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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Deputy

    Score8.4 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Deputy is a web-based workforce manager solution. Deputy is designed to help users simplify their scheduling, timesheets, HR, payroll, tasking, employee communication and administrative tasks. It includes various apps and one click payroll integration that aim to make workforce management easier. The Deputy platform enables users to schedule in line with demand, prepare accurate payroll, and communicate more clearly. Deputy streamlines employee admin, so teams can…

    $5.50

    per month per user

    Homebase

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AHomebase in San Francisco offers restaurants, hotels, hospitals, and retailers their employee scheduling and time tracking tools with scheduling optimization and team messaging for coordinating shifts; service includes a free time tracking app.

    $14

    per month

    QuickBooks Time

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AQuickBooks Time (formerly TSheets) is a cloud-based time tracking and scheduling app that allows employees to clock in and out from the job site with the devices they’ve already got in their pockets. The vendor aims to help companies replace paper timesheets with accurate, electronic time data as well as make payroll and invoicing faster and less costly. QuickBooks Time also accurately tracks time and GPS points (even without cell or internet service) then automatically syncs when back…

    $0

    1 user, unlimited projects

    Pricing
    DeputyHomebaseQuickBooks Time
    Editions & Modules
    Lite
    $5.50
    per month per user
    Core
    $7.25
    per month per user
    Pro
    $10
    per month per user
    Essentials
    $14
    per month
    Plus
    $35
    per month
    All-in-one
    $70
    per month
    Basic
    Free
    Free
    $0
    1 user, unlimited projects
    Premium
    $8
    per user/month + $20 base fee/month (paid annually)
    Elite
    $10
    per user/month + $40 base fee/month (paid annually)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DeputyHomebaseQuickBooks Time
    Free Trial
    YesYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing.——
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    Community Pulse
    DeputyHomebaseQuickBooks Time
    Considered Multiple Products
    Deputy
    Chose Deputy
    I tested Homebase and Deputy at the same time. I gave up testing Homebase when I found Deputy immediately more user-friendly and, as I thought, more ingeniously designed. However, I did not do in-depth testing of Homebase. I simply jumped to Deputy when I realized it would do …
    Incentivized
    Chose Deputy
    Deputy has a lot more features. The auto scheduling feature is much better with Deputy and the ability to incorporate task management with scheduling/communication has been great. I also like Deputy's "newsfeed" style with the communication. In Homebase, it was more like a long …
    Incentivized
    Chose Deputy
    Deputy surpasses expectations with its intuitive simplicity and outstanding value. It eliminates guesswork from the equation while delivering exceptional cost-effectiveness.
    Incentivized
    Chose Deputy
    7shifts was not able to provide the integration we needed for our payroll system and no support to integrate with our HR system. It also did not have the ability to create custom reports or create reports in a format that we could use for payroll. The user interface was a bit …
    Incentivized
    Chose Deputy
    Tsheets let me pull reporting that Deputy does not at the level we are paying for.
    Incentivized
    Chose Deputy
    For years we used TimeTrax systems but they were hard to use and required manual downloads of punches, networked setups, and we needed separate setups for each location. When evaluating cloud-based solutions we first tried TSheets, but the higher cost and lack of features made …
    Incentivized
    Chose Deputy
    The return on investment is quick at Deputy's price point. It is a simple app compared to the other options available and results in a quicker onboarding.
    Incentivized
    Chose Deputy
    Very very impressive customer care service. Payroll made super easy and hassle-free. Scheduling through mobile and changes also can be done through mobile. Which are really great features comparing other apps.
    Incentivized
    Chose Deputy
    More cost-effective, easier to use, simpler functionality
    Incentivized
    Chose Deputy
    Deputy is a very user friendly interface software compared to QuickBooks Time. It is also provides a great way for teams to communicate with each other. The news feed was really nice as well to provide the employees with up to date information about the company. It was also …
    Incentivized
    Chose Deputy
    Deputy had more functionality and a lower price than most of the other placed I considered. Many other solutions require a continually growing subscription fee to add functionality. Deputy provided all needed functionality up front.
    Incentivized
    Chose Deputy
    Deputy provided us with the most robust cost effective tool for scheduling and time reporting built exclusively around a mobile app. The seamless import capability to ADP Payroll processing made it the complete package.
    Incentivized
    Chose Deputy
    We looked at a whole host of competitors, although I can't remember most of their names at the moment. Not a single one was as intuitive as Deputy. Not having a dedicated HR professional on staff, ease of use was paramount, and Deputy became the choice by default with how …
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    Homebase
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    Intuit
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    385 Answers
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    75%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    83%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    366 Answers
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    80%
    Happy with the feature set
    16 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    69%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    348 Answers
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    69%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    Features
    DeputyHomebaseQuickBooks Time
    Workforce Management Software Features
    Comparison of Workforce Management Software Features features of Deputy and Homebase and QuickBooks Time
    Feature
    Deputy
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Homebase
    -
    Ratings
    QuickBooks Time
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    Ratings
    Scheduling and Shift Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workforce Reporting and Analytics5.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workforce Compliance Monitoring9.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Accessibility10.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Assignment and Tracking5.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Forecasting and Resource Planning3.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Staffing Forecasting and Resource Planning3.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Shift Swapping and Time-Off Requests5.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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    No answers on this topic
