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Performance Management Software · Rank #5 of 10

Workday Talent

Default performance management for Workday HCM customers.

By Workday, Inc. · Founded 2005 · Pleasanton, CA · public

Workday Talent is Workday's native performance management module, sold as part of the Workday HCM suite (covered separately in our [Top 10 HRIS / Core HR Software](/top-10-hris-software) ranking). The product's primary advantage: native integration with Workday HCM, for Workday customers, Workday Talent is essentially the default. Trade-offs: outside Workday ecosystem the product is significantly weaker, UX is enterprise-dated, implementation is heavy, and modern continuous PM features lag Lattice.

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Best for

Enterprise customers (5,000+ employees) already on Workday HCM where unified employee record + performance trumps modern PM UX.

Worst for

Anyone not on Workday HCM (Lattice/15Five better), product-led mid-market (Lattice better UX), or SMBs (Workday overpriced).

Vendor Trust Score

Is Workday Talent a trustworthy vendor?

7.5/10
Mixed
Pricing transparency
Published rates; no hidden fees
5.5
Contract fairness
Reasonable terms; no auto-renew traps
7.5
Incident response
How they handle outages and breaches
8.5
Post-acquisition behavior
Customer treatment after M&A or PE
8.0
Executive stability
Leadership churn over 24 months
8.5
Roadmap honesty
Public commitments held
7.0
Trust signal log
  • 2024-11-22
    Pricing held in line with Workday HCM increases (~6-10% annual)
Vendor Trust is scored independently of product quality. A great product from an unfair vendor still earns a low trust score.
Review Intelligence

What 880 reviews actually say

Synthesized from G2, Capterra, Reddit, Trustpilot. Patterns >15% prevalence shown.

Last synthesized
2026-04-29

Praise patterns

  • Native Workday HCM integration
    87% →
  • Single source of truth
    71% →
  • Enterprise compliance depth
    64% →

Complaint patterns

  • UX enterprise-dated
    71% ↑
  • Continuous PM features lag Lattice
    64% ↑
  • Implementation heavy
    51% →
Sentiment trend (6 months)
65/100 0 pts
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Verified Pricing

What buyers actually pay

124 anonymized deal disclosures · last updated 2026-04-30

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Company size Median annual
1,000-5,000 employees $60,000
5,000-25,000 employees $192,000
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Compliance & Security

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Editorial: Strengths

  • Native Workday HCM integration
  • Single source of truth for HR + performance
  • Enterprise compliance and security depth
  • Best for 5,000+ employee Workday enterprises
  • Public company financial transparency
  • FedRAMP authorized

Editorial: Weaknesses

  • Outside Workday ecosystem significantly weaker
  • UX enterprise-dated vs Lattice
  • Implementation heavy
  • Continuous PM features lag Lattice
  • Per-employee scaling at enterprise pricing

Key features & integrations

  • +Performance reviews
  • +Goal setting
  • +Career planning
  • +Succession planning
  • +Skills Cloud
  • +Native Workday HCM integration
  • +200+ integrations
200+ integrations
Workday HCMWorkday RecruitingSalesforceMicrosoft 365Okta
Geography supported
Global; enterprise-grade
Best fit
1,000–500,000+ employees · Enterprise on Workday HCM
Editorial deep-dive

Read our full ranking of Performance Management Software

Workday Talent ranks #5 in our editorial review of 10 performance management software platforms. The deep-dive covers methodology, comparison tables, decision matrix, migration scoring, and FAQs.

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