Ramco HCM vs Workday comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

Workday and Ramco HCM are key competitors in the human capital management space. Ramco HCM has the advantage of customization without significant extra cost, enhancing its appeal for flexible needs.

Features: Workday offers features such as ease of navigation, a powerful payroll and benefits engine, and strong reporting capabilities. Ramco HCM provides unique features like Mail It, Thumb It, and Bot It, with comprehensive modules covering payroll, training, and recruitment.

Room for Improvement: Workday can improve its user interface and mobile access, with users noting complex configurations needing simplification. Ramco HCM could enhance its user interface and is reported to lack mobile app functionality, with high costs for customization and requiring improved consistency and performance.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Workday supports multiple deployment models, excelling in community support but receiving mixed feedback on technical support satisfaction, emphasizing the importance of fast response times. Ramco HCM focuses on public cloud deployment with consistently available and responsive technical support, gaining praise for its direct support.

Pricing and ROI: Workday is expensive for small to medium-sized enterprises, but offers a streamlined process providing ROI, though costs may accrue with additional modules. Ramco HCM's pricing model is flexible, seen as cheaper than competitors but potentially costly with extensive customization. Both deliver ROI through time-saving features, albeit with differing cost structures.

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Categories and Ranking

Ramco HCM

Ranking in Benefits Administration

34th

Ranking in Talent Management

31st

Ranking in Cloud HCM

26th

Average Rating

7.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software (24th)

Workday

Ranking in Benefits Administration

1st

Ranking in Talent Management

2nd

Ranking in Cloud HCM

3rd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Talent Acquisition (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Cloud HCM category, the mindshare of Ramco HCM is 0.9%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Workday is 10.8%, down from 17.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud HCM Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Workday	10.8%
Ramco HCM	0.9%
Other	88.3%

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Featured Reviews

Sudarsan Santhosh Kumar S.

Senior Application Development Specialist at Accenture

It's so easy to use that a customer can easily understand the process with zero knowledge of the system

Ramco is user-friendly. The UA is excellent and so easy to use that a customer can easily understand the process with zero knowledge of the system. We can easily walk a new user through the user guide. For each ESS MSS, I can log in to the ESS access. And documentation is available. Ramco doesn't charge much when customers request custom KPI calculations and other custom features. Workday and SAP impose a high charge. Ramco's bots are excellent, whereas Workday doesn't have an automated system and is only now developing a mobile app.

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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

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Pros

"Once we implemented this solution, it was customizable for our needs and this has been the most valuable aspect of this solution."

"It is a good product, and it is suitable for different client requirements. It has customization options and flexibility. You can customize a report or configure the workflow based on your requirements. Everything is there in the product, and you can customize it as per your requirement. Our clients found the automation of the payroll, leave attendance, and onboarding modules the most valuable. The Time and Attendance module is fully integrated with this solution and supports multiple data entry modes, such as barcode, biometric device, fingerprints, and face reading. Its core HR module includes features like movement, expense management, exit, and separation. The compensation and benefits module includes features like welfare, retirement, and superannuation. It also has analytical tools. You can create a real-time report based on your requirements. You can also publish that report in different formats, such as Excel, PDF, HTML, etc. It has a chatbot feature, which is using machine learning and natural language. You can ask questions about your leave balance, attendance, or things like that, and you will get an immediate reply from the chatbot. It also supports approval through email."

"Ramco HCM is a stable system that doesn't have downtime or fluctuation issues. It can also take large volumes and scale up very fast."

"Ramco HCM stands out due to its reliability and up-to-date compliance with legal, statutory, and regulatory requirements."

"The performance management system is really good."

"Ramco is user-friendly. The UA is excellent and so easy to use that a customer can easily understand the process with zero knowledge of the system. We can easily walk a new user through the user guide. For each ESS MSS, I can log in to the ESS access. and documentation is available."

"Payroll processing is very easy. SQL rules can be attached to any pay elements."

"In general, the solution is very flexible and can be configured in multiple ways."

"It was more efficient for the agents for their performance reviews, but when it came to HR and the recruitment team, it sometimes worked, and sometimes, it didn't work."

"It is quite user-friendly."

"It's easy to set up."

"It's intuitive, a very usable tool and it's easy to find the data you're looking for."

"The user interface is good and very easy to use."

"The product is useful for storing employee records."

"The solution is stable."

"The technical support services are excellent."

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Cons

"The entire UI/UX of the solution can be improved drastically."

"Ramco could be a bit faster and offer more use cases. A prime aim is to get analytics and this is lacking in Ramco. This lack of reporting is one of the reasons we are moving away from using Ramco."

"One area for improvement in Ramco HCM is its UI, which could be more intuitive. Another area for improvement in the system is that it can be challenging to make some modular-based changes to it."

"The talent management and performance appraisal modules could use some improvement."

"The mobile app and web page user experience could be more user friendly."

"The mobile app for this solution could be improved as it lacks many features."

"The product itself sometimes feels inconsistent because it comes with bugs."

"They can improve the configuration time because it takes more time than other products to configure the system. It could be because they are managing this single product for all countries, but it would be good if they improve the implementation time because we need to implement the solutions within a timeline. They should provide some kind of auto-configuration so that the system can be configured and implemented within a certain timeline. Implementors should have a provision to configure the system in a short time. There should also be an option to move the setup or configuration from staging to production to save time. These types of automation should be there."

