Workday for Small and Midsize Businesses FAQ
Workday works for every business. No matter the size.
Whether you’re a large enterprise or a small to midsize business (SMB), Workday has intelligent solutions across finance, HR, payroll, and planning.
Frequently Asked Questions
The ins and outs of Workday for small and midsize businesses.
Does Workday only support large enterprises?
It’s true that many of the world’s largest organizations use Workday, but over 75% of our customers have fewer than 3,500 employees. The cloud solution we provide scales to meet the changing needs of our SMB customers at every stage of their growth.
What is a midsize business?
Small businesses can be considered those with fewer than 500 employees, while midsize businesses are considered to have 500 to 3,500 employees. But this varies regionally and industry to industry. For an in-depth understanding of how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are defined globally, and why those definitions matter read our blog: What Are Small and Medium Enterprises?
Is Workday too expensive for my organization to see ROI?
Workday is proven to provide a positive ROI with short-term and long-term value. We empower teams with a faster time to value by confidently deploying on time and on budget with minimal downtime through our prescriptive deployment strategy.
Is my organization too small to benefit from Workday AI?
Workday AI levels the playing field between small and midsize businesses and large enterprises. From day one, Workday was designed as a multi tenant cloud with a unified data model. This means that all customers—both small and large—benefit from the clean, coherent data sets comprised of over 600B transactions per year across 65M+ users, representing organizations of various sizes and industries. All of this data serves as high quality fuel for training our AI models.
How can enterprise resource planning (ERP) help small and midsize businesses?
A unified ERP platform, such as Workday brings together your finance, HR, payroll, and planning into a connected workflow that optimizes processes and streamlines operations. This means that no matter your size or industry, you gain full transparency across the entire organization so you can adapt to changing business needs.
Is Workday too complex for what I need?
Not at all. Workday actually reduces complexity with streamlined processes, automation, integration, and extensibility tools. The Workday platform unifies your data so you get an accurate and complete picture of your business in real time across finance, workforce, and operations data—rather than separate, siloed views. You can realize this on day one with Workday Enterprise Management Cloud.
Do Workday products require more resources than my small or midsize business has?
Workday maximizes the potential of your existing resources, making things easier for smaller teams. Automation, coupled with self-service, gives time back to your teams so they can focus on more valuable work, rather than being bogged down. Workday AI frees up IT, HR, and finance from manual, repetitive tasks—driving efficiency at every corner. Our solution allows your teams to spend more time advancing new capabilities and less time on routine operations with the easy-to-consume updates and adaptability Workday provides.
Why is it important for my small or midsize business to invest in ERP software?
SMBs that invest in ERPs benefit from increased productivity and efficiency, optimized business processes, and more engaging employee and customer experiences. The Workday platform unifies accounting, operations, and finance to streamline workflows. This enables organizations of all sizes to make confident decisions, drive flawless business operations, and empower people for maximum performance.
“8x8 is a growing company going through a transformational shift. We chose Workday for its ability to scale with us as we grow.”
Senior Director, People Operations