A suite of HR and L&D software that supports the entire employee lifecycle. It offers functionality to support onboarding and upskilling, performance reviews and employee farewells, and boasts over 2 million users worldwide. Sapling provides onboarding and offboarding experiences that aim to create a unique and engaging experience for employees, helping HR teams automate workflows, support data-driven decisions and be more strategic. The vendor states the platform is used by…
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SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Score 8.4 out of 10
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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.
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Free Trial
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Yes
Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup Fee
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SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Features
Sapling by Kallidus
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Sapling by Kallidus
6.7
Ratings
16% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.9
Ratings
1% above category average
Employee demographic data
7.90 Ratings
8.30 Ratings
Employment history
3.40 Ratings
8.10 Ratings
Organizational charting
7.10 Ratings
8.00 Ratings
Organization and location management
8.30 Ratings
7.90 Ratings
Job profiles and administration
00 Ratings
7.70 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
00 Ratings
7.90 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
00 Ratings
7.60 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Sapling by Kallidus
6.4
Ratings
22% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
Ratings
0% above category average
Approval workflow
6.40 Ratings
8.30 Ratings
Balance details
6.40 Ratings
7.80 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment
00 Ratings
7.90 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Sapling by Kallidus
8.9
Ratings
10% above category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.1
Ratings
0% above category average
Update personal information
9.00 Ratings
8.80 Ratings
View company policy documentation
8.90 Ratings
7.70 Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information
00 Ratings
8.30 Ratings
Employee recognition
00 Ratings
7.60 Ratings
View job history
00 Ratings
8.20 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Sapling by Kallidus
7.5
Ratings
7% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
Ratings
4% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets
7.50 Ratings
8.40 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Sapling by Kallidus
6.0
Ratings
22% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
6.5
Ratings
14% below category average
Ability to combine HR data with external data
6.00 Ratings
6.20 Ratings
Report builder
00 Ratings
6.90 Ratings
Pre-built reports
00 Ratings
6.50 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Sapling by Kallidus
7.9
Ratings
0% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
Ratings
1% above category average
New hire portal
8.80 Ratings
7.60 Ratings
Manager tracking tools
7.00 Ratings
7.60 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Sapling by Kallidus
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.6
Ratings
5% below category average
Pay calculation
00 Ratings
7.80 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors
00 Ratings
7.10 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
00 Ratings
7.40 Ratings
Benefit plan administration
00 Ratings
7.30 Ratings
Direct deposit files
00 Ratings
7.60 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management
00 Ratings
8.10 Ratings
Reimbursement management
00 Ratings
7.60 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Sapling by Kallidus
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
Ratings
6% above category average
Corporate goal setting
00 Ratings
8.20 Ratings
Individual goal setting
00 Ratings
8.30 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility
00 Ratings
8.00 Ratings
Performance tracking
00 Ratings
8.00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Sapling by Kallidus
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
Ratings
5% above category average
Performance plans
00 Ratings
8.20 Ratings
Performance improvement plans
00 Ratings
8.00 Ratings
Review status tracking
00 Ratings
8.00 Ratings
Review reminders
00 Ratings
8.00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency
00 Ratings
8.00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Sapling by Kallidus
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.8
Ratings
0% below category average
Create succession plans/pools
00 Ratings
7.80 Ratings
Candidate ranking
00 Ratings
7.70 Ratings
Candidate search
00 Ratings
7.90 Ratings
Candidate development
00 Ratings
7.70 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
It's a good space to have a high level overview of the organization (especially Org view). Places for improvement include extra levels of complexity when you need to click on the person and you are navigated to the pop-up that is hard to use and only one pop up can be used at a time. I wish there wasn't so much of clicking in and clicking out.
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.
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.
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.
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
To use this system you need to buy several add-ons. If add-ons do not fit your business model you will have to access platforms from different companies. The system is not easy to use for onboarding. Candidates cannot change and update settings. To use the system a person must click in the correct spots. If not it leads you someplace else. Then you have to start clicking all over again.
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.
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.
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.
The support received during the product implementation was good, but once you move out of that stage you have to reach out to the support team through a chat type of tool and often have to wait for a response.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
We were able to get the system implemented very quickly, which was of great importance to us as we were undergoing rapid growth.
The system has helped us keep and stay organized and allowed team members to work collaboratively to get tasks done. Many of these tasks were previously managed with various spreadsheets and other trackers that were quickly becoming unmanageable.
Sapling has greatly decreased the time we needed to onboard and employee and has prevented many errors.