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Workday HCM vs Namely Comparison (2026)

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Overview

Workday HCM is an HR solution that helps organizations manage the global workforce. The system supports companies of all sizes, enabling organizations to comply with local regulations. Workday HCM features embedded AI insights that give organizations an understanding of the workforce. Using machine learning, the software enables teams to analyze employee data to deliver personalized recommendations, helping HR teams make informed decisions about people.

With modern, intuitive technology and a world-class team of HR experts, Namely empowers people teams with an all-in-one HR solution designed for mid-sized businesses. Whether you’re transitioning from a PEO or switching to new HCM software, Namely supports your company every step of the way.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

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No pricing info

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

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No pricing info

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.5

1.7K

5

4

3

2

1

1K

560

130

28

12

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
72%
would recommend this app

4.2

439

5

4

3

2

1

222

130

40

29

18

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
69%
would recommend this app

Pros

“Its greatest strengths are its high system stability with minimal bugs and a seamless Scheduling and Time Clock feature that simplifies daily operations for employees. While it is a premium investment, the Value for Money is clear through the elimination of disconnected third-party tools and the high level of professional Customer Support provided.”
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RAUL M.

software support

“The platform integrates multiple HR functions into one system, making it easier to access employee records, process requests, and manage workforce operations efficiently.”
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Swaminathan S.

ERC Sr Associate

“Also, Workday HCM provides a flexible system that can support RRS Group as the organization grows and its workforce needs become more complex.”
FG

Fernando G.

Talent Acquisition

Pros

“I liked that Namely allowed us to extract our raw data.”
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Tyra O.

People Operations Specialist II

“My top choice because it provides all our basic HR needs including, payroll, benefits administration, time tracking, record keeping and recruiting.”
DJ

David J.

Team Lead Market Insights

“Namely also impressed me with its modern, no-frills interface which made it easy to complete HR tasks like running payroll or requesting feedback with a few clicks.”
DJ

David J.

Team Lead Market Insights

Cons

“The main drawbacks of Workday HCM are its steep learning curve and the complexity of its back end configuration, which often requires specialized training or expensive consultants.”
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RAUL M.

software support

“Reporting, not clear on trended worker data source and not easy to combine data and data sources and not easy to make dashboards for higher management, often we need to go to powerbi solution which means exporting sensitive data.”
SP

Sofia P.

HR IT

“the interface is a little clunky at times, and some pages can bog down when you're loading long lists.”
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Samuel P.

Operations Content Lead

Cons

“Namely was not the most intuitive tool to use.”
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Tyra O.

People Operations Specialist II

“However, it lacks usability and isn't that user friendly which can be problematic for navigation and understanding for employees.”
GP

George P.

Talent and Payroll Specialist

“Slow & doesn't have much integration with other platforms.”
GP

George P.

Talent and Payroll Specialist

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review8 days ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review4 months ago

