SAP HCM vs SAP SuccessFactors
We performed a comparison between SAP HCM and SAP SuccessFactors based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: SAP SuccessFactors comes out on top in this comparison. It offers a wider variety of features than SAP HCM does and is easier to configure. SAP SuccessFactors also receives higher marks in the pricing department, thanks to its various licensing options.
"The payroll and time management features are useful."
"SAP HCM has a good performance."
"The tool's best feature is SAP SuccessFactors."
"It simplifies everything for human capital management, and all users can do self-enrollment for leaves and those kinds of things. The employee self-service feature is quite a powerful feature for me. You can install it on your mobile phone or iPad and do your employee service activity there."
"I think HCM was the most stable for me...It is a very scalable product."
"We've found that the solution has the capability to scale."
"The most valuable feature is Organizational Management (OM)."
"SAP HCM has valuable features for analytics data management."
"We have found objects like Foundation and MDF most valuable."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten...It is a stable solution."
"We use the cloud version to maintain all the employee records, payroll, etc. We use everything that comes with the HR suite."
"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 overall functionality of the solution is very good."
"SuccessFactors' most valuable feature is performance management."
"It's a uniform user interface."
"This solution is very user-friendly, and supports 60 plus languages."
"SAP now does the most innovation for the cloud solution and less innovation for the on-premises client."
"There are already success factors for the cloud solution which cannot be integrated into S/4 HANA."
"The organizational structure visualization could be improved in future releases. The solution has a very poor interface."
"It would be nice if the solution migrated to S/4HANA."
"SAP HCM cannot integrate with other third-party applications. One of the drawbacks we encounter with SAP HCM, specifically in payroll management, is the limitation regarding changing payroll areas within the same month. For instance, if an employee transitions from staff to non-staff status during the month, we face difficulties because the system doesn't allow us to change the payroll."
"The implementation of the solution can be a bit difficult. They should make it easier. If it could be as simple as the SuccessFactors implementation that would be ideal."
"The product's license is very expensive."
"SAP HCM has many different channels for communication with the consultants which makes it complex. There are delays when there is a problem."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"The pricing of SAP is quite high."
"SAP resources are at the high end and anything you want to change or any customization is expensive."
"Also, it would be helpful if they could improve its ability to localize the product to Nigeria."
"The price of the solution could improve, it is too high."
"I think there is room for improvement in user friendliness. In my experience, users are sometimes confused about how to use the solution."
"Integration between Employee Central and Compensation in SAP SuccessFactors is one area of the solution that has room for improvement."
"The complete integration process between SuccessFactors modules is not at the level that all customers expect when it comes to complete HR user experience from all angles."
SAP HCM is ranked 3rd in Cloud HCM with 48 reviews while SAP SuccessFactors is ranked 1st in Cloud HCM with 90 reviews. SAP HCM is rated 7.6, while SAP SuccessFactors is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of SAP HCM writes "Allows you to generate reports, easy integration and offers out-of-the-box support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP SuccessFactors writes "Offers many useful modules and integrations, and helps companies adhere to best practices". SAP HCM is most compared with Workday, Oracle HCM Cloud, ADP GlobalView Payroll, PeopleSoft and UKG, whereas SAP SuccessFactors is most compared with Workday, Oracle HCM Cloud, PeopleSoft, UKG and Cornerstone Learning. See our SAP HCM vs. SAP SuccessFactors report.
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When it comes to user experience, SuccessFactors is unquestionably superior, as it provides end users with a new experience and an advanced user interface. Additionally, the entire concept of SF is to simplify the process, giving life back to HR systems so that they can be more modern and flexible, and rely more on the heart of HR – the employee.
On the other hand, while SF is technically less complex than SAP HCM, it also has significantly less capability, particularly when it comes to integration with other SAP modules. For example, while SAP's integration between the SAP Project system and the SAP HCM process is robust, SuccessFactors' integration is limited and still in its early stages.
In all circumstances, SAP SF represents the future of HR, with a highly promising road map. I believe that if SAP continues to create more features, SF will have greater functionality than SAP HCM in 5 years.