Infor WFM helps operations teams schedule workers, manage labor coverage, and reduce frontline coordination friction.
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Workforce Management Software Alternatives
When workforce management is not the right purchase: payroll, HRIS, performance tools and all-in-one platforms for mixed workforces.
Updated Jun 12, 2026
Workforce management covers schedules, time and labor cost. If the real problem is paying people correctly, you need payroll first. If most staff are salaried and office-based, an HRIS may be all you need. Name the problem before buying a scheduler.
Alternative categories and vendors
Payroll software turns time data into paychecks and tax filings; WFM produces that time data. Most employers of hourly staff need both, and the integration between them decides how much manual reconciliation remains. Platforms such as Rippling, ADP and Dayforce combine time, HR and payroll, which suits companies with mixed hourly and salaried workforces.
Performance reviews and goals are a different category, even though both deal with employees at work. An HRIS manages the employee record while WFM manages the schedule, so a salaried office team rarely needs dedicated WFM at all.
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EmpMonitor is commercial employee monitoring software that records screenshots, keystrokes, URLs, app use and idle time on Windows, macOS and Ubuntu computers.
Per user per monthCloudFree trial
Open Time Clock is a proprietary hosted time clock, in business since 1997, with PIN kiosk, face, QR, RFID and GPS-geofenced clock-ins, WiFi-restricted punching, PTO accruals and 80+ reports.
Freemium, flat rate per companyCloud
Dayforce helps operations teams schedule workers, manage labor coverage, and reduce frontline coordination friction.
Custom quoteCloud
UKG, Ultimate Kronos Group, is the workforce management and HCM platform formed from the 2020 merger of Ultimate Software and Kronos.
Custom quoteCloud
Deputy helps operations teams schedule workers, manage labor coverage, and reduce frontline coordination friction.
Per-user pricingCloudFree trial
Connecteam is the all-in-one employee management platform built specifically for deskless and frontline workers, the teams that spend their shifts away from desks, computers, and office environments.
Tiered pricingCloudFree trial
When I Work is the scheduling and time tracking platform designed for small businesses with hourly workers.
Per-user pricingCloudFree trial
Homebase helps operations teams schedule workers, manage labor coverage, and reduce frontline coordination friction.
Tiered pricingCloudFree trial
Sling is the scheduling and time tracking platform built by Toast specifically for restaurants, hospitality, and shift-based businesses.
Tiered pricingCloudFree trial
7shifts is the workforce management platform built exclusively for restaurants.
Tiered pricingCloudFree trial
Rippling is the HR platform that refused to stay in its lane.
Modular pricingCloud
ADP Workforce Now is the mid-market HR and payroll platform from ADP, the company that has been processing paychecks since 1949 and now serves over 920,000 clients worldwide.
Custom quoteCloud
Legion WFM is the AI-native workforce management platform built for enterprise organizations with large hourly workforces.
Custom quoteCloud
Paychex helps teams run payroll, manage compliance workflows, and reduce manual processing.
Tiered pricingCloud
Paylocity helps teams run payroll, manage compliance workflows, and reduce manual processing.
Custom quoteCloud
eHour is hosted timesheet software for agencies, consultancies and software teams that bill by the hour, run by TE-CON B.V.
Per user per monthCloudFree trial
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Frequently asked questions
Do I need workforce management software if I have an HRIS?
Only if you have hourly or shift-based staff. An HRIS stores employee records; workforce management schedules shifts and tracks hours for payroll.