DarwinBox vs PeopleSoft comparison

DarwinBox and Oracle are both solutions in the Talent Management category. DarwinBox is ranked #21 with an average rating of 5.7, while Oracle is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.4. DarwinBox holds a 2.0% mindshare in TM, compared to Oracle’s 6.3% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of DarwinBox users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

PeopleSoft and DarwinBox compete in the HR software space. DarwinBox appears to have the upper hand with cutting-edge features outweighing PeopleSoft's favorable pricing and support.

Features: PeopleSoft provides comprehensive HR and financial management solutions with strong analytics and workforce planning. Noteworthy features include extensive customization, the Strategic Module for HR tasks, and seamless enterprise-level integration. DarwinBox is distinguished by its user-friendly interface, mobile accessibility, and AI-driven analytics, focusing on adaptability and innovation.

Room for Improvement: PeopleSoft needs simpler deployment processes, streamlined interfaces, and enhanced mobile functionalities. It may benefit from reducing complexity in operation and improving real-time support. DarwinBox requires expanded enterprise-level features, enhanced support for customization, and streamlined integration capabilities. Additional advanced reporting and analytics tools could augment its offerings.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: PeopleSoft's deployment is complex, aligned with large enterprise needs, supported by comprehensive customer service. In contrast, DarwinBox offers cloud-based deployment allowing quick setup and integration, paired with responsive support making it ideal for agile environments.

Pricing and ROI: PeopleSoft has higher setup costs reflecting extensive customization and long-term ROI for large enterprises. DarwinBox's pricing model is cost-effective, offering significant ROI through scalable solutions. While PeopleSoft's pricing is justified by its extensive features, DarwinBox provides an economical option with quicker returns.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

DarwinBox

Ranking in Talent Management

21st

Ranking in Talent Acquisition

11th

Average Rating

6.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud HCM (14th), HR Analytics Software (8th)

PeopleSoft

Ranking in Talent Management

5th

Ranking in Talent Acquisition

4th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

ERP (9th), Activity Based Costing Software (4th), Benefits Administration (4th), Demand Management (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Talent Management category, the mindshare of DarwinBox is 2.0%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PeopleSoft is 6.3%, down from 8.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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SHANOOPCHATHOTH PARAMBIL

Program Manager at Intelliswift

Enhancing attendance and leave management but needs better performance customization

Our primary use case for DarwinBox includes managing attendance, payroll-related tasks, and employee appraisal cycles DarwinBox has provided a significant return on investment for our finance team. Managing payroll and attendance manually would require more team members, so using DarwinBox…

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UshaKatyal

Owner at Kaydex Systems Ltd.

