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The best Ento alternative for Australian hospitality businesses
Ento's website now redirects to Humanforce and it has dropped off the product line-up, with no end date or roadmap published. Join Australian venues switching to Shiftly, purpose-built for hospitality, completely free, with free migration support and no lock-in contracts.
Free. No credit card required. Free onboarding included.
Last reviewed: September 2026. Every claim about Ento and Humanforce on this page links to its public source.
Ento was a popular Australian workforce management platform used by venues for rostering, time tracking, paperless onboarding and award-aligned pay. Humanforce acquired it in September 2022, and ento.com now redirects to humanforce.com. Ento isn't listed among Humanforce's products, the last customer update on Ento's own help site was published in January 2024, and Humanforce hasn't published an end date for it. If you're an Ento user searching for alternatives, you're facing a real decision: move to Humanforce (the "official" upgrade path), or find a platform that actually fits the way your venue runs. For the small-to-medium hospitality businesses Ento was built for, Shiftly is the purpose-built Ento alternative, offering the core capabilities you already rely on, free of charge, with hands-on Australian onboarding and no contract to sign.
Ento has no public roadmap. Shiftly is supporting Australian hospo
Humanforce has published a phased module deprecation plan running through 2026, but it covers Back Office (TimeTarget), not Ento, and no Ento end date has been announced. That's the problem. If you're on Ento, you're planning around a product with no public roadmap. The question isn't whether to move, it's where to. Don't get pushed into a platform that doesn't fit the way your venue runs.
Ento alternatives at a glance
Humanforce quotes custom enterprise rates. Shiftly is free.
| Shiftly | Ento | Humanforce | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platform status | Active, growing rapidly | Closed to new customers | Active (enterprise) |
| Target market | 5–200+ staff | SMBs 5–200+ staff | Mid-market and enterprise |
| Pricing | Free for every venue | Not publicly available | Custom quote, no public rates |
| Australian support | AU-based, included | Via Humanforce | Global support |
| Free migration support | Yes, everything included | Not offered | Paid implementation |
| Lock-in contract | No contract. Ever. | Not applicable | Annual, multi-year |
| Mobile App | Shiftly Me / Shiftly Go | Yes, rated 2.1/5 | Humanforce Work |
| On-demand staffing | Yes, east coast | No | No |
Last reviewed September 2026. The Ento Employee app is rated 2.1 out of 5 from 168 ratings on the Australian App Store and 1.8 out of 5 from 235 reviews on Google Play. Humanforce pricing from its pricing page.
Why venues need an Ento alternative
Ento users aren't switching by choice. The platform has no public roadmap. But moving also raises questions about the best landing spot. Here's what venues are navigating right now.
The platform has no published future
Humanforce acquired Ento in September 2022. Since then ento.com has been redirected to humanforce.com, Ento has dropped off Humanforce's product line-up, and the newest customer update on Ento's own help site is from January 2024. Humanforce's published 2026 module deprecation plan covers Back Office (TimeTarget) rather than Ento, so there's no announced end date to plan around either.
Humanforce is enterprise-scale
Humanforce sells across 14 frontline industries, including aged care, local government and multi-site retail, and describes its own market as mid-market and enterprise. For a single venue or small group, the complexity and pricing are designed for a different kind of customer.
Pricing uncertainty
Humanforce publishes no rates. Both its Core and Pro tiers are listed as custom pricing, and its help centre explains that the monthly subscription is calculated on total active users, where an active user is anyone who recorded a timesheet in the past week. Venues moving off Ento are facing an unknown, and likely significant, price increase.
Support runs through Humanforce now
Ento support tickets are raised through Humanforce's help portal, and Ento's own help site hasn't carried a customer update since January 2024. Having a new provider with dedicated, hands-on Australian onboarding matters more than ever.
Why choose Shiftly
Shiftly was built for Australian hospitality venues that need rostering, timesheets, award-aligned pay, and a staff app that actually gets opened. Here's how we line up on the features that matter most.
Rostering
Rostering that fits the way venues actually work
Both Ento and Shiftly were built around the same core workflow: build a roster quickly, match staff to shifts, notify the team, and capture actual hours. Shiftly delivers all of this with a clean, hospitality-tuned interface that staff can pick up in minutes.
- Drag-and-drop weekly calendar with position templates
- Copy-paste shifts and weekly templates for fast publishing
- Multi-location rostering with built-in conflict alerts
- Open shift requests and shift swaps via the mobile app
- Instant push notifications when rosters are published or changed
Time and attendance
Geofenced clock-in. One-click timesheet approval
Shiftly's time and attendance tools match what Ento offered, with one improvement venues consistently ask for: geofencing built into the staff mobile app, so clock-in only happens when staff are physically at the venue.
- Mobile clock-in / clock-out via the Shiftly Me app
- Geofencing to prevent off-site clock-ins
- Timesheets auto-linked from published shifts
- Breaks captured and costed automatically against awards
- One-click manager approval
- Payroll-ready timesheet exports
Award interpretation
Built from the ground up for Australian awards
This is one of the most important features for hospitality venues, and it's where Shiftly's purpose-built focus pays off. Penalty rates, overtime, allowances and age-based pay thresholds are calculated against current Australian hospitality award provisions, every shift, every time.
- Hospitality awards pre-configured
- Free award configuration support
- Penalty rates and overtime
- Age-based pay thresholds
- Real-time shift cost as you roster
- Fair Work award support
Paperless onboarding
Employee onboarding without the paperwork
Bring new staff on without the back-and-forth. Shiftly captures validated employment details digitally, syncs them with Xero, and flags any discrepancies before they hit payroll, keeping your data clean from day one.
- Fully digital, paperless onboarding flow
- Validated employment details
- Live sync to Xero
- Alerts for data discrepancies
- New starters appear on the roster immediately
Payroll integration
Direct, end-to-end Xero integration
Ento users typically relied on Xero for payroll. Shiftly's Xero integration is built to do the same job cleanly: staff imports, payroll syncing, and award-interpreted timesheet data flowing straight through to your pay run.
- Staff details pulled directly from Xero
- Onboarding data validated against Xero records
- Two-way sync keeps employee data aligned
- Award-interpreted hours pushed to Xero Payroll
- Job costing tags map to Xero tracking categories
Staff mobile app
A staff mobile app to enable your team
The Shiftly Me app gives every staff member their roster, shift swap requests, open shift bidding, availability management and one-tap geofenced clock-in, all in a clean, mobile-first interface designed for hospitality teams.
- View rosters and upcoming shifts
- Submit availability and swap requests
- Request open shifts as they're posted
- One-tap geofenced clock-in
- Leave requests
Let us show you around
We'll walk you through how Shiftly works and help you see if we're the right fit for you.
Questions, answered
Humanforce acquired Ento in September 2022. Ento's website now redirects to humanforce.com, Ento isn't listed among Humanforce's products, and the newest customer update on Ento's own help site is from January 2024. Humanforce hasn't published an end date for Ento, and its published 2026 module deprecation plan covers Back Office (TimeTarget) rather than Ento. Venues are choosing a new platform now because there's no public roadmap to plan around.