Best European Employee Scheduling

Thirteen shift planning and rota tools from companies registered in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Denmark and France. For each one the legal entity, the published prices, the trial or free plan and the stated hosting location were read on the vendor's own pages on 30 September 2026. Where a vendor names no hosting location, the listing says so.

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13 European Employee Scheduling Tools

Shiftbase

Dutch scheduling and time tracking software with a free plan for up to 15 employees

#1 of 13 in this category
Netherlands Free up to 15 employees; Basic EUR 30/month incl. 6 employees, then EUR 4 each
Free plan for up to 15 employeesISO/IEC 27001, EU data locationiOS and Android apps

Staffomatic

Hamburg-based shift planner hosted in Germany, priced per user from EUR 2.00 a month

#2 of 13 in this category
Germany EUR 2.00-6.00 per user/month billed yearly; minimum 10 users; 14-day trial
Hosted in GermanyShift swaps in the Basic planDATEV export in Premium

tamigo

Copenhagen workforce management for retail and hospitality chains, priced per location

#3 of 13 in this category
Denmark From EUR 15 per location/month (Essential); Advanced and Premium on request
Priced per location, not per userAll customer data hosted in the EUPayroll: DATEV, Visma, SD Worx

Dyflexis

Workforce management from The Hague with ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and ISO 27701 certificates

#4 of 13 in this category
Netherlands EUR 4.50-7.50 per user/month across Pro, Suite, Expert and Talent
ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 27701Single sign-on in ExpertSAP, Workday and AFAS integrations

RotaCloud

Rota software from York, built without outside investment and hosted in London

#5 of 13 in this category
United Kingdom From GBP 10/month for 1-5 employees (Standard); Pro GBP 15; 30-day trial
No outside investorsAWS London region, AES-256 at restSage and PayCaptain payroll links

Skello

Paris-based scheduling and clocking software for hospitality and retail, hosted in Ireland

#6 of 13 in this category
France Scheduling from EUR 79/month; Duo from EUR 99/month; 14-day free trial
Data on AWS servers in IrelandAutomatic schedule generation (Max)Cegid Quadra payroll integration

Shyfter

Brussels scheduling and time clock tool with flat plan prices and 25+ POS integrations

#7 of 13 in this category
Belgium EUR 39-129 per month across four plans; 15% off with annual billing
Flat plan prices, no user limit namedQR code and geolocation clock-inPOS: Zelty, Tiller, Square, Zettle

Findmyshift

Amsterdam drag and drop rota tool priced per team, with a free plan and a free time clock

#8 of 13 in this category
Netherlands Free for 5 team members; Starter EUR 24, Business EUR 37, Enterprise EUR 74 per team/month
Free plan for up to 5 team membersFlat price per team, not per employeeFree time clock and iOS and Android apps

Ordio

Cologne shift planner with personnel file and payroll preparation, priced per location

#9 of 13 in this category
Germany EUR 89 (Starter), 129 (Plus), 169 (Pro) per location/month, annual billing; Enterprise from EUR 344
Priced per location, not per employeeDATEV export and REST API on ProGPS time tracking and team terminal from Plus

Planerio

Munich shift planning and time recording for healthcare and large employers, server location Germany

#10 of 13 in this category
Germany No prices published; personal demo or free weekly webinar
Server location Germany stated on the siteAutomatic rota generation and drop-out managementMore than 100 interfaces and public API

CrewPlanner

Antwerp staff planning for hospitality, events and agencies with flexible workers, part of Securex

#11 of 13 in this category
Belgium EUR 50 (Essential), 225 (Classic), 900 (Pro) per month, unlimited employees, per-manager add-ons
Unlimited employees on every planDimona, Group S, SD Worx and Liantis linksContracts, pay-outs and invoicing

shyftplan

Berlin shift planner for industrial plants with qualification matrix and automatic shift filling

#12 of 13 in this category
Germany No prices published; three packages sold through a demo
Qualification matrix with audit logAutomatic shift filling on 20+ criteriaSAP and Personio interfaces, SSO

Rotaville

London rota app priced by employee band with free employee access and automatic repeating shifts

#13 of 13 in this category
United Kingdom From EUR 20/month for 10 employees (Essential), EUR 511 for 500; 21-day free trial
Employee access is freeBands from 10 to 1,000 employeesiOS and Android apps, PDF and CSV reports

Key takeaways

  • Shiftbase (Shiftbase B.V., Zoetermeer) and Findmyshift (Findmyshift B.V., Amsterdam) are the only tools in this list with a published free plan. Shiftbase covers up to 15 employees in one department and five teams, Findmyshift up to 5 team members and one manager.
  • Staffomatic publishes the lowest per-user rate among the tools billed by user, EUR 2.00 per user per month on Basic with yearly billing, but applies a minimum of 10 users on every plan.
  • tamigo prices per location rather than per user, from EUR 15 per location per month on Essential, and states that all customer data is hosted within the EU.
  • Dyflexis lists three ISO certificates on its own site (ISO 27001:2022, ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27701:2019) and charges EUR 4.50 to EUR 7.50 per user per month.
  • RotaCloud is run by Kettle and Keyboard Limited in York, says it has grown with zero outside investment, and hosts on Amazon Web Services in the London region.
  • Skello stores data on Amazon Web Services in Ireland and Shiftbase on Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud with an EU data location, so a European vendor does not always mean a European cloud provider.

Employee scheduling software is a tool that lets a manager build shift rotas, publish them to staff on a phone and handle swaps, availability and absences in one place instead of a spreadsheet.

Most products in this category add clock-in time tracking and an export to payroll. The thirteen tools here are run by companies registered in the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, the United Kingdom, France and Belgium, each checked against its own imprint, terms and pricing page or a company register.

