Migrate your ELMO Suite data
Cloud HRMS and payroll suite for ANZ and APAC mid-market organisations. Consolidates payroll, rostering, time, performance, and learning under one modular vendor.
In its favor
Why people choose ELMO Suite
The signal that keeps ELMO Suite on the shortlist. Sourced from G2, Capterra, and customer scoping calls.
Modular pricing lets organisations pay for only the modules they need at migration time, then expand without switching vendors or renegotiating a new contract.
Single-vendor consolidation appeals to HR teams tired of reconciling a separate payroll tool, a separate ATS, and a separate learning platform — one login, one invoice, one support contact.
Employee self-service portal reduces routine HR admin overhead, and reviewers on G2 cite it as a practical day-to-day benefit that improves staff-facing processes.
Strong payroll and time-and-attendance capabilities make ELMO a practical choice for organisations with complex award structures or multi-state employment arrangements common in ANZ.
Multi-country payroll processing is a stated differentiator for ELMO, attracting APAC-headquartered businesses with distributed workforces.
Steep learning curve with clunky navigation frustrates users, particularly during the first weeks after go-live when workflows and module boundaries are unfamiliar.
Module synchronisation issues require manual updates in several functions — users report that data entered in one module does not propagate correctly to others.
Performance review framework is described as muddled with inconsistent review cycles and manual steps that defeat the purpose of an integrated system.
Integration limitations complicate connectivity to downstream finance systems, ERPs, and BI tools that organisations rely on for payroll-to-ledger or headcount reporting.
Reasons to switch
Why people leave ELMO Suite
The recurring reasons buyers give for replacing ELMO Suite. Presented as facts, not knocks.
Platform scorecard
Strengths, weaknesses, and where ELMO Suite fits
Grades across six dimensions, plus a SWOT-style view of where the platform shines and where it falls short.
SWOT — strengths, weaknesses, and use-case fit
Strengths
Weaknesses
Where it works
Where it struggles
Pricing tiers
ELMO Suite pricing overview
ELMO Suite uses modular, per-user pricing — organisations select the products they need and pay per active employee per month. Implementation fees, add-on modules, and data storage overages are billed separately. No public pricing is published; quotes are issued on enquiry. Total first-year cost estimates from user reviews range from $8,000 to $16,000 or more for small-to-mid teams depending on module selection and implementation scope.
Starter Payroll
Tier 1 of 5
Custom (per-user/month, billed annually)
What's included
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What gets migrated
ELMO Suite object support
Object-by-object support for ELMO Suite migrations. Per-pair details surface during scoping.
Employees
Fully supportedEmployee records carry standard fields: name, email, job title, department, location, start date, employment type, and status. We map these directly to the destination HRMS Contacts or Employees object. Custom employee properties are flagged for field-level mapping during scoping.
Employment History
Fully supportedEach Employee has a linked employment history covering job title changes, department transfers, and status transitions. We preserve the full sequence as a chronological timeline in the target system.
Compensation and Payroll Records
Mapping requiredPay groups, pay rates, salary history, and superannuation contribution records require value mapping. ANZ-specific fields like TFN declarations and Super Fund details are mapped to equivalent fields in the destination or stored as custom properties where the target schema does not accommodate them natively.
Leave Balances
Mapping requiredLeave entitlements, accrual rules, and balance snapshots are source-system values that must be reconciled against the destination's accrual engine. We export the balance as of the migration date and store it as an opening balance record in the target.
Organisational Structure
Fully supportedDepartments, cost centres, business units, and the reporting hierarchy are mapped to the destination org chart or equivalent structure. Reporting lines and manager assignments are preserved at import time.
Roster and Time Entries
Mapping requiredRoster templates, recurring shifts, and historical time entries require transformation to match the destination's time-and-attendance schema. We chunk large rosters by pay period and map shift codes to the equivalent in the target system.
Performance Reviews
Mapping requiredReview cycles, objectives, goals, and appraisal ratings are carried over, but the schema for ratings scales, competency frameworks, and custom review forms varies significantly. We flag custom review templates for manual post-migration review.
Learning Records
Mapping requiredCourse completions, certifications, and skill profiles are migrated as-is, but custom learning paths and completion due dates require field-level mapping. Completion status and expiry dates are preserved.
Onboarding Checklists
Mapping requiredOnboarding tasks, document checklists, and assignee ownership are carried over where the destination supports a comparable onboarding object. Standalone task lists that do not map to a named object are exported as a flat task record.
