Salesforcevs.Workday
CRM vs WDAY · both in AI software & productivity, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Embeds AI models into the products and workflows we already use.
Salesforce is about 4.2× larger than Workday by market cap; Salesforce trades at the lower P/E (19.3 vs 35.5).
Side by side
| CRM | WDAY | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $186B | $44.4B |
| Price | $227.80 | $187.81 |
| Today | +1.4% | +1.9% |
| Return YTD | −15.2% | −14.2% |
| Return 1Y | −6.3% | −21.0% |
| Since June 26, 2026 | +43.8% | +51.2% |
| P/E | 19.3 | 35.5 |
| P/S | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| P/B | 4.9 | 6.9 |
Data as of 2026-10-08 · updates daily after U.S. close
Since June 26, 2026: the change in the closing price, from the daily closes Sectivia records itself since that date.
The two companies
SalesforceCRM
Sells more CRM software than any rival, and is now pushing Agentforce, AI agents that handle sales and service conversations on their own. Data Cloud and Slack sit alongside it.
Full CRM profile →WorkdayWDAY
Cloud HR and finance software for large employers, with AI built in.
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