We performed a comparison between PeopleSoft and SAP SuccessFactors based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Talent Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."A valuable feature is HCM."
"The recruiting is most valuable. It saves time in having easy and fast applicants tracking as well as candidates' contact plus pipeline management."
"The most valuable feature is that it's easy to use."
"PeopleSoft allows you to schedule upgrades and inform users beforehand. This gives your IT team time to manage the implementation and minimize disruption."
"In general, this solution is user friendly and also performs well. There are two types of forms. One is a standardized form, which you can define things into. The other, you can customize so more repetition can be done in an even manner. That way, it can be designed for what the public or user actually wants. It's not very tough for any person, or layman to understand exactly what the screen requires one to do."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is IDE."
"The synchronization of business processes, and the software, streamlined the shared service departments to run 40% leaner."
"The solution is scalable. We have about 1,300 people using the solution."
"The interface is really useful and it's very easy to combine different information. For example, we can easily get reports that we need. It's very easy to create reports."
"SuccessFactors' most valuable feature is performance management."
"Compared to other on-premise solutions, the first advantage of SAP SuccessFactors is that it is a SaaS-based solution."
"The SuccessFactors learning applications within the SuccessFactors learning modules, as well as the performance management system, are highly beneficial for each and every employee in our organization. These tools eliminate the need for using Excel to manage data, allowing for direct input into the system. This streamlines the process, making it easier to view and analyze information. We can readily access our performance history, comparing our actions and achievements from the previous year. At present, we are consistently monitoring our day-to-day performance."
"I think it's perfect that every requirement has flexibility in how it is handled, and that there are several workarounds for any problem we are looking to solve. Each problem has multiple solutions, so it gives us a lot of flexibility in terms of processes."
"The tool has a unique talent management platform."
"This solution is very user-friendly, and supports 60 plus languages."
"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 would like to see improvement in the UI."
"I would like to see a better UI."
"One of the areas that could improve is the capability of utilizing mobile for some of the self-service activities that are missing. They are running on the older platform. What is happening is people are focusing on the cloud. PeopleSoft is a good provider and should into the cloud. That could be an advantage for them. Customers would not have to go find another solution that is a completely different platform that has different functionality altogether."
"The solution could improve by offering PeopleSoft site licenses. Currently, Oracle is pushing for everyone to transition to the cloud, but clients are discontent with this approach. Offering new PeopleSoft site licenses would be the most beneficial for our clients."
"I would like to see better support, bug fixing, and documentation."
"The whole systematic flow of any query raised to HR should be improved."
"I would like for the initial rollout process to be completed faster so that it can be implemented in a more efficient manner."
"Also, it would be helpful if they could improve its ability to localize the product to Nigeria."
"It's a bit complicated to make a change in the tool... It is time-consuming."
"There have been cases involving a lot of re-implementations and frustrations within clients where they have the workbook sessions, the workbook workshops and things like that. And I think that doesn't really go down well because the workbooks are very technical and, a lot of times, very confusing for the client."
"SAP SuccessFactors is working on making beneficial changes but they are not fast enough. They can improve by making the improvements or updates quicker. Additionally, the user interface could improve, it is not something you want to return to when compared to a solution similar to Instagram."
"The product doesn't have a modernized look and is not very user-friendly like other products."
"SuccessFactors' experience management is not so user-friendly."
"There should be more connectivity with other systems."
"There's room for improvement in SAP SuccessFactors, particularly in terms of innovation. I'd like more flexibility in its functionality and more customization. In terms of what additional feature I'd like to see in the next release of the product, it depends on the module because you have various modules in SAP SuccessFactors, so it's easier to go module by module and understand what features you have in each module. The product has a lot of features coming up, but the product being more mobile, or having mobile features would be nice."
PeopleSoft is ranked 5th in Talent Management with 80 reviews while SAP SuccessFactors is ranked 1st in Talent Management with 90 reviews. PeopleSoft is rated 8.0, while SAP SuccessFactors is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of PeopleSoft writes "Comprehensive solution for SCM but requires add-ons for fluid pages". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP SuccessFactors writes "Offers many useful modules and integrations, and helps companies adhere to best practices". PeopleSoft is most compared with Oracle HCM Cloud, Workday, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, SAP ERP and Oracle E-Business Suite, whereas SAP SuccessFactors is most compared with SAP HCM, Workday, Oracle HCM Cloud, UKG and Cornerstone Learning. See our PeopleSoft vs. SAP SuccessFactors report.
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Big question but let me try to sum this up without diving too deep into the details.
1. Workday is the only fully in memory consolidated application on the market. It is an event-driven snapshot-based system and is SAAS only. Everything you do is an event and some of the events are exposed as business processes on the Workday business process framework. The only way to access data is through API operations.
2. PeopleSoft has been around a long time and is a database-driven application. You can access it through a browser and leverage PeopleTools to customize it to do what you need. PeopleSoft can be on-premise or hosted by Oracle. No new releases have come out in a while that I am aware of. I don’t know what the long term prospects of PS being around are. Different databases house different functional areas, i.e. HR, Financials, Student.
3. SuccessFactors is a consolidation of systems through acquisition. Its several databases being kept in sync under the covers with triggers and coding. I think parts of the application work well and others have a ways to go.
To me, the bottom line is really the technical aspects of the applications are hugely different in their approach. Workday being fully consolidated in memory SAAS solution,
PS being older highly customizable and SuccessFactors being a bunch of systems under the covers all pushing data between different databases to keep things in sync. Functionally I would say they each have their wheelhouse.
Workday is excellent for global implementations where you want to have employees from different geographies on the same HCM platform. Workday gives you the comfort of end to end global implementation on the same platform.
SAP SuccessFactors has strength in PMS and learning. India payroll is not so strong.
PeopleSoft (Oracle HCM) has strength in core HR data management, time and attendance, and recruitment, but their learning module is quite average.
I’m sharing my experience based on the evaluation I had conducted two years back.
I have compared some with Oracle Fusion and all have their pluses and minuses.
Workday was too complex for a company to maintain. They replaced PeopleSoft (old version) by Oracle Fusion because this was
preferred due to the integration and UX.
Currently, we applied the HCM - Oracle Fusion for Capital Management in our industry operation.
We already take time for package selections of HCM solutions then we understood for success to be deployed of solutions belongs to the implementation partners.
We based on the optimization triangle concepts are “SOLUTIONS – REALISTIC/APPLICABLE – COSTS”.