Staff scheduling and rostering software compared: what 8 companies charge

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• 7 of the 8 charge per user, or for extra users, on at least one plan, so the price grows with the team.
• 1 of the 8 shows a quote request instead of a price.
• 3 of the 8 offer a free plan, and 6 offer a time-limited trial.

Taken from what each company's own page says it is for.

• Deputy: shift-based businesses, with a separate flexible weekly plan for short-term events such as conferences and festivals.
• Sling: businesses of every size, from a small team to a franchise with several locations, across industries such as food and drink, retail, healthcare and education.
• Humanity: small teams or businesses (the Essentials description), with Professional marked as the most popular plan.
• Connecteam: small businesses (the page calls its free Small Business Plan the most powerful solution for small businesses), with paid tiers by hub for operations, communications and HR.
• When I Work: businesses scheduling anywhere from five employees to 500, such as restaurants, retail stores and dental practices, with Essentials aimed at saving time on the weekly schedule.
• Tanda: employers with hourly workers (the page says Tanda Payroll works best for them), in industries such as retail, hospitality and early learning.
• Homebase: small business teams (the page calls it a top-rated app built for small business teams), with a free plan for one location and up to 10 employees.
• Rosterfy: medium to large organisations managing 100 or more volunteers (stated on the North America version of the page).

• Rosterfy: Add-ons are said to be available but are not named or priced, and Quick Start packages are listed in the menu with no prices.
• Deputy: Per-user pricing in AUD excluding taxes, with a minimum spend of A$30 a month per invoice on the monthly Lite, Core and Pro plans. Payroll is a separate $5 per user per month add-on, and annual plans are charged up front for the year.
• Sling: The page says Premium and Business bill only for the people who use the platform, and customers can save 15% by paying annually. The two figures on each paid card are not labelled as monthly or annual on the page.
• Humanity: Priced per employee per month billed annually, and the employee count includes managers and administrators, with charges prorated for people added mid-term.
• Connecteam: A flat monthly price covers the first 30 users and each extra user costs a small monthly fee, and the three hubs (operations, communications, HR and skills) each have their own price list. The free Small Business Plan covers up to 10 users.
• When I Work: Per-user pricing with no contracts or hidden fees, and the FAQ says seats can be added, reduced or cancelled at any time.
• Tanda: Only the bundle has a price on the page; each single module and the All in One plan have Request pricing buttons. GST is stated as extra.
• Homebase: Priced per location, and the page defines a location as a physical address, so two addresses count as two locations. Other add-ons include Tip Manager at $25 a month per location and Task Manager at $13 a month per location.

• Whether the price is per employee, per location or flat, and whether there is a minimum.
• Whether the roster feeds payroll, or you retype the hours.
• Award, overtime and break rules for your country, and who keeps them up to date.
• Shift swaps and availability from a phone, because that is what staff actually use.

These pages did not give us a price we could read. That is a limit of how we read, not a sign that the company hides its prices.

• 7shifts: its prices did not show when we read the page, and a script may be drawing them.
• Planday: its pricing page did not give us a price we could read.

We do not sell a roster tool. If your roster is tangled up with your stock, your jobs or your bookings, we can build one into the same system, quoted in writing.

See also: custom software, dashboards and what we charge.