Workday Talent Management review

Skills data that maintains itself, on one record.

Verdict

Workday ranks first because Skills Cloud infers and refreshes skills automatically from job history and learning activity, so succession slates and internal mobility suggestions stay current instead of decaying two quarters after the last skills survey.

What customers praise

Talent, core HR and payroll share one employee record, so a calibration decision, a pay change and a successor slate never disagree about the same person.

What customers criticise

Implementation runs 6 to 12 months with services costs that frequently exceed year one licence, and the talent modules are hard to justify if core HR sits elsewhere.

Best for

Enterprises above 3,000 employees that already run Workday HCM and want skills, performance and succession on one employee record.

At a glance

• Integrations: Workday HCM, Workday Payroll, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Okta, LinkedIn Learning, Docusign
• Compliance: SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR
• Regions served: Global
• Typical onboarding: 180 days

Red flags

Public risk signals as of July 2026: none. No material public risk signals as of 2026-07-28. See the full red-flag report.

Alternatives

See alternatives to Workday Talent Management, or compare against the next-ranked entry: Workday Talent Management vs SAP SuccessFactors.

Source: Top 11 Workday vs SuccessFactors vs Cornerstone: 11 Best Talent Management Software 2026, verified July 28, 2026 — no paid placement.