Ordio alternatives
Ordio is workforce software for shift-based businesses: shift planning, time tracking, absences, documents and payroll, with an AI agent, Nano, that fills shifts and handles routine admin. It grew out of Sushi Ninja, a restaurant chain founded by co-founder David Keuenhof, became Ordio in 2020 and is used by more than 2,500 businesses across 72 industries. It is priced per location, not per employee.
Businesses comparing it usually look at Personio, Factorial and Kenjo among the HR suites, at Lucca, and at PayFit for payroll.
What Ordio does
Shift planning, time and attendance, absence management, HR documents and payroll for deskless teams, with the Nano AI agent, priced per location rather than per employee.
- Founded
- 2020, from tools built at the Sushi Ninja restaurant chain; co-founder David Keuenhof
- Customers
- 2,500+ businesses in 72+ industries
- Funding
- €12m Series A
- Pricing
- Per location a month, billed annually: Starter €89, Plus €129, Pro €169; Enterprise from €344; Payroll Plus €15 per payslip
- Base
- Cologne
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Payroll, benefits and HR built for small businesses.
Founded 2011 · HQ San Francisco, US
Gusto profile →Automated European payroll, leave and compliance.
Founded 2015 · HQ Paris, France
PayFit profile →European HR platform with payroll and employee administration.
Founded 2015 · HQ Munich, Germany
Personio profile →Payroll, benefits and IT unified on one employee record.
Founded 2016 · HQ San Francisco, US
Rippling profile →Global payroll, contractors and employer of record hiring.
Founded 2019
Deel profile →Employer of record and international payroll management.
Founded 2019
Remote profile →Embedded payroll infrastructure for software platforms.
Founded 2019 · HQ New York, US
Check profile →Startup payroll with automated multi-state tax registration.
Founded 2023 · HQ New York, US
Warp profile →Automated multi-country European payroll.
Founded 2019 · HQ Warsaw, Poland
Symmetrical.ai profile →More payroll vendors in the directory
How to choose
- Which countries do you pay people in, and does it run payroll itself there or through a partner?
- Do you need an employer of record or contractor payments as well as payroll for your own entities?
- Does it cover the HR side you need, such as leave, onboarding, benefits and pensions, or only payroll?
- Does it post payroll journals to your accounting software, and how is it priced per employee?
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Common questions
What are the main alternatives to Ordio?+
Personio, Factorial and Kenjo are the HR suites most often compared with Ordio. Lucca is another option for HR administration, and PayFit is a common choice for payroll.
How is Ordio priced?+
Per location, not per employee. Billed annually, Starter costs €89, Plus €129 and Pro €169 per location a month; Enterprise starts at €344. Automated payroll (Payroll Plus) costs €15 per payslip.
How did Ordio start?+
Co-founder David Keuenhof founded the Sushi Ninja restaurant chain in 2009. The scheduling, time-tracking and payroll tools built there became Ordio in 2020.
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