E1

What E1 does

E1 Consulting is a U.S.-headquartered, privately held Workday implementation and managed services partner founded in 2016 in Roseville, California. The firm operates as a triple-tier Workday partner (Sales, Service, and Innovation) and delivers end-to-end HR and Finance transformation engagements to mid-sized and large enterprises across more than nine verticals, including higher education, healthcare, automotive services, retail, manufacturing, and financial services. Its client base spans the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and India, with project delivery claimed in 80+ countries.

E1's core technology layer consists of five proprietary Workday-native add-on applications — TimeLogix (kiosk-optimized web clock), EffortlessQA (automated business process testing), DocEx (bulk document management), WDCompare (multi-tenant configuration comparison), and DataExpress (data loading with validation) — designed to extend Workday HCM and Financial Management functionality rather than displace it. The firm complements these tools with professional services across Workday Implementation, Application Managed Services (full managed, co-managed, staff augmentation), Workday Extend custom application development, Business Process Optimization, Release Management for bi-annual Workday updates, and Client Advocacy Services. It reports a library of 600+ reusable integrations.

Revenue is generated primarily through professional services engagements sold on a project (SOW), retainer, or staff augmentation basis to enterprise buyers. The company employs 50+ people distributed across five office locations (Roseville CA, London, Melbourne, Bangalore, and White Rock BC), with 75+ completed implementations and three consecutive years on the Inc. 5000 list (2021–2023). No public pricing tiers or disclosed revenue figures are available.

Name

E1

Legal name

E1 Consulting LLC

Website

https://e1-inc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

E1 Consulting is a Workday Sales, Service, and Innovation partner that delivers Workday implementation, managed services, and proprietary Workday-native add-on tools to mid-sized and large enterprises across multiple verticals globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Roseville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Workday Implementation: End-to-end Workday implementation services covering tenant setup, configuration, data conversion, integrations, testing, training, and deployment across people, finance, and planning platforms.
2. Application Managed Services (AMS): Ongoing post-go-live support services including incident management, configuration, release management, user training, reporting and analytics. Offered as full managed services, co-managed services, or staff augmentation.
3. Client Advocacy Services: Strategic advisory services representing client interests throughout Workday implementation, including strategic planning, implementation management, change management support, and training/enablement.
4. Workday Extend Application Development: Custom application development services building on Workday Extend platform, including consultation, app development, testing, quality assurance, deployment and support.
5. Business Process Optimization: Assessment and optimization of existing Workday configurations, processes, and workflows to improve efficiency and performance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

E1 Consulting is a Workday-focused professional services firm that delivers end-to-end Workday implementation, application managed services, and post-go-live optimization for HCM, Financial Management, Payroll, Recruiting, Talent, Benefits, Learning, and Adaptive Planning deployments. The firm also builds and sells five proprietary Workday-integrated tools—TimeLogix, EffortlessQA, DocEx, WDCompare, and DataExpress—that extend native Workday capabilities for time tracking, automated testing, document management, tenant comparison, and data loading. Services are delivered through flexible project-based, retainer, or staff augmentation engagements to mid-sized and large enterprises worldwide.

