Deputy
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you run shift-heavy hourly teams across multiple sites and want scheduling, time clock, and payroll in one tool.
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Deputy vs RosterElf
Deputy and RosterElf both land on Depends.
RosterElf
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you run shift-based teams in Australia or the UK and want rostering, time clocks, leave, and Xero payroll together.
| Compare | ||
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Shift-based retail and hospitality | Shift-based hospitality and retail teams |
| Who it's not for | Teams under ~10 staff . a spreadsheet does this free | Office-only teams with no shift scheduling |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.⁹ | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.13 |
| Support quality | No evidence in sources | Knowledge base, chat terms, demo booking evident |
| Public sentiment | Users rate Deputy 4.6/5 across 666 G2 reviews, though expert reviewers land mid-pack at 7.3/10.³ | No independent user reviews surfaced in the sources reviewed; only vendor-published case studies and competitor comparisons.14 |
| Biggest gotcha | Per-user pricing scales with headcount; costs balloon as you hire⁷ | No pricing tiers surfaced; expect quote or demo-led sales conversations |
Pick Deputy when
- Shift-based retail and hospitality
- Multi-location hourly workforces
- Security staffing firms
- Teams bundling scheduling with payroll
When Deputy is not a fit
- Teams under ~10 staff . a spreadsheet does this free
- Salaried office teams with no shift scheduling
- Anyone needing a truly free tool
- Cost-sensitive buyers wanting flat-rate pricing
Pick RosterElf when
- Shift-based hospitality and retail teams
- Australian businesses paying under modern awards
- UK SMEs needing rota plus time clocks
- Xero payroll users
When RosterElf is not a fit
- Office-only teams with no shift scheduling
- Buyers needing published upfront pricing
- Workforces outside AU/UK compliance zones
- Enterprises needing a full HRIS suite
Sources
- Deputy homepagedeputy.comofficial
- Deputy Pricingdeputy.comofficial
review
- Deputy Review . Connecteam (7.3/10)connecteam.comreview
- Deputy Trustpilot reviews (131)trustpilot.comreview
review
review
- Deputy is a unicorn . Startup Dailystartupdaily.netnews
- Deputy security pagedeputy.comsecurity
- Juice Press customer case studydeputy.comofficial
- Deputy industry page . security staffdeputy.comofficial
- RosterElf self-review 2026rosterelf.comofficial
- Product security pagerosterelf.comsecurity
- Customer stories & case studiesrosterelf.comofficial
- View your leave balance (knowledge base)rosterelf.comofficial
- Creating a pay template for Xero (knowledge base)rosterelf.comofficial