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Deputy vs TimeTally
Deputy is a scheduling-first platform from £3.25 per user a month (£2.93 billed annually) with a £20 minimum monthly spend, and leave is on every plan. TimeTally includes both time tracking and leave management at £3/employee/month, with UK leave rules built in. One plan; GPS clock-in is an optional £1 add-on.
Deputy prices from deputy.com/gb/pricing, checked 2 October 2026. The rota is TimeTally today.
Both run a rota, a time clock, timesheets and leave. Deputy's ticks are as fair as ours: where its pricing page doesn't mention something, it says “Not listed”.
Pricing
Per person, a month
£3/employee, no minimum
One plan
From £3.25/user (£20/mo minimum)
Three plans; £2.93 billed annually
Leave management included
Holiday, sickness, other types
Included
Every plan
Automated accruals
Timesheet tracking
Hours in, approved
Included
Approval, overtime, TOIL
Every plan
Shift scheduling
The rota
Rota with templates & swaps
Core feature
UK statutory entitlement
Pro-rata, 12.07%, bank holidays
Built-in
Not listed
Not on its pricing page
Payroll export
Where approved hours go
Xero/QuickBooks/CSV
Various integrations
Payroll and HR
iOS & Android apps
For staff
Both, free
Both
Also tablet, web and watch
Clock-in by location
On the staff's phones
GPS
+£1 per employee a month
Geofenced
100–1000m
Automatic timesheet approval
No manager step
A setting
Off until you turn it on
From Core
Biometric clocking
Kiosk or face
Not offered
Staff clock in on their own phones
From Core
Deputy from its UK pricing page and help pages, checked 2 October 2026; prices change, so check there before you decide.
In short
TimeTally is a UK app for small teams that covers the rota, clocking in on a phone, timesheets with approval, overtime, TOIL and leave for a flat £3 per employee a month, billed monthly with no minimum, and posts approved wages to Xero or QuickBooks Online. Deputy is a scheduling-first platform from £3.25 per user a month (£2.93 billed annually) with a £20 minimum monthly spend; its higher plans add biometric clocking, which TimeTally doesn't offer, and it has tablet and watch apps.
The Key Difference
Deputy is a global scheduling platform. Its UK plans start at £3.25 per user a month (Lite) with a £20 minimum monthly spend, and every plan includes scheduling, a time clock, timesheets and leave with automated accruals. TimeTally includes everything — time tracking with approval, full leave management, and payroll export to Xero, QuickBooks, or CSV — in a single £3/employee plan. The difference is the price shape: one flat £3 per employee with no minimum, against Deputy's tiers. See our comparison matrix for a full side-by-side view.
Deputy per user a month, billed monthly
Lite
£3.25
£2.93 billed annually
Core
£4.25
£3.83 billed annually
Pro
£6.50
£5.85 billed annually
Scheduling, time clock, timesheets and leave
Adds auto-approval and biometrics
See Deputy's page for what Pro adds
TimeTally per employee a month
One plan
£3
Billed monthly, no minimum
GPS clock-in: optional, +£1 per employee
Deputy includes leave with automated accruals on every plan. TimeTally adds the UK specifics: pro-rata for part-timers and starters, the 12.07% hours-worked method, carry-over rules and bank holidays by UK nation.
Auto-calculated based on working pattern and start date
Sick leave, TOIL, compassionate leave, and more
3 days a week, joined in July: 28 → 17 days a year
Deputy is a global platform with strong scheduling features. TimeTally is built from the ground up for UK businesses — with automatic UK statutory entitlements, timesheet approval workflows, overtime calculations, and direct payroll export to UK-popular accounting software.
Employees log start/end times or total hours per day
Managers approve or reject with one tap
The honest answer depends on how you pay. Billed monthly, TimeTally costs less at every size and small teams skip Deputy's £20 minimum. Paid a year up front, Deputy Lite is a little cheaper per person than TimeTally.
£3
per employee/month (all-inclusive)
From £3.25
per user/month (£20/month minimum)
Example: For 20 employees, Deputy Lite is 20 × £3.25 = £65/month on monthly billing (£58.60 billed annually). TimeTally for 20 employees = £60/month, billed monthly with no minimum. Deputy prices checked 2 October 2026; see deputy.com/gb/pricing for today's.
Timesheets, overtime, and holiday data all flow from one system — ensuring consistency and accuracy. Both TimeTally and Deputy offer payroll integrations, but TimeTally is specifically optimised for UK businesses using Xero and QuickBooks. Explore how it works or use our ROI calculator to see the savings.
Need biometric clocking or watch apps → Deputy
Need UK timesheets + leave, all-inclusive → 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.
For 10 staff TimeTally is £30 a month; Deputy Lite is 10 × £3.25 = £32.50 a month on monthly billing. Below about 7 staff Deputy's £20 minimum monthly spend applies, so 5 staff cost £20 on Deputy and £15 on TimeTally. Deputy prices as published on deputy.com/gb/pricing, checked October 2026.
Yes. When a pay period's timesheets are approved, TimeTally posts the wages to Xero, or QuickBooks Online, as one manual journal; any other payroll takes a CSV export. It does not create Xero Payroll timesheets or calculate tax, NI or pensions.
Biometric clocking (Deputy's Core plan and above), watch and tablet apps, and an HR add-on. TimeTally has no kiosk or biometric clocking: each person clocks in on their own phone, with optional GPS for £1 per employee a month. Both can approve timesheets automatically: on Deputy from Core, on TimeTally as a setting on its one plan.
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