Best for
Best for teams scheduled by one or a few managers that want a spreadsheet-like rota with a free time clock and a flat price per team.
Shift Scheduling Comparison
Findmyshift vs. Tanda
At a glance
At a glance
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 | Findmyshift | Tanda |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free plan; Starter from 27 US dollars / team / month Flat price per team, billed monthly, or 286 US dollars a year billed yearly. Business is 43 US dollars a month and Enterprise 85 US dollars a month per team; teams above 300 members are quoted on request. Text messages cost extra as credits. | 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 | 3-month free trial of all features for up to 300 employees, no credit card required; free plan for teams of up to 5 employees | Free trial set up by the vendor on request |
| Users | Not stated | 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 | Developer API with API key or OAuth 2.0 on the Enterprise plan | Yes, a REST API with OAuth authorisation and webhooks |
| Hosting | Cloud, in the browser, with Android and iOS apps | Cloud, in the browser, with a mobile app and a tablet time clock app |
| Made in | Not stated | Australia |
| Shift planning and templates | Spreadsheet-style editor with drag and drop of shifts, employees, facilities and comments, multi-cell editing across up to 140 days, overnight shifts, and reusable templates of repeating shift patterns from the Starter plan; forward planning runs from 1 week on the free plan to 3 years on Enterprise | 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 | Employees request shifts, submit cancellations and swap shifts from their schedule, with notifications to managers for each request; self-scheduling, where employees add and edit their own shifts, is on Business and Enterprise | 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 | Time off from the Starter plan, shown on the schedule with a warning when it overlaps a shift, with custom categories, recurring unavailability, allowances as days, hours or a percentage of hours worked, privacy controls and delegation to assistants; Enterprise imports time off from other systems through iCal feeds | 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 clock on every plan through the app, mobile site, website or a shared time clock station with PIN, password and optional photo, with auto clock-out, IP whitelisting, alerts for early, late or missed clock-ins and timesheets approved by a manager; Enterprise adds geofencing and location reporting | 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 | Real-time reporting from the Starter plan showing shifts, scheduled hours and estimated pay on the schedule, a reports dashboard with more than 40 charts, and a schedule versus timesheets report of expected and actual costs | 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 | Break rules that deduct unpaid breaks automatically, overtime and holiday rates, and pay rate exceptions by day, time, facility or the employee's age; Enterprise adds data locks so historical reports cannot be changed | 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 | Payroll calculation on Business and Enterprise from hourly rates, rate exceptions, day rates and salaries, with payroll data exported; approved timesheets feed the reports, and an integration with Xero is listed | 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 | Automatic shift reminders up to 30 days ahead, change notifications and group messages by email, push notification, Slack or paid SMS, and a team notice board from the Starter plan | 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 | Website, mobile website, Android and iOS apps for employees and managers, a browser-based time clock station, and calendar integration for the roster | 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 | Developer API on the Enterprise plan with API key or OAuth 2.0 authentication and rate limiting, covering facilities, staff, teams, time clock, time off and reports such as hours, budget and schedule versus timesheets; integrations with Xero, Slack, Lightspeed, Vend, Square, BambooHR, CakeHR, Google Workspace, monday.com and People HR | 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 |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | Email helpdesk, Chat, Phone | Not stated |
| Onboarding | more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Live online demos and webinars | Documentation and knowledge base |
| Integrations | Xero, Slack, Lightspeed, Vend, Square, BambooHR, CakeHR, Google Workspace, monday.com, People HR | 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 Findmyshift Free plan; Starter from 27 US dollars / team / month Tanda From 12.80 dollars + GST / user / month
- Free trial Findmyshift 3-month free trial of all features for up to 300 employees, no credit card required; free plan for teams of up to 5 employees Tanda Free trial set up by the vendor on request
- Hosting Findmyshift Cloud, in the browser, with Android and iOS apps Tanda Cloud, in the browser, with a mobile app and a tablet time clock app
- API Findmyshift Developer API with API key or OAuth 2.0 on the Enterprise plan Tanda Yes, a REST API with OAuth authorisation and webhooks
- Shift planning and templates Findmyshift Spreadsheet-style editor with drag and drop of shifts, employees, facilities and comments, multi-cell editing across up to 140 days, overnight shifts, and reusable templates of repeating shift patterns from the Starter plan; forward planning runs from 1 week on the free plan to 3 years on Enterprise Tanda 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
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Findmyshift
Strengths
- Free plan for teams of up to 5 employees
- Three-month free trial of every feature, no credit card required
- Flat price per team rather than per employee
- Time clock and timesheets included on every plan, the free one too
- 25% discount for charities and volunteer groups with turnover under 1 million US dollars
Limitations
- Starter and the free plan allow only one manager per team
- Geofencing, activity logs and the developer API are limited to Enterprise
- Payroll calculation starts on the Business plan
- Text message notifications are charged as credits on top of the plan
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
Findmyshift
- Free 0 US dollars / team / month 5 team members, 1 manager, 1 week of historical data and 1 week of forward planning.
- Starter 27 US dollars / team / month Billed monthly, or 286 US dollars a year billed yearly. 20 team members, 1 manager, 1 year of history, 3 months of forward planning, templates, time off and real-time reporting.
- Business 43 US dollars / team / month Billed monthly, or 459 US dollars a year billed yearly. 100 team members and 100 managers, 5 years of history, 1 year of forward planning, self-scheduling and payroll calculation.
- Enterprise 85 US dollars / team / month Billed monthly, or 904 US dollars a year billed yearly. 300 team members and 300 managers, 10 years of history, 3 years of forward planning, geofencing, activity logs, developer API and telephone support.
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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Where this comes from
Findmyshift https://www.findmyshift.com/ · checked against the official source on 2026-11-06
Tanda https://www.tanda.co · checked against the official source on 2026-11-07
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