Deputy alternatives
Deputy alternatives for NZ and Australian businesses
Deputy: A$6.75 to A$13 per person per month, plus add-ons, roughly A$9,400 a year for 60 staff on Pro.
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The options
What people compare Deputy with
Deputy's own pricing runs A$6.75 to A$13 per person per month plus add-ons, so a 60-person team on Pro comes to about A$9,400 a year. Many owners start looking for an alternative once they see that every new hire adds another line to the bill and the record of who worked when sits inside Deputy's cloud rather than their own.
Yours to own
Rostering for Claude Code
The open-source rostering and timesheet system that is just a database and Claude Code. Built around your business, with your Deputy data brought across.
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How to choose a Deputy alternative
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What the bill is tied to
Deputy bills per person per month across tiers, so every casual you add is another line and the A$30 minimum runs even when a site is closed. Weigh whether you want a bill that grows with headcount or one set by a setup fee and a flat monthly retainer.
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Whether your records stay yours
Your rosters and timesheets are the six-year wages record the law requires you to keep. With Deputy that record lives in their cloud behind an export. Check whether the option you choose puts those records in a database you own, not one you rent.
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Whether it fits your own rules and fields
Deputy's tiers gate which reports, rules or forecasts you can see, and the one you need often sits one plan up. Weigh whether the system can be built around your award, your sites and your rules, rather than asking you to fit its plan structure.
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What the switch involves
Moving off Deputy means exporting your employee and timesheet records and rebuilding rosters somewhere else. Ask what happens to that history, who brings it across, and whether you are left doing the rebuild yourself or someone does it for you.
The option that fits
Own your version, built around your business
Enterprise DNA builds each business its own version of Rostering for Claude Code, shaped around your award, your sites and your rules, and brings your existing Deputy records across so nothing is lost. You run it in plain language, Enterprise DNA sets it up and runs it for you, for one setup fee then a monthly retainer, with no per-seat pricing and no per-person tiers to climb.
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Make it yours
Design your own Deputy replacement
Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from Deputy. Try it here, and we build the real one.
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We build it from the open-source base, bring your Deputy data across and run it for you.
Questions
Deputy alternatives, answered
What does Deputy actually cost once you add everyone up? expand_more
Deputy's own pricing runs A$6.75 to A$13 per person per month across its Lite, Core and Pro tiers, plus payroll and HR add-ons at A$5 and A$3.50 per person, with a A$30 monthly minimum. A 60-person team on Pro comes to about A$9,400 a year, and every new hire adds another line.
Can I keep my rosters and timesheets if I leave Deputy? expand_more
Deputy stores your rosters and timesheets in its own cloud, so leaving means exporting employee and timesheet data and rebuilding elsewhere. An owned version brings that history across into a database you own, so the six-year record you are required to keep stays with your business, not a vendor.
Is there a free way to try rostering without Deputy? expand_more
Yes. The free version of Rostering for Claude Code is open source under the MIT licence, so you can run it yourself with no account and no per-seat cost. It prints a weekly roster and drafts each person's week as a message, though staff apps and clock-in screens are custom builds.
Does an alternative to Deputy still handle payroll? expand_more
No, and that is deliberate. It keeps the record payroll is built from, who was rostered, who worked, what breaks they took and what leave was approved, then hands your payroll system the approved hours in one export. Pay itself stays where PAYE already lives.
Done comparing? Own the one that fits.
30 minutes with Sam. Bring what Deputy costs you a year and how you run. We show you what your own version looks like, and if it is a fit, we build it and bring your data across.
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