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
Shift Scheduling Comparison
Agendrix vs. Rotageek
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for retailers and other multi-site operators who plan shift teams centrally against demand forecasts and labour budgets.
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Full Comparison
| Criterion | Agendrix | Rotageek |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Prices are not published; Rotageek offers a demo and a package tailored to the business. |
| Free trial | Up to 21 days of free trial, no credit card required | Not stated |
| Users | Small and mid-sized businesses with shift staff; the vendor names retail, restaurants, clinics and health, pharmacies, retirement homes, hospitality and leisure | Shift teams across multiple locations; the vendor names retail, entertainment and leisure, care homes and hospices, and facilities management |
| API | Yes, a documented API with OAuth access through a developer portal | Yes, a REST API with Swagger documentation and signed webhooks, plus CSV exchange by secure file transfer |
| Hosting | Cloud on AWS in the ca-central-1 region, with iOS and Android apps | Cloud on Microsoft Azure; the vendor states that UK and European customer data is held in Europe |
| 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 rota building with saved shifts and rotating patterns, copying a week to future weeks, contracted and maximum hours totalled as shifts are added, multi-week and store-by-store views, activities within shifts linked to skills, and drafts hidden from staff until a manager approves them; the Auto Scheduling add-on drafts rotas to cover targets, rules and budgets |
| 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 | Staff swap shifts with colleagues or drop them for cover in the app, dropped and open shifts go only to staff with the right skills and no clashing shift, and each site chooses manager approval or automatic approval of agreed swaps |
| Availability and time off | Availability and preferred work hours, absence, vacation and paid or unpaid leave requests, and vacation and overtime banks per employee | Availability and shift preferences sent from the app, leave types with fixed or accrued allowances in hours or days, blocked key dates and percentage caps per role, time off in lieu, and leave approvers set by role and site |
| 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 | Clocking in on the iOS and Android app, a web timeclock on approved shared devices, or third-party terminals such as Grosvenor, TimeMoto and Sign In App, with site boundaries, optional photos, break clocking, reasons for early or late clock-ins, and timesheets matched to planned shifts |
| 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 | Labour budgets in hours or money per location or task with live variance while the rota is built and against hours worked, dynamic schedule costing, and with the Forecasting add-on demand predicted in 15, 30 or 60-minute slots from footfall, transactions, orders or check-ins |
| 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 | Warnings on shifts that break working time rules on rest, shift length, days worked and breaks, set per person, site, contract or age, with hours left against each maximum; the vendor states that rules warn rather than block a rota |
| 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 | Signed-off hours coded for basic, overtime and other pay by pay rules, sent to the payroll system by API, FTP or file in a layout agreed with the payroll team, with an optional payroll sign-off step |
| 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 | Messages to one, some or all staff received in the mobile app, and push and email notifications when a new or changed shift is approved |
| 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, staff app for iOS and Android with calendar sync, web timeclock on shared devices, and single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID, Okta and Google |
| 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 REST API to create and update people, leave and open shifts and pull approved rotas, timesheets and staffing gaps, signed webhooks for rota approval, timesheet sign-off and changes, scheduled CSV imports by secure file transfer, and integrations with HR, payroll, POS, booking and BI systems |
| AI features | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS) | Cloud (SaaS) |
| Support | more entries Chat, Phone, Email helpdesk | Chat |
| Onboarding | more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Guided onboarding | Guided onboarding |
| Company size | Small and mid-sized | Not stated |
| Integrations | more entries EmployerD, Nethris, Sage 50, Acomba, QuickBooks, Ceridian Powerpay, ADP Workforce Now, Payworks, Easypay, Lightspeed, BeLocum, Hopem, Azur | ELMO, Grosvenor, TimeMoto, Sign In App, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Google |
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Key Differences
- Hosting Agendrix Cloud on AWS in the ca-central-1 region, with iOS and Android apps Rotageek Cloud on Microsoft Azure; the vendor states that UK and European customer data is held in Europe
- Support Agendrix Chat, Phone, Email helpdesk Rotageek Chat
- Users Agendrix Small and mid-sized businesses with shift staff; the vendor names retail, restaurants, clinics and health, pharmacies, retirement homes, hospitality and leisure Rotageek Shift teams across multiple locations; the vendor names retail, entertainment and leisure, care homes and hospices, and facilities management
- API Agendrix Yes, a documented API with OAuth access through a developer portal Rotageek Yes, a REST API with Swagger documentation and signed webhooks, plus CSV exchange by secure file transfer
- Shift planning and templates Agendrix 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 Rotageek Drag-and-drop rota building with saved shifts and rotating patterns, copying a week to future weeks, contracted and maximum hours totalled as shifts are added, multi-week and store-by-store views, activities within shifts linked to skills, and drafts hidden from staff until a manager approves them; the Auto Scheduling add-on drafts rotas to cover targets, rules and budgets
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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
Rotageek
Strengths
- Dropped and open shifts are offered only to staff with the right skills who are free at that time
- Labour budget and variance shown while the rota is built
- Public REST API with webhooks for approved rotas and signed-off timesheets
- Certified to ISO 27001 and ISO 9001, as stated by the vendor
- Works with existing clocking terminals such as Grosvenor, TimeMoto and Sign In App
Limitations
- Prices are not published
- Auto-scheduling, forecasting, labour modelling and insights are add-ons to the core package
- Working time rules warn on a shift but do not stop a manager approving the rota
- Third-party terminals, forecasts and integrations are set up with the vendor during implementation
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.
Rotageek
- Digital Scheduling Not stated Core package; Auto Scheduling, Forecasting, Labour modelling and Insights are add-ons. Prices are not published.
What users say
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Agendrix
- Ease of use
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Rotageek
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
Agendrix https://www.agendrix.com/ · checked against the official source on 2026-11-07
Rotageek https://www.rotageek.com/ · checked against the official source on 2026-11-07
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