Head to head

Legion vs UKG Dimensions

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

Legion

Sales-quoted

Legion is an AI workforce management platform for large multi-location employers of hourly workers, mainly in retail, restaurants and hospitality. Pricing is not published; the platform is sold by quote after a demo. It stands out for machine learning demand forecasting and automated scheduling, and fits enterprises with hundreds of locations better than single-site businesses.

Where Legion fits

  • Multi-location retailers and restaurant chains
  • Employers subject to Fair Workweek or predictive scheduling laws
  • Operators that want ML forecasting tied to scheduling
  • Companies offering earned wage access to hourly staff

UKG Dimensions

Sales-quoted

UKG Dimensions is now sold as UKG Pro Workforce Management. It is enterprise WFM for shift forecasting, advanced scheduling, and time. Pricing is quoted per employee per month by module.

Where UKG Dimensions fits

  • Large hourly employers that need AI scheduling, forecasting, and FLSA/ACA-style time rules
  • Health systems, manufacturers, and retailers already in the UKG stack
  • Operations teams replacing Kronos Workforce Central-class timekeeping
  • Enterprises that will pair WFM with UKG Pro HCM rather than a point scheduler

At a glance

DetailLegionUKG Dimensions
Starting priceSales-quotedSales-quoted
Free tier–No–No
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underScheduling, Time & attendance, Workforce managementTime & attendance, Workforce management

Where they pull apart

Legion

Stands out: Legion builds a custom forecast model for each demand driver at each location and says its optimized schedules meet business and employee needs 96% of the time. A Forrester TEI study it commissioned modeled 13x ROI for a 15,000 employee, 700 location company.

Watch out: There is no public price, no free trial and no public API documentation, so integration scope has to be confirmed with Legion. Capterra has only a handful of reviews, so independent user feedback is thin.

Not the right fit for

  • Single-location or very small businesses
  • Buyers who want a self-serve scheduler with a published per-user price

UKG Dimensions

Stands out: AI-powered scheduling that uses demand history, skills, certifications, preferences, and labor budgets, plus time, accruals, leave, and analytics as separately licensed modules.

Watch out: This is not an SMB shift app. Timekeeping, scheduling, forecasting, and analytics are PEPM modules with implementation typically in the tens to hundreds of thousands. UKG Ready is the smaller-company SKU.

Not the right fit for

  • Cafes and single-site shops that need a free 30-user scheduler (see Sling)
  • Mid-market teams that wanted UKG Ready, not Dimensions-class PEPM modules

Pros and cons

Legion

  • Machine learning forecasting per location and demand driver
  • Built-in Fair Workweek and labor compliance tooling
  • Mobile app with shift swaps and earned wage access
  • No public pricing or free trial
  • No public developer documentation
  • Few independent reviews on Capterra

UKG Dimensions

  • Enterprise time, AI scheduling, forecasting, and compliance in one UKG suite
  • Module PEPM model so you license timekeeping without buying every add-on
  • Fits complex hourly rules that break SMB schedulers
  • Quoted PEPM plus a heavy implementation
  • Rename to UKG Pro Workforce Management can confuse Dimensions-era RFPs
  • Wrong size for a 30-person shop that needs Sling or Homebase

What each one costs

Legion

Sales-quoted

Legion does not publish pricing or plans on its website. The platform is sold through a demo and quote process, with products for Labor Planning, Schedule Optimization, Time and Attendance Management, the Employee Engagement Suite and Platform Services. Legion InstantPay earned wage access is delivered with its partner Stream. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

UKG Dimensions

Sales-quoted

UKG Pro Workforce Management (formerly UKG Dimensions) is quoted per employee per month by module (timekeeping, scheduling, forecasting, accruals, leave, analytics). The vendor does not publish a public PEPM card. Implementation is scoped separately. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

Common questions

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Neither carries a free tier on our listing.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 19 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?