Deputy vs. Square Shifts

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Deputy
Score 7.1 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Deputy is a web-based workforce manager solution. Deputy is designed to help users simplify their scheduling, timesheets, tasking, employee communication and administrative tasks. It includes various apps and one click payroll integration that aim to make workforce management easier. The Deputy platform enables users to schedule in line with demand, prepare accurate payroll, and communicate more clearly. Deputy streamlines employee admin, so teams can focus on what…
$2.50
per user
Square Shifts
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Square Shifts is employee scheduling software, used to create and publish shifts. Users can assign work schedules and send them out via a mobile app or email. Previous shift schedules can be copied forward to avoid starting from scratch each week.N/A
Pricing
DeputySquare Shifts
Editions & Modules
Scheduling Only
$2.50
per user
Scheduling, Time and Attendance
$4.50
per user
Enterprise
Custom pricing for enterprise clients
per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DeputySquare Shifts
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
DeputySquare Shifts
Considered Both Products
Deputy
Chose Deputy
Deputy surpasses expectations with its intuitive simplicity and outstanding value. It eliminates guesswork from the equation while delivering exceptional cost-effectiveness.
Chose Deputy
Deputy is less clunky than Clockify and offers more advanced integration options. I also can't stress enough how nice it is to have something just mounted to the wall running Deputy that can be on 24/7 and after five years not have some sort of breakdown.
Chose Deputy
Feature and functionality wise they are very similar. I liked the UI for both platforms. The main reason we ended up choosing Deputy is because of their good pricing, Deputy was significantly less costly, thus we are getting more value. The other reason was that I liked the …
Chose Deputy
7Shifts was not able to provide the integration we needed for our payroll system and no support to integrate with our HR system. It also did not have the ability to create custom reports or create reports in a format that we could use for payroll. The user interface was a bit …
Chose Deputy
I have used Ontheclock which is basic timekeeping but doesn't integrate with my payroll system.
Chose Deputy
Deputy provides a comprehensive approach to time tracking for employees and scheduling. I like how Deputy includes state labor laws and integrates with our payroll provider to sync hours and paid time off during each pay run. Other software providers with built-in time tracking …
Chose Deputy
I tested HomeBase and Deputy at the same time. I gave up testing HomeBase when I found Deputy immediately more user-friendly and, as I thought, more ingeniously designed. However, I did not do in-depth testing of HomeBase. I simply jumped to Deputy when I realized it would do …
Chose Deputy
I previously used ADP Workforce at another firm. When using ADP back then, there was not an app, although there may be one now. I like that Deputy offers an app and I like how user-friendly and easy it is to use. At a previous firm we also used ADP to house a lot of HR …
Chose Deputy
N/A - we were previously writing our schedule via email.
Chose Deputy
Kronos was not user-friendly. It was very limited on what could be done and my staff struggled to use it as well. Deputy is updated and continues to update. One of the biggest differences is my staff being able to swap shifts with other staff members. This gives so much more …
Chose Deputy
Unlike Clockify, Deputy offers an all one program from rostering and approving timesheets to payroll and HR admin. It has really helped our company keep everything in the one place and save on costs having multiple programs and software. Our staff is much happier using Deputy …
Chose Deputy
At the time I tried it (a couple of years ago, think it might have been called T-Sheets?) it really was not something we could use for running a business where the field employees didn't work fixed shifts. It would have been more work than staying with the manual timesheets.
Chose Deputy
We only had When I Work for employees to enter their hours. The functions of Deputy is way better and all employees think that it is much easier to use. It is now a year since we changed to Deputy, so I don't know if the other app has improved, but at the time Deputy was …
Chose Deputy
We did a trial of When I Work prior to implementing Deputy. Although it has been a few years, it didn't seem to have the same features and functionality as Deputy, although our pricing was less with When I Work if I recall. It may have changed since then so they are probably …
Chose Deputy
Don't remember, did the evaluations 2 years ago.
Chose Deputy
I haven't used any other product except manual word documents. Obviously using Deputy has had a huge impact on the efficiency of my administrative tasks such as timesheets rosters and payroll.
Chose Deputy
As already mentioned, it was the charging by shift scheduled and the ability to choose which employees I want working that drew me to Deputy. I had looked at Deputy several years ago, but until they implemented the "Pay by Shift Scheduled" feature, it was going to be too …
Chose Deputy
I am not quite sure about this. I did not get to use when to work a lot.
Chose Deputy
Deputy is scheduling-based. If you are looking for a HIRIS system to have everything under one umbrella it is difficult as most platforms are not geared towards scheduling and are as basic as an excel sheet. If looking for an all-in-one system make sure to see if Deputy can …
Chose Deputy
the very intuitive feature makes rostering process very fast.
Chose Deputy
I do not remember the other tools I looked at when choosing Deputy. But I do know that it offered the most features for the most reasonable cost. And it helped to eliminate the headaches I was having with the use of paper schedules. I had too many instances of “I didn’t realize …
Square Shifts

