SystemsHead-to-head

SAP ECC vs Workday

Both state a fit for companies in a similar size range and sit in comparable cost bands, which is why they turn up on the same shortlist. Everything below is drawn from the two vendor records, each of which cites its sources. Any other pairing can be built in the comparison tool, including ones we do not generate a page for.

9 sources cited8 modules in commonReviewed September 2026

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01Fact sheet

CriterionSAP ECCWorkday
Company size fit500–100,000 employees500–100,000 employees
Cost bandEnterpriseEnterprise
DeploymentOn-premise, Private cloudCloud
Regions servedAPAC, EMEA, LATAM, North AmericaAPAC, EMEA, North America
CategoriesAccounting, ERPAccounting, ERP, FP&A, Financial close, Payroll
Industries namedEnergy, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, WholesaleEducation, Financial services, Healthcare, Professional services
HeadquartersWalldorf, GermanyPleasanton, California, United States

Rows in ink differ between the systems; rows in grey are shared.

02Positioning

How Stackmark characterises each system, in its own words, from the sourced record.

SAP ECC

The previous generation of SAP’s core ERP, still in production at many large enterprises. Its approaching end of mainstream maintenance is what drives most S/4HANA projects.

Workday

A people-first enterprise suite whose financials sit alongside its much larger HCM footprint. Usually chosen by service organisations where headcount, not inventory, is the business.

03Module coverage

Every module either system documents, side by side. A module both list is a shared claim, not a statement that the two implementations are equivalent.

ModuleSAP ECCWorkday
Asset managementCoreModerate
Business intelligenceModerateCore
CRMModerateNot offered
EcommerceModerateNot offered
Field serviceModerateNot checked
Financial managementCoreCore
HR and payrollCoreCore
Inventory managementCoreModerate
Manufacturing managementCoreNot offered
ProcurementCoreCore
Project managementCoreCore
Quality managementCoreNot checked
Supply chain managementCoreModerate
Warehouse managementCoreNot offered

Core Moderate Via partner Not offered Not checked

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04Sources

SAP ECC6

  1. [1]SAP ECC: What It Is, Modules & EOL | ERP Researchhttps://www.erpresearch.com/en-us/sap-ecc-6-erp · retrieved 2026-09-07
  2. [2]SAP Help Portal | SAP Online Helphttps://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_ERP · retrieved 2026-09-07
  3. [3]Enterprise Resource Planning | SAPhttps://www.sap.com/products/erp.html · retrieved 2026-09-07
  4. [4]Maintenancehttps://support.sap.com/en/release-upgrade-maintenance.html · retrieved 2026-09-07
  5. [5]SAP ERP - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAP_ERP · retrieved 2026-09-07
  6. [6]SAP Help Portal | SAP Online Helphttps://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_ERP_SP · retrieved 2026-09-07

Workday3

  1. [1]Workday ERP Review 2026: Pricing & Modules | ERP Researchhttps://www.erpresearch.com/en-us/workday-erp-overview · retrieved 2026-09-07
  2. [2]Financial Management Software: Workday Finance | Workday UShttps://www.workday.com/en-us/products/financial-management/overview.html · retrieved 2026-09-07
  3. [3]Our Core Values | Workday UShttps://www.workday.com/en-us/company/about-workday.html · retrieved 2026-09-07