SAP Cloud ERP vs. Workday Financial Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAP Cloud ERP
Score 8.6 out of 10
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SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) is a modular ERP that enables users to run mission-critical operations in real time from anywhere, introduce new business models in any industry, and expand globally. SAP Cloud ERP is a SaaS product and can also be deployed in a hybrid landscape for quicker time to value.​ ​​ SAP Cloud ERP is a foundational component of theN/A
Workday Financial Management
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Workday Financial Management is a native cloud solution built on a global foundation designed to enable accounting teams to operate with greater productivity, superior insights, and adapt to changing business needs. Its AI embedded features improve financial business processes like record to report and opportunity to cash while strengthening internal controls, and enabling consistency across global operations. Powered by an in-memory architecture and object data…N/A
Pricing
SAP Cloud ERPWorkday Financial Management
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP Cloud ERPWorkday Financial Management
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPer user, per month
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Community Pulse
SAP Cloud ERPWorkday Financial Management
Considered Both Products
SAP Cloud ERP
Chose SAP Cloud ERP
Oracle Cloud ePm helps in financial planning and analysis, Faster closing, and accurate reporting. It provides comprehensive financial management. It also helps with strategic planning and economic insight. Workday Financial Management has helped us manage our financial …
Chose SAP Cloud ERP
more powerful across the range of modules but not as user friendly or as agile for version upgrades and modifications
Workday Financial Management