Recruitment and Applicants
Mapping requiredCandidate profiles, applications, interview scores, and offer letters require mapping to the destination ATS schema. Position titles and department associations are reconciled during the field-mapping phase.
Engagement Survey Results
Mapping requiredSurvey responses, participation rates, and sentiment scores are exported as historical records. The destination may not support the same survey object type, so we store results as a structured custom object or tagged note block.
Expense Records
Mapping requiredExpense claims, receipts, approval workflows, and reimbursement status are migrated as claims records. The destination's expense module may require re-mapping of category codes and approval routing.
| Object | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Employees | Fully supported | Employee records carry standard fields: name, email, job title, department, location, start date, employment type, and status. We map these directly to the destination HRMS Contacts or Employees object. Custom employee properties are flagged for field-level mapping during scoping. |
| Employment History | Fully supported | Each Employee has a linked employment history covering job title changes, department transfers, and status transitions. We preserve the full sequence as a chronological timeline in the target system. |
| Compensation and Payroll Records | Mapping required | Pay groups, pay rates, salary history, and superannuation contribution records require value mapping. ANZ-specific fields like TFN declarations and Super Fund details are mapped to equivalent fields in the destination or stored as custom properties where the target schema does not accommodate them natively. |
| Leave Balances | Mapping required | Leave entitlements, accrual rules, and balance snapshots are source-system values that must be reconciled against the destination's accrual engine. We export the balance as of the migration date and store it as an opening balance record in the target. |
| Organisational Structure | Fully supported | Departments, cost centres, business units, and the reporting hierarchy are mapped to the destination org chart or equivalent structure. Reporting lines and manager assignments are preserved at import time. |
| Roster and Time Entries | Mapping required | Roster templates, recurring shifts, and historical time entries require transformation to match the destination's time-and-attendance schema. We chunk large rosters by pay period and map shift codes to the equivalent in the target system. |
| Performance Reviews | Mapping required | Review cycles, objectives, goals, and appraisal ratings are carried over, but the schema for ratings scales, competency frameworks, and custom review forms varies significantly. We flag custom review templates for manual post-migration review. |
| Learning Records | Mapping required | Course completions, certifications, and skill profiles are migrated as-is, but custom learning paths and completion due dates require field-level mapping. Completion status and expiry dates are preserved. |
| Onboarding Checklists | Mapping required | Onboarding tasks, document checklists, and assignee ownership are carried over where the destination supports a comparable onboarding object. Standalone task lists that do not map to a named object are exported as a flat task record. |
| Recruitment and Applicants | Mapping required | Candidate profiles, applications, interview scores, and offer letters require mapping to the destination ATS schema. Position titles and department associations are reconciled during the field-mapping phase. |
| Engagement Survey Results | Mapping required | Survey responses, participation rates, and sentiment scores are exported as historical records. The destination may not support the same survey object type, so we store results as a structured custom object or tagged note block. |
| Expense Records | Mapping required | Expense claims, receipts, approval workflows, and reimbursement status are migrated as claims records. The destination's expense module may require re-mapping of category codes and approval routing. |
Gotchas
What to watch for in ELMO Suite migrations
Issues we've hit on past ELMO Suite migrations, tagged by severity. FlitStack AI handles every one — surfacing them up front because buyer engineering teams want to know.
Per-user pricing means headcount inflation at migration adds cost
Modular licensing means scope creep during migration
Module-to-module data lag creates dirty migration snapshots
Custom performance review forms resist direct field mapping
| Severity | Issue |
|---|---|
| High | Per-user pricing means headcount inflation at migration adds cost |
| Medium | Modular licensing means scope creep during migration |
| Medium | Module-to-module data lag creates dirty migration snapshots |
| Low | Custom performance review forms resist direct field mapping |
Leaving ELMO Suite?
Where ELMO Suite customers move next
5 destinations ELMO Suite can migrate to.
How a ELMO Suite migration works
Four steps, ELMO Suite-specific
Connect
Not publicly documented into ELMO Suite. Scopes limited to read-only on the data we move.
Map
We translate ELMO Suite-specific structures (custom fields, objects, value lists) to the destination's model.
Sample
Test with a 50–200 record subset to validate ELMO Suite quirks before production.
Migrate
Full migration with ELMO Suite rate-limit handling. Rollback available throughout.
FAQ
ELMO Suite migration FAQ
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