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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)

    Score7.8 out of 10
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    Workday HCM

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AWorkday Human Capital Management is a cloud-native system offering a globally consistent user experience. Workday HCM is part of an intelligent, unified system with other Workday products.N/A
    Pricing
    Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)Workday HCM
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)Workday HCM
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)Workday HCM
    Considered Both Products
    Frontline Education
    No answer on this topic
    Workday
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    95%
    Would buy again
    42 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    31 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    41 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    19 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    25 Answers
    Features
    Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)Workday HCM
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Frontline HCM (Aesop Online) and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)
    7.0
    5 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.6
    96 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Employee demographic data6.02 Ratings8.481 Ratings
    Employment history5.01 Ratings8.891 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration6.53 Ratings8.693 Ratings
    Organization and location management8.52 Ratings9.084 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)9.01 Ratings6.759 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings9.288 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings9.387 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Frontline HCM (Aesop Online) and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)
    9.6
    5 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.6
    74 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Approval workflow9.05 Ratings8.573 Ratings
    Balance details10.05 Ratings8.473 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment9.93 Ratings8.959 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Frontline HCM (Aesop Online) and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)
    6.8
    3 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.4
    94 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Update personal information7.01 Ratings8.792 Ratings
    View company policy documentation6.12 Ratings7.673 Ratings
    View job history7.52 Ratings8.883 Ratings
    View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.983 Ratings
    Employee recognition00 Ratings8.157 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of Frontline HCM (Aesop Online) and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)
    8.1
    4 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.5
    78 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Report builder7.33 Ratings8.974 Ratings
    Pre-built reports8.94 Ratings8.676 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data7.92 Ratings7.964 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Frontline HCM (Aesop Online) and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.6
    56 Ratings
    9% above category average
    New hire portal7.01 Ratings8.452 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools9.01 Ratings8.852 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Frontline HCM (Aesop Online) and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.9
    63 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Performance plans7.01 Ratings9.062 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings8.954 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings8.758 Ratings
    Review reminders00 Ratings9.058 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings8.951 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Frontline HCM (Aesop Online) and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.0
    40 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Candidate search10.01 Ratings7.938 Ratings
    Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings9.334 Ratings
    Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.735 Ratings
    Candidate development00 Ratings6.837 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Frontline HCM (Aesop Online) and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Human Capital Management
    9.0
    80 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings8.568 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings8.856 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings9.818 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.563 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.869 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings9.266 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings9.243 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of Frontline HCM (Aesop Online) and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.4
    25 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.425 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Frontline HCM (Aesop Online) and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.5
    60 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.750 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.759 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.951 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings8.658 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Frontline HCM (Aesop Online) and Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.3
    48 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.045 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.339 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings8.734 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.440 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.839 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.240 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.444 Ratings
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    Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)Workday HCM
    Small Businesses
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    Score8.4 out of 10
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    Score8.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho People
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)Workday HCM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (16 ratings)
    9.0
    (108 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.0
    (13 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.6
    (8 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (22 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.6
    (6 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)Workday HCM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Frontline Education
    Frontline is well suited for an organization such as a school district where teachers sometimes need to put in for a substitute at the last minute or especially early in the morning. The system also helps with substitutes in picking up the jobs when a teacher puts in an absence.
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    Workday
    I would say it's well suited in every environment because I think it does so much. It's like the holy grail of HRIS systems is what I like to call it because thinking about all parts of the employee lifecycle, it lives here in Workday Human Capital Management. So I love the fact that you can do the people data analytics, you can store employee records, the talent acquisition pieces there. I'm thinking I can't think of anything negative right now except for the fact that I can't drill down into the data for the people analytics side. Other than that, I think it's literally, yeah, the holy grail of HRIS systems, I love it and I would highly recommend it.
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    Pros
    Frontline Education
    • Easily submission process. Select the day you need to schedule on the listed calendar, mark the type of request, and submit.
    • Works on different digital devices including phones, tablets, and computers.
    • Easily track your balances by looking at your account history.
    • Delete requests you have already submitted.
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    Workday
    • Groups employees in management hierarchies and creates Org Charts that are easy to navigate and allow for visualizing management chains regardless of employee locations
    • Intuitive and easy to use. The Workday search functionality works very much like Google; one can search for anything that they have access to in the database and drill down into the various details. All information is connected through hyperlinks and users can easily keep digging into the details for as far as their security access would take them.
    • Tasks such as to do, review or approve items are sent to the user's Workday Inbox, very much resembling email. Notifications about outstanding "to do" items are also sent to each the user's work email address on a daily basis.
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    Cons
    Frontline Education
    • Teachers cannot cancel their own absence. We have to ask the office staff to do so. This is irritating when an absence must be canceled (Due to a canceled professional development, for example).
    • Sometimes absences go unfilled. It would be great if AESOP could have a roster of qualified substitutes to cover absences.
    • You cannot assign your absence to a particular substitute if you know he or she is available and a good fit for your absence.
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    Workday
    • Should have more option in time sheet like choose project code or something.
    • On The pay page, it should have options to view past salaries; it may be there already but not in the version that I use.
    • The employee information page does not have a back button to navigate to the previous page.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Frontline Education
    Long time customer with Frontline Absence Management. Product support has been excellent, integrations easy to work with, & suite of products mesh together well.
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    Workday
    It is work to make one system the source of truth for our data, but now that it is done, there is less work involved in staying on this path. This means for us that maintaining and/or implementing new modules like performance, finance, talent, etc. is simple. It's a no-brainer
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    Usability
    Frontline Education
    While we have had minor issues logging in as our organization has its own login page, the site and its application are very easy to use. So long as members of a group log in through the appropriate page, navigating and using this site is quite easy. With the transition from Aesop to Frontline, the page also seems to have worked through any glitches found with the previous page and its app.
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    Workday
    Workday's on a great path in terms of user experience. Their goals is to deliver a use experience that doesn't require training or instruction, like Amazon on the consumer side for example. That's hard to do when you're talking about complex business processes and important and sensitive employee information, but they're doing it well
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    Reliability and Availability
    Frontline Education
    There have been several times the system was unavailable. When there has been an issue, Frontline HAS NOT notified us....which has been disappointing.
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    Workday
    In 2014, Workday has changed the update process. There will be two updates a year; the updates will be delivered to customers typically in a 24 hour window during these two weekends a year. They also keep the Community up-to-date about any planned outages, etc. There is weekly scheduled downtime on Friday night.
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    Performance
    Frontline Education
    No issues reported by end users of slow or not loading pages.
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    Workday
    From my perspective, the system runs like a well oiled machine and I have not had any issues with customers complaining about speed. If a report is taking long to run, the report can run in the background and you can go about your business. For larger enterprises, there is additional space and machines to process the application in what Workday refers to it as Extended Configuration Tenant
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    Support Rating
    Frontline Education
    Internal support is provided by EDU Staff based out of Grand Rapids. Whenever I have had an issue they are very responsive to my needs. For instance, there may be conflicts in the amount of money that was listed for the contract. There may be questions about the length of an assignment such as 1/2 day, full day, or early dismissal. The school will sometimes enter the wrong information. Very good IT support, but sometimes you are on hold for 5 to 10 minutes because they do not have enough workers in their Call Center
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    Workday
    Workday is still learning about the needs of higher education. I have seen rapid improvement in support and knowledge over the last year so am confident this will continue to improve. Overall however, I have found the Support Team to be extremely responsive and Workday offers the advantage of having support across several timezones so that we never wait more than a few hours for a response.
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    In-Person Training
    Frontline Education
    Our Implementer/Trainer was a product line expert. He (Connor) walked us through every step with confidence and explained everything in detail. Frontline provided written documentation, cut-n-paste emails to staff, and a test environment for us to play in. We were able to test unique scenarios without actually sending emails, notifications, alerts to staff. This was very useful.
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    Workday
    Some training is offered online. Cost is per-person. This also gets quite expensive. Training doesn’t follow a logical path A to B. Starts in middle. When you try to do it afterwards at your desk, difficult.
    • Training scenarios are not very real
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    Online Training
    Frontline Education
    No answers on this topic
    Workday
    I have done for report writing and mass imports (EIBs). They give materials and you run through examples, i.e. you don’t just watch them do tasks, so that is helpful. Training is expensive – a single reporting writing class is $600 per person for virtual training
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    Implementation Rating
    Frontline Education
    Our Frontline implementer was an expert in the field & knew the product in & out. We had very little issues going live.
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    Workday
    It was implemented before my joining the company. At my last company, we used Workday professional services.

