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Comparison · HR
Ashby vs Miter
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Ashby and Miter — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Ashby vs Miter: at a glance
What is Ashby?
Ashby lets admins copy custom agents and lock custom fields to API-only edits.
Ashby keeps shipping small admin and reporting changes almost daily. This week it added copying of custom agents, a Latest approval process field for reporting on Openings, and API-only editing for job and opening custom fields. These follow scheduling fixes, candidate application visibility and a Chrome-extension AI summary of candidate history.
What is Miter?
Miter added accounts payable and opened a free API — it's no longer just construction payroll.
Miter ships one large digest every one to two months rather than continuous entries, and each is organized by module: HR, Payroll, Field Ops, Spend, Platform, Ecosystem. The summer update is the broadest yet, adding an Accounts Payable module, API 2.0 as a free self-serve install, Safety Passport credential verification, entity-scoped granular permissions, and a run of payroll and compliance work including California break rules and OSHA report generation.
Ashby vs Miter: editorial side-by-side
Ashby
5.0HR
Ashby lets admins copy custom agents and lock custom fields to API-only edits.
◆ Current state
Ashby keeps shipping small admin and reporting changes almost daily. This week it added copying of custom agents, a Latest approval process field for reporting on Openings, and API-only editing for job and opening custom fields. These follow scheduling fixes, candidate application visibility and a Chrome-extension AI summary of candidate history.
◆ Where it's heading
The run of governance controls continues, now reaching data ownership: API-only fields let an external system stay the source of truth for job data. Custom agents appearing as something teams copy suggests they are becoming a routine configuration object rather than a one-off setup.
◆ Prediction
Expect more controls around custom agents, such as templates or permissions, and more API-only options for other objects. The entries do not yet show how widely agents are used.
Miter
2.5HR
Miter added accounts payable and opened a free API — it's no longer just construction payroll.
◆ Current state
Miter ships one large digest every one to two months rather than continuous entries, and each is organized by module: HR, Payroll, Field Ops, Spend, Platform, Ecosystem. The summer update is the broadest yet, adding an Accounts Payable module, API 2.0 as a free self-serve install, Safety Passport credential verification, entity-scoped granular permissions, and a run of payroll and compliance work including California break rules and OSHA report generation.
◆ Where it's heading
The module list keeps growing outward from payroll into everything a contractor's back office touches, and the last two releases added the two things a platform needs that a payroll product does not: a spend module of its own and an open, unmetered API. Vote counts published against each feature show the roadmap is being run off customer demand, and the compliance work is concentrated where construction is most exposed — break rules, OSHA, prevailing rate calculations.
◆ Prediction
Expect the Spend module to keep filling out around Accounts Payable, and third-party integrations built on API 2.0 to start appearing in the Ecosystem section of the next digest.
Alternatives to Ashby and Miter
Other HR products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Ashby or Miter.
OpenCATS
OpenCATS starts a Bootstrap 5.3 interface refresh after a year of modernisation
HiBob
HiBob is opening hiring, payroll and offboarding to Marketplace partners through OAuth APIs
Kombo
Kombo adds payroll and new HR systems weekly, one integration at a time.
Teamflect
Teamflect opens to AI assistants through MCP and to staff without Microsoft 365 accounts.
Checkr
Checkr gives post-hire screening a home in the Dashboard with its new People page.
Recent activity from Ashby and Miter
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 2d agoAshbyCopy custom agents
- 3d agoAshbyLatest approval process field for Openings
- 4d agoAshbyAPI-only updates to job and opening custom fields
- 6d agoAshbyCancel and reschedule scheduling requests without deleting the interview
- 8d agoAshbyCandidate application visibility is now enabled
- 11d agoAshbyUnderstand past candidate interactions with AI Candidate History Summary in the Chrome Extension
- 25d agoMiterProject Intelligence: job budgets, forecasts and AI overviews
- 1mo agoMiterUnified Miter portal, plus write-ups and feedback in HR
- 2mo agoMiterAccounts Payable module and a free self-serve API 2.0 ⚡
- 4mo agoMiterMiter launches Performance 2.0 review module for construction ⚡
- 5mo agoMiterPayroll adds negative deductions for correcting over-deductions
- 6mo agoMiterConsolidated grid daily reports for field supervisors
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Ashby and Miter?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Ashby is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Ashby better than Miter?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Ashby is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other HR products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Ashby?
Top Ashby alternatives in HR are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Ashby alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/ashby for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Miter?
Top Miter alternatives in HR are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Miter alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/miter for the full list with editorial commentary on each.