Agendrix vs. Humanity Schedule

At a glance

Best for

Best for Canadian small and mid-sized businesses that schedule shift staff and send hours to a Canadian payroll system.

Small and mid-sized

Best for

Best for organisations with frontline shift workers that need schedules checked against labour rules, from a single site to many locations.

Small and mid-sized
Enterprise

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Full Comparison

Criterion	Agendrix	Humanity Schedule
Starting price	From 3.50 dollars / user / month Essential plan billed monthly, or 3.15 dollars a month billed yearly. The pricing page shows the amounts with a dollar sign and does not name the currency. Time and Attendance is an add-on at 2.35 dollars per user per month.	From $2.75 / employee / month Essentials plan for up to 250 employees, billed annually. Professional starts at $3.75 per employee a month billed annually, with volume discounts; Enterprise is quoted on request. The vendor states annual billing saves 20% against monthly billing. Managers and administrators with a login count as employees, and employees added mid-term are prorated.
Free trial	Up to 21 days of free trial, no credit card required	30-day free trial of the Professional plan, no contract or credit card required
Users	Small and mid-sized businesses with shift staff; the vendor names retail, restaurants, clinics and health, pharmacies, retirement homes, hospitality and leisure	Organisations scheduling frontline staff in shifts; TCP names healthcare, manufacturing, business services, hospitality, retail, construction, education, public safety and government
API	Yes, a documented API with OAuth access through a developer portal	Open API, available as an add-on on the Professional and Enterprise plans
Hosting	Cloud on AWS in the ca-central-1 region, with iOS and Android apps	Cloud, in the browser, with mobile apps for iOS and Android
Made in	Canada	Not stated
Shift planning and templates	Drag-and-drop schedule editing, copying from the latest schedule, mass editing, rotating shifts, reusable shift and work week templates, day, week and month views, multilocation management, training shifts, tasks within shifts, and automatic shift assignment that accounts for availability and leave	Drag-and-drop schedules in daily, weekly, bi-weekly and monthly views, filtered by department, location, date and position, with schedule templates, one-click publishing and unlimited schedules and locations on every plan. Professional adds auto-fill of empty shifts by availability, skills and labour rules, re-assignment of vacant shifts by seniority or weekly hours, and Demand Scheduler, which builds a schedule from a forecast; shift tasks are an add-on on Professional and included on Enterprise.
Shift swaps and open shifts	Shift transfers and swaps as employee requests, and open shifts that qualified employees can offer to take, assigned by the manager or first come first served, with an option to offer open shifts by seniority	Employees swap, pick up, release and drop shifts with automatic or manual manager approval, request coverage from colleagues and pick up full or partial open shifts in the app or by text. A released shift or a last-minute callout can start AI-assisted backfill, which ranks replacements by availability, pay, location and workload and sends SMS offers in phases until someone accepts.
Availability and time off	Availability and preferred work hours, absence, vacation and paid or unpaid leave requests, and vacation and overtime banks per employee	Employees set ad-hoc or recurring availability and request time off from the mobile app; managers see upcoming time off, leave balances and pending approvals, with custom leave types on every plan
Time clock and attendance	Time and Attendance add-on: clocking in and out on a computer, a tablet with or without photo verification, a phone with GPS, an RFID card or a barcode, automated timesheets checked against the schedule with discrepancies highlighted, and rounding and approval rules	Clock-in and clock-out for shifts and breaks on the mobile app, timesheets for every employee, and geofencing with GPS location tracking on every plan; the app also offers webcam capture and passwords for clock-in security, and a dashboard shows who is clocked in, late or on leave
Labour cost and forecasting	A labour cost calculator that works out labour costs and scheduled hours automatically, plus a daily weather forecast on the schedule	On Professional, a budget view compares the daily and weekly hours and cost of scheduled shifts with a budget, Demand Scheduler forecasts demand from uploaded historical data, a staffing checker compares coverage with demand by hour and position, and an HPPD scheduler compares scheduled nursing hours with targets. Labor Optimizer, an add-on on Professional and included on Enterprise, combines clocked hours with upcoming shifts to project weekly hours and cost and flag potential overtime, with optional daily email or SMS alerts.
Breaks, overtime and labour rules	Paid and unpaid break management, an overtime tracker, automatic conflict detection when shifts overlap, availability is not respected or approved leave is forgotten, and in the add-on automatic overtime and break calculations	On Professional, a rules engine with built-in or custom policies, paid and unpaid meal and rest breaks, minor rules synced with school calendars, Fair Workweek guardrails for advance notice and right-to-rest, overtime thresholds based on FLSA, state or industry rules, skills and certifications, a conflict checker before and after assignment, and event logs of every schedule edit and request
Payroll export and integration	Timesheets exported to payroll through integrations with EmployerD, Nethris, Sage 50, Acomba, QuickBooks, Ceridian Powerpay, ADP Workforce Now, Payworks and Easypay; approved expenses can be exported with hours and premiums	Payroll export of timesheets on every plan; HRIS and HCM integration that syncs scheduling data, employee details and leave balances is an add-on on Professional and included on Enterprise, with ADP, Oracle, Workday and BambooHR named
Team messaging and notifications	One-on-one and group chat, an internal news feed for announcements and documents with read receipts, push notifications when a schedule is published or changed, and a confirmation that an employee has seen an assigned shift	SMS, email and in-app notifications for published schedules, changes and shift assignments, shift reminders 1 or 24 hours before a shift, a message wall for announcements and events, and messages to employees; Professional adds employee communications
Platforms and mobile app	Web app, mobile apps for iOS and Android, and kiosk apps for iOS and Android that turn a tablet or PC into a punch clock	Web app plus mobile apps for iOS and Android, also compatible with Apple Watch
Integrations and API	API access with developer support listed in the plan comparison, OAuth access managed in the developer portal, and integrations with Lightspeed, BeLocum, Hopem and Azur besides the payroll systems	Open API as an add-on on Professional and Enterprise for custom solutions; payroll export on every plan and HRIS/HCM integration from Professional, with ADP, Oracle, Workday and BambooHR named
AI features	Yes	Yes
Deployment	Cloud (SaaS)	more entries Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support	more entries Chat, Phone, Email helpdesk	Email helpdesk, Phone
Onboarding	Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Guided onboarding	Not stated
Company size	Small and mid-sized	more entries Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Integrations	more entries EmployerD, Nethris, Sage 50, Acomba, QuickBooks, Ceridian Powerpay, ADP Workforce Now, Payworks, Easypay, Lightspeed, BeLocum, Hopem, Azur	ADP, Oracle, Workday, BambooHR

