ZK Software

What ZK Software does

ZKTeco WFM is the US-based workforce management subsidiary of biometric security parent ZKTeco, headquartered in Tampa, Florida with European service centers in Birmingham, UK and Alcobendas (Madrid), Spain. The company designs, manufactures, and markets Android-based time clock hardware under the Ultima Series (5, 7, 7P, and 10 inch screen variants) equipped with biometric and card reader technologies, and complements the hardware with a Cirrus software suite covering mobile, kiosk, web, and telephone time capture alongside a TimeTrack mobile application. Integration is delivered through Cirrus Connect, a Platform SDK, and a TimeTrack API that allow software partners and enterprise customers to embed ZK time tracking within broader workforce management stacks.

The company is positioned as the first workforce data collection vendor certified as a Workday Solution Partner, making the Workday ecosystem its primary distribution channel alongside direct enterprise sales and a software partner program. Revenue mechanics combine hardware unit sales (the dominant stream), recurring software subscriptions for TimeTrack and Cirrus, and integration services delivered through partner enablement, with quote-based annual contract pricing for enterprise customers. ZKTeco WFM targets enterprise organizations, field and remote workforces, software partners, and small to medium businesses across verticals including terminal operations, healthcare, and municipal government, as evidenced by named customers such as IMTT (Geismar), City of New Braunfels (Texas), and Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System. The subsidiary operates with SOC 2 Type II compliance and an ISO-9001 certified manufacturing facility, with no disclosed funding history or revenue figures in the available data.

Name

ZK Software

Legal name

ZKTeco WFM

Website

https://zktechnology.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ZKTeco WFM is the US subsidiary of ZKTeco that designs and manufactures Android-based biometric time clocks and Cirrus workforce data collection software for enterprises, SMBs, and software partners within the Workday ecosystem.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Workforce Time and Attendance Hardware

NAICS

Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519), Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services (5412)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Payroll, Time & Attendance (BPACAPAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Workforce Management Administration (Labor Forecasting, Rostering, OT Rules) (BPAAAHAD), Time & Attendance Administration (Timekeeping, Scheduling, Leave Tracking) (BPAAAHAC)

Keywords

• Workforce time clocks
• Biometric attendance systems
• Workday integration solutions
• Employee data collection
• Time tracking hardware

Headquarters

HQ city

Piscataway

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales: Sale of Android-based time clocks (Ultima Series) with screen sizes of 5, 7, and 10 inches, featuring biometric and card reader technologies. Hardware forms the primary revenue stream.
2. Software Subscriptions: TimeTrack App and Cirrus platform subscriptions for time tracking and workforce management capabilities.
3. Integration Services: Platform SDK, TimeTrack API, and Cirrus Connect tools provided to software partners for seamless integration with enterprise workforce management systems like Workday.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

ZKTeco WFM designs, manufactures, and integrates Android-based biometric time clocks (Ultima Series in 5, 7, and 10 inch configurations) along with complementary software for time capture and workforce data collection, including the TimeTrack mobile app and the Cirrus suite (Mobile, Kiosk, Web, and Telephone clocking methods). The company is the first certified Workday Solution Partner for workforce data collection, providing integration through Cirrus Connect, a Platform SDK, and a TimeTrack API that link its hardware with Workday Time Tracking and other workforce management systems.

Product overview

ZKTeco WFM offers a unified workforce data collection platform centered on Android-based Ultima hardware time clocks (available in 5, 7, and 10 inch screen sizes with biometric and card reader options) complemented by the TimeTrack mobile app and Cirrus suite of flexible clocking methods (Mobile, Kiosk, Web, and Telephone). Integration is enabled through Cirrus Connect and developer tools including a Platform SDK and TimeTrack API. The company is a certified Workday Solution Partner, providing seamless integration with Workday Time Tracking. The product portfolio serves enterprises to small businesses with solutions for every employee type including field workers, remote teams, and mobile staff.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ultima Series: Android-based time clock product line including Ultima 5, Ultima 7, Ultima 7P, and Ultima 10 models with biometric and card reader technologies
• TimeTrack
• Cirrus Connect
• Cirrus Mobile
• Cirrus Kiosk
• Cirrus Web
• Cirrus Telephone
• Linux Clocks

Products and services

• Ultima 10

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability2 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• WorkdaycoreTechnology or IntegrationZKTeco WFM is the first workforce data collection vendor certified as a Workday solution partner. Provides comprehensive time collection solutions that seamlessly integrate with Workday Time Tracking, supporting businesses of all sizes while reducing operational costs. The partnership enables certified integration and streamlined deployment for Workday customers.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• QuickBooks Time (formerly TSheets): QuickBooks Time is a leading SaaS time-tracking solution targeted at SMBs and increasingly mid-market, with mobile, GPS, kiosk, and integrations to payroll/HR platforms. It overlaps ZKTeco WFM's Cirrus Mobile/Web/Kiosk capture stack, especially in non-hardware-centric deployments.
• Deputy: Deputy is a cloud-native scheduling, time & attendance, and workforce management platform with mobile-first capture. It overlaps with ZKTeco WFM's software/clock stack (Cirrus Mobile/Web/Kiosk) in the shift-work and frontline workforce segments, though without ZKTeco WFM's hardware line.
• Isolved (Time & Attendance / WFM): Isolved is a mid-market HCM suite with integrated time & attendance and workforce management. It overlaps ZKTeco WFM's enterprise/mid-market time-tracking positioning, especially via partner-channel integrations similar to the Workday program.

Broad incumbents

• Paychex Flex: Paychex is a broad payroll/HR incumbent with growing time & attendance and workforce management capabilities. Comparable as a competitor for mid-market time-tracking deals, particularly where payroll-centric buying centers overlap with ZKTeco WFM's enterprise prospects.
• ADP Workforce Now / Time & Attendance: ADP is a broad payroll/HCM incumbent offering integrated time & attendance, scheduling, and labor management. ZKTeco WFM is comparable where ADP's time-capture stack meets enterprise workforce management needs, particularly in SMB-to-mid-market segments that overlap with ZKTeco WFM's Ultima deployments.

Direct peers

• TimeClock Plus (HR Plus / Accumetric): TimeClock Plus is one of the closest direct peers — a workforce data collection vendor offering biometric time clocks, web/mobile punch, and integrations with HRIS/HCM platforms. Highly comparable in hardware-led WFM capture, deployment model, and partner-channel go-to-market.
• UKG (Kronos): UKG (formerly Kronos) is the dominant enterprise workforce management/HCM suite. It competes head-on with ZKTeco WFM in time & attendance capture and WFM integration, with much larger scale, bundled scheduling/payroll/analytics, and an extensive hardware terminal line — the primary competitor for enterprise RFPs.
• Verint / Workforce Dimensions (formerly Kronos partner stack): Verint's workforce engagement offerings overlap enterprise time & attendance and labor management, with hardware capture and analytics — comparable to ZKTeco WFM's enterprise WFM data-capture plus integration value proposition.

Others

• Workday (Time Tracking / WFM): Workday is ZKTeco WFM's primary integration partner and channel. It is also a strategic risk: Workday's own Time Tracking and WFM roadmap is the platform context in which ZKTeco WFM sells, and any native work-management/capture move by Workday would directly affect the partnership economics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/zktecowfm
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@zkteco-wfm
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/zk-technology-llc-aka-zk-software
• Instagraminstagram.com/zktecowfm

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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