Workday HCM is enterprise HR software for core HR records, talent, payroll, workforce planning and analytics. Its AI agents, coordinated by an assistant layer called Sana, answer employee HR questions, source and grade candidates, schedule interviews and draft performance reviews.
What the vendor says it does
- HR Service Agent answers routine HR questions from policy and Workday data and routes cases to specialists
- Talent Acquisition Agent sources and grades candidates and schedules interviews
- Talent Management Agent drafts performance reviews and goals and flags retention risk
- Self-Service Agent completes employee and manager requests in natural language
- Payroll, Workforce Management and Total Rewards agents
- Core HR records, payroll, workforce planning and HR analytics
- Paradox candidate experience agent for conversational hiring (Workday Paradox)
Price
not published (HCM via contact sales; AI agents are bought with Workday Flex Credits, an annual bulk purchase of credits consumed per agent skill, e.g. Self-Service Agent uses 1 credit per information retrieval action and 5 credits per autonomous task; Complimentary Flex Credits are allotted annually by company size), as listed on October 3, 2026. Vendor pricing
Jobs it is used in
- Human Resources Managers: AI agents answer routine HR questions, source and grade candidates and draft performance reviews within Workday HCM.
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Workday Human Capital Management (with AI agents) vendor site