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Paycor vs SAP SuccessFactors comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Paycor
Ranking in Talent Management
30th
Ranking in Cloud HCM
22nd
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Benefits Administration (24th)
SAP SuccessFactors
Ranking in Talent Management
1st
Ranking in Cloud HCM
2nd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
99
Ranking in other categories
Talent Acquisition (2nd), Global Payroll (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Cloud HCM category, the mindshare of Paycor is 1.1%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP SuccessFactors is 8.7%, down from 18.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud HCM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP SuccessFactors8.7%
Paycor1.1%
Other90.2%
Cloud HCM
 

Featured Reviews

Praveen KumarN - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead automation engineer at Dentsu
Cost-effective and provides a good mobile application, but the UI must be more advanced
The solution is similar to Workday. It can be used for employee-related things like timesheets and attendance The timesheets in Paycor are better than those in Workday. The UI must be more advanced. Workday is faster compared to Paycor. I have been using the solution for a couple of months. I…
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Assistant Manager at Kashiv Biosciences
HR has gained clear analytics for attrition, goals, and appraisals and manages talent efficiently
SAP SuccessFactors has a low error rate. We had many ad hoc reports that we needed to generate, and it was very easy to do so in SAP SuccessFactors. We also created many in-house reports according to our specific requirements with the help of this tool, which was a really big game changer for us. We did not depend on advanced Excel in those cases. We generated a lot of detailed reports whenever we needed them during emergency cases or board meetings. A lot of usefulness and time were saved in those cases. I will also mention that we conducted a comparative study for some recruitment cases. We had a recruitment model where we were looking for a very niche profile. Since the job profile was really different and rare, we had to depend on analytics to understand and shortlist from a large pool of candidates that we already had in our database. Analytics was really helpful in this situation.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The timesheets in Paycor are better than those in Workday."
"SAP SuccessFactors has positively impacted our organization as attrition has decreased, employee satisfaction in terms of help desk processes has improved, and the data transition from Excel, PowerPoint, or Tableau has become much more real-time."
"It has improved the way my organization functions by introduction of self service and consolidation of processes."
"Talent Acquisition and Learning features are best in class."
"The tool allows us to consolidate many review processes into one process."
"Once we switched to SuccessFactors and started enjoying all of its features, it's really given us an edge and things have been going great."
"The best feature is that the solution has an open architecture and provides an open platform so it can coexist with other systems."
"The product is easy to use and they've recently developed a new and more user-friendly layout where everything is right in front of you."
"Employees can view their goals, performance, ratings, and employee information, which enhances the employee experience."
 

Cons

"The UI must be more advanced."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"SAP SuccessFactors can improve the recruitment module and artificial intelligence features. More powerful analytics are needed."
"The price of the solution could improve, it is too high."
"The initial setup could be simplified."
"Another thing that can be improved with SuccessFactors is that, although the reporting tool is not bad, there are often separate reports for different areas of the software."
"Forms cannot be edited once submitted."
"The integration between the recruitment module and employee central is a big problem."
"The organization is planning to move to Darwinbox from SAP SuccessFactors, primarily due to pricing considerations."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool is cost-effective."
"Probably, it is one of the priciest products, and is very costly to put up and maintain but because it is a good solution end to end, people take it."
"We have a yearly license. There are no additional costs."
"It is not expensive because it is a complete suite with a module-based cost."
"I don't want to comment on the license cost, to be honest. It could be about $1,000 approximately per customer. However, it's very flexible in terms of the licensing costs depending on the volume and depending on the deal of installation."
"The cost of SAP SuccessFactors is reasonable."
"The solution is on the expensive side but is definitely worth the money."
"I rate the tool's pricing a seven to eight out of ten."
"The price of the solution depends on too many factors to provide an estimate. However, the price of SAP SuccessFactors is competitive."
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Construction Company
21%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Healthcare Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise70
 

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