Workday HCM
Enterprise cloud HR, payroll and workforce management suite
Score breakdown
What makes up this score
- 2 independent review sources
- 3,386 third-party reviews counted
- 1 answer engines measured
- cross-model consistency 1
- 4 web authority signals
- average citing-domain authority 35
- 100% of the category rubric covered
- No approved user reviews yet
Explanation
Why Workday HCM ranks #2
Workday HCM ranks #2 of 6 hr & people with a TOP SCORE of 48.
The category leader scores 68, a gap of 20 points.
That is 1 points above the category average of 46.
Its strongest component is External Reputation at 82; its weakest is Web Authority at 16.
No usable evidence was found for TOP10 User Score, so that weight was redistributed across the components that are evidenced.
Generated from the recorded evidence behind this score, not from editorial opinion. How scoring works.
Score history
How the score has moved
55 → 48 ↓7.0
External reputation
What third-party sources publish
| Source | Published | Normalised | Reviews | Last checked | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G2 ↗ | 4.1/5 | 82 | 1.6k | 31 Aug 2026 | permitted crawl |
| Capterra ↗ | 4.5/5 | 90 | 1.7k | 31 Aug 2026 | permitted crawl |
AI visibility
How answer engines treat this platform
| Engine | Mention | Recommendation | Citation | Avg position | Queries | Measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| claude sonnet 5 parametric | 17% | 8% | 0% | 3.5 | 12 | 31 Aug 2026 |
Web authority
Citations and independent coverage
- Workday, Inc.31 Aug 2026
- G231 Aug 2026
- Capterra31 Aug 2026
- Trustpilot31 Aug 2026
TOP10 users
What our users report
No published reviews yet. Reviews are moderated before they appear and are never removed at a business's request.
Company information
The facts on file
- Description
- Workday HCM is a cloud-delivered global HR suite spanning core HR, talent acquisition, learning and skills, payroll, workforce management, contingent labour and employee experience on one AI-powered core. The vendor states more than 10,000 organizations, including 65%+ of the Fortune 500, have selected Workday. It is built for large, multi-country enterprises with a dedicated HRIS team or systems-integrator budget.
- Category
- HR & People
- Headquarters
- Pleasanton, California, United States (6230 Stoneridge Mall Road, 94588)
- Products
- Workday HCM (core HR), Talent acquisition / recruiting, Learning and skills, Workday Payroll (global payroll), Workforce management (time, absence, scheduling), Contingent workforce / VMS management, Employee Voice (listening and surveys), Workday Adaptive Planning, Low-code/no-code app development on the Workday platform
- Markets
- Enterprise, Global enterprise (1,000+ employees), Multi-country employers
- Pricing
- Not published · free tier: Capterra lists free trial / free version; no vendor-published details on what either includes
- Regulatory
- Workday, Inc. is a US-headquartered on-demand financial management and human capital management software vendor (Pleasanton, California). The vendor states its payroll product is built to support local regulations globally and publishes a Responsible AI page. No compliance certifications (ISO, SOC 2) or GDPR/DPA terms were retrieved this session, so none are claimed.
- Official website
- https://www.workday.com ↗
- Last verified
- 31 Aug 2026
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Category context
- This platform48
- Category leader68
- Category average46
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