15Five vs. SAP SuccessFactors HCM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
15Five
Score 8.2 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
15Five in San Francisco offers their employee performance management platform, which emphasizes employee engagement via pulse surveys and an emphasis on frequent feedback, fast one-on-one meeting planning, objective tracking, and other related features.
$7
per person/per month
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
SAP SuccessFactors is a suite of HR/HCM products covering these capability areas: core HR and payroll, recruiting and onboarding, learning and development, performance and compensation management, workforce analytics and planning, and employee experience management.N/A
Pricing
15FiveSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Editions & Modules
Basic
$7
per person/per month
Plus
$14
per person/per month
Performance
Custom Pricing
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
15FiveSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
15FiveSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Features
15FiveSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
15Five
4.4
Ratings
53% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
Ratings
6% above category average
Corporate goal setting4.80 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting4.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting4.70 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility2.90 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Performance tracking4.70 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
7.7
Ratings
6% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
Ratings
5% above category average
Performance plans9.00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Plan weighting6.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager note taking8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.20 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Review status tracking9.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow6.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders9.90 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Workflow restrictions5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency10.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Reporting4.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.9
Ratings
1% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.6
Ratings
5% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.1
Ratings
1% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
Ratings
2% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
Ratings
4% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
6.6
Ratings
13% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
Ratings
1% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.8
Ratings
0% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
4.1
Ratings
61% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
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User Ratings
15FiveSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
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8.3
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Likelihood to Renew
10.0
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9.2
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Usability
10.0
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8.0
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Availability
-
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9.9
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Performance
-
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8.9
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Support Rating
8.6
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7.4
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In-Person Training
-
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9.1
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Online Training
10.0
(0 ratings)
7.1
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(0 ratings)
6.7
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
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8.0
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
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6.8
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
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9.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
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8.9
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Vendor pre-sale
-
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8.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
15FiveSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
I believe if your managers can't make time to have in-person or live check-ins with their employees, the 15Five surveys and tools can create a semblance of care and follow-up, but many employees resent how impersonal it is. If you are able to have more face-to-face interactions or Zoom one-on-ones, those are almost always better-received by employees.
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It is a strong system that pays off once it's fully tailored to your organization. If your company has well-defined HR processes, SuccessFactors will likely integrate seamlessly. We've automated processes that previously required departments to spend weeks on back-and-forth emails. We've partnered with Capgemini to fully suck out the most out of its technical customization.
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Pros
  • The Pulse Check feature is both easy to use and allows staff and management to gauge how team health is.
  • The metric and key performance tools are very well designed.
  • Automated reminders and reporting are great features.
  • I find the customer services to be best in class.
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  • The product is straightforward to use. The product allows instant edits if a mistake is made and is very helpful in keeping track of individual employee working hours.
  • Use of the platform ensures that your business is connected to a global workforce experience powered by modern HR technologies and AI.
  • Implementation of the software ensures an excellent workforce experience and accelerates overall business performance.
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Cons
  • The more business units and teams you adopt consistently using 15five, the more you see the full value.
  • Reporting - it would be helpful to see an entire org chart breakdown of the goals hit/missed at the end of each quarter.
  • Recommendations - focus points/alerts on OKRs that aren't progressing and auto-generated action items you should take would be really useful functionality.
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  • I think just overall the configuration can be a little bit hard on the backend user, like myself, knowing which screens to go to. Better documentation on how we configure things would be a great resource for employees in the HR field that are making those backend changes.
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Likelihood to Renew
This program is the absolute best I've ever used in 30 years with organizations. Not only do I enjoy being a user and "filling it out" every week- but I would personally buy it if available for goal tracking in my personal life I love it that much!
