Ideal (Ideal Talent Marketplace)

Ideal (ideal.com) is an on-demand staffing marketplace that connects workers seeking flexible, shift-based employment with organizations that need to fill workforce gaps quickly. Workers create a single profile, complete background checks and I-9 verification, and then browse and accept shifts across industries such as warehousing and event staffing, choosing their own hours and locations. Employers post open shifts and gain access to a pool of pre-vetted, W-2 workers to scale their workforce on demand. Ideal is part of Dayforce (formerly Ceridian) and its technology runs on the Dayforce platform, integrating with Dayforce Scheduling and using Dayforce Wallet to give workers access to their net earnings on the same day they work, without fees.

The company positions itself as a full-service solution that removes administrative burden from both sides of the marketplace: it handles worker recruitment, onboarding, verification, payroll, and tax administration for employers, while offering workers community support and skill-building opportunities. Ideal is available only in select geographic markets, with a waitlist for regions where it has not yet launched. No public self-serve pricing is listed on the official site; access for employers appears to be arranged directly, consistent with Dayforce's broader enterprise, quote-based pricing model.