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BrightHR vs TimeTally
BrightHR is a broad HR platform with tiered pricing (roughly £4–£14 per employee a month in 2026 reviews) sold on fixed-term contracts of 24–60 months. TimeTally combines time tracking and holiday management in one focused tool for £3/employee — billed monthly with no contract.
BrightHR
24–60 months
Fixed-term contract · roughly £4–£14 per employee a month
TimeTally
£3
Per employee a month. Billed monthly, no contract: stay a month at a time.
BrightHR terms from 2026 review coverage, checked 31 August 2026. BrightHR publishes no simple price list: ask brighthr.com for a quote.
BrightHR from 2026 review coverage, checked 31 August 2026; it doesn't publish a simple price list, so treat its figures as approximate and check brighthr.com.
In short
TimeTally is a focused UK app for the rota, clocking in, timesheets with approval, overtime, TOIL and leave at £3 per employee a month, billed monthly with no contract. BrightHR is a broader HR platform with rota and clocking tools and, on higher tiers, an HR advice line; 2026 reviews put it at roughly £4–£14 per employee a month on fixed-term contracts of 24–60 months, as it publishes no simple price list.
The Key Difference
BrightHR is a broad HR platform — offering rota and clocking tools and, on higher tiers, an HR advice line alongside its leave management. However, it is sold on fixed-term contracts of 24–60 months rather than month to month. TimeTally focuses specifically on what small businesses need most: employee time tracking and holiday management in one tool, with month-to-month flexibility and payroll exports to Xero, QuickBooks, or CSV. See our comparison matrix for a full side-by-side view.
BrightHR
Both
TimeTally
Each side lists what that product is sold on, not what the other lacks. BrightHR's side comes from our notes on 2026 reviews; it may do more, so check brighthr.com.
TimeTally includes comprehensive holiday and leave management — without requiring a long-term contract or bundling in HR modules you don't need.
Auto-calculated based on working pattern and start date
Sick leave, TOIL and more built in, and add your own, such as compassionate leave
Both BrightHR and TimeTally offer timesheet tracking — but TimeTally includes full timesheet approval workflows, overtime tracking, and direct payroll-ready exports to Xero, QuickBooks, or CSV — billed monthly with no long-term contract. Industries like care homes, hospitality, and cleaning services particularly benefit from the simplicity and lower cost.
Employees log start/end times or total hours per day
Managers approve or reject with one tap
For a team of 10, a month. BrightHR's figure is a range because it publishes no simple price list; TimeTally's is one number.
£3
per employee/month
~£4–£14
per employee/month
Example: For 10 employees, BrightHR's reported range is roughly £40–£140/month on a fixed-term contract. TimeTally for the same 10 employees = £30/month for the rota, timesheets AND holidays, with no contract.
Timesheets, overtime, and holiday data all flow from one system — ensuring consistency and accuracy. Pick what to send, check it, then send approved hours to your payroll software, which makes the RTI (Real Time Information) submission to HMRC. Explore how it works or use our ROI calculator to see the savings.
What do you need most?
Need a broad HR platform → BrightHR
Need timesheets and holidays, no contracts → TimeTally
Real reviews from TimeTally customers
TimeTally has been excellent for our business… The system has saved us a significant amount of administration time.
Jordan IngoeCLI ManchesterSetup was dead simple and the team just got on with it. Got everyone up and running in an afternoon with no help needed. Does everything we need for timesheets and holidays without the faff.
Has completely changed how I handle timesheets. Used to dread it every week — now it takes me minutes. Really easy to get around and my staff picked it up straight away.
Started using it just for rotas but quickly realised it does loads more. The timesheets and leave management are great, and it even handles TOIL and overtime which I wasn't expecting. Use it for everything now.
2026 review coverage reports fixed-term contracts of 24 to 60 months, with no rolling monthly option; BrightHR doesn't publish a simple price list, so check the terms you're offered. TimeTally is billed monthly with no contract and can be cancelled from settings.
TimeTally covers the rota, clocking in, timesheets, overtime, TOIL and leave for £3 per employee a month, billed monthly with no contract, and exports approved wages to Xero, QuickBooks Online or CSV. It doesn't include an HR advice line, HR documents or payroll.
An employment-law advice line (on higher tiers) and a broader HR toolset. TimeTally sticks to time, rota and leave, and doesn't calculate tax, NI or pensions.
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