd rate its pricing three out of five."
"It has an annual subscription rate, but I'm not sure how it will work."
"Its price is pretty high. It is more expensive than what is offered by other competitors in the market."
"It's very, very expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
University
7%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise43
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Sprout HR?
I don't have direct access to the performance statistics. I always have to ask for it.
What is your primary use case for Sprout HR?
We design content for our social channels. People share it. We can use the tool to track the statistics and understand their usage. I have a task every day. I look at different curated content and ...
What advice do you have for others considering Sprout HR?
I will recommend the product to others. Overall, I rate the product a ten out of ten.
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 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.
 

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