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Features
SAP Cloud ERPWorkday Financial Management
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
8.1
409 Ratings
10% above category average
Workday Financial Management
8.0
22 Ratings
8% above category average
Pay calculation7.8359 Ratings8.222 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.9347 Ratings7.819 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.6346 Ratings7.919 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
7.7
628 Ratings
4% above category average
Workday Financial Management
8.0
19 Ratings
8% above category average
API for custom integration7.8602 Ratings8.616 Ratings
Plug-ins7.6555 Ratings7.418 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
8.3
723 Ratings
1% below category average
Workday Financial Management
9.0
24 Ratings
7% above category average
Single sign-on capability8.4680 Ratings9.224 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.1712 Ratings8.822 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
7.7
730 Ratings
5% above category average
Workday Financial Management
7.7
26 Ratings
5% above category average
Dashboards7.7675 Ratings7.626 Ratings
Standard reports7.8717 Ratings7.723 Ratings
Custom reports7.6662 Ratings7.721 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
8.3
752 Ratings
8% above category average
Workday Financial Management
7.5
22 Ratings
2% below category average
Accounts payable8.2730 Ratings7.117 Ratings
Accounts receivable8.2695 Ratings6.717 Ratings
Global Financial Support7.9248 Ratings7.018 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers8.0261 Ratings6.918 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations8.0280 Ratings7.315 Ratings
Configurable Accounting8.0256 Ratings7.218 Ratings
Standardized Processes8.3289 Ratings7.619 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
8.3
629 Ratings
5% above category average
Workday Financial Management
6.8
10 Ratings
15% below category average
Inventory tracking8.3615 Ratings7.110 Ratings
Automatic reordering7.9533 Ratings7.010 Ratings
Location management7.9508 Ratings6.39 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
8.2
641 Ratings
5% above category average
Workday Financial Management
6.2
10 Ratings
23% below category average
Pricing8.0611 Ratings00 Ratings
Order entry8.0621 Ratings00 Ratings
Credit card processing9.024 Ratings6.210 Ratings
Cost of goods sold8.2586 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Orchestration7.9210 Ratings00 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
8.5
274 Ratings
13% above category average
Workday Financial Management
-
Ratings
Billing Management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management7.9247 Ratings00 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting7.5209 Ratings00 Ratings
Period Close8.0268 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
9.3
1 Ratings
28% above category average
Workday Financial Management
-
Ratings
Project Planning and Scheduling10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
8.1
116 Ratings
9% above category average
Workday Financial Management
-
Ratings
Award Lifecycle Management8.1116 Ratings00 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
7.9
227 Ratings
12% above category average
Workday Financial Management
-
Ratings
Bids Analyzed and Compared7.8156 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Authoring7.9160 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Repository7.7155 Ratings00 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated8.1203 Ratings00 Ratings
Supplier Management8.0201 Ratings00 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
9.8
1 Ratings
39% above category average
Workday Financial Management
-
Ratings
Risk Repository10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue Detection9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Remediation and Certification10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
8.0
183 Ratings
15% above category average
Workday Financial Management
-
Ratings
Transportation Planning and Optimization8.1161 Ratings00 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management7.9156 Ratings00 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management7.7144 Ratings00 Ratings
Fulfillment Management8.2147 Ratings00 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management8.0148 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
8.2
178 Ratings
10% above category average
Workday Financial Management
-
Ratings
Production Process Design8.2161 Ratings00 Ratings
Production Management8.3163 Ratings00 Ratings
Configuration Management8.2153 Ratings00 Ratings
Work Execution8.1158 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs8.1158 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
7.8
214 Ratings
9% above category average
Workday Financial Management
-
Ratings
Forecasting7.7190 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Planning7.9205 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Monitoring7.7194 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
9.0
195 Ratings
22% above category average
Workday Financial Management
-
Ratings
Proposal Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Master Data Management8.0195 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
SAP Cloud ERPWorkday Financial Management
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(706 ratings)
8.3
(26 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.5
(17 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(604 ratings)
9.0
(9 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.6
(78 ratings)
10.0
(5 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.5
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.3
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
4.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
6.6
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP Cloud ERPWorkday Financial Management
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP
It is an appropriate ERP solution for all types of companies. It offers faster data processing, along with modern technologies such as built-in AI, machine learning, and real-time data analytics. It comes with built-in AI that helps reduce manual work by automating repetitive tasks, providing real-time insights, and offering proactive recommendations for important business decisions.
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Workday
Workday is well suited for managing employees throughout their full life cycle. It excels at housing employee data from the start of their time with the company through their departure. Workday is less suited to payroll functions, which could be more robust.
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Pros
SAP
  • The software helps in forecasting and identifying potential challenges that would affect our organisation in the near future. This enables us to prepare in advance and also adopt practical and viable measures.
  • It enables faster and accurate data processing, which enhances decision-making.
  • It's easily customizable according to specific organizational needs. This promotes overall efficiency and productivity of the organization.
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Workday
  • The flexibility of going beyond handling the accounts, where we can handle cash, assets, and accounting simultaneously for the customer.
  • The single platform offers grants management where you can organize the lifecycle of the grants and synchronize it with any criteria of grant closing out scheme.
  • I personally liked Project billing with the essence of evaluating project revenue and nice reporting templates that can be shared with the customer at any stage of the project while having the flexibility of auditing the reported cost.
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Cons
SAP
  • The beginner's user-friendly UI can help learners learn easily, and it feels a bit complex.
  • Implementation of AI bot on common tasks.
  • There are no offline functionality that users can use remotely.
  • As the scalability of the products grows, they become more expensive.
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Workday
  • Some of the Workday updates last till like 10 in the morning which prevents employees to clock in and check their times and some cases their schedules
  • Workday can work on opening documents quicker instead of taking couple of minutes or notifying the user when they are ready to download
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Likelihood to Renew
SAP
The cost of SAP as an ERP is quite high and the switching costs associated with ERP systems are even higher. That being said moving from one ERP to another only happens once in a great while for large organizations. Those switching costs include retraining, IT hardware requirements, outside consultants and more
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Workday
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Usability
SAP
Mostly great for building trust; however, the system could be more user-friendly. Sometimes the systems are slow. We also need to find a way to simplify user support. It can be very complex to support an SAP system. The confusion/deep expertise creates an ROI issue as professionals can be expensive to hire.
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Workday
Workday is easy enough navigate, as long as it is properly set up. With that said, it can be put together in a modular fashion as well, allowing for a very high degree of flexibility in terms of design and process delegation. Finally, it makes consolidation achievable in times previously unthinkable.
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Support Rating
SAP
The support system I find great as whenever I run into problems they rectify them quickly as possible they never reacted late the support is just up to the mark for me. They provide many solutions to the problems I faced the [technical] team support is always amazing they [listen] to mean work accordingly.
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Workday
Our support team has been awesome. They are extremely knowledgeable and have been able to guide us through all of the challenges we have faced. Workday's community online is also extremely helpful with many trainings and help topics that can be reviewed at your convenience.
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In-Person Training
SAP
More effective
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Workday
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
SAP
SAP requires
a lot of internal and external resources to complete its successful
implementation. The cloud version requires a deeper understanding of the
different capabilities of the local systems (hardware) and the connection
towards your local IT team. We found several problems on our systems that we
couldn't foresee before the implementation and roll out.
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Workday
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Alternatives Considered
SAP
The platform utilizes advanced predictive analytics to anticipate operational bottlenecks and put them out of commission before the problems become larger. We can proactively develop effective strategies that help keep service quality in the face of unexpected changes in the market, or external disruptions, by continuously analyzing historical performance data as well as elements of the current market
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Workday
Despite Airtable also being easier to use one thing that differentiates and put forth Workday Financial Management tool above is it's key features and better suited functionality for handling confidential data. The other positive note where Workday Financial Management performs high is it key analytics tool that's easier to use and representation of information into insightful dashboards.
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Return on Investment
SAP
  • Surpasses many well reputed applications in terms of performance and data insight when you are into SAP products
  • More reliable and secure as we are not going to create multiple copy of master data, one single shared master data and all will work like charm
  • For authentication we can also use Microsoft MFA or Google single sign-on , so less complexity
  • For customized business process, we can implement extension packages which are like templates
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Workday
  • We were able to combine 4 different HR modules into one system.
  • We reduced data breach incidents by 95% after shifting to Workday. One of our legacy softwares had vulnerabilities.
  • The initial learning curve was higher than projected. We spent about a week to 10 days extra time deploying it, which affected the profit center that year.
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ScreenShots

SAP Cloud ERP Screenshots

Screenshot of the Order to Cash Dashboard - For the management of the order-to-cash process more efficiently across revenue streams and business models - including sales of physical and digital goods, services, subscriptions, projects, and bundles.Screenshot of a Sales Management Overview - Helps ensure sales reps meet their goals with an overview of orders and key sales performance metrics, with status tracking for each order in real time for the early detection of potential issues.Screenshot of the Purchasing Spend Dashboard - For weighing various aspects of purchasing spend through quick access to clear, complete, and real-time data, with less risk, and without opening different reports and transactions.Screenshot of Operational Supplier Evaluation - Provides a transparent overview of suppliers. Users can approve the most reliable vendors and get the right mix to serve business needs while reducing risk.Screenshot of Inventory Management - Provides visibility to manage supply chains, to mitigate risk, avoid unnecessary costs, maximize efficiency, and fulfill customer orders on time.Screenshot of Inventory Processing - Enables real-time supply chain visibility and provides meaningful metrics, with customizable dashboards and reports that display real-time inventory that track the status of inbound and outbound deliveries.

Workday Financial Management Screenshots

Screenshot of a discovery boardScreenshot of financial resultsScreenshot of operational analysis