Deputy the World!
November 29, 2021

Deputy the World!

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Deputy

To keep day to records of time spent on various jobs. Helps keep accurate records, particularly when undertaking time and materials work for clients. Doing a lot of Project Management work, Deputy allows the freedom to switch in and out of any given job. The flexibility to not have to necessarily assign specific jobs and be able to go between various jobs is crucial.
  • Keeping track of hours.
  • Reporting is very helpful when supplying supporting documents to clients.
  • Interacts with Xero for employees' or contractors' time, allowing very quick admin turnaround for these types of payments.
  • Longer descriptions when choosing jobs to click into. Currently, only 3 characters long. Can sometimes make it difficult to distinguish between jobs.
  • If Deputy ran in the background ( unsure of efficiency for battery life) and popped up with a notification, once arriving at the site, asking users if they are working in the area they've been assigned, this would help with missed start times. Deputy uses GPS when inputting locations in setup, so would be a handy addition.
  • Being able to export employees' or contractors' time directly into Xero has been great. It takes all of 5 mins to process and is far more accurate than paper or reliance on notebook timekeeping.
  • Allowed us to capture all time spent which is particularly helpful whilst undertaking time and materials works
We had researched a few different varieties of Deputy style apps, however, none of them had the flexibility or ease of use that Deputy provided. Also very cost-effective when compared with others. The others trialed were clearly not memorable as the names escape me.

Do you think Deputy delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Deputy's feature set?

Yes

Did Deputy live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Deputy go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Deputy again?

Yes

Couple of things it could improve, especially only having 3 character references when choosing jobs when entering a site. Can sometimes make it difficult when similar jobs are in the system.
Very simple to set up. Entering employees' details is really as difficult and time-consuming as it becomes.
Xero, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365)
Personally haven't found a scenario where Deputy doesn't work well. It's very versatile.