# SAP SuccessFactors (SuccessFactors)

> SAP SuccessFactors is SAP's cloud HCM suite for core HR, payroll, recruiting, onboarding, learning, talent, workforce analytics, planning, and employee experience.

## Facts
- **Website:** https://www.sap.com/products/hcm.html
- **Headquarters:** Walldorf, Germany (SAP parent)
- **Country:** Germany
- **Founded:** 2001
- **Founder:** Aaron Au, Lars Dalgaard
- **Service regions:** Global (104 localized countries and territories)
- **Categories:** HCM, Payroll, Succession Plan

## Overview
SAP SuccessFactors is an AI-enabled cloud human capital management suite and has been part of SAP since 2012. The suite supports core HR and payroll, recruiting and onboarding, learning and talent management, performance and goals, compensation, workforce analytics and planning, and employee experience. SAP reports more than 10,000 customer organizations and localization across more than 100 countries and territories. This is a product-suite profile, so SAP's corporate employee count and stock ticker are not attributed to SuccessFactors as if it were a separately listed company.

## Products
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, Employee Central Payroll, Recruiting, Onboarding, Learning, Performance & Goals, Compensation, Career and Talent Development, Succession & Development, Workforce Analytics, Workforce Planning, Employee Experience Management, time tracking, benefits, Joule, and suite-wide AI agents.

## Leadership
- Lars Dalgaard — co-founder ([profile](https://www.dhrmap.com/people/lars-dalgaard))
- Aaron Au — co-founder ([profile](https://www.dhrmap.com/people/aaron-au))

## Sources
- [SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central](https://www.sap.com/products/hcm/employee-central-hris.html) — official
- [SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll](https://www.sap.com/products/hcm/employee-central-payroll.html) — official
- [SAP Connect: SuccessFactors innovations (scale)](https://news.sap.com/2025/10/sap-connect-new-sap-successfactors-innovations/) — official
- [SAP SuccessFactors HCM AI and suite](https://news.sap.com/2024/10/new-ai-sap-successfactors-hcm-suite-workforce-management-upskilling-organizational-evolution/) — official
- [SAP customer story: Nestlé](https://www.sap.com/about/customer-stories/nestle.html) — official
- [SAP SuccessFactors customer stories](https://www.sap.com/products/hcm/community-customer-stories.html) — official
- [SAP SuccessFactors HCM SOC 2 audit report](https://www.sap.com/about/trust-center/certification-compliance/sap-successfactors-human-capital-management-soc-2-audit-report-2.html) — official
- [SAP SuccessFactors HCM SOC 1 audit report](https://www.sap.com/about/trust-center/certification-compliance/sap-successfactors-hcm-soc-1-2024-h2.html) — official
- [SAP SuccessFactors ISO 27001 Statement of Applicability](https://www.sap.com/about/trust-center/certification-compliance/sap-successfactors-employee-central-payroll-iso27001-soa.html) — official
- [SAP investor stock data](https://www.sap.com/investors/en/stock/basic-data.html) — regulatory
- [G2: SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-successfactors-employee-central/reviews) — marketplace
- [SAP SuccessFactors pricing overview (third-party)](https://www.pin.com/blog/sap-successfactors-pricing/) — reporting
- [TechRadar: SAP SuccessFactors review](https://www.techradar.com/pro/sap-successfactors-hr-software-suite-review) — reporting
- [SAP SuccessFactors official overview](https://www.sap.com/products/hcm/about-successfactors.html) — official
- [SAP SuccessFactors product guide](https://www.sap.com/products/hcm/what-is-sap-successfactors.html) — official
- [SAP SuccessFactors product guide](https://www.sap.com/products/hcm/what-is-sap-successfactors.html) — official
- [SAP SuccessFactors official overview](https://www.sap.com/products/hcm/about-successfactors.html) — official
- [SAP SuccessFactors official overview](https://www.sap.com/products/hcm/about-successfactors.html) — official

## FAQ
**What does SuccessFactors do?**

SAP SuccessFactors is SAP SE's cloud HCM suite serving as an enterprise system of record and talent platform. Its core module, Employee Central, anchors global core HR, and the suite spans payroll, recruiting, onboarding, performance and goals, compensation, learning, succession and development, an opportunity marketp…

**Where is SuccessFactors headquartered?**

SuccessFactors is headquartered in Walldorf, Germany (SAP parent).

**When was SuccessFactors founded?**

SuccessFactors was founded in 2001.

**Who founded SuccessFactors?**

SuccessFactors was founded by Aaron Au, Lars Dalgaard.

**What kind of HR technology is SuccessFactors?**

SuccessFactors is categorized under HCM, Payroll, Succession Plan on DHRMap.

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