HealthRota vs Synchro

HealthRota is a healthcare workforce platform for e-rostering, job planning and locum management. It can be introduced in one department or deployed across a trust, with usage-based fees; pricing is available on request. Rostering includes real-time rota visibility, absence management, automatic roster generation and staff self-rostering. Staff can submit shift preferences and leave requests in the app, while coordinators can adjust selections. Published shifts can be swapped with manager approval. Rosters can be checked against Working Time Regulations and NHS contract rules, and the system calculates annual hours or programmed activities. Job planning records and signs off professionals’ work requirements, including travel needs, and can link plan variables to shifts. Locum tools cover job offers, applications, bookings, staff banks, time records and digital timesheets. The mobile app also supports exception and extra-hours reporting. Listed connections include ESR, Excel and Power BI, with a reporting API for rota, shift, work and locum data. The maker lists ISO 27001 compliance, NHS Data Security Protection Toolkit certification, single sign-on and granular access controls.

Synchro creates on-call schedules for hospital departments and medical teams, including family medicine groups and clinics arranging physician coverage. Its automatic scheduler assigns shifts according to team rules, weighting and physician constraints. Teams can give nights, evenings and weekends different weights and review weighted totals. Physicians can enter unavailability and preferences in plain language for conversion into scheduling constraints. A released shift can be posted to an internal board for an eligible colleague to claim, updating the schedule and fairness counters. Synchro supports one-way Google Calendar sync and Apple Calendar or iCloud access through an iCal URL, as well as CSV exports. Its mobile-optimized web interface works on iPhone and Android; no native app is available. Hospital departments get every feature at no cost during the beta, with no cap on users. FMG annual billing is C$10 a year, billed at $10 CAD per user per month once a year; monthly billing is C$15 a month, with no commitment. Both plans include the first month free. Pricing includes onboarding, training and support. Synchro is headquartered in the Montréal region, Québec, Canada, and was founded in 2025.