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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85 Likeliness to Recommend
99 Plan to Renew
81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
- Product Experience:
- 80%
- Negotiation and Contract:
- 70%
- Conflict Resolution:
- 81%
- Strategy & Innovation:
- 78%
- Service Experience:
- 72%
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.
+77 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?
Pros
- Respectful
- Acts with Integrity
- Security Protects
- Continually Improving Product
How to read the Emotional Footprint
The Net Emotional Footprint measures high-level user sentiment towards particular product offerings. It aggregates emotional response ratings for various dimensions of the vendor-client relationship and product effectiveness, creating a powerful indicator of overall user feeling toward the vendor and product.
While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Dayforce Reviews
Saleem Y.
- Role: Human Resources
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Sep 2025
Reliable and efficient in data handling
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Dayforce from other similar products?
that dayforce is a reliable tool and easily get integrated and used friendly, obviously if you are not able to use this tool, what is the point to have it, so its very used friendly, everyone should try it
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
its very streamlined, as a talent acquisition its very easy to use and find talent
What do you dislike most about this product?
initially learning about this tool is bit complex, adding data is also feels sluggish
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
that if its related to HR and Talent Acquisition, it generates revenue, great results and worth an investment
Pros
- Efficient Service
- Effective Service
- Client Friendly Policies
- Fair
Cons
- Less Inspiring
- Less Performance Enhancing
- Commodity Features
lynn p.
- Role: Human Resources
- Industry: Recreation
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Nov 2024
Good product once you get to learn it
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Dayforce from other similar products?
IT's a big system with out the hefty price tag
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
each section works with all the other sections
What do you dislike most about this product?
How they bill and organize their ticket system for support
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Make sure you have enough people to handle the conversion.
Pros
- Client's Interest First
- Generous Negotitation
- Over Delivered
- Transparent
Cons
- Less Efficient Service
- Wastes Time
- Role: Human Resources
- Industry: Retail
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Sep 2024
Easiest HR System I've used to date
Likeliness to Recommend
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
