ADP ezLaborManager vs. ADP Workforce Now

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ADP ezLaborManager
Score 3.8 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
ADP's ezLaborManager is a time tracking and attendance offering.N/A
ADP Workforce Now
Score 8.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
ADP Workforce Now is a cloud-based HR platform for mid-sized businesses. It features customizable modules of various HR services that businesses can tailor to their specific needs, as well as regulatory monitoring and alerts to help businesses remain compliant.N/A
Pricing
ADP ezLaborManagerADP Workforce Now
Editions & Modules
ADP Time and Attendance
Call for details
ADP Workforce Now Essential Time
Call for details
Essential
Contact sales team
Enhanced
Contact sales team
Complete
Contact sales team
HR Pro
Contact sales team
Payroll Essentials
Contact sales team
HR Plus
Contact sales team
Hiring Advantage
Contact sales team
Performance Plus
Contact sales team
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ADP ezLaborManagerADP Workforce Now
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredRequired
Additional DetailsPlease contact ADP for a product demo and ask about a hands-on "test drive" of Workforce Now.
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Community Pulse
ADP ezLaborManagerADP Workforce Now
Features
ADP ezLaborManagerADP Workforce Now
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP ezLaborManager
-
Ratings
ADP Workforce Now
7.9
Ratings
1% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings6.80 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP ezLaborManager
-
Ratings
ADP Workforce Now
7.8
Ratings
2% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP ezLaborManager
-
Ratings
ADP Workforce Now
7.7
Ratings
4% below category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
ADP ezLaborManager
-
Ratings
ADP Workforce Now
7.7
Ratings
5% below category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP ezLaborManager
-
Ratings
ADP Workforce Now
6.0
Ratings
29% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
ADP ezLaborManager
-
Ratings
ADP Workforce Now
6.8
Ratings
10% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings5.30 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
ADP ezLaborManager
-
Ratings
ADP Workforce Now
7.2
Ratings
9% below category average
New hire portal00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
ADP ezLaborManager
-
Ratings
ADP Workforce Now
7.7
Ratings
3% below category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP ezLaborManager
-
Ratings
ADP Workforce Now
6.4
Ratings
20% below category average
Performance plans00 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings5.50 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
ADP ezLaborManager
-
Ratings
ADP Workforce Now
6.0
Ratings
26% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings5.80 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings5.80 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
ADP ezLaborManager
-
Ratings
ADP Workforce Now
6.6
Ratings
16% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings6.60 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings2.30 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
ADP ezLaborManagerADP Workforce Now
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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8.1
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Likelihood to Renew
8.0
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7.2
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Usability
7.0
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2.2
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Availability
7.0
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7.3
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Performance
7.0
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6.4
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Support Rating
8.1
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7.3
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In-Person Training
-
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8.2
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(0 ratings)
5.8
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
3.0
(0 ratings)
1.5
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Configurability
5.0
(0 ratings)
6.4
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.0
(0 ratings)
6.1
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.0
(0 ratings)
7.4
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
5.2
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
6.1
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ADP ezLaborManagerADP Workforce Now
Likelihood to Recommend
Clocking in/out is easy on the multiple time punch options. Cleaning up punches is also easy when they need to be fixed due to power outages or internet outages. It also helps with approving time off requests by showing on a calendar anyone in that manager's team who might already have the day scheduled off.
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well suited for folks in manufacturing or building (jobs and tasks required). Good for small and big business, ease of forming to what you want rather then getting oversold on items that you will not use. Lots of training options available
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Pros
  • The interface of ADP ezLaborManager is simple to use, training only takes a couple of minutes for employees and a couple more for managers.
  • Time off requests are simple to add to the system, review, and approve or deny. There is a space for comments so that managers and employees can communicate directly on the time off request.
  • The employee and supervisor approval process confirms that the employees and managers agree on hours work to satisfy in errors in time before processing payroll.
  • Importing ADP ezLaborManager to RUN Powered by ADP only takes a couple minutes allowing you to get started on processing your payroll in a fraction of the time compared to manual time cards.
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  • HRIS that is personalized for the employee and addresses DE&I needs.
  • Payroll, of course! The system addresses all needs, such as deductions, additional pay, premium OT, and shift differentials.
  • Onboarding is an excellent way to stay in compliance and have all documents completed.
  • Tax and Banking and resolution to any issues.
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Cons
  • To cancel or delete a recurring schedule has too many steps for the managers to do so they ask me to do their updates for them.
  • Having several places to make updates is good but also can be bad. When you call ADP, everyone you talk with does things the way they were taught which in turns is you get a different answer. Then you have to remember, how did they do that again?
  • Sometimes less is more. If you update in one area, it does not cross over to another area that it may be tied to, then it's like you are doing double the work.
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  • Customized pre-process payroll reports (Limited on pre-process payroll reports)
  • Labor Allocation (Allocations make payroll reporting very hard to review and find any errors )
  • Recruiting (ATS is very basic)
  • Geofencing (should be able to change shape rather than a circle)
