What is Dayforce?

Dayforce (formerly Ceridian) is a global human capital management (HCM) platform that transforms the employee experience. It unifies data from across the entire employee lifecycle to enable better decision-making at every level. Dayforce is a comprehensive cloud platform that combines HR, payroll, benefits, workforce management, and talent management in a single application. Our scalable platform is built with a single, flexible rules engine combined with real-time updates and calculations that help address complex regulatory requirements.

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Awards & Recognition

Dayforce won the following awards in the Benefits Administration category

Dayforce Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

85 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

76 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+68 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Dayforce?

6% Negative
19% Neutral
75% Positive

Pros

  • Respectful
  • Security Protects
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Fair

Cons

  • Less Effective Service
  • Under Delivered

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Payroll Integration

82

Claims Management

82

Provider Management

81

Benefits Administration

81

Regulatory Compliance

80

Self Service Portal

80

User and Enrollment Management

80

Contributions and Payment Tracking

79

Archiving and Reporting

79

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 76

Breadth of Features

83

Business Value Created

79

Quality of Features

79

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

78

Usability and Intuitiveness

78

Availability and Quality of Training

77

Ease of IT Administration

76

Ease of Data Integration

73

Ease of Customization

72

Ease of Implementation

71

Vendor Support

70

Dayforce Reviews

Lisa C.

  • Role: Finance
  • Industry: Healthcare
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Requires subject matter experts, I love Payroll

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Dayforce from other similar products?

It require you to customize it to fit your company. It is not a cookie cutter product.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I love the Payroll Feature. I can create a new earnings code, bring it into payroll, and calculate immediately to see how it will work.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Our product is different than any other company so when I need support, we often wait for support to get a copy of our production.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Know your organization and how it will be setup. It is the ground floor of the implementation.

Pros

  • Efficient Service
  • Respectful
  • Fair
  • Over Delivered
  • Role: Human Resources
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

A lot of features but VAS team needs work

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Respectful
  • Friendly Negotiation
  • Helps Innovate

Cons

  • Less Effective Service
  • Wastes Time
  • Less Fair

Rahul kumar G.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Robust features with real-time insights.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Dayforce from other similar products?

Dayforce uses a single employee record for all modules, ensuring that data is consistent across the platform. This eliminate the need for redundant data entry and reduce errors, which is a challenge with many other HCM solutions that rely on multiple databases.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

one standout aspect of Dayforce is its real-time data processing. This feature is particularly impactful because it allows organizations to have up-to-date information on payroll, scheduling, and other HR metrics

What do you dislike most about this product?

it is a comprehensive and highly configurable platform, setting it up to fit an organization specific needs can be time-consuming and may require a significant amount of training

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Given that Dayforce is a robust and configurable platform, be prepared for a potentially long and involved implementation process, To get the most out of Dayforce, it’s essential that your HR and management teams receive comprehensive training.

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Trustworthy

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