Key features

  • Total features153
  • 360 Degree Feedback
  • 401(k) Tracking
  • ACA Reporting
  • AI Avatar
  • AI Candidate Scoring
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Analytics
  • Applicant Tracking
  • Application Management
  • Approval Process Control
  • Assessment Management
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Background Screening
  • Benchmarking
  • Benefits Administration Outsourcing
  • Benefits Dashboard
  • Benefits Management
  • Bias Detection
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Boolean Search
  • Budget Management
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • COBRA Administration
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Candidate Management
  • Candidate Profiles
  • Candidate Tracking
  • Career Development
  • Careers Page
  • Check Printing
  • Clock In/Out
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commission Management
  • Compensation Management
  • Competency Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Dashboard
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Visualization
  • Deduction Management
  • Direct Deposit
  • Disability Insurance Administration
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Electronic Forms
  • Electronic Signature
  • Email Marketing
  • Employee Benefits Administration
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Engagement
  • Employee Handbook
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Onboarding
  • Employee Portal
  • Employee Profiles
  • Employee Recognition
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Employee Self Service
  • Employee Time Tracking
  • Engagement Automation
  • Expense Tracking
  • FMLA Administration
  • Feedback Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • For Accountants
  • For Cloud
  • For Small Businesses
  • Forecasting
  • Goal Management
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • HIPAA Compliant
  • HR Management
  • HSA/FSA Administration
  • Health Insurance Administration
  • Human-in-the-loop (HITL)
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Internal HR
  • Interview Management
  • Interview Scheduling
  • Job Board
  • Job Description Management
  • Job Management
  • Job Posting
  • Job Requisition
  • Labor Forecasting
  • Learning & Development
  • Learning Management
  • Leave Tracking
  • Life Insurance Administration
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multi-Country
  • Multi-Currency
  • Multi-Language
  • Multi-State
  • Negative Feedback Management
  • Offboarding
  • Onboarding
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
  • Online Benefits Enrollment
  • Online Time Clock
  • Orientation Workflow Management
  • PII Redaction
  • Payroll Management
  • Payroll Outsourcing
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Peer Appraisals
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Performance Review Management
  • Pipeline Management
  • Progress Tracking
  • Project Tracking
  • Provider Management
  • Pulse Surveys
  • Question Library
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Receipt Management
  • Recruiting Firms
  • Recruitment Management
  • Reference Checking
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Resource Management
  • Resume Database
  • Resume Parsing
  • Resume Search
  • Resume Storage
  • Retirement Plan Management
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Rewards Program
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Search/Filter
  • Searchable Score Log
  • Self Assessment
  • Self Service Portal
  • Sick Leave Tracking
  • Skills Assessment
  • Skills Tracking
  • Social Media Integration
  • Speech-to-Text Analysis
  • Succession Planning
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Talent Management
  • Task Management
  • Tax Compliance
  • Tax Forms
  • Team Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time & Attendance
  • Time Off Management
  • Time Off Requests
  • Time Tracking
  • Timer
  • Timesheet Management
  • Training Management
  • Trend Analysis
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
  • Video Interviewing
  • Visualization
  • W-2 Preparation
  • Wage Garnishment
  • Weighted Performance Measures
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features120
  • 360 Degree Feedback
  • 401(k) Tracking
  • ACA Reporting
  • AI Avatar
  • AI Candidate Scoring
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Analytics
  • Applicant Tracking
  • Application Management
  • Approval Process Control
  • Assessment Management
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Background Screening
  • Benchmarking
  • Benefits Administration Outsourcing
  • Benefits Dashboard
  • Benefits Management
  • Bias Detection
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Boolean Search
  • Budget Management
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • COBRA Administration
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Candidate Management
  • Candidate Profiles
  • Candidate Tracking
  • Career Development
  • Careers Page
  • Check Printing
  • Clock In/Out
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commission Management
  • Compensation Management
  • Competency Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Dashboard
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Visualization
  • Deduction Management
  • Direct Deposit
  • Disability Insurance Administration
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Electronic Forms
  • Electronic Signature
  • Email Marketing
  • Employee Benefits Administration
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Engagement
  • Employee Handbook
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Onboarding
  • Employee Portal
  • Employee Profiles
  • Employee Recognition
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Employee Self Service
  • Employee Time Tracking
  • Engagement Automation
  • Expense Tracking
  • FMLA Administration
  • Feedback Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • For Accountants
  • For Cloud
  • For Small Businesses
  • Forecasting
  • Goal Management
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • HIPAA Compliant
  • HR Management
  • HSA/FSA Administration
  • Health Insurance Administration
  • Human-in-the-loop (HITL)
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Internal HR
  • Interview Management
  • Interview Scheduling
  • Job Board
  • Job Description Management
  • Job Management
  • Job Posting
  • Job Requisition
  • Labor Forecasting
  • Learning & Development
  • Learning Management
  • Leave Tracking
  • Life Insurance Administration
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multi-Country
  • Multi-Currency
  • Multi-Language
  • Multi-State
  • Negative Feedback Management
  • Offboarding
  • Onboarding
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
  • Online Benefits Enrollment
  • Online Time Clock
  • Orientation Workflow Management
  • PII Redaction
  • Payroll Management
  • Payroll Outsourcing
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Peer Appraisals
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Performance Review Management
  • Pipeline Management
  • Progress Tracking
  • Project Tracking
  • Provider Management
  • Pulse Surveys
  • Question Library
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Receipt Management
  • Recruiting Firms
  • Recruitment Management
  • Reference Checking
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Resource Management
  • Resume Database
  • Resume Parsing
  • Resume Search
  • Resume Storage
  • Retirement Plan Management
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Rewards Program
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Search/Filter
  • Searchable Score Log
  • Self Assessment
  • Self Service Portal
  • Sick Leave Tracking
  • Skills Assessment
  • Skills Tracking
  • Social Media Integration
  • Speech-to-Text Analysis
  • Succession Planning
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Talent Management
  • Task Management
  • Tax Compliance
  • Tax Forms
  • Team Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time & Attendance
  • Time Off Management
  • Time Off Requests
  • Time Tracking
  • Timer
  • Timesheet Management
  • Training Management
  • Trend Analysis
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
  • Video Interviewing
  • Visualization
  • W-2 Preparation
  • Wage Garnishment
  • Weighted Performance Measures
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations15
  • 15Five
  • Absorb
  • ApplicantStack
  • Atlas HXM
  • BRIDGE
  • Benevity
  • BetterCloud
  • Blue Marble Payroll
  • Bonusly
  • Boomi
  • Breezy
  • Censia
  • Checkr
  • Culture Amp
  • Deltek Replicon Time Tracking
  • Docusign
  • Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • Google Workspace
  • Greenhouse
  • Human Interest
  • ICIMS
  • JazzHR
  • JobScore
  • Jobvite
  • Lattice
  • Lessonly
  • Lever
  • Litmos
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Mitratech Hire
  • Navan
  • NetSuite
  • OfficeSpace Software
  • Okta
  • OneLogin
  • OrgChart
  • Papaya Global
  • Payments Fraud
  • Ping Identity
  • QuickBooks Time
  • Salesforce Platform
  • SimplePay
  • SimplyMerit
  • Slack
  • Small Improvements
  • SnapLogic
  • TechWolf
  • The Applicant Manager
  • ThrivePass
  • Travitor
  • Velocity
  • Verified First
  • WorkTango
  • Workable
  • Workato
  • Zapier
  • Total integrations45
  • 15Five
  • Absorb
  • ApplicantStack
  • Atlas HXM
  • BRIDGE
  • Benevity
  • BetterCloud
  • Blue Marble Payroll
  • Bonusly
  • Boomi
  • Breezy
  • Censia
  • Checkr
  • Culture Amp
  • Deltek Replicon Time Tracking
  • Docusign
  • Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • Google Workspace
  • Greenhouse
  • Human Interest
  • ICIMS
  • JazzHR
  • JobScore
  • Jobvite
  • Lattice
  • Lessonly
  • Lever
  • Litmos
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Mitratech Hire
  • Navan
  • NetSuite
  • OfficeSpace Software
  • Okta
  • OneLogin
  • OrgChart
  • Papaya Global
  • Payments Fraud
  • Ping Identity
  • QuickBooks Time
  • Salesforce Platform
  • SimplePay
  • SimplyMerit
  • Slack
  • Small Improvements
  • SnapLogic
  • TechWolf
  • The Applicant Manager
  • ThrivePass
  • Travitor
  • Velocity
  • Verified First
  • WorkTango
  • Workable
  • Workato
  • Zapier

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