SAP SuccessFactors HCM vs. SeekOut

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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.
$75.60
per year per user (Up to 100 Employees)
SeekOut
Score 5.7 out of 10
N/A
SeekOut is a people-first platform that helps organizations hire, grow, and retain great talent. They aim to empower companies with a clear picture of their current and future talent by combining internal and external data backed by actionable analytics.N/A
Pricing
SAP SuccessFactors HCMSeekOut
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP SuccessFactors HCMSeekOut
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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SAP SuccessFactors HCMSeekOut
Features
SAP SuccessFactors HCMSeekOut
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.9
577 Ratings
1% above category average
SeekOut
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Ratings
Employee demographic data8.3509 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.0519 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.7495 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.9469 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting8.0532 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management7.8473 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.6289 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.5
316 Ratings
6% below category average
SeekOut
-
Ratings
Pay calculation7.8234 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.1208 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.4204 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.3196 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.6196 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.0252 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.6183 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
313 Ratings
0% above category average
SeekOut
-
Ratings
Approval workflow8.3310 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details7.8265 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.9230 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.1
460 Ratings
0% above category average
SeekOut
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Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information8.3341 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information8.8444 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation7.7293 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition7.5263 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.2427 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
3 Ratings
4% above category average
SeekOut
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
6.5
456 Ratings
14% below category average
SeekOut
-
Ratings
Report builder6.9438 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports6.5408 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.2329 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
359 Ratings
1% above category average
SeekOut
-
Ratings
New hire portal7.6344 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.6322 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
460 Ratings
6% above category average
SeekOut
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting8.1409 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting8.3456 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility8.0367 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking8.0427 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
483 Ratings
4% above category average
SeekOut
-
Ratings
Performance plans8.1464 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.9394 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking8.0433 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders8.0437 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.9351 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.8
328 Ratings
0% below category average
SeekOut
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools7.8303 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking7.7286 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search7.8292 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development7.7270 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
4.1
381 Ratings
61% below category average
SeekOut
-
Ratings
Job Requisition Management7.9360 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.7341 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.7297 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.6328 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.2299 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.8343 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.8349 Ratings00 Ratings
Talent Intelligence
Comparison of Talent Intelligence features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
-
Ratings
SeekOut
8.0
161 Ratings
8% above category average
Existing Skills Mapping/Lanscaping00 Ratings8.6139 Ratings
Bias-Mitigating Algorithms00 Ratings7.9120 Ratings
Diversity Reporting00 Ratings8.6152 Ratings
AI-Based Role Definition00 Ratings7.8111 Ratings
Candidate Modelling00 Ratings7.8125 Ratings
Talent Rediscovery00 Ratings7.9110 Ratings
Automated Candidate Evaluation/Scoring00 Ratings7.2106 Ratings
Internal Mobility Recommendations00 Ratings7.870 Ratings
At-Risk Talent Scoring00 Ratings7.561 Ratings
ATS Integrations00 Ratings8.897 Ratings
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SAP SuccessFactors HCM
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Score 8.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCMSeekOut
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(641 ratings)
8.7
(220 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.2
(41 ratings)
1.6
(11 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(153 ratings)
3.0
(7 ratings)
Availability
9.9
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.9
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.3
(29 ratings)
8.2
(204 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
7.1
(4 ratings)
7.7
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.6
(15 ratings)
5.5
(3 ratings)
Configurability
8.0
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
1.2
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
6.8
(420 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.0
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
8.9
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.9
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.0
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP SuccessFactors HCMSeekOut
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP
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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SeekOut
Diversity teams use this, and powerfilters are very helpful. When looking for volume, Seek out other terms to find relevant profiles well. For example, it might map other candidates with similar terms at the end of the pool search. Also, the bias reducer filter helps make sure there is less bias towards a hiring manager and the recruiters.
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Pros
SAP
  • 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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SeekOut
  • It is customized with boolean search and allows users to merge the keywords with advanced features to get best results.
  • With complex keywords, it searches till best possible outcomes by utilizing powerful filters.