A mature solution that needs right implementation

I think PeopleSoft HR is pretty good and very mature. The people who built PeopleSoft now work on Workday. Workday has asked me to join them as an employee a few times, but I don't take anyone's employment because Workday isn't very user-friendly. With PeopleSoft, you can do a lot. Oracle now bundles PeopleSoft and calls it Oracle Cloud, but the programs are the same. Recruiters often don't know this and say you're not qualified if you don't have Oracle Cloud experience. However, Oracle has just put PeopleSoft in the cloud and packaged it as Oracle Cloud. Overall, if the solution is implemented correctly, it runs very smoothly. I think people shouldn't customize it. They should use it as is and try to adapt to it. Many people didn't understand PeopleSoft at first. For example, during COVID, some companies hired offshore people who didn't know what they were doing and messed everything up. You need to know the rules and regulations of the country where you're implementing the tool because every country has different rules for HR, benefits, and payroll. Canadian payroll differs from US payroll, but they're on the same platform in the solution. It's a very mature system, but people prefer newer options like Oracle Cloud. I was also involved with SAP S/4HANA. I don't think it's good for the government sector because government workers are a bit lazy about technical things. I understand S/4HANA because I have a technical background. It has a different structure, while PeopleSoft has more of a file and table structure, which is easier. If the tables are set up wrong, things go wrong. But if you know how to set it up correctly, it runs smoothly, and you can adjust it if needed. The problem is that companies are hiring big consulting firms that want money. They hire offshore people who don't know the country's rules and do programming. If you buy a package and still have to do custom programming, why buy the package at all? These days, I'm doing a lot of business process reengineering for people because they don't know how to implement it correctly. If you implement it right, you can reduce manual work. However, it depends on change management and how senior management handles it. It works fine if you implement the tool on-site or hybrid, not cloud and do it correctly. But in a cloud situation, there are problems. Many countries change their payroll and benefits rules often. With the cloud, you can't easily change things. You have to ask the company to make changes, which costs much money. People who don't want an IT department go for the cloud. But I've seen many companies fail with the cloud. The cloud is just everything packaged together. Your data sits in someone else's cloud, and you must accept whatever they do. Payroll is very sensitive. If payroll is wrong, the whole company suffers. I've worked on the financial and school sides, too. I'm comfortable with the tool if it's implemented correctly. But many companies don't implement it right, which is why they might say it is too much. I did a big project for an oil and gas company. I was a program control manager with 51 people under me. We used Oracle, but Oracle isn't as good as PeopleSoft for payroll. If the solution is implemented correctly, it's fine. But you need the right implementer. Big consulting firms often give wrong information and use inexperienced people. For maintenance, PeopleSoft sends updated rules to new tables at year-end. You compile the new tables and start the new year. But you need to know which changes apply to your country. I talk to many senior PeopleSoft people and always get LinkedIn messages about business opportunities. I now help about 50 clients when they have problems, but I'm not traveling. If you know the HR and payroll business well, you can implement anything - PeopleSoft, Oracle, or S/4HANA. I've done all of these. S/4HANA is more complicated and technical. It's similar to an old software called IDMS. You have to be very technical, and if you don't do it right, it won't work. I rate the overall solution a seven out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The leave-related modules are comprehensive, offering built-in functionalities for optional leaves."

"In our company, we use DarwinBox to maintain the data of our employees and for recruitment purposes."

"The solution that we used previously was very complex. As a result, without referring to the manuals and consulting an expert, it was difficult for a newly hired employee to navigate the platform. However, this is not the case with Darwinbox. It has a very intuitive user interface, and anyone can use it and implement it without having to use a guide or a walk through process. It's very simple."

"The most valuable features of the solution are organogram and position-based mapping."

"It's very fully featured. It has more features and more configurability than SAP."

"The most valuable feature is that it's easy to use."

"A valuable feature is HCM."

"The most valuable feature is ERP application information."

"PeopleSoft is a good core system. They frequently update the solution and recently they have added some good enhancement features for higher education. We just switched to the new fluid interface and that is working very well for us. It is very good."

"We use a lot of typical cases from PeopleSoft, for example, solutions for security, business performance, monitoring processes, and a lot of training."

"The solution's scalability is good."

"Stability-wise, it is a good tool."

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Cons

"Like most software, it has a base version, the vanilla, out-of-the-box version, and customization is required to match it to the unique processes of each company. The Darwinbox team seems to be having difficulty with the customization process. They have to be a little more mature to customize it as per every company's need."

"Customization in performance management is cumbersome."

"DarwinBox is not a stable solution...DarwinBox is not a scalable solution."

"The solution's API integration with third-party applications should be improved."

"Services that need improvement include PeopleSoft Query, Pivot Grids, and PeopleSoft Test Framework."

"The area that could be improved is the upgrade process, it's not the easiest. Oracle stopped supporting our version. So we have to move either to the cloud or work in a non-supported situation. That was certainly a disadvantage. That's also the reason why we decided not to stay with Oracle. Now we are moving to SAP."

"The solution's initial setup is not straightforward."

"The product is not intuitive, and finding the right candidate can be arduous."

"We have already deployed it and we have had it for several years but we are switching to a modern HCM SaaS cloud product."

"I'd like PeopleSoft to be like on the cloud and more mobile-friendly. If I try to access it from a cell phone, it's a bit difficult, so it would be great if PeopleSoft could improve these features."

"This solution could be improved by lowering the cost of support."

"The solution could have better processes and automation, or features that allow for a paperless environment."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"My company makes some yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to DarwinBox."

"Compared with SuccessFactors, there is no major difference in DarwinBox's cost."

"Mostly yearly payments are to be made toward licensing costs. It is not much of an expensive solution."