    When I Work
    Score6.5 out of 10
    Time Doctor
    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Harri
    Score6 out of 10
    When I Work
    Score6.5 out of 10
    Toggl Track
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Enterprise eTIME, by ADP (discontinued)
    Score10 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    TimeCamp
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    DeputyHomebaseQuickBooks Time
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (409 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.6
    (195 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.8
    (46 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (404 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    9.5
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.2
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (30 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.1
    (31 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.2
    (398 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.8
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.7
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.3
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
    8.8
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    DeputyHomebaseQuickBooks Time
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Deputy
    [My own feeling on the subject is] that large teams will probably enjoy the features much more than a smaller team. [In my opinion] I would not have signed up with Deputy had it not been for the integration with my payroll provider. [From my point of view] the cost is not worth it for a small team. [I've found] it has a lot of features geared towards big teams and those are not things you can "opt-out" of from a cost/tier standpoint [as far as I'm concerned].
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    Homebase
    Homebase is a very cost-effective program that does a good job tracking employee hours as well as what employees are working on. It is extremely easy to use and has a lot of self-service features, which give employees information at their fingertips. Homebase integrates well with our payroll provider.
    Incentivized
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    Intuit
    It would be very useful for certain remote jobs that require a high level of presence, as in the case of web development, or remote maintenance sessions, so that when reviewing the work data it is possible to ensure that there will be no failures. By being able to include files in the management, from the equipment tab, it is possible to fully control the hours in which each change in these files were made.
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    Pros
    Deputy
    • Employee Scheduling - So straightforward and easy to use! Love the copy & past feature!
    • Timekeeping - the App & Kiosk are perfect for employees to clock in and out in a matter of seconds
    • Company Communication - the Newsfeed feature makes it easy to keep everyone up to date on company announcements
    • Task Management - simple to use task lists help keep my team organized
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    Homebase
    • It is very easy to use!
    • It remembers the days employees ask for off when making future schedules.
    • Is amazing at keeping track of employees schedules! Especially in a restaurant/bar setting!
    • The reminders an hour before to remember to go to work are helpful!
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    Intuit
    • Support (their help desk team is incredibly helpful and always quick to respond).
    • Ease of access and use (the app is user-friendly an intuitive, and the desktop version is equally as approachable).
    • Manager functionality (it's useful to be able to clock employees in and out at multiple events on the same day by sorting them into different groups by manager/event).
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    Cons
    Deputy
    • Integration with various point of sale systems to pull sales data vs. scheduled and/or worked hours.
    • Ability to "re-invite, " change a password or fix an employee-level account if they didn't set things up correctly.
    • An easier way of loading all holidays or facility closure dates for the year. e.g. Google reminds you, Are you open for Thanksgiving this year?
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    Homebase
    • The messaging features in Homebase are not consistent across the platform. In the app you can mass message everyone, however using the website you cannot, at least not at the price point that we are using.
    • The roles for employees and how to navigate them can be confusing especially when trying to schedule one employee in two different departments.
    • The separation of departments is a bit rigid and makes it difficult for universal employees to be scheduled easily.
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    Intuit
    • The desktop version of the TSheets schedule does not have a search feature. This makes it challenging to find things you are looking for without extra work
    • The app can be a bit buggy. Though it is a great app, there are many reasons that the app will stop syncing and can cause problems with staff scheduling
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Deputy
    The basic functionality and overall efficiency it provides is enough to renew. I still would like to see improvements in reporting and leave management, but overall it is absolutely worth it to have the program. I especially like having remote access and supervisors scheduling and approving time sheets of employees
    Incentivized
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    Homebase
    No answers on this topic
    Intuit
    TSheets tech support people, like Shawn Sommer, from Tsheets. She has been instrumental, after terminating the person in charge of TSheets I was left with a learning curve too high to climb but after 10 mins of her instructions I was able to make payroll in no time. She cleared all errors that nobody had fixed before.
    TSheets is not a vendor for me, TSheets is my partner in business. Thank you TSheets.
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    Usability
    Deputy
    Deputy is user-friendly and easy to understand for users with basic to moderate computer knowledge. The Employee is simple and easy for employees to understand. Employees get push notifications when shifts are scheduled and can clock in and out easily directly from the phone or kiosk, or using the website. The only challenge we’ve had is the ability for management to assign leave to employees who have not yet requested time off.
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    Homebase
    Homebase is very easy to use. Not a lot of training or direction is needed to get it going. Easy feature to track employee hours. Able to use centrally located tablets for employees to clock in and out. A very cost-effective system that also saves time when processing payroll. Employees love its features.
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    Intuit
    Our employees find TSheets easy to use and spend minimal time at reporting hours using it. As an administrator and user of the TSheets "data and information" I am extremely positive on the functionality and reporting that it has provided me. From its ease of set-up to training to reporting, TSheets has made us so much more efficient from an administration standpoint
