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Enterprise HCM suite with native payroll in a few countries; recruiting sold separately

Alt Score

Alt Score · 93

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Verified coverage 90%92
Visibility 10%100

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#1 of 8 in HRIS

Workday HCM ranks #1 of 8 in HRIS, with an Alt Score of 93. It is proprietary, sold by subscription and available on Web, iOS and Android. 12 of 12 checklist rows are verified against a public source.

Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) is an enterprise cloud HR suite covering core HR, benefits, absence, time tracking, org management, talent, and payroll on a single data model. Pricing is contact-sales only; native payroll runs in a small set of countries (US, Canada, UK/Ireland, France, Australia) with partner-based (Strada and others) coverage elsewhere, and applicant tracking is sold as a separate Talent Acquisition product line.

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Who it's for

Large enterprises and midsize businesses (Workday also offers a preconfigured "Workday GO" path for midsize customers) that want HR, payroll, and talent management unified on one platform and data model.

What you get

Core HR, org management with org charts and reorg modeling, compensation, benefits administration, absence (time-off) management, mobile-first time and attendance tracking, onboarding, talent optimization (feedback/goals/succession), native payroll for a limited set of countries, an integration/API layer (Workday Orchestrate), and SAML/OpenID Connect single sign-on; recruiting (Talent Acquisition / Conversational ATS) is licensed as a separate product.

How it works

Customers subscribe under a contact-sales agreement and deploy Workday Core HCM as the foundation, adding separately licensed product lines (Talent Acquisition, Talent Optimization, Workforce Management, Payroll, Workday Payroll provided by Strada) as needed; data flows through a single unified data model, with Workday Orchestrate and certified partner integrations connecting third-party systems and countries not covered by native payroll.

Where Workday HCM stands out

Verified capabilities most alternatives don't have.

Benefits administration only 3 of 7 apps

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Rippling is a workforce management platform that unifies HR, IT, payroll, and finance on one employee data model, so changes in one module (a hire, a role change) propagate automatically to the others.

Proprietary WebiOSAndroid
Alt Score

Alt Score · 93

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%92
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

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02

Factorial is a cloud-based HR platform, founded in Barcelona, covering time tracking, talent management, an ATS, and payroll/Compensation, used by more than 16,000 companies.

Proprietary WebiOSAndroid
Alt Score

Alt Score · 89

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%88
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

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03

Gusto is a cloud-based payroll, benefits, and HR platform built for US small businesses.

Proprietary WebiOSAndroid
Alt Score

Alt Score · 85

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%83
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

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04

HiBob (Bob) is a cloud HR platform for mid-market and enterprise companies, unifying core HR, hiring, performance, and workforce planning with native payroll for the US and UK.

Proprietary WebiOSAndroid
Alt Score

Alt Score · 78

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%75
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

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05

BambooHR is a cloud HR information system for small and midsize businesses, sold on tiered per-employee-per-month plans (Core, Pro, Elite).

Proprietary WebiOSAndroid
Alt Score

Alt Score · 74

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%71
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

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06

Namely is a cloud-based human capital management (HCM) platform bundling payroll, benefits administration, time and attendance, onboarding, and core HR records for US mid-sized companies.

Proprietary WebiOSAndroid
Alt Score

Alt Score · 74

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%71
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

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07

Personio is an HR information system built by a German company, sold as a Core or Core Pro subscription plan with additional paid apps for payroll processing, recruiting, and performance management.

WebiOSAndroid
Alt Score

Alt Score · 17

How this alternative ranks. How it works →

Verified coverage 90%8
Visibility 10%100

Verified coverage = sourced yes and partial answers in the category checklist. Visibility = relative app-page views on AltCatalog over 30 days, neutral below 500 category views. Payment, votes, and vendor opinions are never score inputs.

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Feature comparison

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License
Platforms
Built-in payroll
Benefits administration
Time-off tracking
Time and attendance
Onboarding workflows
Org chart
Performance reviews
Built-in applicant tracking
Multi-country payroll
Employee mobile app
API access
SSO (SAML/OIDC)
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