No two companies manage leave in exactly the same way. Some HR teams need a straightforward, centralized system to track leave, manage FMLA, and keep everyone on the same page. Others need deeper automation, HRIS integrations, and automated leave pay calculations to support a more complex leave operation.
That’s why Tilt offers two platform options: Tilt Essentials and Tilt Professional.
Both plans give HR teams the tools to manage leave in-house with greater visibility, consistency, and confidence. The difference comes down to how much automation and integration your organization needs.
Tilt Essentials: Modern Leave Management Made Simple
Tilt Essentials is a great fit for organizations looking for a modern, centralized way to manage and track leave without adding unnecessary complexity.
Instead of relying on spreadsheets, email threads, and disconnected information, Essentials gives your HR team one place to manage leave, understand where employees are in the process, and keep HR, managers, and employees informed.
Essentials supports leave types including FMLA, PWFA, state, personal, and company-specific leaves, along with leave and short-term disability guidance for HR, managers, and employees.
With Essentials, you get:
- Centralized leave management to track employee leaves and key dates in one place
- HR and Manager Dashboards for visibility into leave activity and upcoming events
- Employee Leave Planner for a private, easy-to-understand leave experience
- Automated workflows, notifications, and customized plan steps to reduce manual work
- Reporting and leave visibility to help HR stay on top of their programs
- Leave guidance through the tech for HR, managers, and employees
- Dedicated Customer Success support to help your HR team get the most from the platform
Essentials is ideal for organizations that want a one-stop shop for leave management without needing automated leave pay calculations or integrations included in their base platform.
And if your needs grow, Essentials also gives you the flexibility to add capabilities like integrations and Premium Support as needed.
Tilt Professional: Complete Leave Experience Management at Scale
Tilt Professional includes everything in Essentials, plus the automation and connectivity organizations need when leave management becomes more operationally complex.
For HR teams managing leave across multiple systems, relying on payroll data, or looking to reduce manual calculations, Professional brings more of that work directly into the platform.
With Tilt Professional, you get:
- Everything in Tilt Essentials
- Standard and Premium integrations included — connect leave data with your HRIS without an additional integration fee
- Automated leave pay calculations to help HR teams determine leave-related pay and generate supporting reports
- SSO for a streamlined employee and administrator experience
- Custom company resources to provide employees and managers with organization-specific information
- Leave Summary for a consolidated view of leave information
Professional is a strong fit for organizations that want to connect their leave management system to their broader HR technology stack and automate leave pay calculations, rather than managing those processes separately.
What About Employee Support?
Premium Support is available as an add-on to both Essentials and Professional.
It doesn’t change which platform you use. Instead, it adds 1:1 employee leave support from Tilt’s Leave Specialists.
With Premium Support, your HR team continues to use the same leave management platform while Tilt’s Leave Specialists help employees navigate their leave experience and provide additional support for more complex situations.
This means you can choose the platform that fits your organization’s technology and automation needs, then add the level of human support that makes sense for your team.
Finding Your Fit: Essentials vs. Professional
| Feature | Tilt Essentials | Tilt Professional |
|---|---|---|
| Core leave management | ✓ | ✓ |
| FMLA, PWFA, state, personal, and company-specific leaves | ✓ | ✓ |
| HR, manager, and employee leave guidance | ✓ | ✓ |
| HR and Manager Dashboards | ✓ | ✓ |
| Private Employee Leave Planner | ✓ | ✓ |
| Workflows and notifications | ✓ | ✓ |
| Customized plan steps | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reporting | ✓ | ✓ |
| SFTP and file upload | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dedicated Customer Success support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Standard and Premium HRIS integrations | Available for an additional fee | Included |
| Automated leave pay calculations | — | ✓ |
| Single sign-on (SSO) | — | ✓ |
| Custom company resources | — | ✓ |
| Leave Summary | — | ✓ |
| Premium Support with Leave Specialists | Available as an add-on | Available as an add-on |
Which Tilt Plan Is Right for You?
The best plan depends less on how many employees you have and more on how your team wants to manage leave.
Choose Tilt Essentials if you:
- Want one centralized place to manage and track leave
- Need strong FMLA and leave management capabilities
- Want visibility for HR, managers, and employees
- Are moving away from spreadsheets and manual processes
- Don’t need automated leave pay calculations
- Are comfortable connecting data through SFTP or file uploads, or adding integrations separately
- Want the flexibility to add Premium Support if and when you need it
Choose Tilt Professional if you:
- Need everything Essentials has to offer plus:
- Want integrations included as part of your platform
- Need automated leave pay calculations and reporting
- Want to connect leave management more closely with your HR technology stack
- Need SSO
- Want additional customization and visibility for a more complex leave operation
Both plans are designed to give HR teams more clarity and control over leave. The right choice is simply the one that matches the way your organization wants to manage leave today — and where you want to go next.
Which Tilt Plan Is Right for You?
You shouldn’t have to choose between a platform that’s too basic for your needs and one that’s packed with capabilities you don’t need.
With Tilt, you can start with the leave management capabilities that make the most sense for your organization and add more automation or support when you need it.
Explore Tilt Essentials and Professional or talk with our team to find the right fit for your organization.
