Workforce Ready - Top Competitors (Mar 2022)

Kronos Workforce Ready Review
ITQlick Score: 98/100
ITQlick Rating:
Pricing: 2/10 - low cost
Category: Human Resources -> Workforce Ready review -> Workforce Ready competitors
Ranking:Ranked 4 out of 584 Human Resources systems
Company: Kronos Incorporated
Pricing: starts at $6 per employee/month
Typical customers: Medium and large size businesses
Platforms: Desktop, Mobile, Cloud
Links: Workforce Ready review, Workforce Ready pricing guide
Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / updated: Mar 08, 2022

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Workforce Ready vs. Alternatives in 2023

Kronos Workforce Ready has some competing softwares in the human capital industry, and some of them are Workday HCM, Paylocity, and Ceridian Dayforce. Here are how these softwares compare in essential sections:
  • Functionality: Kronos Workforce Ready has features like Talent acquisition, HR, Performance Management, Compensation Management, Accruals, Timekeeping, etc. Compared to its alternatives, Workday HCM has the student feature missing in Kronos Workforce Ready, Paylocity, and Workday HCM lacks the Leave Manager feature available in Kronos Workforce Ready and Ceridian Dayforce.
  • Customers/Industries: Kronos Workforce Ready focuses on the following industries; Health Systems, Manufacturing, Retail, State and Local Government, Distribution, Higher Education, Contract Services, Banking, and Police/Corrections. Compared with its alternatives, Workday HCM focuses on Communications, Education, Energy and Resources, Financial Services, Healthcare, Hospitality, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Media and Entertainment, Nonprofit, Professional and Business Services, Public Sector, Retail, and Technology. Paylocity focuses on Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Nonprofit and Education, Restaurants and Hospitality, Retail and Wholesale, Technology and Professional Services, Transportation and Logistics. Ceridian Dayforce focuses on Retail & Hospitality, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Financial Services, Public Sector, Professional & Business Services, and Sports Entertainment.
  • Cost: Kronos Workforce Ready and its alternatives do not have their license pricing information public. However, the software is cost-rated 1/5 by ITQlick HCM software experts (where 1 is low-cost, and 5 is high-cost), and its cost rating indicates that it is a low-cost HCM software compared to its alternatives.
  • Cloud-based/On-premise: Kronos Workforce Ready and its alternatives are all cloud-based HCM systems.
  • Support: Kronos Workforce Ready and Paylocity do not have the 24/7 (Live Rep) support option but have email/help desk, FAQs/forum, a knowledge base, Phone support, and Chat, while Dayforce HCM does not have the knowledge base support channel.

Workforce Ready alternatives - for small & large Company

Here are the top 4 alternatives to Workforce Ready that are worth checking out: Gusto HR for SMBs, Workday for large size business, BambooHR for growing companies, and Eddy for low budget organizations.

ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
Score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100 score, based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing pricing Score is a 1 to 10 score, based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
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Workforc...
ITQlick rating
4.1/5
Score
98/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$6 per employee/month
Functionality
32
Best for SMBs
Gusto
ITQlick rating
4.7/5
Score
99/100
Pricing
4/10
License pricing
$39 per month
Functionality
20
Review
Best for Enterprise
Workday ...
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
98/100
Pricing
10/10
License pricing
$45 per employee/month
Functionality
3
Growing
BambooHR
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
97/100
Pricing
2.2/10
License pricing
$5.25 per employee/month
Functionality
27
Free version
Eddy
ITQlick rating
4.9/5
Score
95/100
Pricing
2.2/10
License pricing
$8 per employee/month
Functionality
12
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