{"id":1322,"date":"2010-03-29T01:00:54","date_gmt":"2010-03-29T09:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/?p=1322"},"modified":"2009-12-26T22:07:26","modified_gmt":"2009-12-27T06:07:26","slug":"taleo-versus-successfactors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/?p=1322","title":{"rendered":"Taleo versus SuccessFactors"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the end of 2009, Bersin did a great analysis<\/a> of the two organizations that I can\u2019t really beat.\u00a0 It\u2019s a nice objective and score by score view of the vendors that is based in good factual data, and I\u2019m going to take a different approach, but you should read Bersin\u2019s post first.\u00a0 From my point of view, the discussion of the two vendors is quite simple, and the decision around to who has the advantage is also quite clear.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with their roots.\u00a0 It\u2019s quite clear that Taleo<\/a> is based on recruiting roots while SuccessFactors<\/a> has the Talent Management side.\u00a0 Both have ventured into each other\u2019s strong suite, with Taleo having an incredible launch into performance a couple of years ago.\u00a0 However, as time has gone on and the market has assessed the product, it may actually have been too much innovation for the average HR department to adopt and absorb.\u00a0 I still think it\u2019s one of the coolest products out there, but the change may have been too radical or restrictive.\u00a0 Traditional performance vendors that were more flexible in allowing people to stick with processes that were somewhat similar to their current states might have been more comfortable during the selection process.\u00a0 While we all say we want drastic change, when functional HR people really get down to business, I\u2019m not sure it\u2019s true.<\/p>\n

SuccessFactors on the other hand has been reaching into recruiting.\u00a0 Their first couple of sales came in 2009 and the product is in its infancy.\u00a0 What Taleo has spent a decade developing, SuccessFactors has been at for a few short months and the product shows its weaknesses.\u00a0 At the same time, Taleo\u2019s recruiting product shows the immense configurability and options that the market wants, but does not get with the Taleo Performance module \u2013 sort of a contradiction.\u00a0 SFSF\u2019s Talent side gives the depth and maturity that simply isn\u2019t there on the SFSF recruiting end.<\/p>\n

Next, looking at their market presence, you decide who has the advantage.\u00a0 While Bersin points out that SuccessFactors is in every RFP for Talent Management, Taleo is also in every RFP for Talent Acquisition.\u00a0 This is not scientific at all, but I\u2019m going to say that SuccessFactors has the advantage here.\u00a0 My argument is that recruiting is not so much more complex than performance, compensation, succession, mobility, etc, and that Taleo has much more to build.\u00a0 I\u2019m also going to say that traditional recruiting is much more of a commodity, and that the Talent Management side is often seen as more of a business transaction.\u00a0 Recruiting does not come out of commoditization until you get to mobility strategy, and that is generally a TM function than TA (granted cross functionality).\u00a0 Its generally going to be easier for SFSF to build TA than for Taleo to improve the TM functions.<\/p>\n

Lastly, looking at leading the market segments they specialize in, I\u2019m going to say that Taleo has a pretty healthy lead in the TA market, and while SFSF is omnipresent, they don\u2019t have quite the dominance simply due to the larger number of players.\u00a0 Still, I think overall I\u2019m looking at SFSF to be positioned better in the remainder of 2010 as the economy picks up steam and budgets continue to return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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