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Workday vs Zoho People Plus comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Workday
Ranking in Cloud HCM
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
59
Ranking in other categories
Benefits Administration (1st), Talent Management (1st), Talent Acquisition (1st)
Zoho People Plus
Ranking in Cloud HCM
19th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Cloud HCM category, the mindshare of Workday is 9.2%, down from 18.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zoho People Plus is 1.0%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud HCM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Workday9.2%
Zoho People Plus1.0%
Other89.8%
Cloud HCM
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Vertika Srivastava - PeerSpot reviewer
Customer Success Manager at a tech consulting company with 1-10 employees
Has required customization been difficult to implement and user experience remains a concern
We are quite satisfied with Odoo. We are able to add modules or apps whatever we require based on our company's requirements on our own. I find Odoo being more user-friendly, and making changes there is more accessible. Being Odoo partners allows us to make changes. In Zoho People Plus, we were just on a subscription basis, so it was not possible to make any changes based on the company's requirements, which made it a little difficult. As far as security or anything else is concerned, Zoho People Plus was also good, and many companies use it. We find Odoo a little better and user-friendly compared to Zoho People Plus. For time tracking, we were using Clockify, and we were using Jira and other products. Time tracking in Odoo is much more convenient and user-friendly compared to Zoho People Plus. We decided to switch because it was not very compatible with our system. Our employees were not comfortable. It was not as user-friendly as Odoo is. We became Odoo partners, which made it a better shift from Zoho People Plus.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"What I appreciate best about Workday is the recruiting component."
"Workday's best features are planning and finance."
"It is a one-stop solution for everything, where you can look for information about other employees, track your information, search a directory, and see and track your personal and salary details on the employee profile page."
"It's really stable, we use it globally and have 100,000 employees, and I know that there are no big issues with the stability of the tool."
"Workday is a secure product."
"The most helpful Workday features for our HR processes were in HCM, particularly in areas like talent, compensation, benefits, and learning."
"It is a one-stop solution for everything. You can look for information about other employees or you can track your information. There is a directory, so you can search for other employees. You can also see and track your personal details and salary details on the employee profile page."
"With Workday being a cloud application and SaaS model, the upgrade process is no more a nightmare; it gets updated overnight."
"Zoho People has valuable features like simplicity in use and ease of configuration."
"We are quite satisfied with Odoo; we are able to add modules or apps whatever we require based on our company's requirements on our own."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its analytics part."
 

Cons

"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."
"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."
"It's great for operational / detailed reporting and some low-level analytics, but for heavy-duty analysis against large data sets, I find it's a bit lacking."
"I'm not sure they have added this feature yet, but there should be a cellphone version, so we do not need to do it on a laptop. I'd like to log in on a cellphone and have the same features. I'm not sure if that is already available or if it's on the roadmap, but that would be a great feature."
"The dashboard is fine, but the dashboarding and other aspects could be improved."
"The cost of Workday is certainly not inexpensive. It's very pricey."
"The solution can be improved by speeding up the load time when pulling up information."
"They do a great job of selling the tool, but for support, you are kind of on your own."
"We decided to switch because it was not very compatible with our system. Our employees were not comfortable."
"There is also a need to improve the accessibility of historical employee data, making it as seamless as some other systems."
"The only challenge is if you are a European business based in Asia and you want to have your data on an EU server, it is a nightmare."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's very, very expensive."
"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."
"I need to pay for a license. It is expensive."
"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."
"I would rate the solution’s pricing a six out of ten."
"The pricing for this solution is fairly high. It is not affordable for small and mid-sized companies."
"Workday is moderately priced - I'd rate its pricing three out of five."
"With a bigger budget, I would recommend SAP."
"Zoho People Plus has a very competitive pricing model. The pricing part is tier-based, and it is eight Euros per user."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
University
7%
Government
6%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Construction Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
11%
 

Company Size

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

Questions from the Community

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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zoho People Plus?
It was a paid subscription. I found their pricing reasonable. It was on an employee basis, depending upon the number of heads. We opted for the whole organization. Price point was not the concern. ...
What needs improvement with Zoho People Plus?
Zoho People Plus should improve their customizable workflows. Customization would be really helpful if they allow the company or organization to make changes on their own within the subscription.
What is your primary use case for Zoho People Plus?
We are using Odoo. We have been dealing with Odoo for around a year. Previously, we were using Zoho People Plus. We transferred all our system to Odoo. We have been practicing on Odoo for around a ...
 

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