Workday

About Workday

Financials

Dated, source-cited figures. Estimates are marked.

Competitive Landscape

Who Workday competes with, and how they differ.

SAP SuccessFactors

SAP's cloud HCM suite is typically sold bundled with SAP's broader S/4HANA ERP stack to large multinational enterprises already on SAP, competing directly with Workday's standalone HCM-plus-Finance platform for the same enterprise buyer.

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Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM

Oracle's cloud HCM and ERP suite descends from the same PeopleSoft product lineage Workday's founders left after Oracle's 2005 hostile takeover of PeopleSoft, and it competes head-to-head for large-enterprise HR and finance deals.

Dayforce7.9/10

Dayforce (formerly Ceridian) centers on a single unified pay-and-HR data model with real-time payroll processing, a narrower but deeper play than Workday's broader HCM-plus-Finance-plus-Planning suite.

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ServiceNow8.1/10

ServiceNow's core business is IT service management workflow automation; it competes with Workday specifically in HR service delivery and, increasingly, in enterprise AI-agent orchestration rather than across core payroll and HCM record-keeping.

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ADP7.4/10

ADP's core strength is payroll processing and compliance at massive scale, built on decades of managed-service payroll relationships, competing with Workday primarily on payroll and compensation rather than the full HCM-plus-Finance suite.

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Company Timeline

Key milestones in Workday's history, with sources.

1. Nov 19, 2025Acquisition

   Acquired Pipedream

   Workday signed a definitive agreement to acquire workflow-automation platform Pipedream, extending its AI agent-building capabilities.

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2. Oct 1, 2025Acquisition

   Completed acquisition of Paradox for approximately $1 billion

   Workday completed its roughly $1 billion cash acquisition of conversational AI recruiting company Paradox, signed August 21, 2025.

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3. Sep 16, 2025Acquisition

   Signed definitive agreement to acquire Sana for approximately $1.1 billion

   Workday agreed to acquire enterprise AI learning and agent-building company Sana for about $1.1 billion in an all-stock deal, expected to close in Q4 FY2026.

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4. Aug 14, 2025Acquisition

   Acquired Flowise

   Workday acquired open-source low-code AI agent builder Flowise, bringing its agent-building framework onto the Workday platform.

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5. Sep 17, 2024Acquisition

   Acquired Evisort, an AI document-intelligence platform

   Workday acquired contract lifecycle and document-intelligence company Evisort to add AI-driven document analysis to its platform.

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6. Feb 27, 2024Acquisition

   Acquired HiredScore, an AI recruiting and talent-mobility company

   Workday acquired HiredScore, adding AI-powered talent acquisition, internal mobility, and workforce-planning technology.

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7. Nov 18, 2021Acquisition

   Acquired VNDLY for $510 million

   Workday acquired external workforce and vendor-management startup VNDLY for $510 million to extend into contingent-labor management.

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8. Jan 28, 2021Acquisition

   Acquired Peakon for $700 million

   Workday agreed to acquire employee-engagement and sentiment-analytics platform Peakon for approximately $700 million.

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9. Jun 11, 2018Acquisition

   Acquired Adaptive Insights for $1.55 billion

   Workday acquired financial-planning and analysis software maker Adaptive Insights for $1.55 billion, expanding into enterprise planning; the deal closed in August 2018.

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10. Oct 12, 2012Milestone

    Initial public offering on the NYSE (WDAY)

    Workday priced its IPO at $28 per share, raising $637 million and closing its first trading day at $48.69, valuing the company at roughly $9.5 billion.

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11. 2005Founded

    Founded by Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri

    Workday was founded in March 2005 by former PeopleSoft executives Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri after Oracle completed its hostile takeover of PeopleSoft.

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