Compare iSeries General Ledger and Workday Adaptive Planning - Dec 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - iSeries General Ledger or Workday Adaptive Planning?

Workday Adaptive Planning is more expensive to implement (TCO) than iSeries General Ledger, and Workday Adaptive Planning is rated higher (94/100) than iSeries General Ledger (78/100). Workday Adaptive Planning offers users more features (15) than iSeries General Ledger (0).

Looking for the right Accounting & Finance solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Global Software Vs. Workday

Global Software: Global Software, Inc. is the leading provider of Microsoft Excel-based automation & reporting solutions to enhance the world’s foremost Business Intelligence (BI), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) including: SAP®, Oracle®, Microsoft® ,Infor®, Viewpoint® and other operational platforms. Global’s tools enable spreadsheet users to gain live access t...

Workday: In 2005, software visionaries Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri met for brunch at a Truckee diner, a few miles north of Lake Tahoe. They decided to form a startup—one that would sell cloud-based finance and HR software. The two longtime friends had plenty of experience. Dave founded PeopleSoft in 1987 and served as the company's CEO and board chairma...

Who is more expensive? iSeries General Ledger or Workday Adaptive Planning?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Accounting & Finance software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for iSeries General Ledger and Workday Adaptive Planning.

iSeries General Ledger accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 iSeries General Ledger is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Accounting & Finance software. Workday Adaptive Planning price starts at $15,000 per license , When comparing Workday Adaptive Planning to its competitors, the software is rated 8 - higher than the average Accounting & Finance software cost.

Bottom line: Workday Adaptive Planning is more expensive than iSeries General Ledger.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared iSeries General Ledger Vs. Workday Adaptive Planning based on some of the most important and required Accounting & Finance features.

iSeries General Ledger: We are still working to collect the list of features for iSeries General Ledger.

Workday Adaptive Planning: Ad-Hoc Analysis, Ad-Hoc Reporting, Automatic Scheduled Reporting, Dashboarding, Forecasting & Budgeting.

Target customer size

iSeries General Ledger's typical customers include: SMBs, Workday Adaptive Planning is intended for large enterprises looking for easier ways for preparing cash flow projections, balance sheet forecasting and sales planning.