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PeopleFluent Talent Management vs SAP HCM comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

PeopleFluent Talent Management
Ranking in Talent Management
23rd
Average Rating
6.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP HCM
Ranking in Talent Management
3rd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
59
Ranking in other categories
Benefits Administration (3rd), Cloud HCM (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Talent Management category, the mindshare of PeopleFluent Talent Management is 1.8%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP HCM is 3.4%, down from 9.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Talent Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP HCM3.4%
PeopleFluent Talent Management1.8%
Other94.8%
Talent Management
 

Featured Reviews

JM
Learning Solution Architect at a recruiting/HR firm with self employed
A flexible solution with superb automation capabilities
The technical support is high-end. They're knowledgeable people, both in the US and in the Philippines. One point of improvement — they should talk more to each other. They're quite responsive, but it depends on the scope of the ticket. If it's just solving an issue from one product, you can have either a consultant from the US or from the Philippines. It gets difficult when a solution is about integration. For instance, authentication mechanisms. Authentication mechanisms come from the US and they have to be incorporated in the Asia version. Then it's difficult because support has to talk to each other.
SS
Assistant Manager at Kashiv Biosciences
Centralized global HR data has improved expense control and supports secure employee management
The features of SAP HCM are valued by me as it had a clear idea about what was expected from the user point. The person or the application has a lot of features and it had actually all the information needed from our part. That aspect is nice. Apart from that, the T-codes are really helpful to understand which particular option we need when we put the T-code in the search box. The stability and reliability of SAP HCM product are really nice, very helpful, and secured. It has no point of leakage and is mostly reliable, as most companies and organizations prefer SAP over many tools. As for security, it's already secured from the beginning itself, and that is the only reason our organization relies on it. Since it's very useful at a global scale, it is a very useful tool and is very easy to access and handle.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I find the PeopleFluent implementation support to be extremely flexible and generous towards their customers."
"Overall, it’s easy to learn and use."
"This solution is extremely flexible and the automation capabilities are great."
"The technical support is quite good."
"The setup was straightforward."
"Recently, the localization versions for different countries were increased, and that added value to the solution."
"The payroll function in SAP HCM has been most beneficial for managing global workforces. We plan to use goal management and KPI features to link to payroll through the SAP SuccessFactors module."
"SAP HCM is a competitive and comprehensive tool that covers major programs in the enterprise and supports the global process."
"The user interface is the solution's most valuable feature. It makes it easy for us to use."
"There has been a significant productivity increase in HR due to reduction of manual work and data consistency improvement."
"SAP HCM is a scalable product."
 

Cons

"The integration capabilities could be improved. Integration of the recently acquired Learning Management System into the PeopleFluent suite, since it's clear that it's just recently acquired and it's not fully integrated."
"The integration capabilities could be improved."
"Give us the ability to source within the tool. It may just be how it’s configured for our organization, but we do not have the ability to source resumes in PeopleFluent."
"It needs a lot of end user training as it is not intuitive at all."
"SAP needs a total upgrade to the user interface. I've worked with the performance module and the objectives and goals module in HCM and they're far from being satisfying to any customer compared to what exists now with SuccessFactors."
"SAP HCM has many different channels for communication with the consultants which makes it complex. There are delays when there is a problem."
"It is a bit tedious and manual to work with."
"I'm currently working for a state-owned government company, and we need to follow some standards and regulations. We also have a strategy to be followed. Sometimes the template and the format are not available in the SAP HCM, so we have to work around this limitation. The tax also sometimes changes in my country, and we have to redo everything to change the payroll calculations, benefits, and things like that. The talent management feature can be improved. It is currently very simple in SAP HCM. SAP is also very hard to integrate. In terms of monitoring, there are no monitoring tools, but as long as we take care of the disk capacity, there is no problem."
"There's still room for improvement. We need end-to-end systems. Only the HR team uses HCM, but employees don't have access to their data. With Employee Central, employees can see their ratings, increment cycles, and other details, making things more transparent."
"SAP HCM has many different channels for communication with the consultants which makes it complex. There are delays when there is a problem."
"The current platform is quite rigid and not as flexible and end-user friendly as other HR solutions."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's not too expensive, but not too cheap either."
"In my view, this product is a waste of money for SMB because there are much better products available and licensing is an issue."
"The terms on which you buy licenses might change due to the way they license in a particular product."
"The product is expensive."
"Licensing is pretty complex. SAP does not have a straight forward way of licensing, and it differs from client to client."
"The pricing is not reasonable at all."
"Be careful and guard against future changes in licensing."
"The pricing depends upon the specific model and number of user accounts included in a bundle."
"For implementation, SAP offers little support unless you buy SAP Safeguarding from SAP Consulting."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

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Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise39
 

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What do you like most about SAP HCM?
SAP HCM is the one of the best ERP for an organization with a small to large scale business. It has the most efficient payroll functionality. Regards : SAP HR classes in pune
What do you like most about SAP HCM?
HCM is a very important module that each organization should want to use. It will help any organization to calculate and control the cost of their human resources.
What is better, SAP HCM or SAP SuccessFactors?
When it comes to user experience, SuccessFactors is unquestionably superior, as it provides end users with a new experience and an advanced user interface. Additionally, the entire concept of SF is...
 

Also Known As

Peopleclick Authoria, PeopleFluent
SAP Human Capital Management
 

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Sample Customers

Hertz Video, UAP, ServiceMaster, Advance Auto Parts, Nationwide Insurance, Exelon, WakeMed, Biopharmaceutical Company VMS, Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina, Hammersmith & Fulham, FitchRatings, Fitness First, Carillion, Carquest, AccentCare VMS, Cadbury Schweppes
City of Cape Town, ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Ltd., TransAlta Corporation, Keolis, PT XL Axiata Tbk, National Football League (NFL), Plan International, Yoh, A Day & Zimmermann Company, China Talent Group (CTG TMO), Umicore S.A., Butterfield Bank, Skrill Group Ltd.
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