About This Constellation ShortList™

A human capital management (HCM) suite is a collection of key HCM functionality covered by a single vendor across multiple capabilities. Regarding functionality, Constellation looks for strong HR core and payroll capabilities as the main areas of functional necessity, but vendors equally must have substantial talent management, workforce management and benefits functionalities. As for geographical focus, vendors must operate in at least 5 (or more APAC nations Artificial Intelligence is changing enterprise automation substantially and HCM is no exception.

Vendors need to have enabled AI based automation in at least three of the five key HCM automation areas – with tangible success. To enable customers to uptake AI as well, vendors need to upgrade their Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) capabilities with respect to AI.

To ensure vendors are compliant with legal and statutory requirements, they need to have employees in countries in which they operate with the dedicated purpose of monitoring legislation and best practices. Partnerships for this purpose are acceptable and included but don’t score as strong as native/in-house expert access.

Threshold Criteria

Constellation considers the following criteria for these solutions:

  • At least 1/4 of business done in the APAC region
  • Full support for at least 5 APAC nations from a compliance, language and statutory perspective 
  • HR core 
  • Payroll 
  • Most of talent management (4 out of the 5: Recruiting, Onboarding, Performance Management, Succession Management and Learning) 
  • Substantial workforce management (needs to support payroll at a minimum) 
  • Demonstrable ROI from using AI in at least 3 of the 5 key HCM capabilities. 
  • An updated platform architecture that enables AI in out-of-the-box and customer-built AI applications 
  • Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) support for Integrate, Extend and Build use case (see Shortlist for EAP platforms). 
  • 500+ customers with at least 5+ countries live and 50%+ being suite level customers (HR core, payroll, talent management and workforce management) 
  • Cover at least one-third of APAC’s GDP via country-based localizations 
  • 10+ languages supported in system

The Constellation ShortList™

Constellation evaluates more than 30 solutions categorized in this market. The Constellation ShortList is determined by client inquiries, partner conversations, customer references, vendor selection projects, market share and internal research.

  • DARWINBOX
  • GREYTHR
  • HRONE
  • KEKA HR
  • PEOPLESTRONG
  • RAMCO
  • ZINGHR
  • ZOHO PEOPLE

Frequency of Evaluation

Each Constellation ShortList is updated at least once per year. Updates may occur after six months if deemed necessary.

Evaluation Services

Constellation clients can work with the analyst and the research team to conduct a more thorough discussion of this ShortList. Constellation can also provide guidance in vendor selection and contract negotiation.

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