Dayforce People Analytics

Dayforce People Analytics reports on Dayforce’s own data at $28.80 per employee per year

What Dayforce does well, from one set of records to role-based access and audit reports

Most of Dayforce’s strengths come from keeping HR, pay, time and talent records in one system. That gives you one set of records to report from. The cards below cover that and who can see what. They also cover getting data out, audit reports and AI.

Dayforce customers from about 400 to over 13,000 employees use its analytics

Customer examples show what kind of company uses Dayforce for analytics. Dayforce puts its best fit at 100 to 4,000 or more employees and does not recommend Dayforce under 100 employees. The examples below run from about 400 to over 13,000 employees.

Where it stops, from your data and the AI timetable to set-up effort and a new owner

Four things can slow this purchase down. The first is whether your data lives in Dayforce. The others are the AI timetable, the work to set it up and a change of owner. Each one is worth a written answer before you sign.

Dayforce publishes $28.80 per employee per year, but its other files put pricing differently

Dayforce prices People Analytics at $28.80 per employee per year in its published price book. At that list price, 1,000 employees cost $28,800 a year. Ask how Dayforce counts an employee, because that number sets your bill.

Two other price-book lines may overlap with that $28.80. A combined Planning and Analytics package costs $66.00 per employee per year. The core Dayforce Platform package, which includes analytics, costs $171.96. Ask which of the three covers which dashboards before you pick one.

Some dashboards may rest on data from other Dayforce products. Each has its own price-book line. Performance Management costs $33.96 per employee per year, Compensation Management $21.36 and Engagement $33.96. Ask which ones People Analytics needs before you budget.

Dayforce’s own files put pricing in different terms. Its price book gives a figure per employee per year. Its file for AI tools puts pricing per employee per month. In the same file, Dayforce sells its products in separate parts and charges implementation fees separately. The file also calls pricing not publicly available. On Microsoft Marketplace, buyers choose a $0 plan and Dayforce then provides a Private Offer. The price book also includes Dayforce Core, an older product kept on its existing terms. It is charged per employee per month at the prior year’s price plus 0 percent. Put the figure you are quoted, and its unit, in writing.

Eleven questions to put to Dayforce

1. What price per employee per year goes in our order form, and how do you count an employee? Good answer: One figure, a written definition of an employee and a clause that fixes both for the term.
2. Does the core Dayforce Platform package, at $171.96 per employee per year, already hold People Analytics dashboards and measures? Good answer: A written list, with anything extra priced as its own line.
3. What does the $66.00 Planning and Analytics package cover, and does it include People Analytics? Good answer: A written list of what each package includes, so we do not pay twice.
4. Which other Dayforce products does People Analytics need, such as Performance Management, Compensation Management and Engagement? Good answer: A named list, with the price of each one we need.
5. Which agent features can we use today, and which are planned for 2027? Good answer: A dated list, with only today’s features in our order form.
6. Can turnover risk show for a named person, or only for groups? Who can see it? Good answer: Groups only unless we choose otherwise, visible to roles we name.
7. Dayforce puts customers in control of where and how AI works. Where is that control, and who on our side changes it? Good answer: A named setting and a named role, with every change logged.
8. Will you put into our contract your statement that customer data does not train models? Good answer: Yes, as a contract clause that covers our employee data.
9. Where will our employees’ data be stored, and which other companies handle it? Good answer: A named region and a list of those companies in the data protection contract.
10. Do we need an additional environment, which is a second copy of the system? Your price book puts it at $18,900 a year for 701 to 3,500 employees. Good answer: A written yes or no, with every fee for our headcount in one quote.
11. What does set-up involve for us, and what do implementation fees cost? What happens to the price at renewal? Good answer: A task plan, a fee quote and a cap on any renewal rise.

Alternatives to Dayforce

If Dayforce comes off your shortlist, look at Workday, UKG, ADP or Visier. You can also stay with the reports your HR system already offers.

The first choice is whether to stay inside one HR system or buy analytics that stands apart. Workday People Analytics analyses Workday HR and talent data, for up to 400 thousand employees. UKG’s Workforce Intelligence Hub is a first version for a limited set of customers in the United States. ADP prices Enhanced Insights, a DataCloud product, at $3.00 per employee per month on its Marketplace.

Visier is sold apart from any one HR system. Visier’s Dayforce connector is in Beta, which means it is not yet generally available. Sunstate Equipment, with 2,400 employees, chose Visier over building its own system or using Power BI or Tableau. Dayforce also offers OData access to its data from Excel and Power BI. That leaves a build of your own open to you.

Buying nothing more is the last option. If you already run Dayforce, check what your current plan covers before you add the $28.80 line. Advanced Reporting and the core Dayforce Platform package both include reporting or analytics. Our guide to people analytics software covers the wider market.