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Turn Any Client File Into Payroll-Ready Data

Accept the files your customers already have. Ingestro’s AI agents map them to your payroll schema, validate them against local payroll rules, and transform them into the exact structure and format your payroll engine expects.

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Orchestrating hundreds of thousands of data workflows for global payroll & HR companies
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key differentiators

The Ingestro advantage over datascalehr competitors

Accept any file your clients have
Your clients can send the workbooks and exports they already use. You can accept multi-tab XLSX, XLSM, CSV, XML, and PDF files, or pull data straight from systems such as ADP, Workday, and SAP.
Mapping, validation and transformation in one flow
AI agents map client data to your payroll schema, check it against local payroll rules, and transform it into your payroll engine’s format. Your consultants review the results before anything goes live.
Make self-service easy for your customers
With an embeddable importer, your customers can import and fix their own files inside your product. Your consultants set the mapping and validation rules once and can still review the results before anything goes live.
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Key differences between datascalehr and Ingestro

Ingestro
datascalehr

Focus

Purpose-built to turn incoming CSV, XLS(X), XML, PDF files into payroll-ready data leveraging AI agents

Connecting HR systems to payroll providers across many countries

Files accepted

Multi-tab XLSX, XLSM, CSV, XML, and PDF files, even when columns change. Also ZIP legacy exports and HR system connectors

Formats aren’t listed publicly, so you may want to confirm them with the vendor

Mapping

AI agents trained on thousands of industry mapping decisions map client data to your payroll schema and reuse past mappings

Predicts mappings and learns from decisions specialists have confirmed

Transformations

Plain-language changes applied by agents, with every changed value traceable to its original

Public materials focus on the mapping capabilities

Deployment

Available as a standalone platform or embedded directly into your own product

A platform with a guided workflow and an API, but it can’t be embedded in your own product

Focus
Ingestro

Purpose-built to turn incoming CSV, XLS(X), XML, PDF files into clean data leveraging AI agents

Alteryx

A broad analytics platform with 300+ tools built for trained data specialists

User
Ingestro

Implementation and operations teams build and maintain entire workflows themselves, no data specialists required

Alteryx

Workflows require a certified data team to build; any break or change routes back through them

Flexibility
Ingestro

Set up the workflow once, then reuse it for every customer and every recurring file, without relying on engineering

Alteryx

Each new file structure or customer variation adds more work for the specialist team

Interface
Ingestro

An intuitive UI with natural language support

Alteryx

Built for building and orchestrating workflows, not for reviewing or fixing incorrect data through a non-technical UI

Deployment
Ingestro

Available as a standalone platform or embedded directly into your own product

Alteryx

Available only as a desktop or cloud analytics tool

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How it works

Agents prepare the data. Your consultants support the clients.

Ingestro agents read whatever file a client sends, check it against your payroll rules, and prepare the files your payroll engine expects. Your consultants can focus on guiding clients to a successful go-live.

Accept any file clients throw at you

Clients send what they have: a multi-tab XLSX, a macro-enabled XLSM, a CSV, an XML, or a PDF. Ingestro reads each file as it arrives, so your consultants no longer have to wrangle customer files.

Connect to the systems your clients already use

Pull data straight from ADP, Workday, SAP and other HR and payroll systems, with no custom pipeline for every new client. Ingestro’s agents handle the different field names, formats and pay codes, so the data arrives in the structure your payroll engine needs.

Validate before upload, transform in plain language

Ingestro maps the client’s data to your payroll schema and checks tax IDs, IBANs, and pay code values the moment the file loads. Tell it in plain language what needs to change, and agents take care of it. The result is the separate upload files your payroll engine takes, such as master data, tax setup, pay elements, and payment details, in their required layout and column order.

Ask clients only for what’s missing

Send clients one exception report with only the employees that need their input and each issue explained. When they send it back, the correction round picks up where it stopped.

Automate more, with control and compliance built in

Many client contracts restrict how sensitive payroll data can be processed, so you decide how AI is used. Switch it off for a client, let it map from column headers only, or self-host with your own language model. Every step your agents build stays visible and logged, and consultants review before anything reaches your payroll engine.

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ENTERPRISE-GRADE SOLUTIONS

Engineered to meet every scale and security requirement

Ingestro integrates unmatched reliability, performance, and security to create the infrastructure that supports enterprise-level growth.

30 seconds
average import time across all file sources
50+ languages
supported for data mapping
99,9% uptime
backed by real-time monitoring
ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type I, and GDPR compliant
Ingestro keeps your data safe with uncompromising security and privacy.
Self-hosting possibility
Host Ingestro on your own infrastructure and gain complete control over imported data.
Unlimited file size support
Experience unwavering stability and performance with every file upload.
Best-in-class guidance and support team
Access priority support with our enterprise SLA via your preferred channels.
CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY

Lano cut payroll data import time by 90% across 170+ countries

With Ingestro, Lano transformed payroll data onboarding from a full working day to just one hour. By automating imports from clients worldwide, they freed their teams from manual data wrangling, ultimately speeding up time to value.

90% faster payroll data onboarding
Greater data quality through context-aware data processing
Improved ability to manage highly variable data across formats
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Ingestro handles the complex data preparation we couldn't scale manually, turning a full day of reformatting work into about an hour and helping us onboard more clients without adding headcount.

Anastasia Kuzmina

Senior Product Manager

Lano

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