An honest comparison
roster vs Deputy
Deputy is a large, well-built scheduling and time and attendance product from Australia, used by chains in many countries. For an Irish venue the differences are price per person, whose employment law it assumes, and what happens when someone drops a shift.
| roster | Deputy | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | €29.99 a month per venue, flat, unlimited staff. Public at roster.ie/pricing. | Priced per user per month on their public pricing page, with scheduling and time and attendance as separate products or a bundle. |
| Starting out | Seven days free, no card to start, cancel any time. | Free trial on their site, then a per-user plan. |
| A dropped shift | The schedule posts the gap as a paid shift and a vetted, rated worker fills it. Built in. | Open shifts go to your own staff; no outside workforce. |
| Irish rules | Sunday premium, public holidays, statutory sick pay and tips under the 2022 Act are built in. | Built around Australian, US and UK awards and rules; Irish specifics are configured by you. |
| Clock-in | Any phone or tablet is the clock terminal (roster.ie/kiosk), PIN plus optional photo per punch. | Kiosk app on a tablet with face verification, and mobile clock-in with location. |
| Hiring | Permanent job posts included, free. Applicants land in the same account. | Not a hiring product. |
| Payroll handoff | One payroll-ready CSV with Sunday and public holiday hours broken out, for whatever software your accountant runs. | Integrations with many payroll systems, mostly outside Ireland. |
| Switching cost | Import your team from a Deputy CSV export in an afternoon. | n/a |
Deputy details reflect their public positioning and product as of September 2026. If something here is out of date, tell us at hello@roster.ie and we will correct it: honesty is the whole point of this page.
Credit where due
Where Deputy is strong
Deputy is deep on compliance for the markets it was built for, has a polished kiosk with face recognition, and scales to hundreds of locations. A chain running across countries gets real value from that. A single Dublin pub pays for a lot it will not use.
Switching
An afternoon, not a project.
Export your people from Deputy as CSV, import into roster, and build next week the same day.
Seven days free · no contracts · cancel any time · no card to start
Built in Ireland
Built for Irish employment law, with support based in Ireland.
Seven days free
No card to start, no contract, cancel any time.
Payments by Stripe
Card details never touch roster. Shift payments are held and released by Stripe.
ID-verified workers
Every marketplace worker has had their identity and right to work checked.