European employee scheduling compared

European employee scheduling tools compared on position, country, entry price and best use
PositionToolEstablishedEntry priceBest for
#1 Shiftbase Netherlands Free plan at EUR 0 for up to 15 employees; Basic EUR 30 per month including 6 employees plus EUR 4 per extra employee; Premium EUR 72 per month including 12 employees plus EUR 5 per extra employee; Enterprise EUR 336 per month including 48 employees plus EUR 6 per extra employee; 10% off with yearly billing; App Center+ integrations add-on EUR 20 per month Small and mid-sized shift teams that want a free start and fully published prices
#2 Staffomatic Germany Per user per month with a minimum of 10 users: Basic EUR 2.00 yearly or EUR 2.40 monthly, Professional EUR 4.00 yearly or EUR 4.80 monthly, Premium EUR 6.00 yearly or EUR 7.00 monthly; Enterprise rates on request from 100 users Teams of ten or more that want German hosting and a low per-user price
#3 tamigo Denmark Essential from EUR 15 per location per month, Standard from EUR 30 per location per month; Advanced and Premium on custom pricing Retail and hospitality chains with many locations that prefer pricing per site
#4 Dyflexis Netherlands Per user per month: Pro EUR 4.50, Suite EUR 5.50, Expert EUR 6.50, Talent EUR 7.50 Larger operations that need certified processes, single sign-on and ERP integrations
#5 RotaCloud United Kingdom For 1-5 employees: Standard GBP 10 per month or GBP 120 per year, Pro GBP 15 per month or GBP 180 per year; Time & Attendance and SMS notifications are paid add-ons; custom quote above 500 employees; VAT is added under the terms UK businesses that want an independent vendor under English law with London hosting
#6 Skello France Scheduling Standard from EUR 79 per month, Planning Max from EUR 107 per month, Duo Standard (scheduling plus clocking) from EUR 99 per month, Duo Max from EUR 129 per month; 10% discount with an annual commitment French restaurants, hotels and shops that want scheduling and clocking in one plan
#7 Shyfter Belgium Time Tracking EUR 39 per month, Basic EUR 59 per month, Standard EUR 89 per month, Business EUR 129 per month; annual billing at EUR 398, EUR 602, EUR 908 and EUR 1,316 per year (15% discount) Belgian and French hospitality teams that need many cash register integrations
#8 Findmyshift Netherlands Priced per team, not per employee: Free EUR 0 for 5 team members and 1 manager; Starter EUR 24 per month (EUR 252 per year) for 20 team members; Business EUR 37 per month (EUR 389 per year) for 100 team members; Enterprise EUR 74 per month (EUR 782 per year) for 300 team members; free time clock station on every plan Small teams that want a free rota and flat per-team prices
#9 Ordio Germany Per location per month on annual billing: Starter EUR 89, Plus EUR 129, Pro EUR 169, Enterprise from EUR 344 for teams from 70 employees; yearly billing is 16% cheaper than monthly; prices can be shown in Swiss francs German shift businesses that want planning, personnel file and payroll prep together
#10 Planerio Germany No prices published; the site offers a personal demo and a weekly free live webinar Hospitals, care providers and large German employers
#11 CrewPlanner Belgium Per month with unlimited employees: Essential EUR 50 including 1 manager, Classic EUR 225 including 3 managers, Pro EUR 900 including 10 managers; extra managers EUR 50, EUR 75 and EUR 90 per month; assisted onboarding EUR 490 Hospitality, events and staffing agencies with flexible workers
#12 shyftplan Germany No prices published; three packages (shyftplanner, shyftskills, Enterprise Suite) sold through a demo Industrial plants that plan shifts around qualifications
#13 Rotaville United Kingdom By employee capacity, shown in euros: Essential EUR 20 per month for 10 employees, EUR 27 for 25, EUR 51 for 50, EUR 102 for 100, EUR 511 for 500; Extended (adds shift planning and 24 months of history) EUR 40 for 10 employees up to EUR 1,022 for 500; 10% off annually on the smaller bands; Enterprise on request Small and mid-sized teams that want a simple, cheap rota app

Every European employee scheduling tool reviewed

#1 Shiftbase

Zoetermeer, Netherlands Free plan at EUR 0 for up to 15 employees; Basic EUR 30 per month including 6 employees plus EUR 4 per extra employee; Premium EUR 72 per month including 12 employees plus EUR 5 per extra employee; Enterprise EUR 336 per month including 48 employees plus EUR 6 per extra employee; 10% off with yearly billing; App Center+ integrations add-on EUR 20 per month Free plan for up to 15 employees (1 department, 5 teams); 14-day free trial of the paid plans

Best for: Small and mid-sized shift teams that want a free start and fully published prices

  • Operating company. Shiftbase B.V.
  • Jurisdiction. EU (Netherlands)
  • Where the data sits. EU data location on Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud, as stated on the Shiftbase trust page
  • Independent checks. ISO/IEC 27001
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. Deputy, When I Work, Homebase

Shiftbase is workforce management software for shift-based businesses that covers employee scheduling, time tracking, absence management, HR records and payroll preparation.

Shiftbase ranks first here because it is the only vendor in this comparison that publishes a free plan for up to 15 employees, a complete price list and a public trust page at the same time.

The company says its first code was written in 2010 and the product launched in 2011, and it reports more than 8,000 businesses and 250,000 users. The Shiftbase mobile app for iOS and Android lets employees clock in, swap or claim shifts and request time off, while managers approve hours and fill open shifts.

Shiftbase B.V. is registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under number 59514701 and gives Groeneweg 2A in Zoetermeer as its address.

The Shiftbase trust page states an EU data location and names Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud as infrastructure providers, so the hosting is in the EU but on American clouds. Shiftbase states ISO/IEC 27001 certification and lists multi-factor authentication, role-based access control and encryption at rest. The same trust page lists subprocessors including Sentry, SendGrid and Cloudflare, with Mixpanel and Customer.io as recent additions.

Shiftbase charges EUR 30 per month for Basic including 6 employees and EUR 4 per extra employee, EUR 72 per month for Premium including 12 employees and EUR 5 per extra employee, and EUR 336 per month for Enterprise including 48 employees and EUR 6 per extra employee.

Yearly billing takes 10% off. The Free plan costs nothing for up to 15 employees in one department. Shiftbase suits hospitality, retail and care teams that want to see the bill before talking to sales.

Buyers who need payroll links should budget for the App Center+ add-on at EUR 20 per month, and buyers who rule out American cloud providers should look further down this list.

What Shiftbase does well

  • Shiftbase has a Free plan at EUR 0 for up to 15 employees
  • Shiftbase publishes base fee, included employees and per-employee price for every paid plan
  • Shiftbase states ISO/IEC 27001 certification and an EU data location on a public trust page
  • Shiftbase lists payroll integrations with AFAS Software, Nmbrs, Loket, Exact Online and SD Worx
  • Shiftbase offers iOS and Android apps with clock-in, shift swaps and absence requests

Where Shiftbase falls short

  • Shiftbase runs on Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud rather than a European cloud provider
  • The Shiftbase Free plan is limited to one department and five teams
  • Integrations on Basic and Premium go through the App Center+ add-on at EUR 20 per month
  • The Shiftbase pricing page does not say whether prices exclude VAT

Standout feature. Shiftbase offers the largest permanent free plan in this comparison, covering up to 15 employees, next to a fully published price list and a public trust page.

#2 Staffomatic

Hamburg, Germany Founded 2011 Per user per month with a minimum of 10 users: Basic EUR 2.00 yearly or EUR 2.40 monthly, Professional EUR 4.00 yearly or EUR 4.80 monthly, Premium EUR 6.00 yearly or EUR 7.00 monthly; Enterprise rates on request from 100 users 14-day free trial, no payment details required

Best for: Teams of ten or more that want German hosting and a low per-user price

  • Operating company. easyPEP UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
  • Jurisdiction. EU (Germany)
  • Where the data sits. Germany (the vendor describes the service as hosted in Germany; the provider is not named)
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. When I Work, Sling, Deputy

Staffomatic is a shift planner with absence management and time tracking, built by a small German company. The Staffomatic Basic plan contains the shift planner, absences, a digital personnel file, the mobile app, shift swapping and shift applications.

Time tracking, qualifications and API access arrive in Professional, and working time accounts, supplements, overtime accounts and a DATEV export in Premium. Staffomatic reports more than 70,000 users across more than 1,500 teams. The punch clock runs as an app on any device with an internet connection, where employees log hours with a personal five-digit PIN.

