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Why Workstream
Why Workstream
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Compliance
Integrations
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Hiring
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Workstream vs Heartland

Stop managing your teams through add-ons and workarounds. Workstream was designed for restaurants’ end-to-end HR operations, not just payroll runs.

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Workstream is built for franchise and business owners

mobile first platform

All in One

Instead of managing multiple tools around Heartland payroll, Workstream unifies hiring, onboarding, scheduling, time tracking, payroll, and compliance into one connected system.

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Mobile-first: Built for managers on the floor

Heartland was built for office jobs, not your restaurant reality. Workstream is mobile-first, so managers can hire, schedule, onboard, and get paid from their phones.

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Purpose-built for restaurants

Workstream is designed for multi-location, multi-role, multi-EIN restaurants — not adapted from a payments platform like Heartland

Hiring
Automated Text to Apply
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Yes
Automated reminders to applicants
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No
Custom Hiring Templates & QR Codes
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No
Integration to 25,000+ Job Boards
Yes
No
24/7 VoiceAI Hiring
Yes
No
Onboarding
Self-serve set-up for onboarding processes
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Yes
In-platform chat feature to employees
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Team Management
Ease of uploading documents
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Worker sentiment surveys
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Workstream IQ
Actionable insights on franchisee performance
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No
Payroll
Accommodates dynamic pay rates, multiple job roles & locations
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Automates calculations for tips, breaks, overtime, deductions, and remittances
Yes
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Time & Scheduling
Time Clock
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Yes
Shift Swapping
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No

Product comparison as of January 2026

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“Workstream is the best! The customer service is phenomenal, it’s very reasonably priced, some of the new products are so exciting, and I just see such a bright future for us with Workstream.”
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Rajiv Dinakaran
Franchise Owner of 41 Bojangles Locations

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“Workstream is the best! The customer service is phenomenal, it’s very reasonably priced, some of the new products are so exciting, and I just see such a bright future for us with Workstream.”
Rajiv Dinakaran
Franchise Owner of 41 Bojangles Locations