What is Workday Human Capital Management?
Workday is a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources. Founded in 2005, Workday delivers financial management, human capital management, and analytics applications designed for the world’s largest companies, educational institutions, and government agencies. Organizations ranging from medium-sized businesses to Fortune 50 enterprises have selected Workday.
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83 Likeliness to Recommend
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96 Plan to Renew
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83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+90 Net Emotional Footprint
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Pros
- Fair
- Transparent
- Friendly Negotiation
- Trustworthy
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Workday Human Capital Management Reviews
Ripudaman K.
- Role: Human Resources
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Sep 2025
A powerful HCM product with robust functionality
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Workday Human Capital Management from other similar products?
This is all in one product which gives real time analytucsm and seamless integration across HR, payroll, finance, and talent management on a single platform.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favorite aspect of Workday HCM is its intuitive reporting and analytics, which provide real-time insights into workforce and recruiting data.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Its slow adaption due to its complexity.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
This is a very powerful but complex product, please ensure you invest in proper training and clearly define your HR processes before implementation.
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
- Efficient Service
Shivani T.
- Role: Human Resources
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Aug 2025
Human Capital, Powered by Intelligence
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Workday Human Capital Management from other similar products?
It's a cloud-first platform. Provides real-time updates. An integrated finance system to manage everything at one place.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Real-time reporting and analytics with Seamless updates. It enables better strategic workforce planning.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Customization is somewhat complex and requires in-depth expertise in the user interface. You need a certified Workday expert for the simplest change. Very time consuming process,
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
This is a wonderful tool for organisations with more complex financial and HR needs. It provides asssitsant with various feature like,HR, payroll, finance, IT, and business planning.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
Maria P.
- Role: Human Resources
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted May 2025
Powerful Human Resource Management Software
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Workday Human Capital Management from other similar products?
It is very clean and easy to use
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
It supports multiple currencies, languages and compliance frameworks
What do you dislike most about this product?
It can take several months to implement
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Train your team because it may be complex for new beginners
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
