Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Paycom
Score 7.5 out of 10
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Paycom supports HR and payroll with automated, employee-first technology that supports every stage of employment. Its single database enables seamless data management, to reduce errors, endless data entry and time-consuming administrative tasks.N/A
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
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
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Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.9
Ratings
1% above category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.9
Ratings
1% above category average
Employee demographic data9.00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Employment history8.60 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Job profiles and administration8.20 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.20 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Organizational charting7.40 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Organization and location management7.60 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.30 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
8.1
Ratings
2% above category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.6
Ratings
5% below category average
Pay calculation9.10 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors6.40 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.70 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.80 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management7.20 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.30 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.7
Ratings
4% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.1
Ratings
1% above category average
Approval workflow7.90 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Balance details7.50 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.80 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
8.9
Ratings
10% above category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.1
Ratings
0% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information9.80 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Update personal information9.60 Ratings8.90 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.70 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Employee recognition7.30 Ratings7.60 Ratings
View job history8.90 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
4.9
Ratings
49% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
Ratings
4% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets4.90 Ratings8.40 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
6.7
Ratings
11% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
6.5
Ratings
14% below category average
Report builder7.20 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.20 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data5.80 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.8
Ratings
1% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
Ratings
1% above category average
New hire portal8.00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.60 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
5.5
Ratings
36% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
Ratings
6% above category average
Corporate goal setting4.20 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Individual goal setting6.90 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility4.80 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Performance tracking6.20 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
7.1
Ratings
10% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
Ratings
5% above category average
Performance plans7.40 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.10 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Review status tracking7.60 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Review reminders7.20 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency6.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
6.8
Ratings
14% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.8
Ratings
0% below category average
Create succession plans/pools9.10 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Candidate ranking6.80 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Candidate search5.80 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Candidate development5.40 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Paycom
5.7
Ratings
30% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
4.1
Ratings
61% below category average
Job Requisition Management5.80 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Company Website Posting5.30 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Publish to Social Media4.90 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting5.30 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.30 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Applicant Tracking5.40 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.20 Ratings7.90 Ratings
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User Ratings
PaycomSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
7.9
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8.3
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Likelihood to Renew
8.9
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9.2
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Usability
9.1
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8.0
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Availability
9.1
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9.9
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Performance
9.1
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8.9
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Support Rating
9.1
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7.4
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In-Person Training
6.4
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9.1
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Online Training
9.1
(0 ratings)
7.1
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
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6.6
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Configurability
9.1
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8.0
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Ease of integration
5.5
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6.8
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Product Scalability
9.1
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9.0
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Vendor post-sale
9.0
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8.9
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Vendor pre-sale
9.0
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8.0
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User Testimonials
PaycomSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
It's very mobile friendly, especially for people that aren't tech savvy. We have an aged workforce where we were really concerned about how they would adapt, going from the comfort of using paper to a mobile and online application. But the training was really easy and the adaptation has been simple for us as a company.
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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
  • I think that it's just really user friendly on both sides, the employer and the employee side. I think from the employer side, once you get a niche of it and how it works, it's really easy to troubleshoot on your own. At least from my experience, you rarely have to call your contact because it's just so easy to try to figure out on your own. And on the employee side, I feel like the fact that we get to see what employees see, but before we put anything out really helps us help them if they are running into any issues. But typically when we do send something out, we just did our performance reviews, no issues whatsoever. It kind of takes you step by step. I feel like it just does a really good job of seamlessly taking people step by step in every process throughout whatever they're doing in Paycom.
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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
  • We wish that Paycom would offer more hands-on help. A lot of our specialist is great in helping us to resolve whatever issues that we have. However, it's just a list of steps to get there. It's not necessarily like, "hey, here you go, here's the resolution to your problem." So if we don't already understand how to do something, providing steps doesn't necessarily clear that understanding up or provide any clarification.
  • Additionally, I find that for our organization in particular, we have specific niches within it that Paycom doesn't really address or has any solution on how to address it. It just remains unresolved to this day and we continue to have errors in that area.
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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
Because it has everything that we need and as we grow, we are learning how robust Paycom can actually be but we need to be willing to spend the money. It's not expensive but we, as a company, are not used to spending that much on a system for HR and payroll.
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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 interface is very intuitive, you can navigate it pretty well. Everything's pretty much spelled out and the features just flow really well. They make it easy for you to go back and forth with the UX/UI type of interface. So I think it was built pretty well.
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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
They are very dependable and I have never experience any outages
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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
Yes, Paycom's performance is excellent, no issues.
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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
Our TSR has been wonderful to work with. Every step of the
way he was quick to respond and answer any questions we had. I knew I could
reach him at any time (day or night) and he would be available to assist.
Implementing a new HRIS system is obviously a huge task and I contribute all
our success to our rep Kurt! Of course, with any implementation, there were
bumps along the way and issues. But I always knew we would work as a team to
get those issues figured out. Working in the Paycom system has been smooth and
easy to learn and I enjoy the employee self-service interface. Our managers
have had positive things to say and are all excited about the changes we have
been able to make to our organization due to Paycom being implemented.
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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
They were a sales person and not really a good trainer.
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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
It was good, but hard to know what questions you need to ask until you actually get in there and start working with a live product. But Paycom is also very helpful every time I call and can't figure something out. Nathan has been very friendly and helpful no matter what I call him about. He is always eager to help out.
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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
Not at all satisfied it was a nightmare we spent over 8 months with the implementation team having issues after issues all related to the Puerto Rico regulations (half my employees are in Puerto Rico) and at the end we were moved over from the implementation team to the production team without all the issues being resolved
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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
We really only had Paychecks and that was our biggest problem is that with several different companies, it was very hard If you had a salary employee and didn't terminate them in the prior company, they get paid twice, so this has really been definitely a big help for us.
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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
Paycom is very user friendly
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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
  • I would think the most time would come from applicant tracking and I don't think that's a Paycom issue necessarily. I think it was a training issue during implementation. I would say that that has improved now that we had onsite training. But initially the applicant tracking piece can be difficult when you're used to just using an ATS. That's specifically for talent acquisition because there's a lot of nuances that goes into the system that Paycom bills.
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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

Paycom Screenshots

Screenshot of a new study that reveals that for a composite organization representative of interviewed clients, unifying HR and payroll in a single-database software with automation and streamlined workflows achieved a three-year 362% ROI and resulted in: $1.4M net present value*; over 45% total time saved by HR; 80% time saved on compliance work.Screenshot of IWant, which is a command-driven AI engine in a single database, for instant access to employee data.Screenshot of Direct Data Exchange®, which takes a detailed pulse of how employees interact with Paycom. It automatically assigns a dollar value of savings based on Ernst & Young research.

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