Product overview

E1 is a Workday services partner offering a portfolio of five specialized Workday-integrated tools plus consulting services. The core products—TimeLogix (web clock/attendance), EffortlessQA (automated business process testing), DocEx (document management), WDCompare (tenant comparison), and DataExpress (data loading)—extend Workday's native functionality for time tracking, testing, document operations, troubleshooting, and data import/export. E1 also provides professional services including Workday Implementation, Workday Support (AMS/Staff Augmentation), Workday Extend custom app development, Business Process Optimization, Release Management, and Client Advocacy. All products are built specifically for the Workday platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TimeLogix Streamlined web clock application for Workday, optimized for kiosk use with minimal clicks for rapid event logging. Features mobile options, attestation capabilities, organizational announcements, and branding customization. Built for Workday tenants needing fast, compliant time capture for distributed workforces.
• EffortlessQA Automated Business Process Testing tool for Workday. Simulates user interactions with Business Processes, validates expected outcomes, and reports failures, enabling proactive identification and resolution of issues in a Workday tenant.
• DocEx Streamlined document management solution for Workday tenants that simplifies bulk operations by efficiently uploading documents to multiple employees or downloading documents from several employees simultaneously.
• WDCompare Powerful Workday tenant comparison tool for swift troubleshooting of behavior discrepancies that quickly identifies root causes by automatically detecting data and configuration differences between tenants.
• DataExpress User-friendly Workday data loading tool with an intuitive interface for effortless column and value mapping that provides real-time validation feedback, allows on-the-spot corrections, and enables template reuse for seamless, repeated data imports.
• Workday Implementation Services End-to-end Workday implementation covering tenant setup, configuration, data conversion, integrations, testing, training, and deployment across HCM, Payroll, Time Tracking, Recruiting, Talent, Benefits, Learning, Advanced Compensation, and Financial Management platforms for mid-sized to large enterprises.
• Workday Support Services (Application Managed Services) Application Managed Services, Co-managed Services, and Staff Augmentation Services providing ongoing post-go-live support to ensure Workday environments operate seamlessly, including incident management, configuration, release management, user training, and reporting and analytics.
• Workday Extend Application Development Custom application development services for building, deploying, and managing applications that extend Workday functionality using the Workday Extend platform, including consultation, development, testing, quality assurance, deployment, and ongoing support.
• Business Process Optimization Assessment, analysis, and strategic implementation of changes to streamline Workday processes, eliminate inefficiencies, and enhance productivity in existing Workday environments.
• Release Management Services covering release planning, impact assessment, testing, validation, feature analysis, and end-user training for Workday's twice-yearly platform updates.
• Client Advocacy Services Dedicated advocacy services representing client interests throughout Workday implementation, including strategic planning, implementation management, change management support, and training/enablement.

Quantifiable outcome

• 600+ integrations built by the team
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• WorkdaycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerE1 is an official Workday Sales Partner, Service Partner, and Innovation Partner. This three-tier partnership enables E1 to sell, implement, and develop custom solutions on the Workday platform. The partnership is foundational to E1's business model as a Workday-focused consulting firm.
• Kastech Solutions GroupminorGTM or Marketing PartnerE1 co-hosted a webinar with Kastech Solutions Group on 'The Hidden Cost of Staying on Legacy ERPs vs Moving to Modern ERPs'. Kastech is a Workday practice partner providing complementary implementation and consulting services.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• OneSource Virtual: Specialized Workday partner focused on payroll, HCM, and AMS for mid-market and enterprise customers. Competes head-to-head with E1 for Workday implementation and managed services engagements.
• Maven Wave Partners: Workday and cloud consulting partner with implementation, optimization, and managed services offerings targeting enterprises undergoing Workday transformation — overlapping directly with E1's project and AMS portfolio.
• Collaborative Solutions (Huron Consulting): Now part of Huron, Collaborative Solutions is a long-standing Workday-exclusive partner offering implementation, managed services, and Extend development — a direct competitor to E1 across the Workday services stack.
• Kastech Solutions Group: Workday-focused implementation and managed services partner explicitly named as a co-marketing partner of E1 (joint webinar on legacy ERP costs). Operates in the same Workday practice niche with similar mid-market enterprise focus, making it the closest publicly named peer.
• Invisors: Workday-exclusive consulting firm offering implementation, AMS, and Extend application development — a near-direct mirror of E1's service portfolio and target customer (mid-to-large enterprises adopting Workday).

Broad incumbents

• Hexaware Technologies: Global IT services firm with an established Workday practice offering implementation, migration, and managed services. Targets the same mid-to-large enterprise Workday opportunities as E1 but with vastly larger bench and offshore scale.
• Accenture (Workday practice): Global SI with a flagship Workday alliance delivering large-scale HCM and finance transformations. Represents the upper bound of competitive scale against which E1 must differentiate on agility, cost, and proprietary tooling.
• Deloitte (Workday practice): Big Four consulting firm with one of the largest global Workday alliances, competing for the largest enterprise Workday transformations. E1 typically competes either as a sub-contractor or as a more nimble alternative for mid-market deals.
• PwC (Workday practice): Big Four firm with a dedicated Workday alliance delivering advisory, implementation, and managed services. Overlaps with E1 in mid-market and enterprise HCM transformations, often competing for the same RFPs.
• Alight Solutions: Large HR, payroll, and benefits services provider with a substantial Workday practice. Competes with E1 on enterprise AMS and Workday-enabled HR/Benefits administration deals, but at much greater scale and with broader HR services offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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