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 | $50/mo | ~$88/mo ex GST |
| Price for 30 staff | $150/mo | ~$263/mo ex GST |
| Pricing model | $5/user, all features included | Core $8.75/user/mo ex GST + $30/mo minimum spend |
| 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 as published at deputy.com/au/pricing, as at September 2026: Lite $6.75, Core $8.75 and Pro $13 per user per month ex GST, with a $30 per month minimum spend. Comparison prices use the Core plan. Feature rows reflect each product's published feature set at the time of writing; figures and features may change, so check Deputy's site for current details. Shiftbreeze: $5 per active user, per month, all features included.
Simpler pricing, everything included
Deputy's mid plan, Core, is $8.75 per user per month ex GST with a $30 monthly minimum spend. Shiftbreeze is a flat $5 per active user with every feature included and no minimum. For a 30-person venue that is $150 a month versus roughly $263 on Core, a saving of over $100 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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