Staffomatic is operated by easyPEP UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Zirkusweg 2 in Hamburg, registered at the Amtsgericht Hamburg-Altona under HRB 123216. The company history on its about page says the firm was set up as Easypep in 2011 and renamed Staffomatic in 2014.

Staffomatic describes its product as made in Germany and hosted in Germany, without naming the hosting provider. The Staffomatic data policy lists American providers such as HubSpot and Vimeo for the website and support, with EU standard contractual clauses as the safeguard.

Staffomatic charges per user per month: Basic EUR 2.00 with yearly billing or EUR 2.40 monthly, Professional EUR 4.00 or EUR 4.80, Premium EUR 6.00 or EUR 7.00. Every plan has a minimum of 10 users, and teams above 100 users get Enterprise rates on request.

The trial lasts 14 days and needs no payment details. Staffomatic fits German-speaking teams that want DATEV-ready hours at a published price. Teams under ten people pay for ten seats regardless, and companies that want named certifications will not find any on the Staffomatic pages checked.

What Staffomatic does well

  • Staffomatic Basic costs EUR 2.00 per user per month with yearly billing
  • Staffomatic states that the service is hosted in Germany
  • Staffomatic includes shift swapping and shift applications in the cheapest plan
  • Staffomatic Premium includes a DATEV export and working time accounts
  • Staffomatic offers a 14-day trial without payment details

Where Staffomatic falls short

  • Every Staffomatic plan has a minimum of 10 users
  • Staffomatic does not name its hosting provider on the pages checked
  • Staffomatic Basic keeps only 30 days of history, against 90 days in Premium
  • Staffomatic states no security certification on its website

Standout feature. Staffomatic combines the lowest published per-user rate in this comparison, EUR 2.00 per user per month, with a plain statement that the service is hosted in Germany.

#3 tamigo

Copenhagen, Denmark Founded 2006 Essential from EUR 15 per location per month, Standard from EUR 30 per location per month; Advanced and Premium on custom pricing Free trial offered for Essential and Standard; the length is not published

Best for: Retail and hospitality chains with many locations that prefer pricing per site

  • Operating company. tamigo ApS
  • Jurisdiction. EU (Denmark)
  • Where the data sits. EU (tamigo states that all customer data is hosted within the EU; the provider is not named)
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. Deputy, UKG, When I Work

tamigo is a workforce management platform from Copenhagen for retail, supermarkets, restaurants and hotels. The tamigo Essential plan covers basic scheduling, daily timesheets, absence requests and a basic payroll export. Standard adds shift bids, shift exchanges, the mobile time clock and employee skills.

Advanced brings schedule templates, worktime warnings, a time bank, custom KPIs and API access, and Premium adds custom payroll and HR integrations plus global payroll compliance. tamigo says it supports 20 languages and serves customers in 20 countries, which is the reason it ranks third: breadth across borders, with less price transparency above the Standard plan.

tamigo ApS gives Kristianiagade 8, 2100 Copenhagen as its headquarters, with Danish VAT number 28277679, and says it was founded in 2006 by Jakob Toftgaard.

The about page states that Viking Venture from Norway invested EUR 9.3 million in 2019, so the named outside investor is European as well. The tamigo trust centre states that all customer data is hosted within the EU and that third-party providers process data within the EU. tamigo keeps customer data for 90 days after a contract ends before deleting it.

tamigo charges from EUR 15 per location per month for Essential and from EUR 30 per location per month for Standard, while Advanced and Premium are on custom pricing after a demo.

A free trial is offered for the two lower plans, with no length published. tamigo suits chains that staff each site with many part-timers, because the bill follows locations rather than headcount. A single-site business that needs API access or a dedicated customer success manager has to move to Advanced, where tamigo publishes no price.

What tamigo does well

  • tamigo prices per location: from EUR 15 per month on Essential and from EUR 30 on Standard
  • tamigo states that all customer data is hosted within the EU
  • tamigo lists payroll integrations including ADP, DATEV, Visma, SD Worx and Zucchetti
  • tamigo names its investor: Viking Venture of Norway put in EUR 9.3 million in 2019
  • tamigo supports 20 languages and serves customers in 20 countries

Where tamigo falls short

  • tamigo Advanced and Premium are on custom pricing
  • tamigo does not name its hosting provider on the trust centre
  • API access starts only in the tamigo Advanced plan
  • The tamigo trust centre lists no security certification

Standout feature. tamigo publishes the lowest price per location in this comparison, from EUR 15 per location per month, with all customer data hosted in the EU.

#4 Dyflexis

The Hague, Netherlands Founded 2008 Per user per month: Pro EUR 4.50, Suite EUR 5.50, Expert EUR 6.50, Talent EUR 7.50

Best for: Larger operations that need certified processes, single sign-on and ERP integrations

  • Operating company. Dyflexis B.V.
  • Jurisdiction. EU (Netherlands)
  • Independent checks. ISO 27001:2022, ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27701:2019
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. Deputy, UKG, Homebase

Dyflexis is a Dutch workforce management platform that started as a staff scheduling tool. The Dyflexis Pro plan covers workforce scheduling, time and attendance, leave management, reports and the employee app. Suite adds payroll integration, POS and ERP integration, a forecasting module and temporary staffing.

Expert adds AI-powered forecasting, auto scheduling, rotating multi-shift scheduling, BI and single sign-on, and Talent adds performance and skills management. The Dyflexis app for Android and iOS lets employees submit availability, respond to open shifts, request leave and clock in and out, and receive instant notifications when a rota changes.

Dyflexis B.V. is registered under Chamber of Commerce number 59584327 at Saturnusstraat 14 in The Hague. The company says it was founded in 2008 by Joshua Angnoe, opened a German office in 2019 and reached 100 employees in 2022.

Dyflexis lists three certificates on its site: ISO 27001:2022 for information security, ISO 9001:2015 for quality management and ISO 27701:2019 for privacy information management, audited annually by an independent firm. The Dyflexis privacy policy says personal data is stored at ISO 27001 certified companies but names neither provider nor country.

Dyflexis publishes EUR 4.50 per user per month for Pro, EUR 5.50 for Suite, EUR 6.50 for Expert and EUR 7.50 for Talent, with a quote request button next to the price list. No trial, minimum or implementation fee is stated on the pricing page.

Dyflexis ranks fourth: its certificates are the strongest in this list, but the missing hosting location and the absence of a self-service trial cost it places. Production, logistics and care organisations with SAP, Workday or Microsoft Dynamics will find those connections in the Dyflexis marketplace; a café with eight staff will not need them.

