Workday Review - why 4.3 stars?

Workday Review
ITQlick Score: 97/100
ITQlick Rating: (4.3/5)
Pricing: 6/10 - average cost
Category: Human Resources -> Workday
Ranking:Ranked 4 out of 533 Human Resources systems
Company: Workday
Pricing: starts at $100 per user/year
Typical customers: Small, medium and large size businesses
Platforms: Cloud
Links: Workday pricing, Workday alternatives

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / updated: Jul 13, 2020

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What is Workday?

Workday is a cloud-based scalable enterprise resource management platform that enables companies of various sizes and capacities to effectively handle administrative duties such as Financial Management, Human Resources, and Analytics on a single dashboard. It aids the smooth integration and uploading of data to form a consolidated report via its Prism Analytics module.

Workday also utilizes human capital management functions for handling compensation and benefits, payroll structure, recruiting and admissions for educational institutions, and attendance tracking. Some of Workday include; Workforce Management, Human Capital Management, Prism Analytics, Revenue Management, and Project Accounting.

Workday is a product of Workday, a privately held company with headquarters in the United States. They have an employee strength of 10,000 to 50,000 staff members. Workday

What is Workday rating? ()

The rating of Workday is 4.3 stars out of 5 and the total score is 97 out of 100. The ratings are based on our unbiased experts. Learn more in our rating methodology page

Who are Workday's typical customers?

The typical customers include the following business size: Small, medium and large size businesses.

Is Workday the best Human Resources?

Workday is ranked 4 out of 533 software in their category (Human Resources systems).

What are Workday's pros? (3 Pros)

  • It features an excellent placement of tools (layout) for users to easily utilize
  • Workday proffers an easy to customize platform for company needs and demands
  • It provides quick and organized information updates

What are Workday's cons? (2 cons)

  • The website occasionally shuts down for maintenance
  • Users are faced with the inconvenience of choosing from listed reports during selection

Who are their main alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Workday: Kronos Workforce Ready, Namely, BambooHR, TribeHR, Kronos Workforce Central, SuccessFactors, Paycor Recruiting, Zenefits, Epicor HCM, Vibe HCM. The full list of competitors can be found here.

What is the cost of Workday?

The cost of license starts at $100 per user/year. On top of the total cost of licenses which is easy to calculate - what is the REAL total cost of implementation? You need to add the cost of training, customization, data migration, and other "hidden cost". ITQlick pricing score is 6 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). Find here the REAL total cost breakdown for Workday

What should you ask Workday during a demo session? (65 questions)

Schedule a demo with Workday and access 65 must ask questions for the vendor while watching Workday in action.

Is it the right software for you?

Workday is ideal for small, medium, and large scale Establishments. Irrespective of the establishment size and capacity, this ERP system gives businesses the agility to adapt to change and proffers deep insight into the business market. Some of Workday clients include; AON, Hewlett Packard, National Geography, Airbnb, and Netflix.

Workday's list of categories:

Human Resources
Workforce Management

Workday Vs. Alternatives

ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
Score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100 score, based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing pricing Score is a 1 to 10 score, based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
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Workday
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
Score
97/100
Pricing Pricing score ranges between 1 to 10 while 1 is low TCO and 10 is high TCO (TCO - total cost of ownership: cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
6/10
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
$100 per user/year
Functionality
3
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Kronos
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
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98/100
Pricing Pricing score ranges between 1 to 10 while 1 is low TCO and 10 is high TCO (TCO - total cost of ownership: cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
2/10
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
$6 per user/month
Functionality
32
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Namely
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
Score
97/100
Pricing Pricing score ranges between 1 to 10 while 1 is low TCO and 10 is high TCO (TCO - total cost of ownership: cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
6.8/10
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$15 per employee/month
Functionality
22
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BambooHR
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
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97/100
Pricing Pricing score ranges between 1 to 10 while 1 is low TCO and 10 is high TCO (TCO - total cost of ownership: cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
2.2/10
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$6 per user/month
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27
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TribeHR
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
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95/100
Pricing Pricing score ranges between 1 to 10 while 1 is low TCO and 10 is high TCO (TCO - total cost of ownership: cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
5.6/10
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$5 per user/month
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