  • It’s basic features is to find the best capable candidates, it sends users personalized messages through email.
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Cons
SAP
  • 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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SeekOut
  • SeekOut needs better updates to the backend repository, LI. Several times, when pulled through, SeekOut pulled up LI profiles that were not up to date compared to when searched on LI directly.
  • It would be helpful to have better/more updated phone information. As noted in the previous screen, approx. 50% of phone contact information is spot-on, however capturing more up to date information for phone would be helpful.
  • Although picky, having different colors for screens to highlight areas would be helpful. Working late at night, which many times do, the screens are similar in color and brightness, and it would be beneficial to have more distinguishment in colors or brightness so as not to blend.
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Likelihood to Renew
SAP
It is the product that the Business is fully committed to for co-ordinately HR processes. Employee and Manage Self-Service has allow our business to reduce the overheads in our HR operating mode. The integration with 3rd party products is now in place and further developments will only increase its importance. SuccessFactors provide regular enhancements and has a support model in line with our business requirements.
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SeekOut
This platform tends to give you applicants who are not necessarily looking for new opportunities. I have had people be upset that I contacted them or sought them out on LinkedIn. This can be troublesome when the only thing I am trying to do is find qualified applicants. I need active people, who dont mind a cold call
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Usability
SAP
1. User training is required to be acquainted with the technology, but better output is achieved while automating most tasks. 2. Data-driven decision making in terms of performance, hiring, review, and compensation. 3. Better scale-based talent search from the talent pool. 4. better integration performance with SAP products like SAP MM, SAP FICO, SAP Sales, SAP SD, etc.
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SeekOut
Using SeekOut is very intuitive. Lots of multi-select boxes, toggle switches, and keyword boxes. If you have any experience with LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut is not a far jump in learning how to use it effectively. I will say that adding candidates to projects doesn't necessarily feel like an intuitive process after you've been redirected to LinkedIn to look at a candidate's profile
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Reliability and Availability
SAP
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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SeekOut
No answers on this topic
Performance
SAP
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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SeekOut
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
SAP
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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SeekOut
We have not needed to get in touch with the support team during our time using SeekOut because someone else in our company takes care of that matter. Overall, we have been very satisfied with the ease of use and self-sufficiency of SeekOut and have not found the need to contact the support team.
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In-Person Training
SAP
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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SeekOut
No answers on this topic
Online Training
SAP
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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SeekOut
We had an online tarining with all the recruiters. The trainer was very good, and enthusiast as well. He explained everything very detailed, showed how to search which kind of functions are in Seekout. He showed the program by using examples of search. We could ask questions at the end, and he told that we can contact him any time.
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Implementation Rating
SAP
As we were new with all this, we would greatly appreciate if we had assitance directly from SAP so we can implement the modules with all of its features and best practices. Unfortunately, we notice that the partner left some thing incomplete.
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SeekOut
Once the licenses were purchased we were sent an email to activate our account. From there we had full access to the platform and a training was set up. Since I had used SeekOut previously I understood the dynamics of the platform and was able to use it instantly.
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Alternatives Considered
SAP
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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SeekOut
We selected SeekOut as an extra level of sourcing and the intention was not to use LI anymore. They do not stack up because we are able to DM candidates, or they can message us asking questions, set up screens, send resumes, etc. You can not do that on SeekOut.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
SAP
Not applicable.
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SeekOut
No answers on this topic
Scalability
SAP
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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SeekOut
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
SAP
Once time we need to change the datacenter and we made this with the professional services from SAP... everything goes just fine. excelent service.
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SeekOut
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
SAP
  • We can clearly outline our objectives, targets, and methods to accomplish the same, grades and reviews, and overall progress.
  • Helps identify areas of strengths and weaknesses, constructive criticism.
  • Increases motivation and confidence, which is then reflected in our daily work routine.
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SeekOut
  • Talent Intelligence and market data help us become more of a talent partner to Hiring Manager and leadership
  • SeekOut helps us source from underrepresented groups
  • SeekOut provides automatic candidate reach out campaigns and follow ups which increase response rates and decrease time to fill
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ScreenShots

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