Access PeopleXD vs Workday comparison

Access Group and Workday are both solutions in the Benefits Administration category. Access Group is ranked #24, while Workday is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.4. Access Group holds a 1.6% mindshare in BA, compared to Workday’s 12.2% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Workday users are willing to recommend the solution.

Access PeopleXD

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92% willing to recommend

Access PeopleXD

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Categories and Ranking

Access PeopleXD

Ranking in Benefits Administration

24th

Ranking in Talent Management

36th

Average Rating

3.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Expense Management (15th), HR Analytics Software (14th)

Workday

Ranking in Benefits Administration

1st

Ranking in Talent Management

2nd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud HCM (2nd), Talent Acquisition (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Benefits Administration category, the mindshare of Access PeopleXD is 1.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Workday is 12.2%, down from 20.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Benefits Administration Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Workday	12.2%
Access PeopleXD	1.6%
Other	86.2%

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reviewer951189

IT Manager at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Has many features in need of improvement, including its monitoring, interface, dashboard and technical support

The solution has many areas in need of improvement. I cannot cite just one or two. These include management, monitoring, interface, dashboard and technical support, by way of example. A checklist should be included and the user interface should be addressed. The solution has a function which allows one to give feedback for every employee and to do so overall. The visibility, GUI and features involved in the feedback function are not up to snuff. Employee service details are an issue.

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Eslam Abo Elnaga

Senior people and systems analyst at B_labs & Mylo

Has improved HR process efficiency through intuitive workflows and responsive support

There is something that could be improved in Workday, specifically in the time tracking module. While I am not working on Workday now, I was a regional HRIS working for Egypt, Malta, India, and China. I mention these countries to relate to high population countries and companies. In our company, we use assigned work schedules for our teams. Because we work with the time tracking module, we need to assign shifts. In the manufacturing industry, we might need to change shifts every day or week. Manufacturing teams are huge, approximately 50 to 200 people in one team. If this team has one leader, the leader needs to assign a work schedule for each person individually. While there is mass upload functionality where we can load shifts for all people or specific groups, we need to select multiple people and assign them to a schedule from the interface itself. I have requested this functionality many times. When extracting business processes awaiting actions report, I can select different processes in one box, hit okay, and the report comes up. However, the same functionality does not work for work schedule assigning. If implemented, it would help many people in companies with high populations and big teams.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The solution is stable."

"It's a fully consolidated system. All the transactions and configuration are co-located in one fully in-memory system, so there is no need to go to different data sources (multiple DBs) to pull data; it’s all in one place."

"We use Workday for all our employee-related information. It is a central hub where we can access pay slips, tax-related information, tax automation, and tax rules. Additionally, it manages employee hiring processes and other HR functions. It's a one-stop solution where employees can find everything about their profile, work experience, and associated technologies."

"It is easy to use and straightforward."

"The solution is easy to use and provides great flexibility and security."

"In the process of obtaining representative sites in NaviNet, it assists us in facilitating decision-making and taking action."

"Workday is a secure product."

"First time users, understanding accessibility and consolidated data is fairly easy. The solution improves productivity for users and reduces the need to switch between different tools."

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Cons

"The solution has many areas in need of improvement, including management, monitoring, interface, dashboard and technical support."

"They could improve the product areas such as enhancing the interview scheduling module to support more flexible online assessments within the platform."

"Payroll integration is terrible. It has a lot of limitations."

"It is very unique as compared to other tools in terms of the employee master data and how it is organized. That's why sometimes the information needs to sit in two different systems because, in Workday, it is organized differently. This issue is not related to benefits. It is more or so related to how you categorize employees. I don't think this is a problem that could be solved. Workday is aware of this. It is one of those kinds of situations that you just got to live with."

"Workday could give us industry-specific or vertical-specific solutions."

"I'm not sure they have added this feature yet, but there should be a cellphone version, so we do not need to do it on a laptop. I'd like to log in on a cellphone and have the same features. I'm not sure if that is already available or if it's on the roadmap, but that would be a great feature."

"Reporting systems should be improved. If you want to report it on paper, if you want something more BI oriented, more high level predictive or more data-driven, it should be improved."

"The cost of Workday is certainly not inexpensive. It's very pricey."

"It has missing functionalities. Specific countries, like Germany, didn't have the option to do payroll. Now we need to look for another product for HR."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing for this solution is fairly high. It is not affordable for small and mid-sized companies."

"I rate the product’s pricing a ten out of ten."

"It is on a yearly basis."

"It's very, very expensive."

"It has an annual subscription rate, but I'm not sure how it will work."

"Its price is pretty high. It is more expensive than what is offered by other competitors in the market."

"Workday is moderately priced - I'd rate its pricing three out of five."

"I would rate the solution’s pricing a six out of ten."

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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

University

Government

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

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Small Business

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By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	16
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	42

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Also Known As

CoreTalent, CoreHR Compensation and Benefits, CoreHR CoreExpense

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Overview

Access PeopleXD is an end-to-end HR solution with unified payroll for UK and Irish businesses that can transform your people strategy, while giving you absolute freedom and flexibility to adapt. It provides a fully integrated suite of Payroll, People Management, Workforce Management, Talent, Digital Learning, Recruitment and Analytics Software.

Access PeopleXD is a mobile-first, 100% SaaS platform, delivering access to the latest technology at all times with no manual upgrades required.

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The Workday Platform is an AI-powered platform that unifies HR, financial, and operational data, enabling seamless planning, execution, and analysis. It improves decision-making, streamlines cross-team processes, and leverages Workday Illuminate™ for advanced AI insights from vast HR and finance datasets. Workday empowers organizations of all sizes to innovate and optimize performance.

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Sample Customers

Bromford, Mercer, Novartis, Liberty Insurance, DCU

AAA, Allied Global, Avago Technologies Limited, Aviva, Cardinal Health, CareFusion, Chiquita Brands International, Equifax, Flextronics, HP, Life Time Fitness, McKee Foods, MGM Resorts International, Sanofi, ServiceSource International, Symantec, TripAdvisor, Yahoo!

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