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Leave Dates Review

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Should I use Leave Dates?

Easy-to-use staff leave planner and annual leave software. - leavedates.com

· 1 day ago

Buy it if you're a small business still tracking leave in spreadsheets — it's easy, well-reviewed, and has a free trial. Skip it if you need payroll or a full HR suite; BambooHR or e-days fit better.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 12 public sources; exact paid pricing not published in the sources reviewed.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support quality
  • Security posture

Pricing

£0

Free plan

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
PaidNot published in reviewed sources

Best for

  • Small UK businesses
  • Teams replacing Excel leave trackers
  • Slack-using teams
  • Managers watching holiday clashes

Not for

  • Enterprises needing payroll or a full HRIS
  • Guess: large orgs with multi-country absence compliance needs
  • Teams so small a shared calendar works fine

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Overlapping approvals reported on Reddit — configure clash rules before rollout.

medium

Exact per-user pricing isn't published in reviewed sources — confirm before your trial ends.

medium

UK-centric: bank holiday handling is a recurring theme — verify your region's holiday setup.

low

Small vendor (~$880K ARR) — budget time for migration if it folds.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Repeatedly praised as easy to use across G2 and Capterra reviews
  • 4.85/5 Capterra rating from 380 reviews; 7,000 UK businesses claimed
  • Syncs approved leave to Google and Outlook calendars
  • Slack integration and SAML SSO supported
  • Free 30-day trial to test before paying

Cons

  • Reddit user reports two overlapping holidays both approved
  • Leave tracking only — buyers compare it to full suites like BambooHR
  • Small vendor (~$880K ARR) versus bigger HR suite makers

Sources & method

- 12 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x5review x5security x1news x1

Key stats

  • Value for money: 4/5

    Rating

  • £0

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 4/5. Capterra reviewers flag value for money
  • Ease of use: 5/5. Repeatedly called easy across G2 and Capterra
  • Feature depth: 3/5. Leave essentials plus Slack, SAML, calendar sync
  • Support quality: 4/5. Email and phone support, public status page
  • Security posture: 4/5. SAML SSO, security page, G-Cloud listed
  • 4.85/5 Capterra rating 380 reviews
  • 7,000 Customers UK businesses (vendor claim)
  • 30 days Free trial Vendor-advertised
  • $880K ARR Est. revenue Latka estimate, 2025

Pricing

Free plan

£0

  • Up to 5 users
  • Per G-Cloud listing

Paid

Not published in reviewed sources

  • Per-user SaaS
  • 30-day free trial first

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Reviewers across Capterra, G2 and SoftwareAdvice consistently call it an easy, good-value leave tracker with few complaints.

“LeaveDates is an easy system”
G2
“LeaveDates hit the mark!”
Capterra
“Two employees. Same week off. Both "approved."”
Reddit, r/leavedates
Full analysis

Based on 12 public sources; exact paid pricing not published in the sources reviewed.

Easy, well-reviewed annual leave tracker for small UK teams. Overkill if you need a full HR suite; pricing isn't public.

Methodology

Based on 12 public sources; exact paid pricing not published in the sources reviewed.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Leave Dates homepageleavedates.com
    official
  2. review
  3. review
  4. review
  5. review
  6. official
  7. G-Cloud listing — Leave Datesapplytosupply.digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk
    official
  8. official
  9. Calendar sync help articlehelp.leavedates.com
    official
  10. news
  11. review
  12. Leave Dates status pagestatus.leavedates.com
    security

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