Emplora vs Shifton

Emplora brings employee scheduling, shift management, and staff rota planning into one platform for small and mid-size businesses. Managers can prepare weekly or monthly schedules, with saved changes becoming visible to the team. Employees can check schedules in a phone browser using a QR code or PIN, without installing an app. Time-off requests and employee shift swaps require manager approval and are available from Starter. Schedules can be exported as CSV or PDF for payroll workflows. The Free plan supports one location and up to 15 employees; Starter and Professional add capacity and features such as notifications, reports, attendance tracking, analytics, and labour cost reports. Enterprise offers flexible pricing, unlimited scale, SSO, API access, a dedicated SLA, and training. Emplora says it uses bank-grade encryption and organisation-level data isolation, and its DPA covers EU GDPR, UK GDPR, and applicable data-protection law. Human support is listed as responding within 24 hours, usually faster. The service is available on the web and through an API; fully rules-based schedule generation and POS and PMS integrations are roadmap items. Pricing is Free, with paid plans from $39/mo and a 30-day trial.

Shifton is a workforce management platform for employee scheduling, time tracking, attendance, and payroll. Its scheduling tools can create shifts using templates and constraints based on labor rules and availability, with real-time schedule updates. Employees can clock in and out, submit time-off requests, and use location-based attendance features including GPS monitoring, geo-fenced zones, and location history. Approved leave appears in schedules. A forecasting module generates shift patterns from staffing demand entered manually or uploaded. The free Basic functions plan supports up to 10 team members and includes scheduling, a time clock, attendance, mobile apps for iOS and Android, unlimited schedules and locations, and reporting. Paid access starts at $1/mo, and activating a module can provide up to 60 days of free access; work location control has a 10-day trial. Integrations include accounting, calendar, HR, messaging, and workflow services, alongside REST API access and webhooks. Shifton says its services and data are hosted in the EU, with encryption in transit, HTTPS endpoints, bcrypt password hashing, role-based access, and OpenID-based SSO for Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace. It offers 24/7 support and serves shift-based industries including retail, healthcare, hospitality, and logistics.