Dayforce Inc.

Dayforce

Composite Score

8.2 /10

CX Score

7.9 /10

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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 Payroll category

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0 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

1 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2023

3 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

2022

2021 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2021

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

1
Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

76 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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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.

+69 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?

4% Negative

18% Neutral

78% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Security Protects
Enables Productivity
Acts with Integrity

Cons

Under Delivered
Less Effective Service

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Direct Deposit

Time and Attendance

HR Systems Interface

Self Service Portal

Tax Form Preparation

Taxation Deduction

Compensation Management

Benefits Calculation

Vacation and Leave Tracking

Accounting Systems Interface

Retirement Plan Tracking

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 76

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

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Human Capital Management - Enterprise

Score 8.4

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Talent Management

Score 8.3

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Workforce Management - Enterprise

Score 8.3

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Benefits Administration

Score 8.1

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Dayforce Reviews

Bethann D.

Role: Human Resources
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2022

Ability to handle complex WFM policies

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Dayforce from other similar products?

The ability to configure the system to meet your business needs, and the ability to participate in the online customer community to crowd-source any potential issues or questions.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The ability to be hands-on with the configuration, and always having access to a 'Test' database to try them out.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The inability to write our own SQL topics for custom reporting.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Be prepared! If you don't have the right people on your implementation team, you won't have a successful implementation. You also need to be prepared to be hands-on in the administration and maintenance of the Dayforce instance for your company.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Role: Human Resources
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2022

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Rodolfo B.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Other
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2022

We all need to work smarter and do more with less

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Dayforce from other similar products?

It's an always-on people platform that was created as a single system with powerful data at its core. It simplifies global engagement, empowers customers to embrace their full potential and helps you make smarter decisions that create measurable value. Help organizations win in our fast-changing world. Make every moment count with an HCM software platform that continuously calculates pay, delivers data and connects your people, from anywhere in the world.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Make the best decisions to create real value. Plan, hire and develop your workforce, from full-time to hourly and on-demand workers. Powerful data-driven insights can drive insight around the corner, as well as internal policies and procedures. Dayforce helps minimize the risk and cost of non-compliance.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Application support seems to take longer and longer. Application training is improving, but has room for more growth. Support system is not the best. Tickets take a long time to resolve.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Train and engage your front-line users, while effectively managing labor costs and compliance. Helps you by making proactive, data-driven decisions that support agile operations. It offers a wide range of services, including payroll tax reporting. You get the most out of the experience and focus on what you do best. Dayforce can help you manage compliance, make smarter decisions and improve the beneficiary experience.

Pros

Reliable
Inspires Innovation
Caring
Respectful

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Awards & Recognition

2021 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Dayforce Ratings

85 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

76 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+69 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Dayforce?

Pros

Cons

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Direct Deposit Ability to print or deposit paychecks directly into bank accounts.

Time and Attendance Includes time tracking, attendance tracking, vacation tracking, PTO, sick and necessary leave tracking, and alert mechanisms.

HR Systems Interface Ability to interface with the organization’s HR system.

Self Service Portal Ability for employees to update personal profiles through a self-service portal.

Tax Form Preparation Ability to prepare employee taxation forms at tax time.

Taxation Deduction Ability to calculate and deduct appropriate taxes

Compensation Management Includes all aspects of compensation design, salary bands, salaried and hourly employment information, and bonus and variable compensation.

Benefits Calculation Ability to calculate benefits

Vacation and Leave Tracking Ability to track employee sick and vacation entitlements.

Accounting Systems Interface Ability to interface with the organization’s accounting system.

Retirement Plan Tracking Ability to manage employee retirement benefits and tax implications.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

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Human Capital Management - Enterprise

Talent Management

Workforce Management - Enterprise

Benefits Administration

Dayforce Reviews

Bethann D.

Ability to handle complex WFM policies

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Rodolfo B.

We all need to work smarter and do more with less

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Direct Deposit

Time and Attendance

HR Systems Interface

Self Service Portal

Tax Form Preparation

Taxation Deduction

Compensation Management

Benefits Calculation

Vacation and Leave Tracking

Accounting Systems Interface

Retirement Plan Tracking

Vendor Capability Ratings

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation