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UKG Pricing

UKG · HR & People

The Workforce Operating Platform formed from the 2020 merger of Kronos and Ultimate Software ($22B combined). Positioned as the workforce-management-first alternative to Workday for shift-heavy industries (retail, healthcare, manufacturing) where time tracking + labor forecasting matter as much as HRIS. Distinctive for combining Kronos's deep time-and-labor engine with Ultimate's people-first HRIS. Priced quote-based (~$8-$15/employee/mo reference) across UKG Ready (SMB-mid), UKG Pro (mid-large), and UKG Pro Enterprise. Private-equity owned by Hellman & Friedman + Blackstone. Serves 80K+ organizations globally.

In other words, UKG is worth it for mid-market to enterprise companies (500-50,000+ employees) with shift-based workforces — particularly retail, healthcare, manufacturing, hospitality where time-tracking accuracy and labor-forecasting matter as much as HR. UKG Ready covers SMB-mid (50-500 employees); UKG Pro for mid-large (500-5K); UKG Pro Enterprise for 5K+. Moderate learning curve; dedicated implementation team typical (3-6 month deployments). Native integrations across the enterprise ecosystem (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, ADP, Salesforce). Downside: opaque pricing (custom quotes only, real contracts $50K-$5M+/year), and depth on modern UX and mobile lags Rippling and BambooHR for smaller companies.

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Custom pricing

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Alternatives to consider

Modern SMB alternative? Pick BambooHR or Rippling. Enterprise HCM without workforce-mgmt focus? Workday or SAP SuccessFactors. Just time tracking? Deputy, When I Work, or Homebase. PEO structure? TriNet or Insperity.

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Plan	Monthly	Annual	Key limit
UKG ReadyEntry tier	$21	$21	reference per employee/mo (quote-based); 2026 sources cluster core HR+payroll+time at $21-$27, full suite $25-$33; SMB-mid, 50-500 employees
UKG Pro	$27	$27	reference per employee/mo (quote-based); 2026 sources cluster base HCM without advanced WFM $27-$35, full HCM+WFM $32-$41; mid-large, 500-5,000 employees
UKG Pro Enterprise	Custom	Custom	Enterprise 5,000+ employees
Implementation fee	—	—	+20-40% first-year (Ready), +40-70% (Pro), not included above

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Common questions about UKG

Is UKG worth it?: UKG is worth it for mid-market to enterprise companies (500-50,000+ employees) with shift-based workforces — particularly retail, healthcare, manufacturing, hospitality where time-tracking accuracy and labor-forecasting matter as much as HR. UKG Ready covers SMB-mid (50-500 employees); UKG Pro for mid-large (500-5K); UKG Pro Enterprise for 5K+.
What are the pricing tiers of UKG?: UKG has 4 plans: UKG Ready ($21/mo), UKG Pro ($27/mo), UKG Pro Enterprise (custom), Implementation fee (free).

Frequently asked questions

About UKG pricing.

UKG does not publish standard pricing. Pricing is quoted per customer based on requirements.

Free-plan and free-trial availability for UKG isn't confirmed in our tracker yet.

UKG does not publish pricing publicly. Pricing is quoted per customer based on requirements.

We haven't logged any price changes for UKG yet. Full history will build as we log changes.

UKG does not publish standard pricing, so a direct comparison isn't possible. For reference, the cheapest publicly-priced HR & People tool we track is Deel HR at $5/month.