What Dyflexis does well

  • Dyflexis states ISO 27001:2022, ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27701:2019 certification
  • Dyflexis publishes per-user prices from EUR 4.50 to EUR 7.50 per month
  • Dyflexis Expert includes single sign-on, auto scheduling and rotating multi-shift scheduling
  • Dyflexis lists integrations with SAP, Workday, Microsoft Dynamics, AFAS Software and DATEV
  • Dyflexis offers an Android and iOS app with clock-in, leave requests and shift swaps

Where Dyflexis falls short

  • Dyflexis does not state a hosting location or provider in its privacy policy
  • The Dyflexis pricing page mentions no free trial
  • Payroll and POS integrations start in the Dyflexis Suite plan, not in Pro
  • Dyflexis states no minimums or implementation costs, so the final quote may differ from the list price

Standout feature. Dyflexis is the only vendor in this comparison that lists three ISO certificates on its own site, including ISO 27701 for privacy information management, next to published per-user prices.

#5 RotaCloud

York, United Kingdom For 1-5 employees: Standard GBP 10 per month or GBP 120 per year, Pro GBP 15 per month or GBP 180 per year; Time & Attendance and SMS notifications are paid add-ons; custom quote above 500 employees; VAT is added under the terms 30-day free trial, no payment information required

Best for: UK businesses that want an independent vendor under English law with London hosting

  • Operating company. Kettle and Keyboard Limited, trading as RotaCloud
  • Jurisdiction. United Kingdom (outside the EU, covered by an EU adequacy decision)
  • Where the data sits. United Kingdom, on Amazon Web Services in the London region
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. Deputy, When I Work, Homebase

RotaCloud is rota planning software from York for restaurants, hotels, care homes, retail and similar shift-based employers. The RotaCloud Standard plan includes unlimited sites and departments, drag-and-drop rota planning, shift notifications, holiday and absence management, shift swapping, reporting and the mobile apps.

Pro adds labour forecasting, budget caps, document storage, custom leave request rules and enforced two-factor authentication. The RotaCloud app for iOS and Android lets managers edit shifts and approve timesheets and lets employees view rotas, swap shifts and request leave. RotaCloud says more than 5,000 businesses use it.

RotaCloud is a product of Kettle and Keyboard Limited, company number 08625682, registered at 20 George Hudson Street in York. The about page states that RotaCloud has grown to more than 50 employees with zero outside investment and therefore has no external shareholders.

RotaCloud states that its core network runs on Amazon Web Services in multiple availability zones within the London region and that stored data is encrypted at rest with AES-256. The contract is governed by English law, which places RotaCloud outside the EU but inside a jurisdiction with an EU adequacy decision.

RotaCloud prices in bands: for 1-5 employees Standard costs GBP 10 per month or GBP 120 per year and Pro costs GBP 15 per month or GBP 180 per year, and teams above 500 employees get a custom quote; the published figures are tied to an employee band, so the price for a larger team has to be read on the RotaCloud pricing page itself.

The terms state that VAT is added to the price. Clocking in and timesheets come as the Time & Attendance add-on, and text messages as a second add-on. The 30-day trial needs no payment information.

RotaCloud fits British employers who pay staff through Sage, PayCaptain or Staffology; EU companies that want data stored inside the EU are better served higher in this list.

What RotaCloud does well

  • RotaCloud states that it has grown with zero outside investment
  • RotaCloud hosts on Amazon Web Services in the London region with AES-256 encryption at rest
  • RotaCloud offers a 30-day trial without payment information, longer than most vendors in this comparison
  • RotaCloud Standard includes unlimited sites and departments
  • RotaCloud integrates with Sage, PayCaptain, Staffology and Breathe

Where RotaCloud falls short

  • RotaCloud is based and hosted in the United Kingdom, outside the EU
  • Clocking in and timesheets require the paid RotaCloud Time & Attendance add-on
  • RotaCloud prices are in GBP only on the pricing page, with VAT added under the terms
  • RotaCloud states no security certification on its GDPR page

Standout feature. RotaCloud is owner-run: Kettle and Keyboard Limited in York states that it built the product to more than 50 employees without any outside investment.

#6 Skello

Paris, France Scheduling Standard from EUR 79 per month, Planning Max from EUR 107 per month, Duo Standard (scheduling plus clocking) from EUR 99 per month, Duo Max from EUR 129 per month; 10% discount with an annual commitment 14-day free trial

Best for: French restaurants, hotels and shops that want scheduling and clocking in one plan

  • Operating company. Skello SAS
  • Jurisdiction. EU (France)
  • Where the data sits. Ireland, on Amazon Web Services
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. Deputy, Homebase, 7shifts

Skello is a French scheduling and time tracking product sold in separate lines: scheduling plans, clocking plans and combined Duo plans. Skello Scheduling Standard covers schedule planning, time tracking, compliance management, payroll preparation and the mobile app.

Planning Max adds staffing forecasts, automatic schedule generation, performance analytics and electronic timesheet signatures. Skello says it serves 25,000 field teams and their 600,000 employees. Integrations on the Skello site include the payroll tools Cegid Quadra and a3innuva Nómina and POS systems such as SumUp, Shopify, Untill and Oracle Simphony, plus calendar sync with Google, Outlook and iCal.

Skello SAS is registered in Paris under RCS number 820 275 956, with its office at 69-71 rue Beaubourg. The Skello security page states that data is stored at Amazon Web Services on servers located in Ireland, in a multi-availability-zone setup, and that penetration tests are carried out regularly by accredited firms. The Skello legal notice names Webflow, Inc. in San Francisco as the host of the marketing website. Skello states no ISO or SOC certification on its security page.

Skello publishes starting prices: Scheduling Standard from EUR 79 per month, Planning Max from EUR 107, Duo Standard from EUR 99 and Duo Max from EUR 129, with a 10% discount for an annual commitment and a 14-day free trial.

The pricing page does not say what makes the price rise above the starting figure. Skello ranks sixth because of that open end and because the data sits with an American cloud provider. Skello suits French-speaking hospitality and retail teams; a business that wants a per-user bill it can calculate in advance should pick Staffomatic or Dyflexis.

What Skello does well

  • Skello states the exact hosting location: Amazon Web Services servers in Ireland
  • Skello offers combined scheduling and clocking in its Duo plans from EUR 99 per month
  • Skello Planning Max includes automatic schedule generation and staffing forecasts
  • Skello integrates with Cegid Quadra for payroll and SumUp and Oracle Simphony for POS data
  • Skello offers a 14-day free trial on every plan

Where Skello falls short

  • Skello prices are starting prices and the page does not explain what raises them
  • Skello hosts with Amazon Web Services rather than a European cloud provider
  • Skello states no security certification on its security page
  • The Skello payroll service is a separate add-on at EUR 20 per month per employee

Standout feature. Skello splits its offer into scheduling, clocking and combined Duo plans, so a French restaurant can start with planning alone from EUR 79 per month.

#7 Shyfter

Brussels, Belgium Time Tracking EUR 39 per month, Basic EUR 59 per month, Standard EUR 89 per month, Business EUR 129 per month; annual billing at EUR 398, EUR 602, EUR 908 and EUR 1,316 per year (15% discount) Free demo on request; no self-service trial is published on the pricing page

Best for: Belgian and French hospitality teams that need many cash register integrations

  • Operating company. SHYFTER SA
  • Jurisdiction. EU (Belgium)
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. Deputy, Homebase, 7shifts

Shyfter is a Belgian scheduling and time tracking tool with four plans. Shyfter Time Tracking covers QR code clock-in, geolocation, photo verification and exports. Basic adds basic scheduling, schedule duplication, leave and absences and contracts.

