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Dayforce Inc.

Dayforce

Composite Score

8.3 /10

CX Score

8.3 /10

209 Reviews Write a Review

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 Workforce Management - Enterprise category

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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

5 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Strategy and Innovation
Product Impact

2024

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

3 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

2023

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Product Impact
Conflict Resolution

2023

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

2022

4 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2022

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

Strategy and Innovation
Product Impact
Conflict Resolution

2022

2021 Data Quadrant 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

98 Plan to Renew

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
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.

+76 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

16% Neutral

82% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Continually Improving Product
Acts with Integrity
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Workforce Scheduling

Staffing

Attendance Management and Policies

Time Capture Physical

Time Capture

Rate Policies

Workforce Planning and Forecasting

Shift Management

Labor Costing and Splitting

Absence Management

Workforce Dashboards and Reporting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 78

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

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Dayforce Reviews

Eva L.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Transportation
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2025

Daily use, reliable resource

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Dayforce from other similar products?

Contemporary

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Intuitive and modern

What do you dislike most about this product?

Too much featured

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Onboarding first on how to manage it

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Efficient Service
Helps Innovate

Cons

Security Frustrates

lynn p.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2024

Good product once you get to learn it

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

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

Cynthia S.

Role: Human Resources
Industry: Recreation
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2024

Easy to use. Lots of features. Support needs work

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Dayforce from other similar products?

Dayforce has a ton of features to choose from. Payroll system is top notch and Employee record management system is great.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Payroll and HR platforms

What do you dislike most about this product?

Support needs work.

Pros

Enables Productivity
Respectful
Security Protects
Helps Innovate

Cons

Less Effective Service
Less Generous
Under Delivered

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021 Data Quadrant Champion

Dayforce Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+76 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

Workforce Scheduling The ability to configure work schedules for hourly and salaried employees and teams (e.g. crew, car, vessel), including rotations and recurring shifts.

Staffing The rostering or assigning of resources to a shift or schedule based on a pre-defined set of criteria.

Attendance Management and Policies The ability to configure rules related to types of hours, job requirements, thresholds, and eligible employees.

Time Capture Physical The use of physical clocks (swipe, key, biometric, retina) to clock-in/out of a shift or a role.

Time Capture The use of device-agnostic methods to clock-in/out of a shift or role.

Rate Policies The ability to configure or integrate with rate policies for jobs, resources, and other identifying attributes.

Workforce Planning and Forecasting The ability to forecast and plan for labor requirements based on historical, heuristic, and other parameters.

Shift Management The ability for employees to exchange and bid on available shifts, rotations, and schedules.

Labor Costing and Splitting The ability to report on the cost of labor for schedules, resources, and work types against other reporting dimensions.

Absence Management The ability to configure absence policies and types, call-ins, and provide visibility into absences.

Workforce Dashboards and Reporting The ability to report on both in-range (day, week, month, quarter, etc.) events as well as aggregate views of labor.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Also Featured in...

Human Capital Management - Enterprise

Talent Management

Payroll

Benefits Administration

Dayforce Reviews

Eva L.

Daily use, reliable resource

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

lynn p.

Good product once you get to learn it

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Cynthia S.

Easy to use. Lots of features. Support needs work

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Workforce Scheduling

Staffing

Attendance Management and Policies

Time Capture Physical

Time Capture

Rate Policies

Workforce Planning and Forecasting

Shift Management

Labor Costing and Splitting

Absence Management

Workforce Dashboards and Reporting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support