Planday vs Rotahr

Planday provides employee scheduling and workforce-management software for shift-working teams, on the web and on Android and iOS. Scheduling tools cover availability preferences, shift swaps, open and draft shifts, and reusable schedule templates. Workers can use Punch Clock to clock in and out from their devices, with location restrictions and rounding rules. Managers can compare scheduled and worked hours, approve shifts for payroll, and export timesheets through integrations. The mobile app also supports schedule viewing and updates, hour approvals and team communications. Planday connects with payroll, POS and HR systems, including Xero, Personio, Square, Lightspeed and ADP. Customers can configure working-time rules, contract hours and absence policies for automatic application to schedules, with real-time alerts for violations. The Starter plan includes Help Centre and live chat support; Pro includes dedicated phone support through a call-back service. Planday says it serves small, medium and enterprise businesses across industries such as hospitality, care homes, hotels, entertainment, retail, and fitness and wellness. There is no free plan; a 30-day trial is available. Starter costs £2.99 a month, billed per user/month, with a five-user minimum.

Rotahr combines restaurant scheduling, clock-ins, food-safety records, reservations, bookkeeping, payroll summaries, stock and recipe costing, guest CRM, training, and equipment servicing in one hospitality operations platform. Managers can publish weekly rotas, manage swaps and time off, and see projected wage costs while scheduling. Its HACCP tools record temperatures, deliveries, cleaning checks, and corrective actions, with PDF export for inspections. Reservations use a floor plan and can create or update guest profiles with visit and spend history. Bookkeeping includes expense tracking, VAT or sales-tax summaries, P&L, and CSV export; the maker says its AI can read receipt details. Square is the only supported POS integration, though a POS connection is not required. Staff can use native iOS and Android apps or a phone browser. Plans include three months free and no card is needed: Starter costs €49/month incl. VAT for up to 15 staff, Pro is €89/month incl. VAT for up to 30, and Enterprise is €215+/month incl. VAT with custom pricing. Rotahr is made in Ireland for hospitality venues including restaurants, bars, cafés, hotels, and takeaways.