Deputy Pricing 2026
Deputy starts from $5/user/month (Lite plan). What follows is what that figure does and does not cover, what drives the total, and what comparable time & attendance tools charge.
See full Deputy overview — features, integrations & alternatives- Pricing model
- Per-user tiered subscription
- Starting price
- From $5/user/month (Lite plan)
- Free trial
- Yes
Three published tiers: Lite $5/user/month (scheduling, timesheets, time clocking, compliance, shift swapping, leave management, payroll integrations); Core $6.50/user/month, most popular (adds timesheet auto-approval, biometrics, auto-scheduling, demand forecasting, labor optimization); Pro $9/user/month (adds custom access levels, location hierarchies, pay centers, SSO, sandbox, 24/7 live chat). Add-ons: Deputy Payroll via Paycor ($8/user/month + $49/month base), HR ($2/user/month), Messaging+ ($1.95/user/month), Analytics+ ($1.50/user/month). Minimum monthly spend $30 USD/AUD or £20 GBP. Custom pricing for charities.
What Deputy costs at 25, 100 and 500 seats
Annual software spend computed at $5/user/month — Deputy's published per-seat rate. That is not always the same as the headline "starting from" price, which often refers to a single-user or entry plan. Implementation, integrations and support are on top.
| Seats | Deputy / year | Category range / year |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | $1,500 | $675 – $1,800 |
| 100 | $6,000 | $2,700 – $7,200 |
| 500 | $30,000 | $13,500 – $36,000 |
Category range is the 25th–75th percentile of published per-seat rates across 7 time & attendance products, median $3/user/month.
What comparable time & attendance tools charge
Published per-seat rates from other products in this category, cheapest first. Deputy sits around the category median on published rates.
What does Deputy cost?
Deputy publishes a list price. Enter your seat count for an annual figure at that rate.
Deputy pricing FAQs
How much does Deputy cost?
Deputy starts from $5/user/month (Lite plan). At that rate a 100-seat deployment is about $6,000 a year before implementation and add-ons. Three published tiers: Lite $5/user/month (scheduling, timesheets, time clocking, compliance, shift swapping, leave management, payroll integrations); Core $6.50/user/month, most popular (adds timesheet auto-approval, biometrics, auto-scheduling, demand forecasting, labor optimization); Pro $9/user/month (adds custom access levels, location hierarchies, pay centers, SSO, sandbox, 24/7 live chat). Add-ons: Deputy Payroll via Paycor ($8/user/month + $49/month base), HR ($2/user/month), Messaging+ ($1.95/user/month), Analytics+ ($1.50/user/month). Minimum monthly spend $30 USD/AUD or £20 GBP. Custom pricing for charities.
What drives the cost of Deputy?
Three published tiers: Lite $5/user/month (scheduling, timesheets, time clocking, compliance, shift swapping, leave management, payroll integrations); Core $6.50/user/month, most popular (adds timesheet auto-approval, biometrics, auto-scheduling, demand forecasting, labor optimization); Pro $9/user/month (adds custom access levels, location hierarchies, pay centers, SSO, sandbox, 24/7 live chat). Add-ons: Deputy Payroll via Paycor ($8/user/month + $49/month base), HR ($2/user/month), Messaging+ ($1.95/user/month), Analytics+ ($1.50/user/month). Minimum monthly spend $30 USD/AUD or £20 GBP. Custom pricing for charities.
What are the alternatives to Deputy and what do they cost?
Among time & attendance products that publish a rate, When I Work is the cheapest at about $2.5 per user per month and ADP Workforce Now the most expensive at about $48. Published rates bound the negotiation even when Deputy itself is quote-based.
Is Deputy pricing negotiable?
Published list rates are the starting point, not the floor. Annual commitment, multi-year terms and seat volume are the usual levers, and vendors in this category commonly discount for committed seat counts. Bring a competing published rate to the conversation.