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    Reliability and Availability
    Deputy
    We have never had a problem with deputy being unavailable
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    Homebase
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    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Deputy
    Everything is quick and easy
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    Intuit
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    Support Rating
    Deputy
    Every time I have contacted support they have answered my question within the hour and solved every problem we have had. They follow up to make sure we are satisfied with our results which has been great when we are busy and get distracted
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    Homebase
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    Intuit
    I have never failed to have an issue resolved within minutes of contacting Support. Jen D recently assisted my with an export issue and I was back on track in less the 10 minutes. She was knowledgable and thought about the current and future contexts of the issue and assured there would be no recurrence next payroll.
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    In-Person Training
    Deputy
    It was super easy and quick
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    Homebase
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    Intuit
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    Online Training
    Deputy
    Did a great job of getting us up to speed with their online documentation.
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    Homebase
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    Intuit
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    Implementation Rating
    Deputy
    It took me a bit to get all my staff input from our previous scheduling software. However, once all the information was there, everything went smoothly and we were able to start implementing Deputy right away. It did not take long to train my staff and have them comfortable with using the system.
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    Homebase
    No answers on this topic
    Intuit
    I wasn't originally helping with the implementation so not sure.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Deputy
    For years we used TimeTrax systems but they were hard to use and required manual downloads of punches, networked setups, and we needed separate setups for each location. When evaluating cloud-based solutions we first tried TSheets, but the higher cost and lack of features made us choose Deputy. Our main complaint about the actual TSheets system was the IPads did not store punches when it first launched so if you lost internet it couldn't store the punches. When we were evaluating the system they were building a police station next door that resulted in intermittent internet outages and the kiosk app basically became a brick until the internet came back on.
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    Homebase
    Homebase is simpler to use. Easier to navigate and is much cheaper than other alternatives! We had trouble when I worked as they were harder to reach our ROI. Deputy was too expensive and it was the reason we decided on Homebase! Employees also find it easy to use on their end!
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    Intuit
    Besides Intuit Payroll (Sage), the only program I've used is WorkBrain through Menards, and it's more as a scheduling guideline for management, employees don't use it to punch in or out or record hours. However, WorkBrain does show scheduling and it matches with a punch clock to record those hours. Every other place I've used has used either punch clocks or handwritten time cards. I think the TSheets is modern, user-friendly, convenient, accessible, and cost-effective for the owners. It also streamlines payroll for the Accountant instead of manually entering all hours for multiple employees by hand into a software program like Sage.
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    Scalability
    Deputy
    We have gone from using deputy simply to schedule a couple of members of staff on coffee shop shifts, to also scheduling staff in the retail unit part of our business, to now also scheduling team days and having remote working staff start on schedule shifts to track their working hours.
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    Homebase
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    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Deputy
    • Hundreds of man-hours saved monthly that previously was spent on recording hours work.
    • Holiday management is very clear and support fair treatment of staff.
    • The 100% accuracy of timesheets is amazing. Once approved thousands of timesheets just land in our payroll system thanks to the export/import functions.
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    Homebase
    • Homebase has made the day to day management of employees easier, freeing up time for management to work on other things that help secure customer satisfaction.
    • It has also made payroll easier since it's implementation and allowed for fewer mistakes than the previous manual method, leading to less monetary mistakes and happier employees.
    • Homebase has made monitoring hours and overtime, as well as completion of internship and volunteer hours, much easier to monitor, leading to less confusion and more satisfied volunteers, interns, and payroll managers
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    Intuit
    • As a Microsoft Access software development shop, Help4Access could have built ourselves a time tracking system, but why reinvent the wheel?
    • tSheets got us out of spreadsheets and into the cloud in days not months.
    • The ROI the first year is over $5,000.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Deputy Screenshots

    Screenshot of the mobile app displaying who is currently on the clock and who is late.Screenshot of where to find a replacement from a phone in seconds.Screenshot of the iPad app.

    QuickBooks Time Screenshots

    Screenshot of TSheets is the only time tracking app embedded inside QuickBooks. You can easily review and approve employee time cards to run payroll, do job costing, or create invoices--without ever leaving QuickBooks!Screenshot of With accurate employee hours from TSheets at your fingertips, you're always ready to run payroll--without the tedious manual entry!Screenshot of TSheets is more than just a time tracker. It keeps a timestamp for each clock in/out, job code change & GPS location. See who’s on the clock, where, and their assigned schedule—in real-time.Screenshot of Creating a schedule with Excel is costing you more than you think. TSheets employee scheduling software makes it faster & easier than ever to build & share schedules with employees, assign jobs & shifts, & keep your workforce in sync.Screenshot of Track time using devices your employees already use; any computer, mobile phone or landline, iPhone or Android app, smartphone browser, text message or Twitter.Screenshot of Really friendly free, unlimited support by phone, chat, or email. We guarantee you'll be impressed.