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HISinOne vs Workday Student

Last updated September 2026

Looking for a European alternative to Workday Student? Here's how HISinOne compares, on EU hosting, GDPR and what it does.

Our pick for a European buyer: HISinOne. We weight data residency, GDPR and EU jurisdiction above everything else — that is the constraint this directory exists to solve.

HISinOne
Workday Student
What it is
German campus management suite for universities
not established
Headquarters
🇩🇪 DE
No
EU data residency
Yes, for all customers
not established
DSGVO / GDPR
Yes
not established
Certifications
ISO 27001, ISO 9001, IDW PS 880, BITV 2.0
not established
Price from
No
not established
Free plan
No
not established
Open Source
No
not established
Ratings
G2 4.6/5 (57) · CAPTERRA 4.3/5 (273)
No
Integrations
hochschulstart.de / DoSV, dakota (Studenten-Meldeverfahren / SMV), ePayBL, ePayService Bayern, Stud.IP +6
not established

We have not yet completed our own research on Workday Student; rows above show only what we can evidence. Check the vendor for specifics.

Where each one wins

HISinOne

Strengths

  • +Comprehensive end-to-end coverage of the student lifecycle in one modular system
  • +Strong integration with German higher education systems like hochschulstart/DoSV
  • +Legal compliance with German university reporting standards
  • +Mobile-responsive web portal replacing legacy client-server tools
  • +Certified accessibility standards across core modules
  • +Cooperative model enabling close knowledge transfer and user conferences
  • +Collaborative feature prioritization among member universities

Limitations

  • −High implementation and onboarding overhead with multi-year rollout requirements
  • −Steep learning curve for complex backend administration workflows
  • −Performance and update testing overhead under peak load

Workday Student

Review sentiment not yet compiled.

Data residency & compliance

HISinOne
Workday Student
EU data residency
Yes, for all customers
not established
Transfer mechanism
Not required — data stays in the EU
not established
DPA
not established
not established
Sub-processors
not established
not established
Certifications
ISO 27001, ISO 9001, IDW PS 880, BITV 2.0
No

Features

HISinOne

Admissions & Application
Online applicant portal, Step-by-step application management, Selection procedures and compliance with VwVfG, Admission notices
Student Lifecycle Management
Enrolment and re-registration, Leaves of absence management, Student fees and fee accounting, Automated self-service document printing (certificates, transcripts)
Exams, Courses & Teaching
Course catalog management, Modular examination regulations (Prüfungsordnungen), Study planning (Studienplaner), Exam registration and grading
Doctoral & Candidate Management
PhD candidate registration and tracking, Master data and qualification updates, Request processing, Reporting and statistical requirements
Research Management
Research information system based on KDSF (German Research Core Dataset), Third-party funding application management, Research project workflows, Publication metadata tracking

Workday Student

Feature breakdown not yet compiled.

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