Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued) vs. Workday Workforce Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
Score 7.9 out of 10
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Kronos Workforce Dimensions, later UKG Dimensions was a solution used to automate critical workforce processes such as timekeeping, scheduling, and leave management. The product has been discontinued, and is no longer available for purchase.N/A
Workday Workforce Management
Score 8.8 out of 10
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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
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
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Chose Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
We believe UKG can deliver a comprehensive and integrated WFM solution.
Chose Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
UKG Dimensions is a more robust platform than UKG Workforce Central. Although there are some features in Workforce central that I already miss. I am so glad we purchased UKG Dimensions, as it is more suited for the Manufacturing industry. With UKG Dimensions, we will also have …
Chose Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
The Functionality in UKG Dimensions is extremely user-friendly and it did most of what we needed out of the box. Easy for an HR/PR Person who is tech-savvy to manage without too much support from IT.
Chose Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
WorkForce Software has a solid foundation for enterprise scaled employee counts of 100,000 employees and supports multiple assignment configurations, i.e. one employee can have multiple timesheets that multiple managers can own. UKG has one employee to one timecard. It makes it …
Chose Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
workforce dimensions [have] better UI. WFC has been good for our business due to: a large number of adj rule triggers able to be stored in each profile, geo sensing vs geofencing, and a few other features. WFD as a cloud-based product is more reliable than on-prem solutions due …
Chose Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
Actually, I believe WorkForce Suite is still the best product for our organization at this time because of the flexibility of allowing the customer to create whatever is needed. We selected UKG Dimensions because we needed a schedule solution as well.
Chose Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
UKG Dimensions is complex and [simple] to use making it easier to embrace opportunities, ensure accuracy, and report on KPIs, which I was not able to do with other products.
Chose Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
The amazing new tools in Dimensions made it an easy choice for our corporation. Initially, we had reservations; however, UKG was able to step up to the plate and tackle every issue or concern we had. They were able to convince our senior leadership team that the migration to …
Chose Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
UKG Dimensions is by far and away [from] the best Timekeeping, Scheduling, and HR tool that I've used.
Chose Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
Dimensions [are] very similar to WFC with some UI changes and differences in things like the business structure and CRTs. We are going with Dimensions as UKG moves forward with the new software and away from WFC in the future.
Chose Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
Dimensions has so much more functionality over its predecessor, Workforce Central. We're really excited about workflows and automated tasks/communications based on triggers.
Chose Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
UKG Dimensions provides an enterprise-wide integrated suite for timekeeping, staff scheduling, and clocks. We were an existing Workforce Central customer for timekeeping only and were interested in providing holistic experience between staff scheduling and timekeeping. In …
Chose Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
Dimensions have been great for us with the customization. I have been informed that UltiPro had capabilities that were never built out. We had UltiPro and made the change right before and in the midst of the merger. The HCM side was much better in UltiPro in many ways but …
Chose Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
I think Workday has more attractive view and is simpler to understand.
Chose Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
Dimensions blow WFC away. So much more intuitive and end user-friendly. I can't wait for the rest of my organization to get a look at it.
Chose Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
I used a different time and attendance product (I don't know the name it was included in with our other applications) The ability to edit and approve time was more functional. The ease of requesting time off was better, such as requesting multiple days off with repeat …
Chose Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
We liked Ceridian Dayforce quite a bit but ultimately, for what we were spending, UKG Dimensions Timekeeping had more flexibility for our various types of employees and then brought our data together in a concise yet, informative way. Ceridian Dayforce has many of the same …
Chose Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
It was sold as the new, improved, much more robust Workforce Central. We chose Dimensions because Adobe Flash will no longer be supported and we needed to find another solution.
Since we were already using Kronos WFC and Workforce Telestaff, we had made some significant …
Chose Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
UKG [Dimensions (formerly Kronos Workforce Dimensions)] was and is clearly in the lead vs. Frontline's time/attendance product (in our opinion). UKG for school districts is way more customizable and offers more of what we need.
Chose Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
Kronos Workforce Dimensions is a very robust time tracking tool, which provides much flexibility for configuring the timecard and various rules to pay overtime. Kronos Workforce Dimensions also has their own timecards, which would automatically integrate with dimensions. Thus …
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
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Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
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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
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Likelihood to Recommend
7.1
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10.0
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Usability
6.9
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10.0
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Support Rating
7.0
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
UKG Dimensions provides an extensive feature offering for advanced scheduling in non-procedural clinical settings and administrative operations. Although EZ-Call can be used for procedural areas the lack of out the box integration with [UKG] Dimensions creates an undesirable experience for departments needing both products. UKG [Dimensions] can increase customer adoption by offering a more integrated experience for clinical settings requiring both products.
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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
  • rule analysis- the rule analysis in this product is much cleaner and easy to follow compared to WFC
  • The level of granularity on FAPs is very helpful for configuring access compared to other platforms
  • UI is very easy to follow and intuitive
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  • payroll
  • timecard edits
  • mobile ability
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Cons
  • Integrations need to be more accessible to the administration and more flexible in change adoption.
  • Performance Reviews need to be flexible on the cycles. We don't offer PR all on one focal date. We review employees on their anniversary dates.
  • Attendance Tracking needs to deliver more real-time notifications and correct itself real-time when exceptions or incidents are fixed.
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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
UKG Dimensions is very user-friendly from an employee and supervisor standpoint. It is very robust on an admin level and can get complicated; however, you can do so many things with it that is outweighs the complexity. The security for UKG Dimensions needs to be revamped however. It is very cumbersome and not user-friendly.
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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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Support Rating
  • Kronos Workforce Dimensions a new product, and it has a lot of scope for improvement, with future releases. One of the best tools to perform time tracking.
  • Their support team is very knowledgeable, and their SLA's are pretty tight. Any query raised would be addressed in a few hours.
  • Timeclock configuration can be complicated; however, their support team knows the processes and guidelines.
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Alternatives Considered
WorkForce Software has a solid foundation for enterprise scaled employee counts of 100,000 employees and supports multiple assignment configurations, i.e. one employee can have multiple timesheets that multiple managers can own. UKG has one employee to one timecard. It makes it hard for companies that have employees that can have multiple jobs within the organization that can have separate timecards that report to multiple managers. UKG works well for medium size employee counts, once over 10K employees, you start to see the system have performance issues. WorkForce was able to handle 80K employees and process an employee demographic file in 2 hours, while UKG with 26K employees takes 6 hours. WorkForce lacks end-user configuration documentation, while UKG has great documentation and training materials. UKG's user community is top-notch, while WorkForce's has before 3 years, there has been no improvement. UKG has a better support model for end-user support. Workforce provides database access and the ability to write javascript for integrations. UKG has no access to the database and uses APIs that are not [flexible] to retrieve data. End-user configuration for UKG does not require a programmer or IT professional, while WorkForce has a powerful rules engine policy editor that makes it highly [flexible].
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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 can now pickup open shift without us calling them
  • Employees can request PTO from the Web and mobile app without email and manual time entry
  • We are still constantly struggling and dealing with scheduling employees with multiple jobs
  • Without a working business structure automation, we are spending much more time dealing with department and job changes on the business structure
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  • Faster processes
  • Accuracy
  • Salary for increased personnel
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ScreenShots

Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued) Screenshots

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Workday Workforce Management Screenshots

Screenshot of Workday Workforce Management ScheduleScreenshot of Workday Workforce Management Schedule (Mobile)Screenshot of Workday Workforce Management Team InsightsScreenshot of Workday Workforce Management Time and Scheduling HubScreenshot of Workday Workforce Management Time (Mobile)