No more typing reviews! Try our Samantha, our new voice AI agent.

SilkRoad Performance 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:
 

Categories and Ranking

SilkRoad Performance
Ranking in Talent Management
31st
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Workday
Ranking in Talent Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
59
Ranking in other categories
Benefits Administration (1st), Cloud HCM (2nd), Talent Acquisition (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Talent Management category, the mindshare of SilkRoad Performance is 1.0%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Workday is 8.8%, down from 18.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Talent Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Workday8.8%
SilkRoad Performance1.0%
Other90.2%
Talent Management
 

Featured Reviews

it_user616524 - PeerSpot reviewer
Human Resource Generlaist at a aerospace/defense firm with 51-200 employees
Blasts job openings to several posting sites. When we are ready to hire, we can start the onboarding process.
SilkRoad Recruiting OpenHire RedCarpet Onboarding When we are in need for positions, I just enter the data in OpenHire and it blasts our job openings to several posting sites. We review the relevant resumes. When we are ready to hire, we roll out the RedCarpet software and start the onboarding…
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Technical support is excellent."
"The ability to have a whole system with SilkRoad works well, as we can manage most of the functions of an HR department."
"Simple to use Easy setup Cloud-based Easy foundation setup (companies, locations, employee data, etc.) Employees can log in from any internet browser No local installation and support is required."
"The user interface is good and very easy to use."
"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."
"The GUI is beautiful and we don't need to provide much training for the users because it is easy to navigate."
"The most valuable feature of Workday is the ease of navigation to browse the application."
"Everything is in Workday as far as personnel is concerned."
"I found the analysis features to be very useful for our company. I also found the modules installed to be aligned with our company's KPIs. These were the two features that stood out."
"Workday is highly intuitive from a customer experience perspective, and it was effortless for us to understand what to do even though we didn't have any related training, making it easy to use without guidance."
"Overall, it delivers a really seamless solution that allows for operational efficiencies and operational excellence."
 

Cons

"The product is designed for smaller companies, so scalability is an issue."
"I think the ATS should be able to auto-generate a decline letter when you move thru dispositions or when you close a requisition."
"The setup was straightforward while working with the implementation team. However, it was time consuming."
"The finance module of this solution is not great and needs improvement."
"It is good that much of the development is based on community input but often that can lead to details being ignored and small, nagging issues are ignored."
"The cost of Workday is certainly not inexpensive. It's very pricey."
"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."
"There is a lot of complexity in the configuration of this solution."
"My opinion is that this solution can improve the overall integrations and add more automation. I think anything that could be on a self-serve basis would work quite well."
"The product must include payroll features."
"In addition to the lost data, the solution is slow to pull up information and I am not sure if this is due to the botched implementation or if it is the solution itself."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"Workday is an expensive solution."
"The pricing is good from an HR perspective, although management gets upset after spending $500,000 a year, every year."
"I would rate the solution’s pricing a six out of ten."
"You have the license fee per module, and then you have a kind of annual training fee, which is a kind of add-on. I wouldn't say it is exhaustive; it is minor. Licensing is pretty transparent for most of the part."
"Workday is moderately priced - I'd rate its pricing three out of five."
"Its price is pretty high. It is more expensive than what is offered by other competitors in the market."
"The solution is flexible in terms of pricing."
"It's very, very expensive."
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Talent Management solutions are best for your needs.
887,041 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
No data available
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
University
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise42
 

Questions from the Community

Ask a question
Earn 20 points
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.
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

SilkRoad Wingspan, Wingspan
No data available
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Kearney & Company, San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, McLeod Health, TPC Group, Sirva, Lifestyle Family Fitness, BKD
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!
Find out what your peers are saying about SilkRoad Performance vs. Workday and other solutions. Updated: April 2026.
887,041 professionals have used our research since 2012.