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Features
DeputySquare Shifts
Workforce Management Software Features
Comparison of Workforce Management Software Features features of Product A and Product B
Deputy
6.0
Ratings
12% below category average
Square Shifts
-
Ratings
Scheduling and Shift Management8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Workforce Reporting and Analytics5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Workforce Compliance Monitoring9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Accessibility10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Assignment and Tracking5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Forecasting and Resource Planning3.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Staffing Forecasting and Resource Planning3.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Shift Swapping and Time-Off Requests5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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DeputySquare Shifts
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
DeputySquare Shifts
Likelihood to Recommend
7.7
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Likelihood to Renew
8.8
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-
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Usability
9.1
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-
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Availability
9.5
(0 ratings)
-
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Performance
9.2
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-
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Support Rating
8.4
(0 ratings)
-
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In-Person Training
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
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Implementation Rating
6.2
(0 ratings)
-
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Configurability
7.8
(0 ratings)
-
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Ease of integration
6.7
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.3
(0 ratings)
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Vendor post-sale
9.0
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Vendor pre-sale
8.8
(0 ratings)
-
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User Testimonials
DeputySquare Shifts
Likelihood to Recommend
[My own feeling on the subject is] that large teams will probably enjoy the features much more than a smaller team. [In my opinion] I would not have signed up with Deputy had it not been for the integration with my payroll provider. [From my point of view] the cost is not worth it for a small team. [I've found] it has a lot of features geared towards big teams and those are not things you can "opt-out" of from a cost/tier standpoint [as far as I'm concerned].
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Pros
  • Timesheet scheduling & alerting employees of schedules
  • Ease of use - the guys can easily clock in and out and adjust time sheets as needed
  • Communication with our accounting package - it integrates seamlessly with Xero and speeds up payroll significantly.
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Cons
  • Integration with various point of sale systems to pull sales data vs. scheduled and/or worked hours.
  • Ability to "re-invite, " change a password or fix an employee-level account if they didn't set things up correctly.
  • An easier way of loading all holidays or facility closure dates for the year. e.g. Google reminds you, Are you open for Thanksgiving this year?
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Likelihood to Renew
The basic functionality and overall efficiency it provides is enough to renew. I still would like to see improvements in reporting and leave management, but overall it is absolutely worth it to have the program. I especially like having remote access and supervisors scheduling and approving time sheets of employees
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Usability
The fact that my older staff, that do not know how to use a computer, can accurately clock in and out, request time off, and view their schedules, shows how easy Deputy is to use. The app you can download on your phone, it makes these actions, even more, user-friendly.
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Reliability and Availability
We have never had a problem with deputy being unavailable
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Performance
Everything is quick and easy
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Support Rating
Every time I have contacted support they have answered my question within the hour and solved every problem we have had. They follow up to make sure we are satisfied with our results which has been great when we are busy and get distracted
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In-Person Training
It was super easy and quick
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Online Training
Did a great job of getting us up to speed with their online documentation.
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Implementation Rating
I was told that deputy and Xero would interact and that I could do automated payslips and that’s true but they don’t [separate weekdays] and weekends which attract different pay grades. When trying to troubleshoot there has never been a solution.
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Alternatives Considered
Deputy provides a comprehensive approach to time tracking for employees and scheduling. I like how Deputy includes state labor laws and integrates with our payroll provider to sync hours and paid time off during each pay run. Other software providers with built-in time tracking failed to include these essential features. Furthermore, Deputy archives employee scheduling data and timesheets indefinitely even after the employee leaves, so that you have a record as required by law. We highly recommend Deputy.
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Scalability
We have gone from using deputy simply to schedule a couple of members of staff on coffee shop shifts, to also scheduling staff in the retail unit part of our business, to now also scheduling team days and having remote working staff start on schedule shifts to track their working hours.
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Return on Investment
  • Hundreds of man-hours saved monthly that previously was spent on recording hours work.
  • Holiday management is very clear and support fair treatment of staff.
  • The 100% accuracy of timesheets is amazing. Once approved thousands of timesheets just land in our payroll system thanks to the export/import functions.
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ScreenShots

Deputy Screenshots

Screenshot of Manage your business from your pocket.  See who is currently on the clock and who is late.Screenshot of What if someone doesn't show up for a shift? Find a replacement from your phone in seconds!Screenshot of Enterprise level experience in an elegantly designed iPad app.