Workday

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Financial Management
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The Enterprise AI Platform for Managing HR and Finance

How to Replace Workday

Overview

Workday is an enterprise AI platform that seamlessly manages HR, finance, and business operations on a unified, open platform. It combines human capital management, financial management, and AI-powered agents to help organizations of all sizes optimize their workforce and financial processes. The platform serves midsize businesses through Fortune 500 enterprises with integrated solutions for hiring, payroll, spend management, and frontline operations.

Features

24 features across 17 categories

AI(1)

Workday AIAIPremium

Core AI engine that powers products and agents, actively supporting people to do their best work

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

AI/Agents(1)

Workday Agent System of RecordAIPremium

Enables scaling of agentic AI with confidence across enterprise operations

AI/Analytics(1)

Workday SanaAIPremium

AI experience platform that harnesses knowledge of entire enterprise

AI/Automation(1)

AI AgentsAIPremium

Ready-to-use agents designed to drive exponential value and automate enterprise tasks

Analytics/AI(1)

Data-Driven InsightsAI

Generate actionable insights from enterprise data using AI

Compliance(1)

Global Compliance

Manage compliance requirements across global operations

Also in: Insider CDP, Airtable, 1Password

ERP(1)

Workday GO

All-in-one solution for midsize business bringing HR, finance, and payroll into one integrated platform

Finance(4)

Financial ManagementAI

Use AI to optimize transactions and processes across finance operations

Financial PlanningAI

AI-driven financial planning and insights

Spend Management

Optimize and control spending across the enterprise

Workday Adaptive Planning

Financial planning and analysis tool

Also in: Keap, Namely, Justworks

HR(4)

Employee Experience

Suite of tools and experiences for managing employee lifecycle and engagement

Human Capital ManagementAI

Elevate potential of people and boost productivity through human-AI collaboration

Payroll

Integrated payroll management and processing

Workday Peakon

Employee engagement and feedback platform

HR/Operations(1)

Workforce Management

Tools for managing frontline workforce scheduling and operations

HR/Recruiting(1)

Frontline Workforce Solutions

Redefine hiring experience and empower managers and employees

Implementation/AI(1)

Workday Deployment AgentAIPremium

Drives faster, easier, more affordable deployment for midsize businesses

Mobile(1)

Mobile

Mobile tools and applications for workforce engagement

Operations(1)

Frontline OperationsAI

Drive faster, smarter operations and enable connected, agile workforce with AI agents and mobile tools

Platform(1)

Workday Extend

Platform extensions and customization capabilities

Cost Calculator

Pricing data not available for Workday. Check their website for current pricing.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a Workday alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 24 features.

Buy Workday

Better Value
Monthly costContact Sales
3-year totalVaries
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$24,000
Maintenance$360/mo
3-year total$36,960
Dev time~2 months

Buying Workday saves ~$36,960 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 24 features and a BuildScore of 4/5. Actual costs vary.