
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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86 Likeliness to Recommend
98 Plan to Renew
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78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
- Product Experience:
- 82%
- Negotiation and Contract:
- 72%
- Conflict Resolution:
- 79%
- Strategy & Innovation:
- 79%
- 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
- 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
Benefits Administration
Time and Attendance
Self-Service Applicant Portal
Compensation Management
Scheduling
Workforce Planning
Performance Management
Talent Acquisition
Vendor Capability Ratings
Business Value Created
Breadth of Features
Quality of Features
Usability and Intuitiveness
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Ease of Customization
Ease of IT Administration
Availability and Quality of Training
Vendor Support
Ease of Data Integration
Ease of Implementation
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Dayforce Reviews

Patricia P.
- Role: Human Resources
- Industry: Transportation
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Dec 2021
Implementation was tricky but worth it
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Dayforce from other similar products?
It is a live totally in the cloud solution with real time updates for payroll which is critical for employee satisfaction. Self Service is easy to use and the mobile app is a definite plus
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Live updates in Payroll
What do you dislike most about this product?
Adding new features can but complicated and getting support may take a while.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Ask lots of questions. They will provide demos but realize that the controlled environment they use will not totally resemble the end product. You must hold them to the features you ask for working as promised and try to have demo cover what you're expecting.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Cons
- Under Delivered

VIPIN Y.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Dec 2021
Best application for for employee management
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Dayforce from other similar products?
It provides a single solution for all required applications for employee management.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
With the single login we can apply for leave, Edit address, check payroll everything.
What do you dislike most about this product?
If you want to see the level of employees in this then sometimes after zooming it will not work fine.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Nothing. But they can improve their UI of the application.
Pros
- Effective Service
- Altruistic
- Continually Improving Product
- Performance Enhancing

Praveen S.
- Role: Operations
- Industry: Electronics
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Dec 2021
very flexible and easy to use
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Dayforce from other similar products?
Ceridian Dayforce is very versatile and easy to use.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Review paychecks, Approving timesheets, review W2
What do you dislike most about this product?
There is nothing to dislike about this
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Yes I recommend product
Pros
- Enables Productivity
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable