An honest comparison
Kordis vs Workstaff: two Canadian takes on staffing software (2026)
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Workstaff is Canadian staffing software from Montreal: scheduling, timesheets, and invoicing for flexible workforces, published at $99 per user per month (Pro) and $139 (Max), bilingual French and English.
Kordis is also Canadian-built but covers a different layer: staged confirmation calls and texts, applicant screening, credential expiry gating, and hours to payroll, priced flat per agency rather than per user.
What is Workstaff good at?
Workstaff is one of the few staffing tools actually built in Canada. Founded in Montreal and bilingual from day one, it gives flexible-staffing businesses scheduling, time tracking, QR clock-in, messaging, and invoicing, with a mobile app for workers. It raised seed funding in 2024 and is growing from its Quebec base.
- Canadian-built and natively bilingual (French and English)
- Scheduling, timesheets, QR clock-in, messaging, and invoicing in one tool
- Published, transparent pricing with a free trial
- Multi-currency support for cross-border event work
How do Kordis and Workstaff compare?
| What matters | Kordis | Workstaff |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Canadian temp staffing agencies with 25 to 100 workers | Canadian flexible-staffing scheduling, Quebec roots |
| Pricing | $249 a month founding rate for the first 3 months, then $499 a month flat, all-in, up to 100 active workers | $99 per user per month (Pro), $139 (Max), published |
| 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 and messaging; confirmation chasing is manual |
| Screening | Smart Screening: applicant screening calls with transcripts and scores | Not a screening product |
| Credential tracking | AutoFile and the Renewal Clock: credential expiry tracking with renewal texts at 90 days, 2 weeks, and 3 days, plus dispatch gating | Worker profiles; no published ON/BC/AB card gating |
| Canadian rules | Ontario, BC, and Alberta rules built in: the cards workers carry, gating, calling hours | Canadian and bilingual; Quebec-centric defaults |
Workstaff publishes Pro at $99 and Max at $139 per user per month on workstaff.app, checked July 2026, with a 14-day free trial.
Pick Workstaff if
- You need French-first operations, especially under Quebec's rules
- You want scheduling plus invoicing in one tool and are comfortable doing your own chasing
- Your team is small enough that per-user pricing stays cheap
Pick Kordis if
- Per-user pricing scales against you as coordinators join: you want one flat agency price
- You want the phone work done: confirmations, quiet-one calls, and screening staged for your OK
- You need Ontario, BC, and Alberta credential gating (forklift classes, Smart Serve, ProServe) built in
- You want hours to land in your payroll provider's format without re-typing
Common questions
Are Kordis and Workstaff competitors?
They overlap on scheduling but sit on different layers. Workstaff is scheduling, timesheets, and invoicing per user; Kordis is the operations layer that confirms crews by call and text, screens applicants, gates credentials, and feeds payroll, priced flat per agency.
Which is better for a Quebec agency?
Workstaff. It is French-first, built in Montreal, and aligned with Quebec's rules. Kordis currently builds provincial rules for Ontario, BC, and Alberta, so a Quebec-centred agency is better served by Workstaff today.
Which costs more?
It depends on team size. Workstaff charges $99 to $139 per user per month, so three coordinators cost roughly $300 to $420 a month. Kordis charges one flat price per agency regardless of how many people use it; see [pricing](/pricing).
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