Ease vs Infor Workforce Management

Ease is a broker-powered benefits administration and HR platform for small businesses, including businesses with two employees. It is available on Android, iOS and the web. The Pro tier includes online enrollment, rate quoting, onboarding, marketing tools and renewal assistance. Agency adds plan libraries, compensation statements, client management reports, EOI management, third-party EDI apps and EaseConnect 834; Enterprise adds custom reports, single sign-on, carrier-specific census and point-in-time reporting. EaseConnect and EaseConnect+ provide direct carrier connections for enrollment updates, additions and changes. The marketplace spans HR tools, telemedicine, payroll, compliance resources, enrollment assistance, COBRA management and identity protection partners. Named payroll integrations include ADP Workforce Now, Heartland, Paycor, Paylocity and RUN Powered by ADP. Pricing is on request; payroll integration costs and setup fees vary by partner and typically range from $0 to $1.50 PEPM. Optional Modernize costs $1 PEPM for brokers to enable and $2 PEPM for employers; ACA compliance is listed at $6 per employee per form per year. Ease offers support by chat, phone, video, Help Center and Ease Academy. Its security page mentions plans to sunset the platform in 2027.

Infor Workforce Management is an AI-powered platform for labor planning, scheduling, time and attendance, payroll processes, and compliance. Its scheduling tools align staffing with real-time demand, skills, availability, and preferences, with rules-based automation and shift replacement. Labor forecasts use machine learning and adaptive models to estimate needs across time spans from minutes to years, drawing on historical results, planned promotions, and weather information. The platform captures time data in real time, calculates complex pay rules, supports time-off requests, and produces compliance reports. In healthcare, Infor Clinical Science can calculate staffing workloads from nurse documentation through Clinical Bridge, which integrates with electronic medical records. Payroll close creates an employee pay information export that can be transferred manually or automatically to an organization’s payroll system. Infor offers WFM as a stand-alone product or alongside Infor HCM. Mobile WFM is an HTML5 application, with Android and iOS versions supported; web and Windows are also listed, along with macOS and API. Infor describes the product as built for large, complex frontline workforces, including healthcare, manufacturing, public sector, and retail organizations. Pricing is available on request.