Standard adds Shift Swap, advanced scheduling across multiple views, templates, integrations and phone support, and Business adds customisable access rights, tailored payroll rules, API access and a dedicated success manager. Shyfter says more than 3,500 companies and 400,000 employees use it. Employees work with a separate app called Shyfter Staff, and the Basic plan already includes what Shyfter calls AI replacement for finding cover.

Shyfter is operated by SHYFTER SA, company number 0720.922.212, with its registered office at Boulevard de Waterloo 30 in Brussels and an operational headquarters in Namur. The Shyfter terms state that Belgian law applies. The Shyfter privacy policy says that tasks may be subcontracted to technical subcontractors but names no hosting provider and no hosting location, which is the main reason Shyfter closes this ranking. No certification is stated on the Shyfter pages checked.

Shyfter publishes EUR 39 per month for Time Tracking, EUR 59 for Basic, EUR 89 for Standard and EUR 129 for Business, or EUR 398, EUR 602, EUR 908 and EUR 1,316 per year with the 15% annual discount.

The pricing page names no employee limit and offers a free demo instead of a self-service trial. Shyfter lists POS integrations with Zelty, Tiller, L'Addition, Square, Zettle and Odoo among others, which makes it a fit for restaurants that plan staff against revenue. Buyers who must document where employee data is stored should get that in writing from Shyfter first.

What Shyfter does well

  • Shyfter publishes four flat plan prices from EUR 39 to EUR 129 per month
  • Shyfter names no employee limit on its pricing page
  • Shyfter lists more than 25 POS integrations, including Zelty, Tiller, Square and Zettle
  • Shyfter Time Tracking includes QR code clock-in, geolocation and photo verification
  • Shyfter gives a 15% discount on annual billing

Where Shyfter falls short

  • The Shyfter privacy policy names no hosting provider or location
  • Shyfter offers a demo but publishes no self-service free trial
  • Shift Swap and integrations start only in the Shyfter Standard plan
  • API access is reserved for the Shyfter Business plan

Standout feature. Shyfter lists more than 25 cash register integrations on its own site, from Zelty and Tiller to Square, the longest POS list among the thirteen tools compared here.

#8 Findmyshift

Amsterdam, Netherlands Founded 2004 Priced per team, not per employee: Free EUR 0 for 5 team members and 1 manager; Starter EUR 24 per month (EUR 252 per year) for 20 team members; Business EUR 37 per month (EUR 389 per year) for 100 team members; Enterprise EUR 74 per month (EUR 782 per year) for 300 team members; free time clock station on every plan Free plan with no time limit; all features free for the first 3 months, no credit card

Best for: Small teams that want a free rota and flat per-team prices

  • Operating company. Findmyshift B.V.
  • Jurisdiction. EU (Netherlands)
  • Where the data sits. Amazon Web Services since 2012; the pages checked do not name a region
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. Deputy, When I Work, Homebase

Findmyshift is a drag and drop employee scheduler that its own about page describes as the world's first web-based tool of its kind, launched in 2004.

A manager builds the rota by pointing, clicking, copying and pasting, and staff follow it in iOS and Android apps with shift reminders and change notifications. Time clocking, time off management and labour cost reporting sit alongside the scheduler, and the time clock station is free for everyone. Integrations listed on the site include Xero, Slack, Lightspeed, Square, BambooHR and Google Workspace.

The terms name Findmyshift B.V., a company incorporated in the Netherlands and registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under KvK number 76110168, at Panamalaan 5H in Amsterdam.

The about page says the service moved to Amazon Web Services in 2012, and the pages checked name no region, so the cloud is American even though the vendor is Dutch. Support is staffed on British hours, midnight to 10pm BST on weekdays, and no security certification is stated on the pricing, terms or about pages that were checked.

Findmyshift prices per team, not per employee. Free costs EUR 0 for up to 5 team members and one manager. Starter is EUR 24 per month, or EUR 21 billed yearly, for 20 team members.

Business is EUR 37 per month, or EUR 32 yearly, for 100 team members, and Enterprise is EUR 74 per month, or EUR 65 yearly, for 300 team members. All features are free for the first three months with no credit card, and plans are pay as you go with no contract. Above 300 people on one team the vendor asks you to get in touch.

What Findmyshift does well

  • Permanent free plan for up to 5 team members and one manager
  • Flat price per team, so adding staff inside a tier costs nothing
  • Free time clock station on every plan
  • Three months of all features free, with no credit card
  • Dutch company with a published KvK number and Amsterdam address

Where Findmyshift falls short

  • Runs on Amazon Web Services and names no region
  • The Free plan keeps one week of history and plans one week ahead
  • Team caps are low: 20 members on Starter, 100 on Business
  • No security certification stated on the pages checked

Standout feature. Findmyshift is the only tool in this comparison that prices per team and also gives away a time clock, backed by a permanent free plan for 5 people.

#9 Ordio

Cologne, Germany Founded 2020 Per location per month on annual billing: Starter EUR 89, Plus EUR 129, Pro EUR 169, Enterprise from EUR 344 for teams from 70 employees; yearly billing is 16% cheaper than monthly; prices can be shown in Swiss francs Free start with no payment details and no contract, demo on request

Best for: German shift businesses that want planning, personnel file and payroll prep together

  • Operating company. Ordio GmbH
  • Jurisdiction. EU (Germany)
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. Deputy, Planday, Homebase

Ordio is a Cologne-based platform that bundles shift planning, a digital personnel file, document management, absence planning, time tracking and payroll preparation, with an AI agent called Nano built into the product.

The vendor says it grew out of the sushi restaurant chain Sushi Ninja, which its founder David Keuenhof started in 2009, and that Ordio itself dates from 2020. It reports more than 2,500 businesses across over 72 industries. The site and the pricing are in German, with a switch between euros and Swiss francs, and the employee app runs on iOS and Android.

The imprint names Ordio GmbH at Pilgrimstr. 6 in Cologne, registered at the Amtsgericht Köln under HRB 98680 and represented by David Keuenhof.

The pages checked name no hosting provider or location and no security certification, so a buyer who needs a processing agreement and a subprocessor list should request them before loading employee data. Enterprise is positioned for teams from 70 employees and adds priority support, roadmap prioritisation, an event module and a document generator, with staffing-agency and tip features listed as coming soon.

Ordio charges per location per month on annual billing. Starter is EUR 89 and covers shift planning, the personnel file, absence planning, automatic payroll and the employee app.

Plus is EUR 129 and adds legally compliant time tracking, GPS location checks, a team terminal and broadcast notifications. Pro is EUR 169 and adds checklists and forms, a DATEV and payroll export, a public REST API and partner integrations. Enterprise starts from EUR 344. A free start with no payment details and no contract is offered, and billing monthly instead of yearly costs more.

