SAP Workforce Analytics vs. Visier People

Visier and SAP Workforce Analytics, a part of the SuccessFactors product line, are both workforce analytics tools. They are both primarily used by enterprises. They are primarily distinguished by their status as a point solution vs. a product within a quite. 

SAP Workforce Analytics is designed to complement SAP SuccessFactors’s HR management suite of offerings. As such, it emerged out of an HR background and adopted more advanced analytics capabilities. In contrast, Visier is a point analytics solution. It was created from what was originally a Business Intelligence foundation and structured to be easy for HR professionals to use.

Features

SAP Workforce Analytics and Visier both have strong features tailored for their audiences. 

SAP Workforce Analytics excels as an analytics tool for enterprises that live in the broader SAP ecosystem. It naturally integrates with the rest of the SuccessFactors platform, which is key for enterprises looking to centralize their HR systems into a single vendor. It also has a range of out-of-the-box features and HR metrics. 

In contrast, Visier stands out as a standalone workforce analytics platform. Given its origins in BI infrastructure, it serves as an excellent database for structuring and preparing HR data. Reviewers also highlight that Visier is very intuitive and easy to use, even among line of business users. 

Limitations

Despite their robust features, there are some limitations to SAP Workforce Analytics and Visier worth considering. 

SAP Workforce Analytics’s position as a legacy analytics tool comes at the cost of a more cumbersome and clunky user interface. This UI can make the platform frustrating for frequent users and intimidating for new users. There are also limited training resources available to help users get up to speed on the platform. 

On the other hand, Visier struggles more with some of its extended analytics features. For instance, the mobile application is not on par with the main desktop application, with lower performance and more limited capabilities. The system is also not as customizable as reviewers would prefer their analytics platform to be. 

Pricing

SAP Workforce Analytics pricing starts at $6.17/user/month. Final pricing is available by quote from the vendor. 

Visier is priced uniquely for each business by quote from the vendor.