"Yearly payments are to be made toward the licensing costs of PeopleSoft. PeopleSoft is not very expensive, so I feel it is an affordable product."

"There are no additional costs for licensing."

"Check all options before a decision is made."

"The tool is expensive."

"The licensing cost for PeopleSoft is 3,500 per course and the annual subscription fee is 6,500."

"I don't know if they are still providing licenses or if they have suspending licenses."

"I would consider this to be an expensive product, but the quality justifies it."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

10%

Computer Software Company

University

Government

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about DarwinBox?

The most valuable features of the solution are organogram and position-based mapping.

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What needs improvement with DarwinBox?

Customization in performance management is cumbersome. Processes like six-month appraisals lack easy configurations, and any significant customization requires working with vendors.

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What is your primary use case for DarwinBox?

Our primary use case for DarwinBox includes managing attendance, payroll-related tasks, and employee appraisal cycles.

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What are the differences between Oracle HCM Cloud and PeopleSoft?

Although both are solutions to manage HR, their differences make each one suitable for different companies. Oracle Cloud HCM is a platform for connecting all human resource processes in your organ...

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What do you like most about PeopleSoft?

I use the reporting feature occasionally to check for potential improvements in timesheets. We have integrated it with Power BI.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PeopleSoft?

The solution is priced per module.

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Overview

Darwinbox is a cloud-based, feature-rich human resources management system that emphasizes on usability and data protection. ... The software unifies all your HR processes, enabling you to be on top of your employees' whole lifecycle with a centralized, singular platform.

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PeopleSoft is an ERP solution that provides businesses with tools for managing their entire workforce including human resources and financial operations, such as payroll, benefits, talent management, and supply chain management. Originally developed by PeopleSoft, Inc., and later acquired by Oracle Corporation, the software helps address talent management needs and maximize employee productivity and efficiency.

PeopleSoft Features

PeopleSoft has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

Simple and intuitive: PeopleSoft HCM delivers a clean, consistent, and user-friendly design, resulting in greater user satisfaction that leads to higher adoption without the high cost of training employees.

Anywhere, anytime mobility: With mobile devices being such an integral part of today’s modern work life, PeopleSoft offers today’s mobile and wireless managers and employees an effective and secure method for accessing the information they need, with the ability to effectively execute HR transactions from anywhere, at any time.

Flexible and configurable: PeopleSoft enables you to leverage a single application optimized for all form factors that works on any mobile device – no need for separate applications for mobile and desktop.

Robust: Because the solution is robust, you can use it to increase retention and improve employee engagement.

Powerful and actionable, embedded analytics: PeopleSoft’s actionable, embedded analytics help you spend less time gathering data and more time analyzing and executing employee data.

PeopleSoft Benefits

There are many benefits to implementing PeopleSoft. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

Greater employee satisfaction: Users will find PeopleSoft’s software easy to use, leading to better productivity levels and also increased employee satisfaction.

Manage dynamic workforce: The solution provides secure access to employee information so users can manage essential HR functions effectively.

Increased administrator productivity: PeopleSoft empowers employees and managers by enabling them to execute common HR tasks so administrators can focus on other top priorities.

Quickly make informed decisions: By using PeopleSoft’s embedded, real-time, multidimensional analysis capabilities, users can make more informed business decisions.

Reviews from Real Users

PeopleSoft is a solution that stands out when compared to many of its competitors. Some of its major advantages are that it has a lot of functionality and is customizable.

A Regional Director at a tech services company mentions, “The most valuable feature is that it's wide and broad and it does about everything anybody needs in a major organization from a back-office systems point of view.”

"PeopleSoft is a good core system. It has a lot of functionality. "They frequently update the solution and recently they have added some good enhancement features for higher education. We just switched to the new fluid interface and that is working very well for us. It is very good," says another reviewer who is an HR/Pay Systems Administrator/Director at a university.

A Senior Manager for DevOps Infrastructure at a financial services firm, explains why he finds the solution so beneficial: "It is a customizable product. We can customize it based on our needs, which is one of the features that I like about PeopleSoft. As far as financial accounting is concerned, the user interface is very good. You can also configure a Chart of Accounts for all performance insights."

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