What Ordio does well

  • Priced per location, so headcount does not change the bill
  • Personnel file, absences and payroll preparation in the entry plan
  • DATEV and payroll export plus REST API on the Pro plan
  • GPS location checks and a team terminal from Plus
  • German GmbH with Handelsregister number and Cologne address

Where Ordio falls short

  • Interface and pricing page are German-first
  • EUR 89 per location is high for a single small site next to free plans
  • DATEV export sits in the EUR 169 Pro plan
  • No hosting location or certification stated on the pages checked

Standout feature. Ordio folds the personnel file and payroll preparation into a per-location shift planner, with a DATEV export one tier up.

#10 Planerio

Munich, Germany Founded 2016 No prices published; the site offers a personal demo and a weekly free live webinar No self-service trial; demo or webinar

Best for: Hospitals, care providers and large German employers

  • Operating company. Planerio GmbH
  • Jurisdiction. EU (Germany)
  • Where the data sits. Germany, as stated on the homepage; the provider is not named
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. Deputy, Quinyx, Atoss

Planerio is a Munich-based shift planning and time recording tool with an algorithm that builds a rota at the push of a button, absence management for short-notice drop-outs across locations, an employee app, payroll preparation and analytics.

It targets larger organisations with a clear sector focus: healthcare, social services, security and rescue, retail, logistics and industry, from small teams up to 5,000 or more employees. The vendor says that more than 4,000 locations in the EU plan with it, and that its time recording follows the German working time rules and the European Court of Justice ruling on time recording.

The imprint names Planerio GmbH at Oberanger 32 in Munich, registered at the Amtsgericht München under HRB 224613, and lists four managing directors. The about page says it was founded in 2016 by three co-founders and employs more than 100 people.

The homepage states GDPR compliance and a server location in Germany, with phone lines for Germany and Switzerland. It does not name the hosting provider on the pages checked, and no ISO certificate appears there, so security teams should ask for the audit documentation.

Planerio publishes no prices. The site routes buyers to a personal demo or a weekly free live webinar, and there is no self-service sign-up. That is normal for tools sold to hospitals and large employers, but it removes the quick comparison that Shiftbase or Findmyshift allow.

The vendor lists more than 100 interfaces to payroll and other systems and publishes API documentation. Expect an implementation project rather than a download, and ask for the price per employee and per location in writing before comparing it with the per-user tools in this list.

What Planerio does well

  • Server location in Germany stated on the homepage
  • More than 100 interfaces and a public API
  • Sector depth in healthcare, care, rescue and industry
  • Time recording built for German and European working time rules
  • German GmbH with Handelsregister number and Munich address

Where Planerio falls short

  • No prices published and no self-service trial
  • Hosting provider and certifications not named on the pages checked
  • Aimed at larger organisations, not small teams
  • German-first site

Standout feature. Planerio pairs automatic rota generation with a stated German server location and a sector focus on healthcare and care providers.

#11 CrewPlanner

Antwerp, Belgium Per month with unlimited employees: Essential EUR 50 including 1 manager, Classic EUR 225 including 3 managers, Pro EUR 900 including 10 managers; extra managers EUR 50, EUR 75 and EUR 90 per month; assisted onboarding EUR 490 No trial length stated; demo booking

Best for: Hospitality, events and staffing agencies with flexible workers

  • Operating company. CrewPlanner BV
  • Jurisdiction. EU (Belgium)
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. Deputy, When I Work, Planday

CrewPlanner is a staff planning platform from Antwerp for sectors that work with flexible and temporary staff, such as hospitality, events and staffing agencies. Planners can onboard staff, manage documents and contracts, build schedules, run time registration, and handle pay-outs and invoicing in one place.

The employee app, templating and multilingual interface are in every plan, and Classic adds pay-outs, invoicing, gamification, SMS notifications and chat. The about page says the founder worked for years as a planner in hospitality and built the tool out of frustration with Excel files.

The company is CrewPlanner BV at Van de Wervestraat 20 in Antwerp, and the site says it joined Securex Group in 2025 without publishing the terms.

The Belgian focus shows in the marketplace: Dimona, Group S, Liantis, SD Worx and Lohn24 sit beside Exact Online, Xero and Odoo. The pages checked name no hosting provider, location or security certification, so a buyer who handles contractor data should ask for the subprocessor list. Pro adds API tokens, advanced dashboards and a white label app on request, with training and workshops quoted separately.

Prices are published in euros per month and driven by the number of managers, because employee numbers are unlimited on every plan. Essential costs EUR 50 per month including one manager, Classic costs EUR 225 including three managers, and Pro costs EUR 900 including ten managers.

Extra managers cost EUR 50, EUR 75 and EUR 90 per month respectively. Assisted onboarding is a separate EUR 490 fee. No trial length is stated and the buttons lead to a demo booking. A hospitality group with many shift leaders pays for every manager seat.

What CrewPlanner does well

  • Unlimited employees on every plan
  • Built for flexible workers, with contracts, documents and pay-outs
  • Belgian payroll links such as Dimona, Group S, Liantis and SD Worx
  • Prices published per plan in euros
  • Belgian company with a named Antwerp address

Where CrewPlanner falls short

  • Priced by manager, so many team leaders raise the bill
  • No self-service trial stated
  • EUR 490 onboarding fee
  • No hosting location or certification stated

Standout feature. CrewPlanner is the only scheduler here built around flexible-worker contracts, Dimona declarations and pay-outs, with unlimited employees on every plan.

#12 shyftplan

Berlin, Germany No prices published; three packages (shyftplanner, shyftskills, Enterprise Suite) sold through a demo No self-service trial; demo

Best for: Industrial plants that plan shifts around qualifications

  • Operating company. shyftplan GmbH
  • Jurisdiction. EU (Germany)
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. Quinyx, Atoss, Deputy

shyftplan is a Berlin shift planning platform that now presents itself mainly to industrial and production environments: process industry, variant manufacturing, single-item and series production.

It comes in three packages. shyftplanner covers automatic shift planning, absence management, time recording and an employee app. shyftskills adds a qualification matrix with audit logs, certificate storage and expiry alerts. The Enterprise Suite combines both and assigns shifts automatically based on qualifications in seconds. Shift filling runs on more than 20 criteria, such as demand, contractual availability, planning rules, preferences and fairness.

The imprint names shyftplan GmbH at Ritterstr. 26 in Berlin, registered at the Amtsgericht Charlottenburg under HRB 148893 B.

The imprint refers to an advisory board of the shyftplan group but does not describe the ownership structure, so buyers who need to know the shareholders should ask. Integration is a strength: the vendor lists interfaces to SAP products and Personio, announces an SAP SuccessFactors integration on its homepage, and offers single sign-on on the planner package. No hosting location or security certification appeared on the pages checked.

shyftplan publishes no prices. The pricing page lists what each package contains and sends buyers to a demo. There is no free plan and no self-service trial, which fits a product sold to plant managers and to HR and IT departments.

A buyer should compare it with Planerio, which sells to a similar enterprise audience in German healthcare and services. Expect a sales process, an implementation project and a quote that depends on the number of sites and employees. For a ten-person shop it is the wrong tool, and the cheaper options above are a better match.

