Shiftbreeze vs Deputy
Deputy is a capable, well-established rostering platform. The differences that matter for a small Australian venue: how the price scales as your team grows, and whether daily operations (checklists, cash counts, stock takes, incidents) live in the same app as your roster.
| Shiftbreeze | Deputy | |
|---|---|---|
| Price for 10 staff | $60/mo flat | ~$88/mo |
| Price for 30 staff | $140/mo | ~$263/mo |
| Pricing model | Flat base, first 10 users included | Per user, per month |
| Rostering & shift swaps | ✓ | ✓ |
| Timesheets & GPS clock-in | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team messaging | ✓ | ✓ |
| Daily open/close checklists | ✓ | — |
| Cash counts | ✓ | — |
| Stock takes | ✓ | — |
| Incident & maintenance logs | ✓ | — |
| Weekend/holiday/evening penalty rates on wage forecasts | ✓ | ✓ |
| No lock-in contract | ✓ | ✓ |
Deputy pricing and features based on publicly available information as of April 2026 and may have changed — check their site for current details. Shiftbreeze: $60/month includes your first 10 users, then $4 per user.
Flat pricing vs per-user pricing
Deputy charges per user, so your software bill grows every time you hire. Shiftbreeze is $60/month flat for your first 10 staff, then $4 per extra user. For a 30-person venue that difference is roughly $120 a month.
Operations live in the same app
Deputy focuses on workforce management. Shiftbreeze bundles the daily ops layer many venues run on paper or separate apps: opening and closing checklists, cash counts, stock takes, store photos, incident and maintenance logs.
Where Deputy is ahead
Deputy has been around longer, offers a full award interpretation engine for payroll, and has a larger integration catalogue. If you need automatic overtime calculation inside the product today, Deputy does more. Shiftbreeze applies your penalty rates automatically and exports hours to Xero or MYOB where overtime is handled.
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