Agendrix vs. Tanda

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 Australian employers with hourly staff under Modern Awards who want rosters, time and attendance, award-interpreted pay and payroll in one system.

Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.

Full Comparison

Criterion	Agendrix	Tanda
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 12.80 dollars + GST / user / month Price for the bundle of HR, Payroll and Workforce Management. The pricing page shows a dollar sign plus GST and does not name the currency. Prices for the individual modules are given on request.
Free trial	Up to 21 days of free trial, no credit card required	Free trial set up by the vendor on request
Users	Small and mid-sized businesses with shift staff; the vendor names retail, restaurants, clinics and health, pharmacies, retirement homes, hospitality and leisure	Australian employers with hourly staff; the vendor names hospitality, retail, healthcare, professional services, early learning, pharmacy, clubs, franchises, quick service restaurants, restaurants and grocery
API	Yes, a documented API with OAuth access through a developer portal	Yes, a REST API with OAuth authorisation and webhooks
Hosting	Cloud on AWS in the ca-central-1 region, with iOS and Android apps	Cloud, in the browser, with a mobile app and a tablet time clock app
Made in	Canada	Australia
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	Rosters built from templates for a typical week or specific events, or generated from staff's regular hours; shifts are copied, pasted or dragged and named by title or team, a heads-up view shows who works, for how long and at what cost, and rosters can be planned weeks ahead. Published rosters go to staff in the app, where they accept shifts or flag a problem
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 request replacements or offer to cover shifts in the app with manager approval, and vacant shifts are offered to staff by push notification. Suggested replacements are filtered by availability, by qualifications such as an RSA or blue card and by a minimum number of hours between shifts, with award-interpreted cost differences shown for each candidate
Availability and time off	Availability and preferred work hours, absence, vacation and paid or unpaid leave requests, and vacation and overtime banks per employee	Staff apply for leave and unavailability in the app and see their leave balances; managers approve requests on the go in a leave planner calendar, split requests above the balance into paid and unpaid leave, add custom events to discourage or block leave in peak periods, and manage time off in lieu
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	Time Clock app that turns an Android or Apple tablet into a time clock for shift starts, finishes and breaks, plus GPS clock-ins from the mobile app that flag clock-ins away from an approved location. Timesheets are built from clock-ins, and shifts that match the roster can be auto-approved
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	Roster costs shown while the roster is built, and Live Insights with sales, wage cost and wages as a percentage of revenue through the day against expected numbers, by location. Staffing levels can be planned from historical sales, foot traffic and weather data, with sales streamed from over a dozen supported point-of-sale integrations
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	Over 30 vendor-maintained Modern Award templates and custom rules for enterprise agreements, breaks added to rosters and timesheets according to the award, minimum break durations enforced at clock-in, and roster validations that warn about overtime, qualification risks, maximum hours and days, staff rostered on leave or shifts in different locations; the vendor states that pay rates are updated after Fair Work wage rulings
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	Tanda Payroll runs pay inside the same system, including STP filing and superannuation contributions; award-interpreted timesheets and leave also export to ADP, Xero, Ascender, Attache, iPayroll, iChris, Ready Pay, WageEasy, Aurion and TriniTEQ
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	Push notifications for shifts that need filling and for pending requests, shift reminders with multiple alerts, announcements with acknowledgement requests and attached documents, and manager notifications when staff are late, work past their finish time, go into unexpected overtime or miss a required break
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 at my.tanda.co, the Tanda mobile app for staff and managers, and a separate Time Clock app for Android and Apple tablets from Google Play and the App Store
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	REST API (v2) with OAuth authorisation code or personal access tokens, covering rosters, schedules, shifts, timesheets, leave, availability, clock-ins, payroll and users, with webhooks and code samples on GitHub; integrations with payroll, point-of-sale and HR systems such as ADP, Xero, Square, Lightspeed, SwiftPOS, Redcat and ELMO
AI features	stated Yes	No
Deployment	Cloud (SaaS)	more entries Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support	Chat, Phone, Email helpdesk	Not stated
Onboarding	more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Guided onboarding	Documentation and knowledge base
Company size	Small and mid-sized	Not stated
Integrations	EmployerD, Nethris, Sage 50, Acomba, QuickBooks, Ceridian Powerpay, ADP Workforce Now, Payworks, Easypay, Lightspeed, BeLocum, Hopem, Azur	more entries ADP, Xero, Ascender, Attache, iPayroll, iChris, Ready Pay, WageEasy, Aurion, TriniTEQ, Beam, Square, Lightspeed, Vend, SwiftPOS, Redcat, Impos, Doshii, Tenzo, Peiso, Tip Sheet, vSure, WorkJam, ELMO, ROLLER, Kidsoft, Allara Global, etrainu, Paytime

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The short version

Key Differences

Starting price Agendrix From 3.50 dollars / user / month Tanda From 12.80 dollars + GST / user / month
Free trial Agendrix Up to 21 days of free trial, no credit card required Tanda Free trial set up by the vendor on request
Deployment Agendrix Cloud (SaaS) Tanda Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Hosting Agendrix Cloud on AWS in the ca-central-1 region, with iOS and Android apps Tanda Cloud, in the browser, with a mobile app and a tablet time clock app
Made in Agendrix Canada Tanda Australia

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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

Tanda

Strengths

Rostering, timesheets, payroll and HR bundled from 12.80 dollars plus GST per user per month
Over 30 Modern Award templates maintained by the vendor's compliance team
Replacement suggestions filtered by availability, qualifications and rest time between shifts, with cost differences shown
Documented REST API with OAuth and webhooks

Limitations

Prices for the individual modules are only given on request
The pricing page does not name the currency of its dollar price
No self-serve trial; a free trial is arranged through the vendor
Award templates and payroll are built around Australian Fair Work rules

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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Tanda

HR + Payroll + Workforce Management 12.80 dollars + GST / user / month All three modules in one discounted subscription.
Workforce Management Not stated Rosters, time and attendance and leave. Price on request.
Payroll Not stated Pay runs from timesheets, entitlements and STP filing. Price on request.
HR Not stated Hiring, onboarding and staff records. Price on request.

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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

Tanda https://www.tanda.co · checked against the official source on 2026-11-07

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