Deputy - Top Competitors (Apr 2022)

Deputy Review
ITQlick Score: 90/100
ITQlick Rating:
Pricing: 2/10 - low cost
Category: Employee Scheduling -> Deputy review -> Deputy competitors
Ranking:Ranked 4 out of 70 Employee Scheduling systems
Company: Deputy.Com
Pricing: starts at $2.50 per user/month
Typical customers: Small, medium and large size businesses
Platforms: Desktop, Mobile, Cloud
Links: Deputy review, Deputy pricing guide
Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / updated: Apr 21, 2022

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Deputy vs. Alternatives in 2023

Deputy competes with other employee scheduling systems like TCP Humanity Scheduling, Planday, and Homebase. We will compare these employee scheduling systems in some specific aspects below.
  • Functionality: Deputy offers features like Labor Costing, Auto-scheduling, Open Shifts, Break Planning, Working Remotely, Reduce Wage Costs, Manage Fatigue & Overtime, Simplify Wage & Hour Compliance, Cover Leave & Unavailability, etc. TCP Humanity Scheduling offers features like Automatic Scheduling (available in Deputy), Schedule Updates & Budgeting, Schedule Generator, Forecast Schedule Needs, Integrations (available in Deputy), Multiple Employee Schedulers, etc. Planday offers features like Core Scheduling, Schedule Templates, Employee Availability, Employee Shift-trade, Working Time Rules & Breaks, Auto-schedule (available in TPC Humanity and Deputy), etc. Homebase offers features like Scheduling & Availability, Messaging & Mobile App, Performance Tracking, Alerts & Notification, Templates, Auto-scheduling, Time Tracking (available in Deputy), Sales Forecasts & Labor Targets, etc.
  • Customers/Industries: Deputy targets Agriculture, Call center, Charity, Cleaning services, Professional Services, Retail, Security, Supermarkets, etc. Deputy has customers like Glam Corner, The Newsagency, San Churro, Heuser Ace Hardware, etc. TCP Humanity Scheduling targets Healthcare, Retail, Call centers, Manufacturing & Facilities, Transportation & Delivery, etc. TCP Humanity Scheduling targets Safeway, Dollywood, West Atlantic Group, etc. Planday targets Retail, Leisure, Hospitality, Healthcare, Hotels, Tests & Vaccinations, etc. Homebase targets Food & Beverage, Retail, Beauty & Wellness, Home & Repair, Services, Hospitality & Leisure, Education & Caregiving, Medical & Veterinary, etc. Homebase has customers like Valhalla Smokehouse and The Blind Goat & Xin Chao.
  • Cost: Deputy starts at $2.50 per user per month billed monthly with a free trial and version. The license cost information for TCP Humanity Scheduling is unavailable. Planday starts at €2.49 per user per month with a free trial. Homebase starts at $14 per month per location billed annually, and $19.95 per month per location with a free version and trial.
  • Cloud-based/On-premise: Deputy Employee Scheduling and all its alternatives are cloud-based.
  • Popularity: Deputy is privately held and trusted by 300,000+ workplaces across the globe. Homebase is privately held with 100K+ businesses.
  • Support: Deputy and all its alternatives offer support channels like Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live Rep), and Chat.

Deputy alternatives - for small & large Business

Here are the top 4 alternatives to Deputy that are worth checking out: WinCalendar for SMBs, ScheduleBase for large size business, 7shifts for growing companies, and Jolt for low budget organizations.

ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
Score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100 score, based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing pricing Score is a 1 to 10 score, based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
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Deputy
ITQlick rating
4.7/5
Score
90/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$2.50 per user/month
Functionality
17
Review
Best for SMBs
WinCalendar
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
91/100
Pricing
6.4/10
License pricing
$32 per license
Functionality
4
Best for Enterprise
ScheduleBase
ITQlick rating
4/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
7/10
License pricing
$10 per month
Functionality
5
Growing
7shifts
ITQlick rating
4.7/5
Score
90/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$17.99 per location/month
Functionality
22
Free version
Jolt
ITQlick rating
4.7/5
Score
88/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$79.99 per month
Functionality
22
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