Workday

Founded by David Duffield & Aneel Bhusri in 2005

Manage global payroll, human resources, and enterprise financial operations in one unified system

Pricing model

Paid

Rating

★ People love it

Time to value

Moderate Setup (1-3 hours)

You can use Workday to manage human resources, payroll, employee records, and business finances in a single system. It lets your teams track hiring pipelines, run global payroll calculations, and review worker performance history. You can plan annual budgets, monitor procurement spending, and manage employee benefits packages. The software includes digital assistants that answer staff policy questions, generate financial audit reports, and schedule applicant interviews. Leaders can analyze organizational headcounts and forecast operational costs across different regional offices.

What Workday does

Run global payroll cyclesSchedule job candidate interviewsApprove employee time-off requestsTrack enterprise procurement expensesGenerate quarterly financial reportsConduct employee performance evaluationsUpdate organizational charts and job positionsAutomated payroll calculation across multiple tax jurisdictionsTalent acquisition workflows with automated interview schedulingGeneral ledger and spend management trackingEmployee self-service portal for time-off requests and pay stubsFinancial audit agents that check compliance automaticallyOrganizational charting and headcount planning toolsCustomizable role-based security permissions and audit trails