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
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98 Plan to Renew
79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+79 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
- Enables Productivity
- Acts with Integrity
- Security Protects
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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Feature Ratings
Payroll Administration
Employee Record
Compensation Planning & Forecasting
Time and Attendance
Scheduling
Compensation Management
Self-Service Applicant Portal鈥�
Benefits Administration
Performance Management
Workforce Planning
Talent Management
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Breadth of Features
Business Value Created
Usability and Intuitiveness
Quality of Features
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Ease of IT Administration
Ease of Customization
Availability and Quality of Training
Vendor Support
Ease of Data Integration
Ease of Implementation
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Dayforce Reviews
Leona L.
- Role: Human Resources
- Industry: Construction
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Sep 2025
Utilization was ok, customer service terrible
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Dayforce from other similar products?
Moved from Dayforce to UKG, world of difference in all aspects of recruiting, talent management, on-boarding, timekeeping, payroll, benefits management, ease of use. Dayforce does not respond to complaint about incorrect billing practices. They are holding our employee information hostage until we pay for invoices through 2024, even though we ended our service with them in July 2022. Numerous emails and no follow up.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
It was alright for a time.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The product didn't offer enough uses to justify the expense.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Don't do it! They have the absolute worst customer service and follow up. Unscrupulous tactics used by holding our employee information hostage.
Cons
- Inhibits Innovation
- Slower Product Innovation
- Commodity Features
Camila A.
- Role: Human Resources
- Industry: Other
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Apr 2025
HR on Autopilot: Living the Dayforce Dream
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Dayforce from other similar products?
At our agency, the way we use Dayforce touches almost every part of the employee experience. Scheduling interviews, managing PTO requests, tracking benefits enrollment, updating performance reviews 鈥� it's all centralized. We even set up onboarding workflows that automatically trigger once an offer is signed, meaning new hires get their paperwork, policies, and intros served to them without us manually pushing every step. It鈥檚
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
One thing that makes Dayforce feel like a breath of fresh air is the real-time data updates. I don鈥檛 have to wait for payroll to process or reports to refresh overnight. When someone updates their bank info at 9 a.m., it鈥檚 reflected by 9:01. This real-time nature has been a lifesaver for HR audits, compliance reporting, and even last-minute leadership asks when they need data yesterday.
What do you dislike most about this product?
If I鈥檓 being picky, navigating Dayforce鈥檚 reporting dashboard can get a little... maze-like.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Dayforce hasn鈥檛 just been a nice-to-have; it鈥檚 helped us scale up without breaking a sweat. We鈥檝e onboarded over 40 new hires in under six months, and it鈥檚 handled the influx like a champ. Having consistent, automated workflows has helped us maintain the personal, boutique-feel culture we鈥檙e known for, even as we grow.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Jan 2025
Wonderful product, would recommend
Likeliness to Recommend
Pros
- Trustworthy
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
