Agendrix vs. Papershift

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 small and medium-sized businesses with shift-based staff who want rotas, clock-ins, absences and a DATEV or LODAS payroll export in one cloud system.

Small and mid-sized

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Full Comparison

Criterion	Agendrix	Papershift
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.	Not stated
Free trial	Up to 21 days of free trial, no credit card required	14-day free trial of all features
Users	Small and mid-sized businesses with shift staff; the vendor names retail, restaurants, clinics and health, pharmacies, retirement homes, hospitality and leisure	Small and medium-sized businesses with shift-based work; the vendor names hospitality, healthcare, retail and production
API	Yes, a documented API with OAuth access through a developer portal	Public API documented at developers.papershift.com; access is activated on request
Hosting	Cloud on AWS in the ca-central-1 region, with iOS and Android apps	Cloud, in the browser, with the Plan app for Android and iOS and a time clock app for iPad and Android tablets; the pricing page lists GDPR-compliant data storage with EU hosting
Made in	Canada	Germany
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	Online roster across locations, departments and teams, with shifts created in the calendar, recurring shifts, copied weeks, work schedules and a required number of employees per shift. The pricing page lists rule-based automatic shift allocation from Premium and fully automated roster allocation in Professional; the help article on automatic assignment names the Professional package and uses availabilities, target hours and working areas
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 apply for open shifts in the Plan app, and assign themselves where the planner allows it. Assigned shifts can be released for trading to colleagues in the same working area who are free at that time, who are notified by email; if the colleague already has a shift then, an admin makes the trade
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 enter one-off or recurring availabilities in the calendar, which planners see while scheduling. Absence requests for holidays, sick days and other absence types go through approval processes, with vacation entitlements, a team absence calendar, alerts on overlapping absences and blocked holiday periods; the pricing page lists blackout periods in Professional
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-ins through a time clock app on iPad and Android tablets with PIN, signature or IP authentication, a browser time clock and the mobile app, synchronised in real time. Timesheets are created from the roster or from clock-in times, can carry job or client names, and are edited and approved under custom user rights
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	A reports module for custom reports such as sick leave hours per month, hours worked per shift type or staff costs per project, and an Insights add-on that shows Papershift data in graphical reports
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	Custom rules for overtime and required rest periods, employee-specific break rules and an automatic break feature, scheduled against contracted hours, maximum weekly or monthly hours, and warning notifications for back-to-back scheduling. Advanced break logic is listed from Premium
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	Professional calculates pay types and allowances such as night, Sunday and public holiday supplements and exports to DATEV and LODAS with a flexible payroll period. A payroll add-on calculates wages including bonuses from tracked time, and the vendor names a monthly report to import into payroll software
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	Published rotas are sent to employees with an optional message, individual working times go out by email, and saving a shift can notify everyone assigned to it. Shift trades send email notifications, and a Slack integration shares information about shifts and absences
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 in current Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Edge on Windows, Mac and Linux, the Plan app for Android and iOS, and a time clock app for iPad and Android tablets
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	Public API with endpoints for absences, absence types, accounts, availabilities, evaluations, locations, payrolls, shifts, shift assignments, tags, target hours, time tracking, uploads, users, vacation entitlements and working areas, with rate limiting; it is activated on request. Integrations listed in the marketplace include Personio, CharlieHR, bookingkit, FareHarbor, EasySecure, sevdesk and Slack, plus Google Calendar, Outlook and iCal links
AI features	Yes	Yes
Deployment	Cloud (SaaS)	more entries Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support	Chat, Phone, Email helpdesk	Email helpdesk, Phone, Chat
Onboarding	more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Guided onboarding	Documentation and knowledge base, Guided onboarding
Company size	Small and mid-sized	Small and mid-sized
Integrations	EmployerD, Nethris, Sage 50, Acomba, QuickBooks, Ceridian Powerpay, ADP Workforce Now, Payworks, Easypay, Lightspeed, BeLocum, Hopem, Azur	more entries Personio, CharlieHR, bookingkit, FareHarbor, EasySecure, curaMED, Opushero, Oneteam, sevdesk, Slack, DATEV, LODAS, Google Calendar, Outlook, iCal

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The short version

Key Differences

Free trial Agendrix Up to 21 days of free trial, no credit card required Papershift 14-day free trial of all features
Deployment Agendrix Cloud (SaaS) Papershift Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Hosting Agendrix Cloud on AWS in the ca-central-1 region, with iOS and Android apps Papershift Cloud, in the browser, with the Plan app for Android and iOS and a time clock app for iPad and Android tablets; the pricing page lists GDPR-compliant data storage with EU hosting
Support Agendrix Chat, Phone, Email helpdesk Papershift Email helpdesk, Phone, Chat
Made in Agendrix Canada Papershift Germany

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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

Papershift

Strengths

Shift planning, time tracking, absences and payroll preparation in one cloud system
Time clock app for iPad and Android tablets with PIN, signature or IP authentication
DATEV and LODAS payroll export in the Professional plan
Documented public API covering shifts, time tracking, absences and payrolls

Limitations

A monthly base fee of 39 euros applies on top of every plan
The English pricing page shows the per-employee amounts with a dollar sign while the base fee is stated in euros
Automated roster allocation and the DATEV export are limited to the upper plans
API access is activated through a request to the vendor rather than self-serve

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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Papershift

Core Not stated Per employee per month plus the monthly base fee. Digital time tracking via smartphone, tablet or browser, absence management, target hours, employee profiles and self-service, document management, employee-specific break rules and EU hosting.
Premium Not stated Per employee per month plus the monthly base fee. All Core features, plus digital rota planning, rule-based automatic shift allocation, custom working time models, multi-site planning and advanced break logic.
Professional Not stated Per employee per month plus the monthly base fee. All Premium features, plus fully automated roster allocation, holiday blackout periods, roster confirmation workflows, timesheet processing, pay types and allowances, DATEV and LODAS export, custom reports, an audit trail and location templates.
Enterprise Not stated Individual offer for larger companies, with tailored modules, integration through the open API and personal onboarding.

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What users say

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Where this comes from

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

Papershift https://www.papershift.com/en · checked against the official source on 2026-11-08

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