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HCM Solution Architect, SAP and SuccessFactors at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Consultant
It is cloud based and accessible. The UI is valuable.

What is most valuable?

  • Cloud based
  • Accessible anywhere
  • UI

How has it helped my organization?

It has improved the way my organization functions by introduction of self service and consolidation of processes.

What needs improvement?

Integration between HCM modules can be extended to incorporate all data. SuccessFactors have improved their integration between their HCM modules substantially over the last two years and have identified continued room to improve. Improving this area would help in simplifying processing further.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used it for three years.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have not encountered any stability issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have not encountered any scalability issues.

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is 7/10.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We previously used the SAP on-premise solution. We switched due to SAP investment and roadmap forward was SuccessFactors cloud-based solution, improved UI, and accessibility.

How was the initial setup?

Initial setup was straightforward; complexity lied within consolidating processes across the organisation and simplifying to ensure requirements could be met by best practices in the SuccessFactors solution.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution is subscription based on employee count and modules implemented.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Before choosing this product, we did not evaluate other options, as we ran SAP Payroll and did not want to change our payroll solution. We implemented SuccessFactors to enhance the solution and provide flexibility moving forward.

What other advice do I have?

Ensure business processes have been reviewed prior to project commencement and simplified. As SuccessFactors is implemented using an iterative approach, ensure testing commences early and all stakeholders are involved.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: We also implement the solution (SuccessFactors).
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it_user765252 - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP HCM/SuccessFactors Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Gives you more configuration options, but needs more mature cloud solutions for Time, Benefits, and Payroll

What is most valuable?

SuccessFactors is a cloud HCM solution, though still missing out-of-the-box (OOB) integration.

What needs improvement?

It need improvement on its integration side. Plus it should have some mature cloud solutions for Time, Benefits, and Payroll, which are still missing parts in SuccessFactors.

For how long have I used the solution?

More than three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

SuccessFactors was down completely for one day. All the companies which were using the Amsterdam datacenter were down from 8:00 in the morning to 18:00 in the evening. Production, QA, Training, and Dev with all their instances were down.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

SuccessFactors has some limitations when it comes to scalability. SAP On-Premise was more scalable.

How is customer service and technical support?

SAP is doing well for support.

How was the initial setup?

Initial setup was straightforward.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Workday was evaluated with SuccessFactors. Workday was not able to accommodate some of our customizations, so the company decided to go with SuccessFactors, which gives you more configuration options.

What other advice do I have?

Integration is challenging and companies are struggling when it comes to integration between SuccessFactors and other systems. I will recommend to put more thought and effort for integration and make an intelligent decision.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Consultant
Good performance, can be used anywhere and offers good scalability
Pros and Cons
  • "The performance of the solution is very good."
  • "he user interface could be improved."

What is most valuable?

The performance of the solution is very good.

The solution has a mobile application and is on the cloud so we have the capability to use it anywhere, not just on location.

What needs improvement?

The user interface could be improved.

The pricing model should be adjusted.

It takes a long time to deploy the solution, and it should allow for faster implementation.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for about a year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable.

How are customer service and technical support?

The solution's technical support is good.

What other advice do I have?

I'm a consultant and work primarily with hybrid deployment models.

I'd advise others to look at the methodology before implementing it. 

Although customers don't like the cloud, it is the future and it shouldn't be feared. You don't need a lot of IT specialists to handle the solution.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. I haven't worked on the solution for too long and haven't used a lot of features, but so far it's good. I need to look at workforce analytics a bit more to see if it's a plus for the future.

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SAP Success Factors Team Lead at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Can be quickly implemented for any company
Pros and Cons
  • "SuccessFactors offers all aspects of Human Resources Management. What I love most about it is that it can be implemented for any company very quickly."
  • "They should be more user friendly and give us more tools to make it more flexible."

What is our primary use case?

I implement SAP SuccessFactors for customers. We also use it internally. 

What is most valuable?

SuccessFactors offers all aspects of human resources management. What I love most about it is that it can be implemented for any company very quickly. 

There are some disadvantages because we have some specific rules relating to laws or regulations in the local company. They cannot provide all the features as we expect it. However, from a general perspective, I think that it's very satisfactory to have a full solution, that can cover everything in Human Resources Management. 

They always have updates about two to four times a year. We can check on everything that is requested and we can update it for free. 

What needs improvement?

The most important thing about SuccessFactors is that they need to adapt to the future with reporting analytics. They have a separate solution relating to Analytics. Which means they have to pay more. They have data there, they have everything there, they have to make current reports, dashboards, everything in the system. They have to pay for other tools, which is very complicated.

