Buyers Guides for Talent
2026 Software Provider and Product Assessment
The ISG Buyers Guides for Talent are the distillation of continuous market and product research. They are an assessment of how well software providers’ offerings address enterprises’ requirements for platforms software. The Value Index methodology is structured to support a request for information (RFI) for a request for proposal (RFP) process by incorporating all criteria needed to evaluate, select, utilize and maintain relationships with software providers. The ISG Buyers Guide evaluates customer experience and the product experience in its capability and platform.
The 2026 ISG Buyers Guides™ for Talent evaluate leading software providers across two platform industry areas: Performance Management Suites and Recruiting Suites. Each guide delivers unique research, detailed ratings and rankings and in-depth analyses to help enterprises assess and select the human capital management software that best fits their requirements.
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The Performance Management Suites Buyers Guide evaluates 23 software providers offering products that support program administration, goal alignment, coaching, feedback, reviews, calibration, analytics, decision support and AI governance. The guide assesses the following providers: 15Five, ADP, Avature, BambooHR, Betterworks, Cegid, ClearCo, Cornerstone, Culture Amp, Darwinbox, Dayforce, Engagedly, HiBob, isolved, Lattice, Leapsome, Oracle, Paycom, Paycor, Paylocity, SAP, UKG and Workday.
- The Recruiting Suites Buyers Guide evaluates 25 software providers offering products that support end-to-end hiring workflows, candidate engagement, search and matching, talent intelligence, recruiting analytics, automation, AI governance and unified recruiting experiences. The guide assesses the following providers: ADP, Avature, BambooHR, Cegid, ClearCo, Cornerstone, Darwinbox, Dayforce, Gem, Greenhouse, HiBob, hireEZ, ICIMS, isolved, Lever, Oracle, PageUp, Paycom, Paycor, Paylocity, Phenom, SAP, SmartRecruiters, UKG and Workday.
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