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SAP HCM vs SumTotal Systems Talent Portal [EOL] comparison

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Categories and Ranking

SAP HCM
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
60
Ranking in other categories
Benefits Administration (2nd), Talent Management (5th), Cloud HCM (5th)
SumTotal Systems Talent Por...
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Chaitra Anurag - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Centralized HR data has improved accuracy and supports standardized workforce processes
SAP HCM is indeed very robust, but from my experience, there are a few areas where the user experience could perhaps be improved. One example is the complexity of some HR transactions. While I handle employee movements or organizational changes, there are occasions where I have to go through multiple screens and validate information across different areas before completing a transaction. For an HR user who does not work in the system every day, that can make the process feel more time-consuming than necessary. Another area is reporting and dashboards. I have sometimes needed to collaborate with the HRIS team to extract or customize reports when I need specific workforce information. More flexible, user-friendly, self-service dashboards would allow HR teams to get those insights more quickly without relying as much on our technical support team. I have also encountered situations where data needed to be validated between SAP HCM and other HR systems. For example, after an employee or organizational change takes place, I need to check that the information has flowed correctly into the downstream process; better real-time integration and synchronization could reduce that reconciliation effort. Those are the key things that come to mind regarding areas for improvement.
it_user585276 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head HRM Technology at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
A customizable, end-to-end solution for Performance Management, Learning, and Succession Planning
* There should be a feature for succession managers to add employee-specific comments so that it is visible only to the manager. * Not sure how this can be made easier, but the development of interface from the core HR system to this system is a tedious and time-consuming process, involving multiple iterations of modifications and testing. * Analytics is one area where this system really needs a large improvement because currently, it has only basic reporting features.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The stability and reliability of SAP HCM product are really nice, very helpful, and secured."
"Integration with all business processes, standard features, flexibility in configuration, full scalability."
"SAP HCM is a scalable product."
"SAP HCM has impacted my organization positively, particularly in efficiency and data accuracy."
"The technical support is quite good."
"It is a pretty stable solution."
"SAP HCM has totally integrated our work; we left a manual environment, and much of our work is now automated with this solution."
"The stability of the solution is pretty good overall."
"System usability has improved to a large extent and our manual effort has been reduced."
 

Cons

"Managing changes in applications can be challenging since it complicates testing and unit testing, resulting in longer testing phases. This time-consuming process often leaves little room for actual work."
"It would be very helpful for our company if a new version was released with the ability to contain all of the things that we have newly introduced in our company."
"We are able to optimize a lot of processes but there is always room for improvement."
"We are not planning to continue to use it at all. We are moving away from it entirely."
"There needs to be a renovation of the interface and functionalities of the talent management modules."
"Reports need to be added on the time management side."
"I'm currently working for a state-owned government company, and we need to follow some standards and regulations. We also have a strategy to be followed. Sometimes the template and the format are not available in the SAP HCM, so we have to work around this limitation. The tax also sometimes changes in my country, and we have to redo everything to change the payroll calculations, benefits, and things like that. The talent management feature can be improved. It is currently very simple in SAP HCM. SAP is also very hard to integrate. In terms of monitoring, there are no monitoring tools, but as long as we take care of the disk capacity, there is no problem."
"The limitation of HCM compared to new-era human capital management solutions is the cost."
"Analytics is one area where this system really needs a large improvement because currently, it has only basic reporting features."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have an annual license for this solution, and the price depends on the number of users."
"In my view, this product is a waste of money for SMB because there are much better products available and licensing is an issue."
"The terms on which you buy licenses might change due to the way they license in a particular product."
"The pricing is not reasonable at all."
"The solution is a little expensive and we are charged per user for the license. The solution can be paid monthly or annually."
"The solution is cheap."
"For implementation, SAP offers little support unless you buy SAP Safeguarding from SAP Consulting."
"I believe HCM is a little expensive, but I don't know the exact price because I'm involved with the sales team. However, I think the price must be reasonable because many organizations are migrating their current ERPs to SAP. It's excellent software, and the price is competitive."
"Licensing is quite flexible, but please ensure that you have the right team negotiating with them."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
14%
Construction Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
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Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise41
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about SAP HCM?
SAP HCM is the one of the best ERP for an organization with a small to large scale business. It has the most efficient payroll functionality. Regards : SAP HR classes in pune
What do you like most about SAP HCM?
HCM is a very important module that each organization should want to use. It will help any organization to calculate and control the cost of their human resources.
What is better, SAP HCM or SAP SuccessFactors?
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...
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City of Cape Town, ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Ltd., TransAlta Corporation, Keolis, PT XL Axiata Tbk, National Football League (NFL), Plan International, Yoh, A Day & Zimmermann Company, China Talent Group (CTG TMO), Umicore S.A., Butterfield Bank, Skrill Group Ltd.
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