Buyers Guides for Workforce Management

2026 Software Provider and Product Assessment

The ISG Buyers Guides for Workforce Management are the distillation of continuous market and product research. They are an assessment of how well software providers’ offerings address enterprises’ requirements for platforms software. The Value Index methodology is structured to support a request for information (RFI) for a request for proposal (RFP) process by incorporating all criteria needed to evaluate, select, utilize and maintain relationships with software providers. The ISG Buyers Guide evaluates customer experience and the product experience in its capability and platform.

The 2026 ISG Buyers Guides™ for Workforce Management evaluate leading software providers across six platform industry areas: Workforce Management Suites (covering overall Workforce Management Suites and AI Workforce Management), Workforce Management Basics, Workforce Management Emerging Providers, Healthcare Workforce Management, Manufacturing Workforce Management and Retail Workforce Management. Each guide delivers unique research, detailed ratings and rankings and in-depth analyses to help enterprises assess and select the workforce management software that best fits their requirements.

• The Workforce Management Suites Buyers Guide evaluates 11 software providers offering products that support end-to-end workforce planning, scheduling and labor optimization. The guide assesses the following providers: ADP, ADP WorkForce Software, ATOSS, Blue Yonder, Dayforce, Infor, Oracle, Quinyx, SAP, Workday and UKG.

  • AI Workforce Management evaluates 13 software providers offering products that support AI-driven forecasting, scheduling optimization and labor decisioning. The guide assesses the following providers: ADP, ADP WorkForce Software, ATOSS, Dayforce, Infor, isolved, Oracle, Paycor, Rippling, SAP, TCP Software, UKG and Workday.
    
    
• The Workforce Management Basics Buyers Guide evaluates 10 software providers offering products that support time capture, scheduling and core labor compliance. The guide assesses the following providers: Deltek, isolved, OneAdvanced, Paychex, Paycom, Paycor, Paylocity, Rippling, TCP Software and Zebra.
  
  
• The Workforce Management Emerging Providers Buyers Guide evaluates 13 software providers offering products that support core workforce management and frontline operational execution. The guide assesses the following providers: Alloc8, aTurnos, Connecteam, Deputy, Factorial, Planday, SISQUAL, Skedulo, Spica, Synel, When I Work, Workforce.com and Zoho.
  
  

• The Healthcare Workforce Management Buyers Guide evaluates 12 software providers offering products that support clinically aligned staffing, scheduling and labor compliance. The guide assesses the following providers: ADP, ADP WorkForce Software, ATOSS, Dayforce, Infor, isolved, Oracle, Rippling, SAP, TCP Software, UKG, Workday.

• The Manufacturing Workforce Management Buyers Guide evaluates 13 software providers offering products that support production-aligned scheduling, time capture and labor compliance. The guide assesses the following providers: ADP, ADP WorkForce Software, ATOSS, Dayforce, Infor, isolved, Oracle, Paycor, Rippling, SAP, TCP Software, UKG and Workday.

• The Retail Workforce Management Buyers Guide evaluates 18 software providers offering products that support demand-driven scheduling, time capture and frontline workforce execution. The guide assesses the following providers: ADP, ADP WorkForce Software, ATOSS, Blue Yonder, Dayforce, Fourth, Harri, Infor, isolved, Oracle, Paychex, Paycor, Rippling, SAP, TCP Software, UKG, Workday and Zebra.

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