What is Dayforce?
Dayforce (formerly Ceridian) is a global human capital management (HCM) platform that transforms the employee experience. It unifies data from across the entire employee lifecycle to enable better decision-making at every level. Dayforce is a comprehensive cloud platform that combines HR, payroll, benefits, workforce management, and talent management in a single application. Our scalable platform is built with a single, flexible rules engine combined with real-time updates and calculations that help address complex regulatory requirements.
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86 Likeliness to Recommend
98 Plan to Renew
80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+81 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Dayforce?
Pros
- Respectful
- Enables Productivity
- Acts with Integrity
- Continually Improving Product
How to read the Emotional Footprint
The Net Emotional Footprint measures high-level user sentiment towards particular product offerings. It aggregates emotional response ratings for various dimensions of the vendor-client relationship and product effectiveness, creating a powerful indicator of overall user feeling toward the vendor and product.
While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Feature Ratings
Payroll Administration
Compensation Planning & Forecasting
Employee Record
Self-Service Applicant Portal
Scheduling
Time and Attendance
Compensation Management
Benefits Administration
Performance Management
Workforce Planning
Talent Management
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Breadth of Features
Business Value Created
Usability and Intuitiveness
Quality of Features
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Ease of IT Administration
Ease of Customization
Availability and Quality of Training
Vendor Support
Ease of Data Integration
Ease of Implementation
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Dayforce Reviews
Suraj V.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Gaming and Hospitality
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Sep 2025
Real-Time Workforce Visibility
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Dayforce from other similar products?
This feature provides dashboards that update instantly as shifts, hours, and time-off change.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
It gives managers immediate visibility into staffing, overtime, and productivity. It also enables them to make proactive labor adjustments on the fly.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Having too much data without proper filters can overwhelm managers. The alert thresholds need to be carefully tuned to avoid constant notifications.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
This is a valuable tool for any operations team that needs to closely monitor its workforce.
Pros
- Trustworthy
- Efficient Service
- Effective Service
- Caring
Cons
- Less Productive
- Commodity Features
- Leverages Incumbent Status
Sam L.
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Sep 2025
Dayforce Simplifies Payroll and HR for Us.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Dayforce from other similar products?
Dayforce stands out because of its real-time payroll calculations. Unlike other systems we’ve used, we can see payroll impacts instantly, which has been especially helpful for budgeting and compliance. It also lets us make changes mid-cycle, which wasn’t possible with our previous software.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I appreciate that everything is on one unified platform, from recruiting and onboarding to scheduling and payroll. Features like shift bidding, time-off requests, and real-time approvals have helped our workforce management. The mobile app has been especially valuable for employees who work remotely or in the field.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The platform has a steep learning curve. It took us nearly a month to complete training and get comfortable with workflows and customization. Smaller HR teams may find this challenging without extra support.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Invest in training and setup time. The more effort you put into configuring the platform upfront, the better the results will be. Make sure you assign a few dedicated team members to become experts on the system, and regularly review updates to take advantage of new features.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Alex R.
- Role: Human Resources
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Sep 2025
Allows employees early access to earned
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Dayforce from other similar products?
All core HR, payroll, time & attendance, benefits, talent etc. are within one system. Calculations (pay, accruals, schedules) are updated continuously—not batch‑processed
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
KPIs, dashboards, alerts & nudges for anomalies (like unexpected overtime), predictive tools to allow HR to act proactively.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Supports payroll in many countries (>200 countries/territories), multiple currencies/languages etc. Good for companies with distributed / global workforce.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Needs real‑time processing (payroll, time, attendance, accruals) in one unified system.
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Unique Features