What shyftplan does well

  • Qualification matrix with audit log and expiry alerts
  • Automatic shift filling on more than 20 criteria
  • SAP and Personio interfaces and SSO
  • Built for 24/7 production and shift rotation systems
  • German GmbH with Handelsregister number and Berlin address

Where shyftplan falls short

  • No prices published and no self-service trial
  • Industrial focus, not a general rota tool
  • No hosting location or certification stated
  • Ownership structure not described on the imprint

Standout feature. shyftplan is the only tool in this list built around a qualification matrix with audit trails for production shifts.

#13 Rotaville

London, United Kingdom By employee capacity, shown in euros: Essential EUR 20 per month for 10 employees, EUR 27 for 25, EUR 51 for 50, EUR 102 for 100, EUR 511 for 500; Extended (adds shift planning and 24 months of history) EUR 40 for 10 employees up to EUR 1,022 for 500; 10% off annually on the smaller bands; Enterprise on request 21-day free trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee; employee access is free

Best for: Small and mid-sized teams that want a simple, cheap rota app

  • Operating company. Jason Lee Limited
  • Jurisdiction. United Kingdom (outside the EU, covered by an EU adequacy decision)
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. Deputy, When I Work, Sling

Rotaville is a rota app from London that stays deliberately simple: shift management, fully automatic repeating shifts, employee reminders and communication, PDF and CSV reports, and mobile apps for iOS and Android. Only the workforce owner has to upgrade, and employee access is free.

The Extended plans add shift planning and up to 24 months of shift history compared with Essential. The site lists home care, cleaning, security, remote teams, health, hospitality, retail and leisure as typical users, and says Enterprise customers can get API access and on-premises installation on request.

The footer names Jason Lee Limited at Office 7, 35-37 Ludgate Hill in London, and Companies House lists a company of that name, number 07570837, incorporated in March 2011.

The site also describes ShiftApp for the Americas and WorkRoster for Asia-Pacific as part of a network of rota apps, so Rotaville is one of three regional brands. The pages checked name no hosting provider, payroll integration or security certification, so a buyer who needs payroll exports should confirm the CSV format works with the payroll system before subscribing.

Pricing is by employee capacity. Essential costs EUR 20 per month for 10 employees, EUR 27 for 25, EUR 51 for 50, EUR 102 for 100 and EUR 511 for 500, which is roughly EUR 1 per employee at the largest band.

Extended costs double: EUR 40 for 10 employees and EUR 1,022 for 500. Annual billing takes 10% off on the smaller bands. The page shows euros and can switch to pounds and many other currencies. There is a 21-day free trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee, with no lock-in contract.

What Rotaville does well

  • Employee access is free, only the workforce owner pays
  • Capacity bands from 10 to 1,000 employees with prices published
  • Roughly EUR 1 per employee at the 500 band
  • 21-day trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee
  • Mobile apps for iOS and Android with fully automatic repeating shifts

Where Rotaville falls short

  • UK company, outside the EU
  • No payroll integrations or hosting location named on the pages checked
  • Shift history beyond the basics needs the Extended plan at double the price
  • Part of a three-brand network, so the European product is a regional variant

Standout feature. Capacity-band pricing with free employee access gives a ten-person team a rota at EUR 20 a month and a 500-person team one at about EUR 1 per employee.

What does employee scheduling software actually do?

Employee scheduling software replaces the rota spreadsheet with a shared plan. A manager places shifts on a weekly grid, the system checks them against availability and approved leave, and every employee sees the published rota in a mobile app. Shiftbase, RotaCloud, Dyflexis, Skello and Shyfter all document an app for staff, and Shiftbase and RotaCloud state that theirs runs on both iOS and Android.

The second job is handling change. Staff swap or claim shifts in the app and a manager approves. Staffomatic lists shift swapping and shift applications in its Basic plan, tamigo puts shift bids and shift exchanges in its Standard plan, and Shyfter places Shift Swap in its Standard plan. Reading which tier holds the swap feature matters more than the headline price.

The third job is turning planned hours into worked hours. Clock-in on a phone or tablet produces timesheets that feed payroll. RotaCloud sells this as a separate Time & Attendance add-on, Staffomatic includes time tracking from the Professional plan upwards, and Skello sells scheduling and clocking as separate plans or combined in its Duo plans. Shyfter even offers a Time Tracking plan without any scheduling.

Why choose a European scheduling tool over Deputy, When I Work or Homebase?

A rota holds personal data about every employee: names, contract hours, availability, absence and often the reason for it. A European vendor is directly subject to the GDPR as a company, and its contract is governed by the law of a European country. Shyfter states that Belgian law applies to its terms, and RotaCloud states that English law governs its contract.

Labour rules and payroll formats differ per country, and the European vendors build for them. Staffomatic offers a DATEV export in its Premium plan, Shiftbase connects to Dutch payroll systems such as Nmbrs, Loket and AFAS Software, RotaCloud integrates with Sage, PayCaptain and Staffology, and tamigo lists payroll connections including DATEV, Visma, SD Worx and Zucchetti. Skello connects to Cegid Quadra.

Ownership is worth checking rather than assuming. Planday, a Danish-born scheduling product, carries the line A Xero company in the footer of its own website, and Xero describes Wellington in New Zealand as its home base, so Planday is not included here even though it has a company registered in England and Wales. Rotaready now redirects to the website of The Access Group and is no longer sold from its own site.

Where is the data hosted, and does a European vendor mean a European cloud?

Not automatically. Shiftbase states an EU data location on its trust page and names Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud as infrastructure providers. Skello states that its data sits on Amazon Web Services servers in Ireland. RotaCloud states that its core network runs on Amazon Web Services across several availability zones in the London region. In all three cases the vendor is European and the cloud provider is American.

Staffomatic describes its service as made and hosted in Germany, and tamigo states that all customer data is hosted within the EU and that its third-party providers process data within the EU. Neither names the hosting provider on the pages checked, and the Staffomatic data policy lists American processors such as HubSpot for its website and support, so a buyer who needs that detail should ask for the list of subprocessors before signing.

Dyflexis states in its privacy policy that personal data is stored at companies holding an ISO 27001 certificate, without naming a location. The Shyfter privacy policy names no hosting provider or location at all. Dyflexis does list ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 27701:2019 certificates for its own organisation. For both vendors, the hosting question has to be settled in the data processing agreement before employee data is loaded.

How is employee scheduling software priced?

Several models appear in this list. Staffomatic and Dyflexis charge per user per month: EUR 2.00 to EUR 7.00 at Staffomatic with a minimum of 10 users, and EUR 4.50 to EUR 7.50 at Dyflexis. Shiftbase combines a base fee with included employees, for example EUR 30 per month including 6 employees on Basic and EUR 4 for each extra employee.

tamigo charges per location, from EUR 15 per location per month on Essential and from EUR 30 on Standard, which suits shops and restaurants with many part-time staff per site.

