UKG runs payroll. Untether runs your clinical workforce.
Comparison
UKG runs payroll. Untether runs your clinical workforce.
UKG (formerly Kronos and Ultimate Software) is a multi-billion-dollar horizontal HR, payroll, and workforce management vendor. It runs traditional shift work well. It was not built for a flexible clinical workforce — and the gap shows up as manual work.
Built for shift work, not clinical complexity
UKG Dimensions schedules fixed shifts with manager-configured rules. Multi-license, multi-region, multi-skill clinical teams — with FTE, part-time, contractor, and agency staff — fall outside that model, so operations teams compensate with spreadsheets and bolt-on tools.
Rules and reports, not execution
Time off, on-call, swaps, and data entry stay manual or require additional software. Untether's AI executes that work end to end and auto-builds schedules to hit patient SLAs and provider preferences.
We replaced UKG with a fraction of the footprint
We replaced UKG at Dialogue, Canada's leading hybrid care provider, with one AI-first system — automating scheduling, time off, and payroll submission across 13 regions, and upleveling the operations team instead of expanding it.
FAQ
Can Untether replace UKG for healthcare workforce management?
Yes. We replaced UKG Dimensions end to end at Dialogue — scheduling, time off, time cards, and payroll submission — across a flexible, multi-region clinical workforce.
How is Untether different from UKG?
UKG is horizontal HR and payroll built for fixed-shift work. Untether is AI-first workforce management built for clinical teams, with auto-scheduling, demand forecasting, and license- and credential-aware coverage.
Does Untether handle payroll like UKG?
Untether automates scheduling, time, and time off and submits to payroll, integrating with your HR and payroll systems rather than replacing your system of record.
UKG
UKG can be the right call if horizontal HR is the priority.
- You need one system for HR, payroll, and benefits across a large, mostly non-clinical workforce.
- Your scheduling is traditional fixed-shift work without heavy license or credential complexity.
- You're standardizing on a single enterprise HR vendor.
Untether
Untether fits if scheduling your clinical teams is the hard part.
- You run a flexible, multi-license, multi-region clinical workforce across FTE, part-time, contractor, and agency staff.
- You want AI to build and run schedules end to end instead of configuring rules and fixing spreadsheets.
- You measure success in provider utilization, patient SLAs, and margin.
