Deputy alternatives for an Australian small business
What else a small Australian team can use instead of Deputy, with each option's published price and who its own pages say it suits. Nothing is ranked, and every figure comes from the company's own pricing page.
Prices read 2 October 2026What Deputy publishes
From its own pricing page, so you can see what you are comparing against.
| How the price is set | Per user per month, by plan |
|---|---|
| Lowest published paid price | $6.75 AUD per user per month on Lite, excluding taxes |
| Free plan | Not stated on the pages checked |
| Free trial | A 30 day free trial is stated for add-ons; not stated for the base plans |
| Minimum spend or seats | A minimum monthly spend of AUD $30 per invoice |
Read on 2 October 2026. The pages used are listed on the full comparison, and prices change, so check the source.
The alternatives
Roster Flow and every other product on this site, with the price each one publishes.
| Option | How the price is set | Lowest published paid price | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roster Flow | By the number of active people: bands up to 250 staff, and agreed with us above that | $29 a month for up to 10 staff, GST included | Free permanently for up to 5 staff |
| Tanda | Per user per month for the bundle; module prices on request | $12.80 plus GST per user per month for HR, payroll and workforce management together | Not stated on the pages checked |
| Shiftly | Free for every business at any size, with an 8% platform fee on shifts filled through Shiftly On-Demand | No paid tier is listed; the only charge named is the 8% fee added to the standard shift cost of an on-demand shift | Free for all organisations, with unlimited staff, locations and integrations |
| ClockOn | Per employee per month on ClockOn Pro, with payroll, rostering, attendance and HR together | From $8.80 per employee per month on ClockOn Pro | A Starter package of basic payroll and Single Touch Payroll, free for eligible new businesses for up to 12 months or 27 submissions |
| RosterElf | Per employee per month, by plan | $6 AUD per employee per month on Core, billed annually, or $8 monthly | Not stated on the pages checked |
| Employment Hero | Per employee per month for HR plans, with rostering and time and attendance as an add-on | HR Essentials at $10 per employee per month, with the rostering add-on on top | Not stated on the pages checked |
| Humanforce | Custom pricing | Not published | Not stated on the pages checked |
| Roubler | A tailored quote, based on active users per month | Not published | Not stated on the pages checked |
| Connecteam | A monthly price for the first 30 users, plus a price per additional user | $29 USD a month for the first 30 users on Basic, plus $0.8 per additional user | Free for up to 10 users on the Small Business plan |
| Square Shifts | Per team member per month | Plus from $5 per team member per month, with discounts for larger teams | Free for up to five team members |
| Findmyshift | Per team, not per staff member | $41 AUD per team per month on Starter, or $36 billed yearly | A free plan at $0 per team |
| A spreadsheet | The spreadsheet software the business already uses | No extra cost where the business already has it | Free spreadsheet tools exist, such as Google Sheets |
Who each one may suit
From each product's own pages. A fit, not a ranking.
- Small teams that want a price set by team size and a free plan
- Businesses that enter their own rates and send approved hours to Xero
- Businesses that want HR, payroll and workforce management from one company
- Teams that want rosters informed by sales data, as Tanda describes
- Venues that want award interpretation at no charge
- Businesses that expect to fill shifts with temporary staff and are happy to pay a fee on those shifts
- Businesses that want to replace their payroll system as well as their roster
- Employers who want award interpretation and Single Touch Payroll in the same product
- Businesses that want award interpretation included in the rostering plan
- Teams that want HR tools in the same plan, which RosterElf lists on Full Suite
- Businesses that want HR, recruitment and payroll on one platform
- Teams of ten or more who want rostering alongside HR
- Organisations with complex operations, which Humanforce describes its Pro plan for
- Businesses that want award interpretation and enterprise agreement configuration
- Businesses that want payroll, or managed payroll, in the same platform as rostering
- Teams that want award interpretation built in
- Teams that want geofenced clock in across several sites, which Connecteam lists from Advanced
- Teams of up to 10 users on its free Small Business plan
- Teams that want tips and commission management alongside shifts
- Teams of up to five on the free plan
- Businesses that prefer a price per team rather than by the number of people
- Teams that want long forward planning windows, which Findmyshift lists on higher plans
Staying with Deputy
- Businesses that want features Deputy lists on its higher plans, such as auto-scheduling, biometrics time clocking, and wage and labour budgets
- Teams that want payroll from the same company, which Deputy lists as an add-on
- Pro lists single sign-on and 24/7 live chat
- Payroll, HR, messaging and analytics are listed as add-ons
How this page is made
- Every figure about another company comes from its own public pages, read on 2 October 2026.
- Nothing is ranked, scored or called best. Which one suits you depends on your week, not on a list.
- Where a page did not say, this one says so rather than counting it against the product.
- Roster Flow is on the list with its own limits, which each comparison page sets out in full.
Still to do on this page: re-read every pricing page before each release, and a legal and trademark review.
Questions
What can I use instead of Deputy?
12 options an Australian small business would shortlist: Roster Flow, Tanda, Shiftly, ClockOn, RosterElf, Employment Hero, Humanforce, Roubler, Connecteam, Square Shifts and Findmyshift, and a spreadsheet. This page lists each one's published price and who its own pages say it suits, so the shortlist can be cut before anybody books a demo.
Which Deputy alternatives have a free plan?
On the pages checked, Shiftly, ClockOn, Connecteam, Square Shifts and Findmyshift state one, and Roster Flow is free for up to five staff permanently, which is a plan rather than a trial. The rest either do not publish a free plan or do not say.
Which Deputy alternatives publish their prices?
All of them do, and every figure on this page is from that company's own pricing page. Prices change, so read the source before deciding anything on a number here.
Is this list of Deputy alternatives independent?
No, and it says so rather than pretending otherwise: it is written by the team behind Roster Flow, which is one of the options on it. What keeps it useful is that every statement about another product comes from that company's own public pages, read on 2 October 2026 and listed at the bottom, and that Roster Flow's own limits are set out in the same place as everybody else's.