They should be more user friendly and give us more tools to make it more flexible.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using SuccessFactors for two and a half years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Sometimes we have a problem with the data center, it gets disrupted. We cannot log in to our system and it affects other integrated systems that we integrate with SuccessFactors to get data. If the data center has a problem, we're all locked out.

How are customer service and technical support?

One thing I love about SuccessFactors is the SAP Cloud support. They are free. It's not like other SAP products that are on-prem. They charge for an incident that we raise. With SuccessFactors, we get free support from SAP and they're available all the time. They will fix the ECU or any technical issues as soon as possibl.e

What other advice do I have?

I would rate SuccessFactors an eight out of ten. Not a ten because of the issues with the reporting analytics and the data center. 

I would highly recommend SuccessFactors. I sell it. I'm also the one that implemented the solution. It has the best cost compared to others. It's a really good solution and I can see that they make improvements and progress.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
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Vice President & Group Head- People & Workplace Management at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
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Easily accessible and useful for performance and goals management but not very user-friendly
Pros and Cons
  • "Currently, we are using the performance and goals management functionality the most. It is connected with the enterprise solution, and it is seamless. It can be easily accessed because it is available via the net. It is readily available, provided you have an internet connection. Their technical support is also very good."
  • "It is not that user-friendly. It can be made more user-friendly."

What is our primary use case?

We are using it for performance and goals management. We will soon be implementing recruitment and onboarding, and the employee central is also in the pipeline. There is ServiceNow as well, and we're still working with IT about it.

What is most valuable?

Currently, we are using the performance and goals management functionality the most. It is connected with the enterprise solution, and it is seamless.

It can be easily accessed because it is available via the net. It is readily available, provided you have an internet connection. Their technical support is also very good.

What needs improvement?

It is not that user-friendly. It can be made more user-friendly.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for more than a year.

How are customer service and technical support?

We are in constant coordination with SAP Philippines and the SuccessFactors team. We have been coordinating with them since the HCM time. They always provide assistance and support to us. I would rate them an eight out of ten.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate SAP SuccessFactors a seven out of ten.

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Project Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Features are available on mobile and also on cloud (internet).

What is most valuable?

  • All features are available on mobile and also on cloud (internet); no need to connect any server or application systems. All HR business processes across the customers are available.
  • Cross-module integration
  • Updated with all industry best practices
  • Less cost compared to the on-premise products

How has it helped my organization?

I’m a consultant from Wipro, an implementing partner of SuccessFactors; hence, we take the feedback from customers.

What needs improvement?

Customers are expecting more features in these modules:

  • Employee Central
  • Succession and CDP
  • RCM integration with Indian job portals

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used it for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We encountered stability issues in integration of SuccessFactors with SAP ECC HCM via Dell Boomi middleware; still more standard integrations are expected from customers.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have not encountered any scalability issues.

How is customer service and technical support?

I rate technical support as medium.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

  • WFA, WFP and Onboarding modules pricing and licensing to be very specific

What other advice do I have?

It is the best cloud product in the market, with strong support from SAP, which is a market leader in the world. Integrating SuccessFactors with any other systems/applications should be understood clearly.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Wipro is an implementing partner of SAP SuccessFactors.
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Manager Finance at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Scalable, reliable, and good overall functionality
Pros and Cons
  • "The overall functionality of the solution is very good."
  • "The reporting and cloud integration could be done better in this solution."

What is our primary use case?

We are using the solution for management services.

What is most valuable?

The overall functionality of the solution is very good.

What needs improvement?

The reporting and cloud integration could be done better in this solution.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable in my experience.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have found the solution to be scalable.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend the solution to others and I plan on continuing using it.

I rate SAP SuccessFactors an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Sap Hcm/Success Factors Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Consultant
Employee Central has customisation options. Reporting should be reduced to one tool.

What is most valuable?

Employee Central is the core of the product and is the best developed. This module is well worked out and has a lot of customisation options, which makes SuccessFactors an ideal solution for many customers.

How has it helped my organization?

It provides us with a way of visualising all our employees.

What needs improvement?

Reporting is done in several tools and should be reduced to one tool. Time management is currently not sufficiently developed for a Belgian company.

For how long have I used the solution?

I’ve been using SuccessFactors for five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We had stability issues very often during the end of the year and after updates.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We did not have any scalability issues.

How are customer service and technical support?

Technical support is very good for things that are not urgent. When urgent problems occur, they are not handled very well.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I only worked with SuccessFactors.

How was the initial setup?

If you do a good analysis, the setup is never hard. The most difficult thing is the analysis.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I never do sales. I only do implementations.

What other advice do I have?

It’s better to spend more time in the analysis phase than to reanalyse in the implementation phase.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: We are a reseller.
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