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The best Ento alternative for Australian hospitality businesses
Ento is shutting down in June 2026. Join Australian venues switching to Shiftly, purpose-built for hospitality, completely free, with free migration support and no lock-in contracts.
Free forever. No credit card required. Free onboarding included.
Ento was a popular Australian workforce management platform used by venues for rostering, time tracking, paperless onboarding and award-aligned pay. After being acquired by Humanforce in September 2022, the product is now being wound down through a phased module deprecation, with customers being migrated to Humanforce Cloud WFM. If you're an Ento user searching for alternatives, you're facing a real decision: migrate 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 is closing in June 2026. Shiftly is supporting Australian hospo
Humanforce has published a phased module deprecation plan covering 2026. If you're an Ento customer, the question isn't whether to migrate, 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
Ento charged per user. Humanforce charges enterprise rates. Shiftly is free.
| Shiftly | |
|---|---|
| Platform status | Active, growing rapidly |
| Target market | 5–200+ staff |
| Pricing | Free for every venue |
| Australian support | AU-based, included |
| Free migration support | Yes, everything included |
| Lock-in contract | No contract. Ever. |
| Mobile App | Shiftly Me / Shiftly Go |
| On-demand staffing | Coming soon |
Why venues need an Ento alternative
Ento users aren't switching by choice. The platform is being wound down. But the forced migration also raises questions about the best landing spot. Here's what venues are navigating right now.
The platform is being phased out
Ento is being wound down by Humanforce as part of a published module deprecation plan. All users will need to migrate. There is no option to stay on Ento long-term. The longer you wait, the more rushed the move.
Humanforce is enterprise-scale
Humanforce is built for organisations with 200+ staff across aged care, government and large retail. For a single venue or small group, the complexity and pricing are designed for a different kind of customer.
Pricing uncertainty
Humanforce operates on enterprise contract pricing with no public rates, billed per active user every week. Venues migrating from Ento are facing an unknown, and likely significant, price increase.
Support quality during transition
Operators report reduced responsiveness from Ento support as the sunset progresses. Having a new provider with dedicated, hands-on onboarding matters more than ever during the transition.
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 aligns with Xero cost centres
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
Ento is being wound down by Humanforce as part of a published module deprecation plan, with all users needing to migrate. There's no long-term option to stay on Ento, so venues are choosing a new platform now.