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Evolia vs Push Operations in Brief
Evolia and Push Operations both handle scheduling and time worked. Push Operations suits restaurants and hospitality businesses that also want to run their payroll and connect to their point-of-sale system. Evolia suits organizations in any industry that want to automate scheduling and keep their current payroll system.
Two Canadian workforce management tools can solve the same problem very differently depending on the industry they target. Push Operations focuses its offering on restaurants and hospitality, with native payroll built into the platform. Evolia serves a wider range of industries, with automated scheduling that connects to the payroll system already in place. This comparison covers industry coverage, payroll, integrations and scheduling for both solutions.
Evolia and Push Operations at a Glance
The table below compares Evolia and Push Operations on eight criteria, based on information published by both providers for the Canadian market.
| Criteria | Evolia | Push Operations |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price shown | $3.50 per employee, per month (Essentials plan) | About $5 per employee, per month |
| Pricing model | Per employee, tiered plans | Per employee, higher tiers quote-based |
| Target business type | Every industry with frontline teams: healthcare, retail, manufacturing, services | Restaurants and hospitality |
| Origin and language | Quebec, French and English | Canada, product mainly in English |
| Labour standards | Overtime and premium rules applied by province | Automatic calculation of statutory holidays, vacation pay and premiums, with provincial and federal taxes |
| Payroll integration | Connects to the existing payroll system | Native payroll built into the platform |
| Clock-in methods | Fixed console, mobile, GPS geofencing | Camera clock-in, mobile |
| Best for | Multi-industry organization that keeps its current payroll | Restaurant or chain that wants to combine scheduling, payroll and point of sale |
Built-In Payroll at Push Operations or Payroll Export at Evolia
Push Operations builds payroll natively into its platform, which removes a whole step for a restaurant owner who wants to combine scheduling and payroll processing in a single system. Evolia instead connects to the payroll system the business already uses, without requiring a change. An organization happy with its current payroll provider thus avoids a migration, while a business looking to reduce its number of tools benefits from Push Operations’ integrated approach.
Industry Coverage: What Evolia and Push Operations Cover
Push Operations focuses its development on restaurants and hospitality, with a weaker fit for office environments, technology companies and organizations outside North America. Evolia covers a wider range of industries with frontline teams, including healthcare, retail, manufacturing and municipal services. Industry specialization is a strength for a business in the targeted industry, and a limitation for an organization that operates elsewhere.
Shift Scheduling at Evolia and Push Operations
Both platforms let you schedule shifts and track labour costs in real time. Evolia adds automatic shift assignment based on each employee’s qualifications, an advantage when roles require specific certifications, a common reality outside the restaurant industry. Push Operations focuses instead on sales forecasts to adjust scheduling to busy periods, a feature that is particularly useful in restaurants.
Time Tracking and Overtime at Evolia and Push Operations
Push Operations automatically calculates vacation pay, statutory holidays and premiums, with the applicable provincial and federal taxes. Evolia applies premium and overtime rules directly based on the province where the employee works, consistent with the principles set out by the CNESST’s overtime rules. Both platforms automate this calculation; the difference lies mainly in whether it feeds a native or an external payroll.
Integrations: Point of Sale at Push Operations, Payroll Systems at Evolia
Push Operations integrates natively with restaurant point-of-sale systems, including Toast, Square and Lightspeed, which allows precise calculation of tips and of labour costs tied to sales. Evolia focuses its integrations on payroll and hours-worked tracking solutions, including ADP Workforce Now, Nethris and Employeur D. The choice depends on which core system the business wants to integrate first: the point of sale or payroll.
When to Choose Evolia and When to Choose Push Operations
Choose Evolia
- Organization outside the restaurant industry: entertainment, retail, manufacturing, hospitality
- Business that wants to keep its current payroll system
- Team whose roles require specific qualifications
- Multi-industry organization with scheduling rules configurable by position
Choose Push Operations
- Restaurant or chain that wants to replace its payroll at the same time as its scheduling
- Business that already uses a compatible point-of-sale system (Toast, Square, Lightspeed)
- Organization that wants to combine hiring, scheduling and payroll in a single tool
- Restaurant that bases its scheduling on sales forecasts
For other angles, see also Evolia vs Emprez and Evolia vs UKG.
Conclusion
Push Operations and Evolia meet different industry realities. Push Operations is probably the right choice for a restaurant owner who wants to replace their payroll and connect to their point-of-sale system. Evolia is a better fit for organizations that operate across several industries or want to keep their existing payroll system. To see which of the two fits your situation, book a demo with Evolia.
