Best for
Best for retailers and other multi-site operators who plan shift teams centrally against demand forecasts and labour budgets.
Shift Scheduling Comparison
Rotageek 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.
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Full Comparison
| Criterion | Rotageek | Tanda |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Not stated Prices are not published; Rotageek offers a demo and a package tailored to the business. | 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 | Not stated | Free trial set up by the vendor on request |
| Users | Shift teams across multiple locations; the vendor names retail, entertainment and leisure, care homes and hospices, and facilities management | 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 REST API with Swagger documentation and signed webhooks, plus CSV exchange by secure file transfer | Yes, a REST API with OAuth authorisation and webhooks |
| Hosting | Cloud on Microsoft Azure; the vendor states that UK and European customer data is held in Europe | Cloud, in the browser, with a mobile app and a tablet time clock app |
| Made in | Not stated | Australia |
| Shift planning and templates | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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, 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Not stated |
| Onboarding | Guided onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base |
| Integrations | ELMO, Grosvenor, TimeMoto, Sign In App, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Google | 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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Key Differences
- Deployment Rotageek Cloud (SaaS) Tanda Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
- Hosting Rotageek Cloud on Microsoft Azure; the vendor states that UK and European customer data is held in Europe Tanda Cloud, in the browser, with a mobile app and a tablet time clock app
- AI features Rotageek Yes Tanda No
- Users Rotageek Shift teams across multiple locations; the vendor names retail, entertainment and leisure, care homes and hospices, and facilities management Tanda 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 Rotageek Yes, a REST API with Swagger documentation and signed webhooks, plus CSV exchange by secure file transfer Tanda Yes, a REST API with OAuth authorisation and webhooks
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
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
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
Rotageek
- Digital Scheduling Not stated Core package; Auto Scheduling, Forecasting, Labour modelling and Insights are add-ons. Prices are not published.
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
Rotageek https://www.rotageek.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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