HR & Payroll
Deputy
Smarter scheduling and time tracking for hourly workforces.
4.6· 772 reviews· via CapterraFounded 2008 · Sydney, Australia
What is Deputy?
Deputy is a workforce management platform for scheduling, time and attendance, and team communication across shift-based and hourly workforces. It is widely used in hospitality, retail, and healthcare.
Best known for: Shift scheduling for hourly teams
Key features
- Employee shift scheduling
- Time and attendance tracking
- Auto-scheduling and demand planning
- Leave management
- Payroll integrations
- Team messaging and tasks
Who Deputy is best for
- SMB and mid-market shift workforces
- Operators who want demand forecasting and labor optimization
- Teams needing compliant timesheets that feed payroll
Ideal team: SMB-to-mid-market shift-based businesses that want auto-scheduling, labor optimization, and payroll-ready timesheets.
Deputy pricing
Lite
$5/per user / mo
- Scheduling & timesheets
- Time clock
- Shift swapping
Popular
Core
$6.5/per user / mo
- Auto-scheduling
- Demand forecasting
- Labor optimization
Pro
$9/per user / mo
- Custom access levels
- SSO
- 24/7 live chat support
Costs to watch before you commit
- A $30/mo minimum spend means teams under ~6 users overpay.
- Payroll, HR, analytics, and messaging are modular add-ons that stack up.
- Users report meaningful price increases versus their sign-up rate.
- SSO is only available on the Pro tier.
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