Factorial HR
Factorial's API ships quarterly versions, and added an MCP server and SDKs this summer.
Comparison · HR
Miter vs Workable
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Miter and Workable — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Miter vs Workable: at a glance
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.
What is Workable?
Workable keeps filling out its HR suite, now with recurring engagement surveys.
Workable is a recruiting platform that is building a full HR suite around its applicant tracking. October added real-time attendance, bulk e-signature actions and now recurring pulse surveys, along with locale-aware formatting across the product. On the recruiting side, the AI Agent runs on metered credits for bulk candidate evaluation.
Miter vs Workable: editorial side-by-side
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.
Workable
5.0HR
Workable keeps filling out its HR suite, now with recurring engagement surveys.
◆ Current state
Workable is a recruiting platform that is building a full HR suite around its applicant tracking. October added real-time attendance, bulk e-signature actions and now recurring pulse surveys, along with locale-aware formatting across the product. On the recruiting side, the AI Agent runs on metered credits for bulk candidate evaluation.
◆ Where it's heading
Most recent releases go to Workable HR, not recruiting: time and attendance, surveys, document workflows, and module toggles that make the suite easier to adopt in pieces. Recurring surveys are gated to Premier, Enterprise and a paid add-on, which shows the HR expansion is also a packaging strategy.
◆ Prediction
Expect more Performance & Engagement features behind plan gates, plus continued localization work after the three-English-locale launch.
Alternatives to Miter and Workable
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 Miter or Workable.
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.
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Recent activity from Miter and Workable
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 5d agoWorkableSend Agent emails from your team’s mailbox
- 12d agoWorkableSee dates, numbers, and currencies in your preferred locale
- 12d agoWorkableKeep employee feedback on a schedule with recurring surveys
- 21d agoWorkableView attendance in real time
- 25d agoMiterProject Intelligence: job budgets, forecasts and AI overviews
- 28d agoWorkableEmployee e-signature actions in bulk
- 1mo agoWorkableMessage candidates on WhatsApp
- 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 Miter and Workable?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Workable 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 Miter better than Workable?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Workable 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 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.
What are the best alternatives to Workable?
Top Workable alternatives in HR are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Workable alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/workable for the full list with editorial commentary on each.