Planday vs. Workday Workforce Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Planday
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Planday is online and mobile employee scheduling software designed to help shift-based businesses plan and communicate shifts, manage absences and leave, simplify hour registration, and streamline their payroll processes. Planday also facilitates simple team communication across the organization via SMS, emails and app notifications while storing employee information and contact details in one single place.
$2
per user per month
Workday Workforce Management
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Workday Workforce Management is a workforce operations software that integrates HR, time, and scheduling data, to eliminate disjointed processes that halt day-to-day operations. Consistent with a worker-first approach, Workday provides mobile-first access to personalized pay, time, and schedules, giving workers frictionless on-the-go access. This helps overcome difficulties in retaining workers and keeps them engaged in a competitive labor…N/A
Pricing
PlandayWorkday Workforce Management
Editions & Modules
Starter
$2
per user per month
Plus
$4
per user per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PlandayWorkday Workforce Management
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
PlandayWorkday Workforce Management
Considered Both Products
Planday
Chose Planday
Ultimately Planday is the perfect tool for simple straightforward team time management, communication and scheduling. I would like to see a task management feature added to Planday and perhaps some integration for employee rewards. Planday is leaps and bounds above Quickbooks …
Chose Planday
Other than an Excel spreadsheet and countless templates, we haven't really used anything else.
Chose Planday
We did not have a system previously. In terms of feedback from employees since the launch of Planday it has been very positive.
Workday Workforce Management
Chose Workday Workforce Management
Workday Payroll and Workforce Management in my opinion does as great job of letting staff know beforehand what they are going to get paid on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. I found that Gusto does not provide that insight. It would be nice though to have a feature in those …
Chose Workday Workforce Management
Gusto and UKG Pro
Chose Workday Workforce Management
Workday is much easier and simpler to use. It's very straightforward and easy to train people on.
Features
PlandayWorkday Workforce Management
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Planday
-
Ratings
Workday Workforce Management
9.3
Ratings
12% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
PlandayWorkday Workforce Management
Likelihood to Recommend
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Usability
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User Testimonials
PlandayWorkday Workforce Management
Likelihood to Recommend
This is very well suited where there is a rotating support structure with larger teams involved. Our department as a whole has 16 full-time team members, with 4 people per team. The management of absences such as annual leave, alongside busy schedules or even seasonal downtime, is a breeze with Planday.
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Workday is well suited as am employee because it allows me to easily access pay and goal-setting information at a large org. It also made the process of getting hired and initially onboarded simple. I imagine it could be less helpful at a smaller organization where people have more direct access to folks in payroll
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Pros
  • Team Scheduling
  • Team Communication
  • Employee Time Keeping
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  • payroll
  • timecard edits
  • mobile ability
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Cons
  • Has a rigid structure, so there is only one way to do any particular task.
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  • The tasks function is somewhat clunky, and its hard to see who the task is sent to next in order to follow up with them.
  • In-process referrals don't always show up in the "My Referrals" tab
  • Filters on tasks don't always work.
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Usability
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Workday Payroll and Workforce Management hasn't given me any issues. I love that you can customize your profile with icons, the color scheme, and etc. It makes it feel more personable. In addition, you can customize which icons that you use frequently to complete tasks. I would recommend it to anyone who wants a platform that has high usability and versatility.
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Alternatives Considered
Ultimately Planday is the perfect tool for simple straightforward team time management, communication and scheduling. I would like to see a task management feature added to Planday and perhaps some integration for employee rewards. Planday is leaps and bounds above Quickbooks Time, and TimeClock Plus but falls behind Deputy only slightly by having less features available. Overall I would recommend Planday to any small business owner with a team of 5-20
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Workday Payroll and Workforce Management in my opinion does as great job of letting staff know beforehand what they are going to get paid on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. I found that Gusto does not provide that insight. It would be nice though to have a feature in those platforms where you could do a "what if" feature to determine how much you could make if you were single, married, or made a higher salary or lower. This is a feature that I have used in webBASIS, and it was extremely helpful.
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Return on Investment
  • Employee profiles - 99% of employee profiles are up to date with right work info/ID/contracts & personal details, compared to previous 50% (estimated)
  • Wages - consistently reviewed through Planday and updated to reflect sales, busy & non busy periods
  • Schedules - more efficient scheduling & accurate hours logged and therefore, translated to pay - consistent and efficient monitoring by head office/ops team and managers at site level, through clock in and out system.
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  • Faster processes
  • Accuracy
  • Salary for increased personnel
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