ShareForce vs Shareworks
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“When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found ShareForce easier to use, set up, and administer than ShareWorks by Morgan Stanley.”
Why G2 customers choose ShareForce over Shareworks
Simple to run
ShareForce is easy to use, fast to set up, and simple to administer, reducing friction for finance and HR teams.
Intuitive interface
Teams highlight ShareForce’s intuitive interface and clear navigation for key items such as tax documents.
Built‑in trust
Customers emphasise ShareForce’s proactive notifications, responsive support and audit‑ready outputs.
Expert onboarding
Expert‑led onboarding and hands‑on support, whether you are new to equity software or migrating from a legacy platform.
ShareForce vs Shareworks
ShareForce is designed for modern private and public companies across Africa, the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australasia, aligning equity, tax and FX realities into a single operating environment.
It supports growth‑stage to pre‑IPO and listed entities with multi‑country, multi‑entity incentive plans and valuation‑aware reporting for IFRS‑ and ASC‑style standards.
While ShareWorks brings deep global equity capabilities, reviewers highlight user‑experience challenges and difficulty contacting support, which can slow down everyday workflows for issuers and participants.
With ShareForce, finance and reward teams get a modern, purpose‑built experience for complex plans, with intuitive workflows and responsive support that keep administration light.
Feature Overview
| Key Features | ShareForce | Shareworks |
|---|---|---|
| Ease of use & admin | G2 reviewers find ShareForce easier to use, set up, and administer, reducing operational effort. | Users frequently describe the interface as difficult to navigate. |
| Incentive plan flexibility | Built for options, LTIPs, RSUs, PSUs and performance‑linked plans in multi‑entity, multi‑country structures. | Comprehensive equity capabilities for large global programs but often feels “heavy‑weight”. |
| Local compliance & governance. | Governance‑ready workflows and reporting designed for boards, auditors and investors in multiple regions. | Strong corporate governance support, but complexity and UX issues can hinder adoption. |
| Stakeholder experience | Modern, mobile‑friendly participant experience with clear holdings and outcomes. | Participants report crowded screens and confusing UI, especially for newer users. |
| Reporting, auditors and boards | Finance friendly reports and exports for audit and accounting, highlighted positively in G2 reviews. | Reporting is strong but harder to access due to navigation and usability issues. |
| Support & partnership | Users highlight highly effective, competent and a strong partner-style relationship. | Challenges reaching support teams promptly and experience slow response times. |
Key features
| Ease of use & admin | ||
| G2 reviewers find ShareForce easier to use, set up, and administer, reducing operational effort. | Users frequently describe the interface as difficult to navigate. | |
| Incentive plan flexibility | ||
| Built for options, LTIPs, RSUs, PSUs and performance‑linked plans in multi‑entity, multi‑country structures. | Comprehensive equity capabilities for large global programs but often feels “heavy‑weight”. | |
| Local compliance & governance | ||
| Governance‑ready workflows and reporting designed for boards, auditors and investors in multiple regions. | Strong corporate governance support, but complexity and UX issues can hinder adoption. | |
| Stakeholder experience | ||
| Modern, mobile‑friendly participant experience with clear holdings and outcomes. | Participants report crowded screens and confusing UI, especially for newer users. | |
| Reporting, auditors and boards | ||
| Finance friendly reports and exports for audit and accounting, highlighted positively in G2 reviews. | Reporting is strong but harder to access due to navigation and usability issues. | |
| Support & partnership | ||
| Users highlight highly effective, competent and a strong partner-style relationship. | Challenges reaching support teams promptly and experience slow response times. | |
Why choose ShareForce
- Operate sophisticated, multi country plans in a platform G2 reviewers’ rate as easier to use, set up and administer than ShareWorks.
- Keep boards, auditors and investors aligned with valuation aware reporting and calculations that customers rely on for audit and accounting work.
- Give employees a clear, modern experience with intuitive participant views that make it easy to understand what they hold and how their rewards work.
“The system is incredibly flexible, allowing you to tailor it perfectly to your needs. Thanks to the team, the implementation process was seamless, with outstanding support provided every step of the way.”
Krisztina F.
Finance Manager
“We are a multinational mining company with operations on 5 continents. We are also listed on multiple stock exchanges around the world. The ShareForce tool has been instrumental in simplifying our Incentive administration and reporting process (IFRS / SOX). We currently have approximately 300 end-users that have access to the platform.”
Koos N.
Unit Manager Total Reward
“The way it has stacked workflows and become a single source of truth, enabling users to be more self-sufficient and giving us greater comfort in the accuracy of our data.”
Gareth F.
Group Company Secretary
Get more agility and value on complex plans
ShareForce stands out for usability, setup, and day‑to‑day administration, while still meeting the needs of complex, global equity plans that require IFRS 2/ASC 718 compliant reporting and governance support.
Award Balances
Grant
Grant
Unvested
- ACS Employee Trust Scheme
- Long Term Incentive Plan
- Performance Share Plan
- Restricted Share Plan
- Share Appreciation Rights
- Share Option Scheme
- Short-term Incentives
Unvested
- 100 000
- 775 000
- 153 334
- 400 000
- 0
- 150 000
- 50 000