ClockShark vs Deputy
time & attendance head-to-head for ERP teams: evidenced capabilities, published pricing, and which ERPs each actually integrates with.
| Starting price | Tiered per-user subscription (Standard, Pro) | From $5/user/mo (published) |
| Deployment | Cloud | Cloud |
| Company size | SMB, Mid-market | Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise |
| Stated ERP integrations | QuickBooks, Xero | NetSuite, QuickBooks, Xero |
| Vendor | ClockShark | Deputy |
Our take
Where ClockShark leads
- Stronger evidenced coverage on 11 of the 31 capabilities where they differ (led by offline clock-in with later sync and live crew location map).
Where Deputy leads
- Stronger evidenced coverage on 20 of the 31 capabilities where they differ (led by biometric verification (face/fingerprint) and overtime & premium pay calculation).
- Published pricing where the alternative quotes.
- Stated NetSuite integration the alternative doesn't list.
Where they differ
The 31 capabilities (of 54 in the time & attendance taxonomy) where the evidence separates them, biggest gaps first. “Not evidenced” means our research found no public documentation of this capability — the vendor may still offer it. Confirm on a demo.
| Capability | ||
|---|---|---|
| Biometric verification (face/fingerprint)Time Capture & Punch Methods | Not evidenced | Core strength Biometric clock-in verification |
| Offline clock-in with later syncTime Capture & Punch Methods | Core strength Offline time tracking with a Sync Queue for low-signal areas | Not evidenced |
| Live crew location mapLocation & Fraud Prevention | Core strength "Who's Working Now" live crew map | Not evidenced |
| Overtime & premium pay calculationTimesheets & Pay Rules | Not evidenced | Core strength |
| Multi-jurisdiction / union pay-rule engineTimesheets & Pay Rules | Not evidenced | Core strength Award interpretation and pay rule automation |
| AI-assisted auto-schedulingScheduling | Not evidenced | Core strength |
| Demand-based / forecasted schedulingScheduling | Not evidenced | Core strength Demand forecasting |
| Labor cost & budget forecastingScheduling | Not evidenced | Core strength Labor budgeting and cost forecasting |
| Predictive scheduling / Fair Workweek complianceCompliance & Labor Law | Not evidenced | Core strength Fair Workweek / predictive scheduling compliance |
| Automatic break deduction rulesTimesheets & Pay Rules | Not evidenced | Supported |
| Exception detection & alertsTimesheets & Pay Rules | Supported Out-of-bounds clock-in detection with manager alerts | Not evidenced |
| Leave request & approval workflowLeave & Absence Management | Not evidenced | Supported |
| Job / task / project cost codingLabor Costing & Job Tracking | Core strength Job and task selection at clock-in feeding real-time labor-cost reporting by customer/job/task | Partial Location hierarchies and pay centers imply cost-center coding, not explicit job/task costing |
| Budgeted vs. actual hours trackingLabor Costing & Job Tracking | Core strength Budgeted vs. worked hours tracking per job | Partial Covered via labor budgeting and cost forecasting dashboards |
| Meal & rest break enforcementCompliance & Labor Law | Partial Shift wrap-up and compliance forms at clock-out; not specific meal/rest rule enforcement | Core strength |
| Multi-country labor law coverageCompliance & Labor Law | Not evidenced | Supported Award interpretation (AU/NZ) plus Fair Workweek (US) compliance coverage |
| Union / collective bargaining agreement supportCompliance & Labor Law | Not evidenced | Supported Award interpretation covers enterprise/union agreement pay rules |
| Standard reports & exportsWorkforce Analytics & Reporting | Supported Job detail reports exportable as PDF | Not evidenced |
| Team messaging / shift communicationEmployee Experience | Not evidenced | Supported In-app news feed and team messaging |
| Multilingual employee appEmployee Experience | Supported Spanish-language app support | Not evidenced |
| SSO & identity provisioningPlatform & Integrations | Not evidenced | Supported SSO on the Pro plan |
| Kiosk / shared-device clock-inTime Capture & Punch Methods | Supported Kiosk and crew clock-in modes | Core strength |
| Photo capture at punchTime Capture & Punch Methods | Partial Photo and note attachments on jobs; not documented as an identity check at punch | Not evidenced |
| GeofencingLocation & Fraud Prevention | Core strength Geofenced jobsites with automatic clock-in/out prompts and out-of-bounds alerts | Supported |
| Buddy-punching prevention controlsLocation & Fraud Prevention | Not evidenced | Partial Biometric clock-in verification serves this; no dedicated feature name |
| Timesheet submission & approval workflowTimesheets & Pay Rules | Supported Manager roles and timesheet approvals | Core strength Timesheet auto-approval |
| Multi-location / multi-department schedulingScheduling | Supported Job-based and employee-based schedule views; multi-office controls on Pro plan | Core strength Multi-location scheduling; location hierarchies and pay centers on Pro plan |
| PTO accrual trackingLeave & Absence Management | Supported Custom accrual policies | Partial Leave request management does not explicitly document accrual rules |
| Labor cost dashboardsWorkforce Analytics & Reporting | Supported Real-time labor-cost and financial reporting | Core strength Labor cost, hours and profit dashboards |
| iPaaS / prebuilt third-party connectivityPlatform & Integrations | Core strength Zapier plus a wide native accounting/payroll integration roster | Supported Prebuilt connectors for NetSuite, QuickBooks and Xero |
| ERP general ledger postingPlatform & Integrations | Partial Sage 100 Contractor export covers job costing, billing and payroll but is a file export, not live GL posting | Supported Pushes approved timesheets into NetSuite for payroll |
Both grade identically on the other 23 capabilities — see each product's full profile: ClockShark, Deputy.
ClockShark vs Deputy — FAQs
Is ClockShark or Deputy better for ERP integration?
Both state integrations with QuickBooks, Xero. Deputy additionally lists NetSuite. Always verify the connector against your ERP version with a reference customer.
Which is cheaper, ClockShark or Deputy?
Deputy publishes a starting rate ($5/user/mo); ClockShark prices by quote, so a like-for-like number requires asking both.
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