  • Pay Classes (should be able to change at Practitioner level rather than reach out to support)
  • Cookies and Cache have to be cleared on a regular basis
  • Only able to see employee documents/acknowledgements one at a time in the employee file
  • Timecards can only be managed/viewed by 1 person
  • Timeoff emails do not have a link
  • Cost per payroll - not just monthly fee so cost with off cycle payrolls
  • Separate I9 step not needed - during onboarding - 2nd Everify step
  • ADP Workforce Now does not pull in allowances for Houly employees into payroll ONLY Salaried employees
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Likelihood to Renew
Still have some issues with it but usage seems to improve
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We are happy with the service and options offered by ADP. Although the cost is a bit high for a not-for-profit organization, it is essential that we have multi-jurisdictional support for the 20 plus states where employees work and reside. As our company is diminishing in size, we may need to look at making a change to conserve costs. At this time, that would be the only reason we would not renew our WFN contract.
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Usability
ADP is a good system to track information but, what it lacks is just some detail that provides time savings. Some instances they have made "updates" that tend to have been better previous to those "updates." One example is for staff to see how they have used their time off in the past. There should be an easy way to report and review such other than looking at pay periods. Pay statement and review and totals can also improve.
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Lack of documentation and test environment make it extremely difficult to deploy work processes through the system. While there are a handful of things throughout the system that work well, particularly from an employee's perspective, many tasks, which would be simple for practitioner users in other systems, require these users to ask for administrator support. Additionally, the ghosts in the ADP machine cause established process (e.g. automated report delivery) to stop working with no notice and no error report.
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Reliability and Availability
No answers on this topic
ADP outages are very rare
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Performance
No answers on this topic
Overall, I think the functionality of the program works pretty well. Sometimes, certain browsers do not work well for the policy function of ADP, but that is the only issue thus far
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Support Rating
The support is not the best as they take much time to get back to you, days for some items as simple as a standard report. They do not know much about their own system I feel and it shows a lack of knowledge on their part. We have gotten wrong answers and it's not so user friendly.
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Most of it is not local, which impacts barriers and customs. I do think they know a lot, but not the cohesive piece. Some naturally know more about certain things than others. The payroll section should be broken out more because payroll is a big topic with many problems, so it can be hard to get the right person who can actually help you.
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In-Person Training
No answers on this topic
In-person training was pretty good - I think this significantly depends on the trainer. Our trainer was really good and showed what ADP can do - but I know that all trainers are not the same - and this truly makes such as difference. Overall, our training went pretty well.
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Online Training
The training provided was based on a generic database and reporting which made it difficult to compare when you had your own database to work at. It also didn't provide good written materials that would be useful after the training session. It was more geared towards the practice tests or applications within the training.
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At the time training was not as expansive as it is now. If it could go wrong it did for me so the process was difficult and lengthy. I needed to have more in person walkthroughs of things to ensure the transition was done correctly. Not sure what else I can say, we were part of the initial move to Workforce Now when it was introduced.
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Implementation Rating
Should have had a project manager from ADP to assist.
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Either assign more than one specialist to the implementation process, or assign less clients to the implementation specialist. The process requires attention to detail and the ability to test and re-test as well as verify the information. It also requires a lot of back and forth between the client ant the implementation specialist, so they need to be readily available during the whole implementation process.
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Alternatives Considered
We use ADP Workforce Now for our U.S.-based employees and overall for reporting and information storing ADP is better. However, the customer service of ezLaborManager may be a little better. Also the sister program to process payroll at work is light years ahead of Workforce Now.
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I also used UltiPro (way back -- it didn't even appear in dropdown). Recommend ADP Workforce Now above all others. Paycor and Paycom were both very clunky. I even helped implement Paycom and could never get it to work how the business needed it to.
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Scalability
No answers on this topic
We have been able to grow with ADP from just a few hundred employees to over 10,000 so it's actually very scalable for payroll usage. We do not use the benefits and onboarding offerings for most of our employees but they are built to scale easily enough for when our corporate team has over 1,000 FTE.
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Return on Investment
  • ADP ezLaborManager saves time, as time sheets are all in the system and can be processed easily with payroll.
  • Reporting makes it easy to look into any discrepancies related to time cards.
  • The process of reconciliation of subcontractors' billing is easier.
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  • ADP Workforce Now handles all of our tax filing which frees up our time to do other things. They keep us compliant communicating updates on a timely basis.
  • Calculates payrolls accurately. Our management and employees have built a level of confidence due to the ease of pulling statements, year end documents etc.
  • A really nice feature is the follow up email what a change has been made to banking information. There were a couple of times the employee did not make changes to their account information. This kept their funds from getting routed into the wrong hands.
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ScreenShots

ADP ezLaborManager Screenshots

Screenshot of Simple and quick time reportingScreenshot of Intuitive and easy schedulesScreenshot of Flexible and convenient time collection

ADP Workforce Now Screenshots

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