Best Workforce Management Solutions December 2020
It seems like a crowded space, but we like 3 of the main workforce management software in the market and call out their strengths and weaknesses below.
Forget excel spreadsheets, the disruptors are all in one HR solutions; websites where you can easily do workforce planning, time keeping, process payroll with one click and see who’s on the tools (or most importantly off the tools). The software either does it all for you, or integrates with third party HR applications and allow labor demand forecasting, scheduling, reporting on and attendance tracking.
But they are very different in their approach and pricing also differs.
The top options are: Ceridian Dayforce (approx $7 per person, amazing variety of features), Paychex Flex (heaps of customers, not as many features), and Wrike (free plan up to 5 users, professional plan 5-15 users $9.80 per user per month).
Let’s take each in turn:
Who are the Competition?
Ceridian Dayforce
Paychex Flex
Wrike
Ceridian Dayforce
From $7/month, these guys are pretty good. A comprehensive, modern cloud HCM software platform for managing the entire employee lifecycle.
Ceridian is focused on helping you make smarter decisions for the future of work.
Spend less time focused on tasks and more time focused on strategy. Turn data into smarter decision making, and use modern technology to create experiences your employees will love.
In addition to a payroll processing fee, a per person payroll fee (roughly $7 per person), and additional fees for running payroll in multiple states, our quoted monthly cost was between $250-$275 a month
Paychex Flex
Paychex, Inc. is a recognized leader in the payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing industry, with a steadfast commitment to success and a record of achievement that continues a tradition of delivering excellence.
The company was founded in 1971 by B. Thomas Golisano with just $3,000 and a good idea – to make payroll outsourcing easy and affordable for small businesses. From those early days with just one employee, Paychex now has more than 14,000 employees serving more than half a million small- to medium-sized businesses nationwide.
Paychex serves approximately 670,000 payroll clients across more than 100 locations and pays one out of every 12 American private sector employees. The company offers an ever-growing variety of payroll and human resource products and services that help clients do what they do best — run their business.
Wrike
Workforce Management Software
1. Ceridian Dayforce
Ceridian Dayforce (From $7/month, combines payroll, HR, benefits, talent and workforce management in a single cloud application)
Dayforce is a global HCM software platform that transforms the employee experience. It unifies data from across the entire employee lifecycle to enable better decision-making at every level. Dayforce is a comprehensive cloud platform that combines HR, payroll, benefits, workforce management, and talent management in a single application.
Their scalable HCM software is built with a single, flexible rules engine combined with real-time updates and calculations that help address complex regulatory requirements.
Dayforce enterprise HCM software combines payroll, HR, benefits, talent and workforce management in a single cloud application to power the future of work.
2. Paychex Flex
Paychex Flex (All-in-one HR software and service solution for small to medium-sized businesses)
Paychex Flex® is all-in-one human resource software and service solution. Use it to handle your HR, payroll, and benefits in a single platform. And it’s backed by U.S. based support through chat or over the phone whenever you have a question, 24/7/365.
Paychex can help the owners and HR managers of small to medium-sized businesses manage employee records, streamline talent management, and access critical data to help them make informed business decisions with confidence.
Paychex payroll services can make it easy for small to medium-sized businesses to process payroll and payroll taxes.
Simplify the complexities of HR, payroll, and benefits with the power of their single, all-in-one technology platform, Paychex Flex.
3. Wrike
Wrike (free plan up to 5 users, professional plan 5-15 users $9.80 per user per month and add on features)
Wrike’s software helps teams increase productivity by 50% and cut down on email by 90%.
Wrike has offices in eight cities in six countries, catering to 2.3 million customers around the world.
They have 14 years of experience and was founded in 2006, Wrike has over a decade’s experience empowering teams to better manage work.
Our Conclusion
They all have pros and cons. Ceridian Dayforce is our first choice because their price is lowest, they have a comprehensive, modern cloud HCM software platform for managing the entire employee lifecycle and extensive online reviews. Paychex Flex is a good second option.
All of them monetise users and time tracking, and in that regard you could start at the beginning of the list and work down to see which one suits you best.