What is XCD?
Take control of your HR processes with XCD, the single-solution HR and Payroll software which helps put you back in control and achieve more. Proven to have saved thousands of hours each year for businesses worldwide, XCD is designed for organisations with over 250 employees who are experiencing business growth or transformation. The solution keeps all of your data and processes in one place, freeing up your time to add even more value and make human resources work for the business. If you're looking to transform the way your HR team works, minimise the time spent on administration tasks and concentrate on the bigger picture, ultimately reducing costs, XCD is the cloud-based HR software for you. Our solutions starts with Core HR and, because it’s one single-solution, you can build it incrementally, as you need to. This means you can add payroll, talent management, time and attendance and more, as and when your organisation needs it. As the only single HR and Payroll solution on the world’s number one cloud platform, Salesforce, our software removes the risk of integrations and instead provides an easily configured, online self-service software for forward-thinking organisations.
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XCD Reviews (2)
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Review Summary
Generated using AI from real user reviews
XCD HR wins praise for being easy to use and highly configurable to fit existing processes. The stronger endorsement highlights the vendor's willingness to invest time understanding a client's business model and committing to a long-term strategic partnership, including building custom features like a UK payroll engine to align with the customer's growth vision.
The single critical note is mild—one reviewer gave 4 stars instead of 5—but the reviews are too few and lack specific detail to pinpoint what fell short. Both users report satisfaction with the platform itself, though the smaller review base means buyers should seek additional references or trial periods to validate fit for their own use cases.
★★★★★
Monday, February 6, 2017
“XCD HR offered the right solution – “HR that works…”
XCD HR offered the right solution – “HR that works for you”. “They took time to understand our business model, shared our vision for growth, and were in the process of building their own UK payroll engine. It was just a matter of getting the right commercial terms for a 10-year strategic partnership and then putting them to the test.”
★★★★★
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
“XCD HR is great! it is easy to use and…”
XCD HR is great! it is easy to use and is highly configurable to fit around my HR Processes.