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The short version

Key Differences

Starting price Agendrix From 3.50 dollars / user / month Humanity Schedule From $2.75 / employee / month
Free trial Agendrix Up to 21 days of free trial, no credit card required Humanity Schedule 30-day free trial of the Professional plan, no contract or credit card required
Deployment Agendrix Cloud (SaaS) Humanity Schedule Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Company size Agendrix Small and mid-sized Humanity Schedule Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Hosting Agendrix Cloud on AWS in the ca-central-1 region, with iOS and Android apps Humanity Schedule Cloud, in the browser, with mobile apps for iOS and Android

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Agendrix

Strengths

Up to 21 days of free trial with no credit card required
Payroll integrations with Canadian systems such as Nethris, EmployerD, Payworks and Ceridian Powerpay
Open shifts can be offered by seniority, one employee at a time
Kiosk apps turn an existing iPad, Android tablet or PC into a punch clock
The vendor cites ISO/IEC 27001 compliance and AWS hosting in the Canadian ca-central-1 region

Limitations

The pricing page does not name the currency of its amounts
Time clock and timesheets need the paid Time and Attendance add-on
HR records, surveys and permission customisation need the Plus plan or above
Enterprise pricing for businesses with 250+ employees is on request

Humanity Schedule

Strengths

30-day free trial of the Professional plan, with no contract or credit card required
Essentials includes clocking in with geofencing and payroll export
AI-assisted backfill sends SMS shift offers to ranked replacements until one accepts
Rules for breaks, minors, Fair Workweek notice and FLSA overtime thresholds on Professional

Limitations

Auto-fill, demand forecasting, labour budgeting and compliance rules need the Professional plan
Open API access is an add-on, and HRIS/HCM integration is an add-on below Enterprise
Essentials is limited to 250 employees
Enterprise pricing is quoted on request

Plans

Pricing

Agendrix

Essential 3.50 dollars / user / month Billed monthly, or 3.15 dollars billed yearly; 5.85 dollars monthly or 5.27 dollars yearly with the Time and Attendance add-on. Currency not named on the page. Employee scheduling, communication, request management and reporting.
Plus 5.60 dollars / user / month Billed monthly, or 5.04 dollars billed yearly; 7.95 dollars monthly or 7.16 dollars yearly with the Time and Attendance add-on. Currency not named on the page. Adds HR management, surveys and permission customisation.
Enterprise Not stated For businesses with 250+ employees, with enhanced day-to-day support; price on request.

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Humanity Schedule

Essentials $2.75 / employee / month Billed annually, for up to 250 employees. Drag-and-drop scheduling, shift swaps, availability and time off, multiple locations, notifications, clock-in with geofencing, basic reporting, payroll export, mobile apps and 24/7/365 customer support.
Professional $3.75 / employee / month Starting price, billed annually; volume discounts may apply. Adds auto-fill and demand-based scheduling, employee communications, compliance rules, labour cost and budgeting, skills and certifications, advanced reporting and SSO/SAML. Shift Tasks, Labor Optimizer and Open API access are add-ons.
Enterprise Not stated Custom quote. Adds Shift Tasks, Labor Optimizer and HCM integrations; Open API access is an add-on.

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Where this comes from

Agendrix https://www.agendrix.com/ · checked against the official source on 2026-11-07

Humanity Schedule https://tcpsoftware.com/products/humanity/ · checked against the official source on 2026-11-06

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.