    Based upon my experience at my last company, I would rate the implementation experience an 8/10. There are different ways to set things up and we had different people telling us different things. It set us back a couple of times.

    Regarding configuration advice, we could set things up where every manager has supervisory organizations, or have it financially based i.e. aligned to cost center/department. We chose the individual manager path and I think we should have chosen a department route. Going down the individual manager path, to maintain the information, we have to inactivate a supervisory org whenever a manager changes/leaves.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Frontline Education
    Frontline seems to be the industry standard for this software in the education industry. I am not familiar with any competitors or what was evaluated prior to implementing Frontline. For it to be the industry standard, I would assume that its cost is fair in relation to competitors and that the onboarding process is simple.
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    Workday
    Workday is an incomplete product, by this I mean it must work alongside other products and does not work by itself. Trying to make several different products work smoothly together becomes very challenging. As compared to ADP products, when purchased all together work very well all together. Also, ADP has extensive Training programs and extensive Customer Support. So ADP's products are far superior to Workday's products in my opinion.
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    Scalability
    Frontline Education
    Our district has approximately 300 substitutes & 1,800 employees. Size has never been an issue with Absence Management. There are other districts much larger using Absence Management with no problems
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    Workday
    Workday has released Financials and is continuing to develop it's Human Capital Management footprint with the addition of Workday Recruiting. I think customers will find that is easy to add on additional functionality in the system. Workday does make it easy for customers to make changes without relying on IT resources. The Business Process framework is a visual tool that allows functional resources to make changes and see the flow of the transaction
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    Return on Investment
    Frontline Education
    • It's given staff direct access to inputting their absences and secure coverage quicker, whereas before they had to make a call to a person. That person had to secure coverage for the entire district at different levels. Sometimes that person was absent or unable to provide coverage.
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    Workday
    • Positive ROI, we were one of the first organizations that went with Workday HCM, and we received numerous discounts. Cloud systems are the way to go and we feel the system is stable for our growing work force.
    • The user conferences have been helpful to network and learn more deepness in the modules and functionality.
    • Right off the bat, our implementation costs were lower than budgeted and we had less 'billing' surprises.
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