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We have put a vast amount of time and effort into our installation- and there is more work to be done, but the system has a lot of benefits that we plan to maximize and optimize in order to generate the greatest value for everyone involved
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Usability
The platform is too easy for use, you will find by hand all the main tools and the interface put in front of you what you need without enter to define or open complex options to add things.
No, you just need to open a new report and start to type things, the system automatically will start to add fields or show the desired options based on your current context.
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SAP SuccessFactors is great from a user perspective I think where we hold ourselves back in lack of rolling out new features internally and configuration. Overall product is good and offering is complete with minimal application of external vendors to manage individual needs.
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Reliability and Availability
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Until now we have not had serious availability problems with SuccessFactors, we had Microsoft Active Directory and SSO with ADFS and we had availability problems but because of problems with ADFS, we migrated to Azure AD and with that the availability problems of SuccessFactors because of ADFS went away. The only windows of unavailability that we have had are those that we are communicated to do maintenance and upgrades.
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Performance
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The performance is very good, the truth is that we have not had serious performance problems, some complex reports may take a little longer, but considering the complexity and the amount of records it is an acceptable time. We have never received a complaint from users regarding page loading speed.
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Support Rating
15Five support is quick and helpful. We work with other vendors in the people management space and performance tracking/management who offshore their support or force us into long queues to chat for support and it just doesn't support our needs very well. 15Five is responsive and speedy. We constantly evaluate our vendors for their support and have switched vendors in the past in other areas because of limited support capabilities
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SAP SuccessFactors has been a easy to implement tool with low risks for a sensitive thing like employee feedback. It provides powerful performance in the backend functionalities, and at the same time a great look and feel for the employees. Totally recommended.
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In-Person Training
No answers on this topic
The in-person training was with a consultancy, we have taken several courses, all very specific. They have been reports in ecp, general configuration of ec, reports and IAS
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Online Training
Very helpful webinar training. They answer questions, the slides are all very helpful, and they send you the presentation once the webinar is complete so that you can share with your team.
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We use SAP Learning, and we like it very much, the topics are updated along with the products, we have access to the SFX customer certifications and we have done them all, in general the SAP learning platform is very good and complete.
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Implementation Rating
It was very easy and support was super helpful!
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Key insights for a successful SAP SuccessFactors implementation center on Change Management, ensuring user adoption through early stakeholder engagement and robust training; Business Process Design, which requires defining clear strategic objectives, leveraging best practices, and meticulous integration planning with existing systems; and Strong Project Execution, which involves securing leadership buy-in, allocating the right resources, defining measurable success metrics, and carefully managing the complex task of data migration and quality.
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Alternatives Considered
15Five was more customizable and fit our under 50 employee team better for what we needed - a system for manager/employee one on ones, company wide as well as individual goal setting, performance reviews, reminders, and recognition (high fives). It was convenient and easier to have all these functionalities in one tool. Integration with Slack was also key to keep it visible to our team day to day.
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SAP SuccessFactors is a very user-friendly application, it stacks up very well against competition, such as Oracle PeopleSoft HCM. We selected SAP SuccessFactors because we are already using a lot of other SAP solutions, such as SAP S/4 HANA and SAP Business Technology Platform. It allows us to have single-sign on and one vendor with multiple solutions.
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Scalability
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The scalability and flexibility of SuccessFactors is unbeatable. It is very easy to scale the product to new countries and areas, and with the help of CPI it can be easily integrated.
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Return on Investment
  • It holds each employee to a certain standard by having them select their own list
  • Gives them the opportunity to reach their list of goals
  • Being able to accomplish each set goal and/or priority gives a sense of pride in each person's work as they are able to check off what has been done
  • On the negative, it can also show what the employee is not being done and may show poorly if there is a consistent pattern of not completing tasks
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  • It helps better in the tedious task of job posting, it's automated to social handles.
  • Better performance in speed, UI, performance management, skill management, talent onboarding, and finding candidates in the talent pool.
  • Reduces most of the cost in HR operations and future-proof technology with continuous improvement.
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ScreenShots

15Five Screenshots

Screenshot of Celebrate wins, tout progress, and give good feedback where good feedback is due.Screenshot of 15Five Home DashboardScreenshot of Connect managers with their teams through regular Check-Ins that lead to actionable insights.

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Screenshots

Screenshot of how to navigate to all SAP SuccessFactors solution modules and complete tasks using natural language—thanks to Joule, the AI copilot with generative AI.Screenshot of where to acquire future-ready skills by sourcing, engaging, and hiring top talent, as well as save time evaluating candidates and match skills to roles more efficiently with AI-powered applicant screening.Screenshot of some of the metrics that empower HR professionals, analysts, and business partners to answer questions about a workforce, or that influence business decisions with data-driven insights and an evidence-based approach to HR.Screenshot of the mobile interface, which also helps automate processes to improve employee and manager self-service, and strengthen compliance.Screenshot of