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Workday Marketplace

General SaaS

Workday, Inc. · General SaaS app marketplaces

Best for: Organizations that use Workday and need vetted discovery of Workday-native, partner-built, AI, integration, and business-process extension solutions.

Overview

Workday Marketplace is Workday’s official catalog for customer discovery of apps, agents, and services built by Workday and its partner ecosystem. It presents product areas including Agents, HR, Finance, and Planning, alongside services and partner listings. Workday Extend supports app build, test, verification, release, tenant installation, Workday data services, orchestrations, and connections to third-party APIs.

How to build & ship

  1. 1Join or access the Workday developer environment and obtain a development tenant or applicable account access.
  2. 2Define the business requirement and build the app with Workday Extend presentation, model, and orchestration components.
  3. 3Configure authentication, Workday security, data access, and any third-party API connectivity.
  4. 4Use the REST, Graph, or SOAP API explorers and test through the documented build, test, and verify lifecycle.
  5. 5Release the app to production, install and configure it with Workday Extend App Manager, and share or distribute it through the Workday partner or marketplace route where applicable.

Key APIs & SDKs

Workday Graph API
Workday REST APIs
Workday SOAP API Explorer
Workday Extend Orchestration Builder and orchestration components
Workday Extend App Builder and Workday Extend App Manager

Integration types

Embedded app
Connector
Workflow action
Bot

Authentication & security

  • Primary auth: Workday tenant authentication
  • Also supports: Registered API-client authentication for Workday Developer Site access
  • Security review: Required
  • Workday describes marketplace entries as trusted, but the cited official sources do not state mandatory review gates or a detailed security-review procedure.
  • A detailed marketplace submission, security-review, or approval workflow is not publicly specified. The documented Workday Extend lifecycle is Build, Test, Verify, and Release, followed by tenant installation and configuration; this is an app lifecycle rather than evidence of a marketplace approval process.
  • Not publicly specified; Workday Extend documentation states that usage can be monitored and logged and that access tokens expire after 60 minutes, but it does not state a request-rate limit.
Auth docs Store policies

Monetization

Free
Paid app
Usage-based
Revenue share
Listing fee
Onboarding
Not publicly specified
Commission
Not publicly specified
Merchant of Record
Not publicly specified

Pros & cons for builders

Pros

  • Official Workday discovery surface.
  • Combines Workday and partner-built offerings.
  • Supports apps, agents, services, APIs, orchestrations, and third-party connectivity.

Cons

  • Public sources do not disclose marketplace fees, commissions, merchant-of-record arrangements, rate limits, or a detailed submission-review policy.
  • Developer access, tenant lifecycle, Workday security configuration, and enterprise integration requirements can make implementation substantial.
  • Public marketplace pages provide discovery information, while detailed technical and commercial requirements may require Workday account or partner access.

Frequently asked questions

How do I get my app approved on Workday Marketplace?

A detailed marketplace submission, security-review, or approval workflow is not publicly specified. The documented Workday Extend lifecycle is Build, Test, Verify, and Release, followed by tenant installation and configuration; this is an app lifecycle rather than evidence of a marketplace approval process.

What authentication does Workday Marketplace use?

Workday Marketplace apps primarily authenticate with Workday tenant authentication, also supporting Registered API-client authentication for Workday Developer Site access.

How is Workday Marketplace monetized?

Workday Marketplace supports Free, Paid app, Usage-based, Revenue share, Listing fee. Typical commission: Not publicly specified. Onboarding fee: Not publicly specified.

Is a security review required to list on Workday Marketplace?

Yes, Workday Marketplace requires a formal security or listing review before apps go live. Workday describes marketplace entries as trusted, but the cited official sources do not state mandatory review gates or a detailed security-review procedure.