RotaTiger vs Timetastic, Rotageek, RotaCloud and Deputy. Side by side.
Your office team needs leave booked. Your shift team needs a rota. And casual staff work when they can. Here’s how RotaTiger compares on all three. We checked every other product on its own website, and where a site doesn’t say, we’ve said so. We won’t guess.
RotaTiger is free for every company, with every feature, during the beta. No card needed.Leave and absence for teams on standard hours.
Office teams, part-timers on set days and compressed hours. Compare the wallchart, approvals, holiday in hours, bank holidays, sickness and cover.
| Feature | RotaTiger | Timetastic | Rotageek | RotaCloud | Deputy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leave wallchartEveryone’s leave on one calendar | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partly, or at extra costTime off shown on the rota |
| Approve leave from a mobile app | Coming soonAny phone’s browser until then | Yes | Not stated on their site | Yes | Yes |
| Approve in one click from the email | Yes | Yes | Not stated on their site | Not stated on their site | Not stated on their site |
| Balances in hours as well as days | Yes | YesChosen per person | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pro rata for part-timersFrom the days and hours each person works | Yes | Partly, or at extra costStarters and leavers only | Not stated on their site | Partly, or at extra costStarters and leavers only | Partly, or at extra costPro plan or HR add-on |
| Bank holiday calendars built inSet per location or per person | YesUK and US | Yes250 countries | YesUK regions | Partly, or at extra costAdded by hand | Partly, or at extra costAdded by hand |
| Sickness recording | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bradford factor | Yes | No | Not stated on their site | Yes | Partly, or at extra costAnalytics+ or HR add-on |
| Return-to-work reminders | Yes | Not stated on their site | Not stated on their site | Not stated on their site | Not stated on their site |
| Limit on how many can be off at once | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partly, or at extra costPro plan | Partly, or at extra costPro plan or HR add-on |
| Leave reports to download | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Payroll export | YesIn hours, UK companies | Partly, or at extra costRota & Time Clock plan | Yes | Partly, or at extra costTime & Attendance add-on | Yes |
| Import from Timetastic | Yes | Not applicable | Not stated on their site | Not stated on their siteCSV import | Not stated on their siteCSV import |
YesNoPartial Partly, or as an add-on or higher planSoon Coming soon Not stated on their site
Holiday that adds up for part-timers, the Bradford factor and an import from Timetastic. All free during the beta.
Planning the rota for a shift team.
Build the week around your staffing needs, then get it to staff. At Timetastic, rotas are a separate app called Rota & Time Clock.
| Feature | RotaTiger | Timetastic | Rotageek | RotaCloud | Deputy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rota builder | Yes | Partly, or at extra costRota & Time Clock | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Staffing needsHow many people you need, and when | Yes | Partly, or at extra costRota & Time Clock templates | Yes | Partly, or at extra costLabour forecasting on Pro | YesForecasting on Core and up |
| Auto-scheduling | Yes | Partly, or at extra costRota & Time Clock | Yes | Not stated on their site | Partly, or at extra costCore and Pro |
| Staff availability | Yes | Partly, or at extra costRota & Time Clock | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open shifts | Yes | Partly, or at extra costRota & Time Clock | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shift swaps | Yes | Partly, or at extra costRota & Time Clock | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Staff review the draft before it’s published | Yes | Not stated on their site | Not stated on their site | Not stated on their site | Not stated on their site |
| Fairness viewWho keeps getting the lates and weekends | Yes | Not stated on their site | Yes | Not stated on their site | Not stated on their site |
| Repeating rota patterns | Yes | Partly, or at extra costRota & Time Clock | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Overnight shifts | Yes | Partly, or at extra costRota & Time Clock | Not stated on their site | Not stated on their site | Yes |
| Staff mobile app | Coming soonAny phone’s browser until then | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
YesNoPartial Partly, or as an add-on or higher planSoon Coming soon Not stated on their site
Let Auto-fill draft the week. Send it to staff to check before it goes out.
Casual, variable and zero-hours staff.
People who work when they can. Their availability, the shifts they pick up, the hours they’re capped at and the holiday they build up.
| Feature | RotaTiger | Timetastic | Rotageek | RotaCloud | Deputy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable and zero-hours staff | Yes | Not stated on their site | YesCasual and seasonal | Partly, or at extra costContracted hours optional | Yes |
| Availability and preferred hours | Yes | Partly, or at extra costRota & Time Clock | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open shifts offered to staff | Yes | Partly, or at extra costRota & Time Clock | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Weekly hour and rest warnings | Yes | Partly, or at extra costRest rules, Rota & Time Clock | Yes | Partly, or at extra costA report, not a warning | Yes |
| 12.07% holiday accrualFor UK irregular-hours workers | Yes | Not stated on their site | Partly, or at extra costPercentage accrual | Partly, or at extra costTime & Attendance add-on | Partly, or at extra costCore and Pro |
| Rolled-up holiday pay flagged for payroll | Yes | Not stated on their site | Not stated on their site | Not stated on their site | Not stated on their site |
| Overtime recorded from the rota | Yes | Partly, or at extra costRota & Time Clock | Yes | Partly, or at extra costTime & Attendance add-on | Partly, or at extra costPay rules, Core and up |
YesNoPartial Partly, or as an add-on or higher planSoon Coming soon Not stated on their site
UK irregular-hours staff build up 12.07% holiday on every hour worked. The rota checks their caps as you plan.
Pricing at a glance.
Published prices in pounds, billed monthly, checked on 17 October 2026. Where a vendor doesn’t publish a price, we say so.
| Feature | RotaTiger | Timetastic | Rotageek | RotaCloud | Deputy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free for every company during the beta | £1.20 (Business) or £2.00 (Pro) per user a month. Rota & Time Clock £4.00 | No published prices. Contact sales | £10 (Standard) or £15 (Pro) a month for 1 to 5 employees, rising with team size | £3.60 (Lite), £4.75 (Core) or £7.25 (Pro) per user a month. £20 a month minimum |
Questions
On 17 October 2026 we read each vendor’s own features pages, pricing page and help centre, and nothing else. Every source is listed on this page. Where a site doesn’t say whether a product does something, the table says “Not stated”. If we’ve got something wrong, tell us at [email protected] and we’ll fix it.
Yes, for leave and absence, and it adds a rota in the same product. RotaTiger counts holiday from each person’s own hours and includes the Bradford factor. You can bring your Timetastic data across with Download data and an upload.
Yes, for planning rotas on hours rather than wages. RotaTiger plans shifts from your staffing needs and fills them with Auto-fill. It shares shifts fairly and lets staff see the draft first. It holds no pay rates or labour costs, because it isn’t a payroll system. If you need clocking in and timesheets, Rotageek, RotaCloud and Deputy all offer them. RotaTiger doesn’t.
No time clock or timesheets, no pay rates, no labour costs and no payroll integration. It exports hours for your payroll provider instead. The iPhone and Android apps are coming soon. Until then, RotaTiger works in any phone’s browser.
From Timetastic, yes: use Download data on each person and upload the zip, and their allowances and bookings come with them. From Rotageek, RotaCloud or Deputy, import your people from a CSV or Excel file. The columns are matched for you, and every row is checked before anything is saved.
Nothing during the beta, for every company and every feature, and you don’t need a card to sign up. After the beta, you’ll pay only for active people. We’ll tell you the prices before anything changes.
Try RotaTiger with your own team.
Free for every company during the beta. No card needed, and the setup wizard opens as soon as you register.