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Salesforce Community Cloud vs Workday comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Scalability Issues

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Sentiment score
8.2
Workday's scalability and customization effectively support diverse organizations, ensuring adaptability and integration across departments and locations.
 

Valuable Features

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8.4
Workday offers user-friendly navigation, integration tools, and HR capabilities, enhancing efficiency through customization, analytics, and secure data management.
 

Room For Improvement

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5.3
Workday needs improvements in analytics, global payroll, UI, integration, customization, support responsiveness, and cost-effectiveness to enhance user experience.
 

Stability Issues

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8.3
Workday is praised for its reliability, achieving 97% uptime, with most users rating stability between seven and ten.
 

Customer Service

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Workday customer service gets mixed reviews; appreciated for responsiveness, but lacks speed and expertise in regional needs.
 

Setup Cost

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3.0
Workday's high pricing is justified by comprehensive features and support, though smaller organizations may find it costly.
 

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
7.0
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 18.4%, down 34.6% compared to last year.
Workday, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud HCM, holds 18.0% mindshare, down 19.5% since last year.
Community Platforms
Cloud HCM
 

Q&A Highlights

Ariel Lindenfeld - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 24, 2020
 

Featured Reviews

Julio Divietro - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps us with sales management of customer life cycles with good business intelligence
Our primary use case for the solution is sales management of customer life cycles. We deploy the solution on cloud The stability and ease of use are valuable. Additionally, the granularity of the tool provides a great experience because of the several variables we can manage during the process.…
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.
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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.
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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
14%
University
11%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Educational Organization
31%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

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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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