Compared on published pricing and documentation · checked 2026-09-16
Leavo vs Deputy
Deputy: Shift scheduling and time clocking first, with leave and availability alongside. Leavo: leave, time and shifts in one platform, free under nine. Here is how they line up on what you pay, what you get, and who each one actually suits.
Pick Deputy if your real problem is the rota, not the holiday calendar. Pick Leavo if you are under nine people and want a genuinely free tool, or if you want time tracking and shift planning included rather than bolted on. Neither runs payroll.
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Side by side
| Leavo | Deputy | |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free under nine members; then $448 a year (Professional) or $747 a year (Premium) for 15 members — about $2.49 to $4.15 per user per month | $5 per user per month on Lite, $6.50 on Core, $9 on Pro, billed monthly (about 10% less billed annually) |
| Fifteen people, leave only | $37.33 a month on Professional; $62.25 on Premium | $75 a month on Lite; $97.50 on Core |
| Free plan | Yes — under nine members | No |
| Free trial | 30 days, no card | Free trial offered; the pricing page does not state its length |
| Minimum | None | $30 a month minimum spend per invoice |
| What it covers | Leave, time tracking and shift planning in every tier | Scheduling, timesheets and time clocking on every plan; leave and availability management on every plan; payroll, HR, messaging and analytics as add-ons |
| Time tracking | Yes — planned vs actual sessions, automatic overtime, day and week validation, badge/device support | Yes — timesheets and time clocking on every plan |
| Shift planning | Yes — draft, publish, auto-lock; copy-week; change requests | Yes — rostering is the core of the product, with auto-scheduling on Core and Pro |
| Multi-country holidays | Yes — public holidays for 100+ countries, per policy group | Not stated on the pricing page — verify the locations you need |
| Compliance checks | Swiss CCT and French CCN presets with weekly checks | Pay-rule and award interpretation for shift work, strongest in Australia; no Swiss CCT or French CCN checks |
| Integrations | AI assistant (chat and voice); clock devices; API (per vendor) | Payroll and POS integrations plus an API (vendor claim); not verified by us |
| Best for | Small teams that want dedicated leave tracking without a full HRIS | Shift-based businesses — hospitality, retail, healthcare — where rostering is the main job and leave rides along with it |
Leavo figures from its pricing page and product pages; Deputy figures from its pricing page. Both checked 2026-09-16. List prices change — confirm before buying.
Pick Deputy if
- Your real problem is the rota, not the holiday calendar
- You need clock-in, timesheets and award or pay-rule interpretation for hourly staff
- You are above the $30 monthly minimum anyway and want scheduling-first software
Pick Leavo if
- You are under nine people and want a genuinely free tool
- Leave is the problem you are solving, with shifts and hours as a bonus rather than the centre
- You employ under a Swiss CCT or French CCN and want compliance checks
- You want multi-country public-holiday calendars built in and the product in French, Spanish or Italian
What this comparison can and cannot tell you
Everything above comes from the two vendors’ published pricing and product documentation. It tells you what each product is designed to do and what it costs. It does not tell you how either behaves over a year with a real team — whether a carryover cap fires on the right date, or what the audit log records after a policy edit. Our Leavo review lists exactly what has and has not been verified and publishes the test protocol.
Common questions
Which is cheaper for a team of 15, Leavo or Deputy?
On list prices checked 2026-09-16: Leavo Professional is $448 a year, about $37 a month for 15 members. Deputy is $75 a month on Lite; $97.50 on Core. A $30 a month minimum spend per invoice applies. Admins and managers count as billable users. Payroll, HR, Messaging+ and Analytics+ are paid add-ons. Below nine members Leavo is free and Deputy is not.
Does Deputy do time tracking and shifts like Leavo?
Deputy: Yes — timesheets and time clocking on every plan. Shifts: Yes — rostering is the core of the product, with auto-scheduling on Core and Pro. Leavo includes time tracking and shift planning alongside leave in every tier.
Can I switch from one to the other without losing balances?
Both publish balance reports or exports that can be re-entered as opening balances in the other tool. Do the switch at a leave-year boundary where possible, export the audit history first, and keep the old account read-only for a year in case a departing employee disputes a balance.
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Sources
- Leavo — pricing and product pages
- Deputy — pricing