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Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform vs Workday comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.9
Eightfold Talent Intelligence boosts talent engagement, hiring efficiency, cost reduction, diversity, and retention, offering significant ROI in recruitments.
Sentiment score
5.7
Organizations saw substantial ROI improvements with Workday due to efficiency, cost savings, increased engagement, and data accessibility.
Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform is expensive, but from the return on investment perspective, it is worth the investment.
Strategic Workforce Planning Director at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Around 30 to 40% of time has been saved in HR-related tasks such as onboarding, approvals, and reporting.
Network Security Engineer at Arrow PC Network Pvt Ltd
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.9
Eightfold's Talent Intelligence Platform boasts strong technical support and collaboration, but responsiveness varies, particularly for smaller companies.
Sentiment score
6.6
Workday's customer service is generally responsive, but technical support feedback is mixed and international support needs improvement.
My only criticism is about their implementation approach from buying to being live.
Strategic Workforce Planning Director at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
A lot of information is available online regarding Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform.
MS Business Technology (STEM) | AI Supply Chain Solutions | Business Intellegence at a university with 10,001+ employees
With Workday, I can pick up the phone, call them on Teams, and they answer immediately.
Senior people and systems analyst at B_labs & Mylo
Customer support is good.
Network Security Engineer at Arrow PC Network Pvt Ltd
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform is highly scalable, supporting diverse clients with customization, but manual processes may challenge smaller organizations.
Sentiment score
7.6
Workday offers scalable cloud solutions, ideal for mid to large enterprises, accommodating global user demands efficiently.
The solution is a better fit for enterprise.
MS Business Technology (STEM) | AI Supply Chain Solutions | Business Intellegence at a university with 10,001+ employees
Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform is significant in terms of scalability.
Strategic Workforce Planning Director at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Since it is a cloud-based platform, it can handle increasing data and transactions without major challenges.
Network Security Engineer at Arrow PC Network Pvt Ltd
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.5
Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform is highly stable, reliably operational with few issues, earning praise for its dependability.
Sentiment score
7.9
Users rate Workday highly for stability and reliability, noting rare minor issues but praising its performance and customization.
 

Room For Improvement

Enhance Eightfold's platform by improving navigation, customization, and integration while focusing on user feedback and technology connectivity.
Workday requires enhancements in reporting, integration, UI, analytics, AI, and support while addressing high costs and complexity.
They were outsourcing their implementation to third parties before you then re-engaged with them, which created a disconnect in terms of the implementation and integration into your overall IT architecture.
Strategic Workforce Planning Director at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
I think scalability is there for a large corporation, but for the corporation size that we were using, it wasn't feasible.
MS Business Technology (STEM) | AI Supply Chain Solutions | Business Intellegence at a university with 10,001+ employees
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.
Senior people and systems analyst at B_labs & Mylo
Creating complex reports has a steep learning curve and often requires specified training.
System Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Workday can be improved in terms of reporting and customization.
Network Security Engineer at Arrow PC Network Pvt Ltd
 

Setup Cost

Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform offers competitive pricing with comprehensive features valued despite being perceived as costly by some.
Workday's high pricing structure, based on headcount and modules, offers comprehensive value but raises sustainability concerns.
 

Valuable Features

Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform accelerates hiring with AI-driven skill matching, boosting diversity and integration in talent acquisition.
Workday excels in security, user interface, and data management, offering real-time reporting, automation, integrations, and efficient HR functionalities.
What I find valuable about Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform is that you integrate your data from skills and job architecture into one platform, and the power of their algorithms are the strongest that I have seen, with no other competitor enabling you to do things in a single platform.
Strategic Workforce Planning Director at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
From my perspective, one of the most valuable aspects of Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform was the talent matching and employee game planning of future roles.
MS Business Technology (STEM) | AI Supply Chain Solutions | Business Intellegence at a university with 10,001+ employees
We now have real-time visibility into our global headcount and labor costs, which allows our leadership to make faster data-driven decisions.
System Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
What I appreciate best about Workday is the recruiting component.
Senior Analyst at Eos Intelligence
The interface of Workday is superior.
Senior people and systems analyst at B_labs & Mylo
 

Categories and Ranking

Eightfold Talent Intelligen...
Ranking in Talent Management
7th
Ranking in Talent Acquisition
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Talent Intelligence (1st), AI-Recruiting (1st)
Workday
Ranking in Talent Management
1st
Ranking in Talent Acquisition
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
59
Ranking in other categories
Benefits Administration (1st), Cloud HCM (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Talent Management category, the mindshare of Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform is 2.0%, down from 2.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Workday is 8.6%, down from 18.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Talent Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Workday8.6%
Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform2.0%
Other89.4%
Talent Management
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2778708 - PeerSpot reviewer
Strategic Workforce Planning Director at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Integrates job architecture and skills data to support strategic workforce planning
What I find valuable about Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform is that you integrate your data from skills and job architecture into one platform, and the power of their algorithms are the strongest that I have seen, with no other competitor enabling you to do things in a single platform. It also provides the ability to API connect into your HR information system, whether it be Workday, Oracle, or SuccessFactors, giving you much more AI enablement and more connection with external data, showing you how things are trending that better inform your internal decisions. The predictive analytics of Eightfold is strong. The reason for that is because of the way in which their algorithms are built on the basis of data that is looking at how you generate, in essence, career mobility, which makes them stronger than others. Because they work on a quarterly product development life cycle, what I have heard indicates that Eightfold is always going to be three years ahead of your HR information systems that are trying to add this capability into their platform.
Eslam Abo Elnaga - PeerSpot reviewer
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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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Performing Arts
11%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
University
7%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise42
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about eightfold.ai?
Stability is fantastic. In the two years we've used it, I've only experienced one outage.
What needs improvement with eightfold.ai?
What I would say could be enhanced about Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform is their implementation approach, as there is absolutely no question about the functional capability of the platform....
What is your primary use case for eightfold.ai?
I am an end user of Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform. In my previous company, I was using Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform's Talent Management module, which also included Job Intelligen...
What are the biggest differences between Workday, Oracle Cloud and SAP SuccessFactors?
Differences between Workday, Oracle Cloud,w and SAP SuccessFactors:w Oracle: "simple interface and deep customization to suit the purpose." SAP: Multiple functionalities that increase process effi...
How easy is to maintain Workday, Oracle Cloud, and SuccessFactors?
I implemented Workday in 2024 and without having previous Workday experience, it was very challenging. I spent most of 2025 putting out fires and cleaning up the business processes that came with l...
What do you like most about Workday?
I like its UI and UX. When we were using Oracle or SAP, the UI/UX wasn't very user-friendly for the employees.
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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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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