Ordio also prices per location, from EUR 89 on Starter. Skello and Shyfter publish flat monthly plan prices: Skello from EUR 79 per month for Scheduling Standard, Shyfter from EUR 59 per month for Basic, the first Shyfter plan that includes scheduling.

Findmyshift prices per team (EUR 24 to EUR 74 per month), CrewPlanner per manager with unlimited employees (EUR 50 to EUR 900 per month), and Rotaville by employee band, from EUR 20 per month for 10 employees. Planerio and shyftplan publish no prices.

Add-ons change the comparison. RotaCloud lists Time & Attendance and SMS notifications as paid add-ons on top of its Standard and Pro plans. Shiftbase sells payroll, HR and POS integrations through an App Center+ add-on at EUR 20 per month. Skello lists a payroll service at EUR 20 per month per employee as a separate add-on, and Staffomatic reserves its DATEV export for the Premium plan.

Which tool fits which kind of business?

A small team that wants to start without a budget has two options in this list: the Shiftbase free plan for up to 15 employees and the Findmyshift free plan for up to 5 team members. A team of ten or more that mainly needs a shift planner at the lowest published per-user rate lands on Staffomatic Basic. A UK business that wants a vendor under English law with London hosting fits RotaCloud.

Multi-site retail and hospitality chains across several countries are the stated audience of tamigo, whose Premium plan is aimed at international businesses and includes global payroll compliance. Dyflexis targets larger operations as well, with single sign-on, auto scheduling and BI in its Expert plan and integrations with SAP, Workday and Microsoft Dynamics listed in its marketplace. Both vendors route larger buyers through a demo or quote request.

French restaurants and shops are served by Skello, which integrates with Cegid Quadra for payroll and with POS systems such as SumUp and Oracle Simphony. Belgian and French hospitality businesses find a long list of cash register integrations at Shyfter, including Zelty, Tiller, L'Addition, Square and Zettle, and its terms are governed by Belgian law, with the company registered in Brussels.

How we selected and ranked these 13 tools

Every tool on this page is in the European Purpose directory, which means the operating company is established in Europe and we have verified that from the company register or the vendor's own legal notice rather than from a marketing page. Tools headquartered outside Europe are not eligible, however good they are.

  1. Feature verification (weight: 40%). We check each capability against the vendor's own documentation and product pages, and record what the tool does rather than what the category is assumed to include.
  2. Ease of adoption (weight: 30%). Integrations, published API access, trial availability and how much configuration stands between signing and a usable result.
  3. Value and transparency (weight: 30%). Published pricing counts in a vendor's favour; quote-only pricing is recorded as quote-only rather than estimated. We weigh what a buyer gets for the entry price, not the headline feature count.
  4. Editorial review. Every page is researched and drafted with AI assistance, and the compliance and pricing claims are checked against the vendor's documentation before it is published under the founder's editorial responsibility. The three weights above decide the order; a position is a ranking against the other European tools in this category, not an absolute score.

Vendor-reported outcomes — ROI figures, margin uplift, time saved — are labelled as vendor claims wherever they appear on this page. We have not audited them, and neither has anyone else who quotes them. Read our full editorial process for how pages are re-verified.

Frequently asked questions

Shiftbase ranks first in this comparison. Shiftbase B.V. is a Dutch company in Zoetermeer, publishes every price including a free plan for up to 15 employees, states ISO/IEC 27001 certification and runs a public trust page that gives an EU data location. Staffomatic follows for teams that want German hosting and a low per-user price, and tamigo for multi-location chains that prefer pricing per location.

Yes. Shiftbase publishes a Free plan at EUR 0 per month for up to 15 employees, limited to one department and five teams, and Findmyshift publishes a Free plan at EUR 0 per team for up to 5 team members and one manager, plus a free time clock.

The other tools in this list offer a time-limited trial instead: 14 days at Staffomatic and Skello, 21 days at Rotaville, 30 days at RotaCloud, three months of all features at Findmyshift, and a free trial of unpublished length at tamigo. Ordio offers a free start without payment details. Shyfter, Planerio, shyftplan and CrewPlanner route buyers to a demo.

Published per-user prices in this list run from EUR 2.00 per user per month (Staffomatic Basic, yearly billing, minimum 10 users) to EUR 7.50 per user per month (Dyflexis Talent).

Shiftbase charges EUR 4, EUR 5 or EUR 6 per extra employee on top of a base fee. Rotaville works out at EUR 2.00 per employee at its 10-employee Essential band and about EUR 1 per employee at 500. tamigo and Ordio charge per location, Findmyshift per team, CrewPlanner per manager, and Skello and Shyfter publish monthly plan prices. Planerio and shyftplan publish no prices.

Staffomatic states that it is hosted in Germany. tamigo states that all customer data is hosted within the EU. Shiftbase states an EU data location on Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud.

Skello states that its data is stored on Amazon Web Services servers in Ireland. RotaCloud hosts in the London region of Amazon Web Services, which is in the United Kingdom and outside the EU.

Planerio states a server location in Germany on its homepage without naming a provider. Findmyshift states that it moved to Amazon Web Services in 2012 and names no region. Dyflexis, Shyfter, Ordio, CrewPlanner, shyftplan and Rotaville do not name a location on the pages checked.

Planday started in Denmark, but the footer of planday.com describes it as A Xero company, and Xero describes Wellington, New Zealand, as its home base. Because this site lists only products owned in the EU, the EEA, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, Planday is not part of this comparison. Danish-owned tamigo, headquartered in Copenhagen, covers the same ground for multi-location businesses.

Shiftbase lists payroll integrations with AFAS Software, Nmbrs, Loket, Exact Online and SD Worx, available through its App Center+ add-on. Staffomatic offers a DATEV export in its Premium plan. tamigo lists ADP, DATEV, Visma, SD Worx, Zenegy and Zucchetti among others. RotaCloud integrates with Sage, PayCaptain and Staffology. Dyflexis lists Nmbrs, AFAS Software, ADP and DATEV. Skello lists Cegid Quadra and a3innuva Nómina.

Yes. Shiftbase and RotaCloud state that their apps are available for iOS and Android, and Dyflexis has a page for its Android and iOS app in which employees submit availability, swap shifts, request leave and clock in. tamigo describes its app as the place for schedules, shift changes and the time clock. Staffomatic includes a mobile app in every plan, and Shyfter offers an employee app called Shyfter Staff.

RotaCloud is operated by Kettle and Keyboard Limited, registered in England and Wales, and hosts in the London region of Amazon Web Services. The United Kingdom is outside the EU but is covered by an EU adequacy decision, which allows personal data to flow there without extra safeguards. An EU company that wants its rota data to stay physically inside the EU should look at Staffomatic or tamigo instead.

Employee scheduling covers the rota itself: shifts, availability, swaps and publication to staff. Workforce management adds forecasting, labour cost control, time and attendance and payroll preparation. The boundary runs through the plan tiers of these vendors. Shiftbase adds labour cost insights and forecasting in Premium, Dyflexis adds a forecasting module in Suite and auto scheduling in Expert, and tamigo reserves custom KPIs and time bank features for its Advanced plan.

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