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Dayforce Inc.

Dayforce

Composite Score

8.5 /10

CX Score

8.6 /10

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What is Dayforce?

Dayforce (formerly Ceridian) is a global human capital management (HCM) platform that transforms the employee experience. It unifies data from across the entire employee lifecycle to enable better decision-making at every level. Dayforce is a comprehensive cloud platform that combines HR, payroll, benefits, workforce management, and talent management in a single application. Our scalable platform is built with a single, flexible rules engine combined with real-time updates and calculations that help address complex regulatory requirements.

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Awards & Recognition

Dayforce won the following awards in the Talent Management category

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2025 Data Quadrant Champion

Latest Award, 2025

7 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

5 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

2 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2023

2 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2022

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021

Strategy and Innovation
Conflict Resolution

2021

2021 Data Quadrant Champion

2021

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021

Dayforce Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

86 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

99 Plan to Renew

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+80 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Dayforce?

2% Negative

13% Neutral

85% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Acts with Integrity
Continually Improving Product
Fair

Feature Ratings

Average 81

Collaboration

Compensation Management

Performance Management

Onboarding Offboarding

Employee Engagement

Learning and Development

Succession Planning

Career Pathing

Talent Acquisition

Rewards Recognition

Wellness

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

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Score 8.3

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Score 8.3

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Score 8.2

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Dayforce Reviews

Simhadri Tarun N.

Role: Operations
Industry: Education
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

The best platform for Human Capital Management.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Dayforce from other similar products?

Dayforce offers a single platform for managing various HR functions, including payroll, time and attendance, benefits administration, talent management, and workforce management.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Dayforce is highly configurable, allowing organizations to customize workflows, reports, and processes to meet their specific needs and requirements.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Till now everything is good.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Pay special attention to Dayforce's compliance features. Ensure that the platform can help you stay compliant with relevant labor laws, taxation regulations, and industry-specific requirements.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Josh M.

Role: Human Resources
Industry: Transportation
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2023

Customizable, solutions based

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Dayforce from other similar products?

Ceridian as a company likes to hear from client administrators and end-users in order to better the product.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The level of customization that an organization can have is immeasurable.

What do you dislike most about this product?

There can be a bit of latency on occasion.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Ensure that you have an understanding of your business case and ROI expectations.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Trustworthy
Inspires Innovation

Role: Human Resources
Industry: Not for Profit
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2023

Very intuitive system, and very easy for end users

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Less Effective Service

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021 Data Quadrant Champion

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

Dayforce Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

99 Plan to Renew

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+80 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Dayforce?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Collaboration Includes ability to view, share and direct work between co-workers in real or near real-time.

Compensation Management Software provides ability to track and measure employee compensation

Performance Management Includes all aspects of performance appraisals and review design: rollout, conducting, tracking, measurement, and goal attainment.

Onboarding Offboarding Provides ability to create standard workflow for onboarding and offboarding employees

Employee Engagement Provides ability to solicit and measure employee engagement feedback.

Learning and Development All aspects of learning management systems, content and curriculum development, development plans, skills databases, certifications, and reporting.

Succession Planning Software contains employee succession planning functionality.

Career Pathing Ability to map and communicate standard employee career paths.

Talent Acquisition Supports the process of sourcing and recruiting employees in alignment with organizational needs.

Rewards Recognition Software allows for tracking and management of employee rewards and recognition programs

Wellness Ability to track and manage employee wellness programs and their usage

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

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Human Capital Management - Enterprise

Workforce Management - Enterprise

Benefits Administration

Payroll

Dayforce Reviews

Simhadri Tarun N.

The best platform for Human Capital Management.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Josh M.

Customizable, solutions based

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Very intuitive system, and very easy for end users

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

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Performance Management

Onboarding Offboarding

Employee Engagement

Learning and Development

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Career Pathing

Talent Acquisition

Rewards Recognition

Wellness

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