Shlomi Lavi /
May 26, 2022
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Bottom Line: Which is Better - HotSchedules or Workforce Ready?
Workforce Ready is more expensive to implement (TCO) than HotSchedules, and Workforce Ready is rated higher (98/100) than HotSchedules (88/100). Both tools offer the same amount of features.
Looking for the right Booking and scheduling solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:
HotSchedules Vs. Kronos Incorporated
HotSchedules: Our Co-Founders, Ray Pawlikowski and David Cantu came up with the idea for HotSchedules while working at PF Chang’s together. Ray was the bartender and David was the manager. When a college project had Ray building a web site, he decided to use it to address one of the restaurant’s primary pain points – communicating the employee schedule. Manager...
Kronos Incorporated: It started off with a simple idea: there had to be an easier way to record employee time transactions. And then one innovation led to another and that idea grew into something we now call workforce management.
Who is more expensive? HotSchedules or Kronos Workforce Ready?
The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Booking and scheduling software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for HotSchedules and Kronos Workforce Ready.
HotSchedules price starts at $49 per month , On a scale between 1 to 10 HotSchedules is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Booking and scheduling software. Kronos Workforce Ready price starts at $6 per employee/month , When comparing Kronos Workforce Ready to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Booking and scheduling software cost.
Bottom line: HotSchedules cost is around the same cost of Kronos Workforce Ready.
Which software includes more/better features?
We've compared HotSchedules Vs. Workforce Ready based on some of the most important and required Booking and scheduling features.
HotSchedules: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Benefits Administration, Employee Self-Service, HR Management, Timesheet, Automated Scheduling, Document Templates, Email Integration, Employee Database.
Kronos Workforce Ready: Benefits Administration, HR Management, Payroll, Performance Record, Recruiting.
Target customer size
The product is focused on the restaurant industry addressing both large franchises as well as single restaurants. Kronos Labor force Ready is especially developed for small as well as midsize services who wish to automate a lot of their workforce management processes with great functions like real-time staff member data as well as scheduling.