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Salesforce Community Cloud vs Workday comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Salesforce Community Cloud
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Community Platforms (1st), Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) (3rd)
Workday
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
55
Ranking in other categories
Benefits Administration (1st), Talent Management (2nd), Cloud HCM (2nd), Talent Acquisition (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

Salesforce Community Cloud and Workday aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Salesforce Community Cloud is designed for Community Platforms and holds a mindshare of 20.6%, down 33.6% compared to last year.
Workday, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud HCM, holds 18.5% mindshare, up 18.6% since last year.
Community Platforms
Cloud HCM
 

Q&A Highlights

Ariel Lindenfeld - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 24, 2020
 

Featured Reviews

Abhishek-Mehta - PeerSpot reviewer
Shows where every sales employee stands, what the pipeline is and how healthy it is, but lacks an auto-population feature
In the last twelve months, there are two primary technologies I work extensively with. I've used Salesforce CRM and other similar technology. I'm not aware which version of Salesforce CRM I'm using, because I'm just a user, not the buyer. It's deployed on the public cloud, via Salesforce. Salesforce as a CRM tool becomes the source of truth in terms of what the standing of every sales employee is in the organization, what the pipeline is and how healthy it is, and what needs to be done to add to that pipeline. My advice to people looking into using Salesforce CRM is to understand their requirements and see why they need such an expensive tool. Data is very important in an organization, but then there are alternatives such as Zoho CRM and other CRMs available in the market. Understand how important it is that they want to work with data. If they have a vision of scaling the organization to a very large number, then Salesforce CRM makes sense. If they don't have more than two hundred or three hundred people in sales, Salesforce CRM is probably not the best solution because it will not give the best value for money. They can look at other options that can give better value for money. If they're part of large organizations beyond three hundred, then Salesforce CRM is a must-have. I'm giving Salesforce CRM a rating of seven. It's a great solution, and it's very user-friendly and has great reporting. However, the pricing is expensive and there could be better population features, for example, auto-population, with less manual activity.
Sarvesh Kumar Jha - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to use and provides great flexibility and security
Implementing the solution is generally not easy because it depends on our client's landscape. In the last one and a half years, Workday has started a new implementation approach called launch implementation. This approach allows you, as a client organization, to implement Workday in a shorter amount of time, given that you fulfill certain criteria. It depends on the number of subsidiaries and employees you have and their compensation structure. If it's not too complex, Workday provides its clients with this new approach called launch, where they can quickly onboard with the Workday without many complex requirements. The general implementation for Fortune 500 companies is always complex.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"All the business intelligence included in the tool gives more information about the cycle of the sales stage."
"What I found most valuable in Salesforce CRM is its reporting feature because it's extensive and it's very accurate. I also like that you can move opportunities by stages. I find that feature very important and very useful because it helps you understand where opportunities get stuck, and at what stage it is currently."
"In terms of customization, while it may not be fully customizable, you can configure the features based on the foundation that Workday offers. This allows you to take the basic features and tailor them to the specific needs of your company or business. It provides a lot of configuration flexibility."
"Workday is a holistic HR solution."
"It's easy to set up."
"It was more efficient for the agents for their performance reviews, but when it came to HR and the recruitment team, it sometimes worked, and sometimes, it didn't work."
"Workday is a secure product."
"I like that it's easy to use and flexible."
"Workday is easy to use. Timesheet and resource management are also easy."
"The most valuable feature of Workday is the ease of use which is overall user-friendly."
 

Cons

"The user interface can be improved."
"An area for improvement in Salesforce CRM is that there's still a lot of manual input you need to make. If it could pick up things automatically from an email and auto-populate, that would make the tool better. Another area for improvement is that the Salesforce CRM connector for G-suite does not work effectively."
"They could improve the product areas such as enhancing the interview scheduling module to support more flexible online assessments within the platform."
"I would be happy if it was faster. Currently, when I try to navigate within the solution itself, it is a bit slow in terms of the page load time. When I click on something, it usually takes time to load. When you click on different icons or areas on the website, it is slow. Even when you navigate between different models, it is a bit slow. I would like to see a bit faster performance and a better user experience."
"My only suggestion might be to include a brief description of any new fields we introduce, making it easier for people to use them. Perhaps this is something they can consider implementing."
"I'm not sure they have added this feature yet, but there should be a cellphone version, so we do not need to do it on a laptop. I'd like to log in on a cellphone and have the same features. I'm not sure if that is already available or if it's on the roadmap, but that would be a great feature."
"The solution needs to be updated with generative UI."
"The user interface could be modernized somehow."
"The navigation of Workday is good but could be better."
"The cost of Workday is certainly not inexpensive. It's very pricey."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing for Salesforce CRM is extremely expensive."
"With a bigger budget, I would recommend SAP."
"It has an annual subscription rate, but I'm not sure how it will work."
"It is on a yearly basis."
"It's very, very expensive."
"The pricing is good from an HR perspective, although management gets upset after spending $500,000 a year, every year."
"Its price is pretty high. It is more expensive than what is offered by other competitors in the market."
"The solution is flexible in terms of pricing."
"You have the license fee per module, and then you have a kind of annual training fee, which is a kind of add-on. I wouldn't say it is exhaustive; it is minor. Licensing is pretty transparent for most of the part."
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Answers from the Community

Ariel Lindenfeld - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 24, 2020
Jan 24, 2020
Workday is more geared towards human capital management and salesforce is more geared towards CRM. Depends on what you need.
2 out of 4 answers
it_user1118469 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 20, 2020
Hi Valon Besides the fact that both are extremely sophisticated SaaS there is nothing in common in terms of product. Salesforce is a CRM system and Workday an HCM and ERP system. If you want to establish comparisons "apple to apple" I would recommend to compare Salesforce against Oracle Sales/Marketing cloud, SAP and Microsoft Dynamics 365 On the Workday side I would compare it with: a) HCM - Oracle , Bamboo HR, ADP workforce Now, Ascentis and SAP HCM b) ERP - Oracle ERP cloud, Netsuite (owned by Oracle), SAP, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Sage. Hope this helps
it_user1165806 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 20, 2020
Workday is more geared towards human capital management and salesforce is more geared towards CRM. Depends on what you need.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
University
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
Educational Organization
33%
Computer Software Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Salesforce Community Cloud?
All the business intelligence included in the tool gives more information about the cycle of the sales stage.
What needs improvement with Salesforce Community Cloud?
The user interface of the screenshots feature is a little bit old and hasn't been updated for a long time.
What is your primary use case for Salesforce Community Cloud?
Our primary use case for the solution is sales management of customer life cycles. We deploy the solution on cloud.
What are the biggest differences between Workday, Oracle Cloud and SAP SuccessFactors?
Differences between Workday, Oracle Cloud,w and SAP SuccessFactors:w Oracle: "simple interface and deep customization to suit the purpose." SAP: Multiple functionalities that increase process effi...
What do you like most about Workday?
I like its UI and UX. When we were using Oracle or SAP, the UI/UX wasn't very user-friendly for the employees.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Workday?
If you go with the launch implementation approach, the solution is generally not very expensive. If you want to add more features to your subscription, Workday becomes expensive. The solution is fl...
 

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