An honest comparison
Kordis vs Jombone: two Canadian takes on staffing (2026)
Last updated . Competitor facts checked against the sources at the bottom of this page.
Jombone is an Ontario-built staffing operations platform for high-volume agencies, published from $89 per user per month for its ATS and front office, with the full staffing platform quoted. It targets desks filling 100 or more job orders a week.
Kordis is built for the size below that: a Canadian agency of 25 to 100 active workers where the owner runs the desk personally, at one flat price per agency rather than per user.
What is Jombone good at?
Jombone is the closest thing Kordis has to a direct Canadian competitor, and it is a real one. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Ontario, it serves light industrial, warehouse, logistics and clerical staffing with an end-to-end platform: ATS, onboarding, scheduling, time clock, timesheets, payroll integration and invoicing, plus an employer-of-record service. For a Canadian agency at genuine volume, it is a serious option and it understands this market.
- Canadian, Ontario-based, and built for Canadian light industrial and warehouse staffing
- End-to-end scope: ATS through scheduling, timesheets, payroll integration and invoicing
- Published entry pricing at $89 per user per month for the ATS and front office
- An employer-of-record option for agencies that want the employment burden carried
- Built for high volume: designed around desks filling 100 or more job orders a week
How do Kordis and Jombone compare?
| What matters | Kordis | Jombone |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Canadian temp staffing agencies with 25 to 100 workers | High-volume Canadian agencies, 100+ job orders a week |
| Pricing | Flat per agency (founding rate, then $499 a month), not per user | $89 per user per month for ATS and front office; full staffing platform quoted |
| Country | Canadian, Ontario, BC and Alberta rules built in | Canadian, Ontario-based, serving Canada |
| Shift filling | Auto Dispatch and Instant Cover: confirmation texts and calls go out on their own; fills and backfills are staged for your OK | Scheduling, time clock and timesheets in the platform |
| Screening | Smart Screening: applicant screening calls with transcripts and scores | AI screening inside the ATS |
| Payroll | Five-Minute Payroll: hours move from timesheets to your payroll file; your payroll provider stays | Payroll integration and invoicing, plus employer-of-record options |
| Setup | Done-with-you setup on your own data | Platform onboarding, scaled to the deployment |
Jombone publishes ATS and Front Office at $89 per user per month billed monthly, with the Staffing Platform and Enterprise tiers quoted, and per-use add-ons for ID checks, criminal record checks, e-signatures and candidate payroll, on jombone.com/pricing-plans. Checked 2026-07-27.
Pick Jombone if
- You are filling 100 or more job orders a week, which is the volume it is designed around
- You have a team of coordinators, so per-user pricing buys real capacity
- You want employer-of-record services from the same vendor
- You need VMS integration into large client programs
Pick Kordis if
- You are 25 to 100 active workers and the owner is the desk, so per-user pricing works against you
- You want the calls and texts made for you and staged for a one-tap OK, not another screen to work in
- You want the price published and flat, with no quote for the full product
- You want provincial credential gating, calling hours and stat pay math without configuring them
Common questions
Which is better for a Canadian light industrial agency?
It depends on your size. Jombone is built for high volume, around 100 or more job orders a week with a coordinator team. Kordis is built for 25 to 100 active workers where the owner runs the desk. Both are Canadian and both know this market.
How does the pricing compare?
Jombone publishes $89 per user per month for its ATS and front office, so cost scales with your team, and the full staffing platform is quoted. Kordis charges one flat price per agency regardless of how many people log in. See the pricing page for the current figure.
Does Jombone handle provincial compliance?
Jombone is Canadian and built for this market, so it is far closer to Canadian reality than the US suites are. Compare the specifics you actually depend on, credential expiry gating and provincial calling hours among them, against your own desk before deciding.
Does Kordis offer employer-of-record services?
No. Jombone does and Kordis does not. Kordis prepares payroll-ready hours and hands them to the payroll provider you already use; your workers stay your employees. If you want the employment burden carried for you, that is a real reason to choose Jombone.
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