Agendrix vs Planday (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Agendrix if

• Fits if you manage a small team and want to cover shifts without chasing texts
• Works for a business in Canada that wants prices in Canadian dollars

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you also want time tracking, as Time and Attendance adds CA$2.35 per user each month
• Watch out: HR management, surveys and permission settings are limited to the Plus plan
• Skip it if you need a US-dollar price list, as none was found
• Watch out: Enterprise has no published price

Pick Planday if

• Fits if you run restaurants, bars or hotels and want wage costs next to revenue
• Works for managers who need a warning before a rota breaks working-time rules

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you're on Starter and need leave tracking, payroll links or the API, as they wait for Plus
• Pricey if you want auto-scheduling, which only comes on Pro, priced by quote
• Not for you if you have fewer than 5 staff, as Starter bills at least 5 users and Plus at least 10
• Watch out: users are billed in bundles of five, so 23 users pay for 25, and Plus adds a $30 monthly fee
• Watch out: SMS and onboarding help cost extra, with no published prices, and there's no free plan

Agendrix

• Prices on the page are in Canadian dollars; no US-dollar price list was found.
• Time and Attendance costs CA$2.35 more per user each month and is not part of Essential or Plus.
• HR management, surveys and permission customization are limited to the Plus plan.
• Enterprise has no published price, and yearly billing takes 10% off the monthly price.

Planday

• Users are billed in bundles of five, so 23 users are charged as 25. Starter needs at least 5 users and Plus at least 10.
• Plus adds a monthly subscription fee on top of the per-user price; the page data sets it at 30 in the visitor's currency, and Pro is priced by quote.
• Leave and absence management, payroll integrations and the API need Plus; auto-scheduling needs Pro.
• Each SMS sent through Planday and any onboarding help cost extra, and no prices are published for either.

Agendrix

Schedule builder

Drag-and-drop editing with shift and week templates, copying from earlier schedules, and alerts for conflicts, missed availability and approved leave.

Open shifts and swaps

Employees can offer to take open shifts, with an option to offer them by seniority, and can request replacements and shift swaps.

Automatic scheduling

Shifts can be assigned automatically from employee availability and leaves. The pricing page lists this under the scheduling features.

Time and attendance

A paid add-on lets employees clock in and out from a tablet, phone or computer, checks punches against the schedule and exports timesheets to payroll.

Labor cost calculator

Scheduled hours and labor cost are calculated automatically, and POS integrations can bring in sales revenue.

Messaging and HR tools

Group chat and a news feed come with every plan; the Plus plan adds employee profiles, document storage, e-signatures and surveys.

Planday

Rota templates and availability

Rotas are built from templates around the availability staff share, with warnings when a shift breaks your working-time rules. Pro adds auto-scheduling.

Geolocated punch clock

Staff clock in and out on their phones only from approved places, or at a kiosk station using the Planday Kiosk app, and managers see who is late across locations.

Employee app

Employees view their schedule, swap or hand over shifts, apply for open shifts, request time off and see their earnings in the iOS and Android app.

Payroll reports and integrations

Approved hours, overtime and absence become payroll reports, and Plus connects them to payroll systems such as Xero, QuickBooks Online, Sage 50 and Paychex.

Staff cost and revenue reports

Reports set wage costs against revenue and forecasts, so managers can see where a rota is over- or under-staffed.

Messenger and newsfeed

Managers message staff in the app or by SMS and post updates to a newsfeed; in-app messaging is included, while each SMS is charged.

Agendrix

• EssentialCA$3.15

  per user / month, billed yearly (CA$3.50 monthly)

  Employee scheduling, communication, request management and reporting. With Time and Attendance (CA$2.35 more a month) it is CA$5.27 billed yearly.

• PlusCA$5.04

  per user / month, billed yearly (CA$5.60 monthly)

  Everything in Essential plus HR management, surveys and permission customization. With Time and Attendance it is CA$7.16 billed yearly.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Essential and Plus with enhanced day-to-day support, aimed at businesses with 250 or more employees.

Planday

• Starter$2.99

  per user / month

  Minimum 5 users. Scheduling, simple time tracking, working-time rule warnings, basic payroll reports, team messaging and live chat support.

• Plus$30

  per month, plus $4.49 per user

  Minimum 10 users. Adds advanced scheduling, leave and absence, payroll and revenue integrations, API access, employee records and documents.

• ProCustom

  For larger organizations: auto-scheduling, custom planning metrics, configurable structure, custom roles, phone support and custom setup.

Agendrix

• Annual discount

  10% off with yearly billing

  The pricing page has a Yearly switch marked -10% and its FAQ says a yearly subscription gets a 10% discount.

Planday

No public discounts listed.