"Workday does have a community site where people can go on and off for suggestions. They call them Brainstorms, and you can vote them up. That is something that they do well, but oftentimes, they seem to be racing to deliver something based on what a competitor is delivering. For example, if they hear SAP has this new functionality and learning that's going to be coming out, they prioritize there, which makes sense, but unfortunately, some of these Brainstorms may get neglected where the product might not be improved as quickly or as needed for the customers. You might be waiting for a year or two to get a feature that you'd like released. They should pay more attention to customer feedback and ensure that customer feedback is an essential part of their product roadmap."

"The product must include payroll features."

"There were a lot of issues. There were consistency or accuracy issues with the data we had, and every time we had to pull reports in Workday, it was difficult."

"My only suggestion might be to include a brief description of any new fields we introduce, making it easier for people to use them. Perhaps this is something they can consider implementing."

"Setting up reports can be a bit tricky."

"Workday could improve by adding other features, such as messaging to candidates and other recruiting capabilities that other new-age solutions have."

"Workday could improve its custom reporting for beginners."

"The user interface could be better. Everything else was fine."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I am not aware of the price because I was working in the implementation team, but pricing is generally based on the requirement, modules, headcount, and country."

"Their customized solution is pretty expensive but much cheaper than its competitors."

"This solution is priced in the middle compared to other solutions on the market."

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

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

"By and large, Workday is expensive. It is based on the headcount. I'd probably rate it a three or four out of five in terms of pricing. It'd be like buying a Mercedes or a high-end car. It's expensive, but there's a specific value that you're getting with additional features and things of that nature. Using that metaphor, Workday probably tends to be more of a luxury. There are others like ADP that can do your payroll, your time off, and other things, but they don't do it as well."

"With a bigger budget, I would recommend SAP."

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

"The pricing is good from an HR perspective, although management gets upset after spending $500,000 a year, every year."

"It is on a yearly basis."

"It's very, very expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

University

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

University

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	6

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

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Overview

Ramco HR & Global Payroll is a complete and refreshingly simple cloud HR software covering HR needs from hire to retire. It offers Core HR, Time and Attendance, Global Payroll (across 45+ countries), Talent Management, Recruitment, Planning & Analytics. Ramco HCM empowers through innovative tech like bots, Zero UI, mobility, in-memory payroll, enabling Digital HR.

Ramco HCM’s unique offerings encompasses but not limited to

Unified HR platform with Global Payroll

• Use of Chat-bots

• Rapid Deployment capabilities

• EmpSense - an app to capture employee mood in real-time

• Talent Tagging - helps managers tag skill-sets to employees for identifying right employee for a project

• SMS based Employee Self Service ESS - allows users to apply leave, raise queries,via a text message

Trusted over 400+ multinationals across 35+ countries, Ramco HCM has been globally recognized by Nelson Hall, Everest Group, CIO Honour, Human Resources Group & CIO Choice.

Click here for more information or write to us at contact@ramco.com.

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Workday is a cloud-based software solution that specializes in developing applications for capital and finance management applications. The system is built to work in global workforces and is adaptable. The global system ensures that users are up to date and can manage internal career-related information, and everyday business problems like timesheets, payrolls, and time off.

“A Pioneer in Software-as-a-Service”

Workday Human Capital Management tool is designed to simplify and streamline your work. It leverages machine learning to adapt capital management to a changing environment.

The Workday model is based on delivering a single system that uses a single source of data and a single security model to deliver a unique user experience. The system is user-friendly and ensures that employees and management can use it from any and all devices. Workday HCM integrates into a central system that includes financial management, payroll, recruiting, learning, and planning. Managers and employees can provide feedback to one another, too.

Workday’s features include:

Flexible framework that lets you organize your staff according to different criteria. You can group employees by function, hierarchy, or department.
Personalized career guidance: Knowledge management and career guidance that can be easily customized for each staff member and also done at scale.
Augmented reporting and analytics: Configure, change, update, and publish reports, scorecards, and dashboards. The system centralizes the transactional and analytical data so you can act on the data from anywhere.
Compensation tools: Compensatio, payroll, and time tracking are automated and simplified.
Workforce planning allows you to uncover and address talent gaps and get visibility of your staff.
Mobile-first ensign approach: Users can access all resources from any device, and they are always in sync.
Machine learning capabilities enable personalized enterprise experiences and faster business processes.

Workday smart platform consists of the following modules:

Human resource management
Business process management
Reporting and analytics
Benefits administration
Compensation management
Talent management
Survey framework
Employee and management self-service

Reviews from Real Users

Many organizations choose Workday because it provides an all-in-one modular solution for human capital and finance management. Our users say they like the ease of use for time-off requests, career and development segments, and overall HR management. The records and reporting capabilities are another popular feature.

"The solution was very good at reconfiguration and customization of their software. It helped us to meet federal regulations," said one user. Another said that the best feature is the optimization of the work day experience with a unified platform that can be applied across different business units. “You will never find a use case that cannot be covered," said a third.

Sample Customers

Lifestyle, Bata, Dabur

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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