Bizimply vs Planday (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Planday grades higher than Bizimply: 2.6 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Planday grades higher on the free plan, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money and features.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Bizimply
Rotas, time clock and HR for UK and Irish hospitality and retail
Paid
Planday
Rota planning, punch clock and payroll reports for shift-based teams
Free trial · from $2.99/mo
Which one is for you
Pick Bizimply if
- Fits if you run several pubs or shops in the UK or Ireland and want rotas and a clock together
- Works for managers who want labor cost shown against sales
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a price list, as there is none
- Not for you if you need a free plan or trial, because neither is listed
- Watch out: payment is by Direct Debit and the annual discount has no figure
- Watch out: it is written for UK and Irish businesses, and only two integrations are listed
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
How we grade them
| 1.8GPABizimplyWeak | 2.6GPAPlandayGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNo price is published; the page offers a quote by employees, locations and products. Annual billing is discounted by an unstated amount. | CStarter is $2.99 a user a month, billed in bundles of five, so 15 staff are three bundles: $44.85 a month, with no yearly rate listed. That's the dear end of normal here. Plus, which has leave and payroll links, is $30 plus $4.49 a user, so $97.35 for 15. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan and no trial are listed on the pricing page. | CNo free plan. There's a 30-day trial of Plus with no credit card needed, long enough to build a few real rotas. |
| Features | BCosted rotas against forecast demand, a tablet clock with PIN and photo, leave, records and a staff app. Nothing in the listing is missing from the core job. | BRota templates built around availability, working-time warnings, a geolocated punch clock, shift swaps in the staff app, and wage costs set against revenue. Across its plans that's the whole job, with auto-scheduling only on the custom-priced Pro. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. It has a clock station and records to set up as well as rotas. | B4.55 from 4,271 App Store ratings, below the top-rated apps in this category. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb, with the MyZimply staff app, and only Square and Toast listed as integrations. The listing shows no desktop app. | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with Xero, QuickBooks Online, Sage 50, Paychex and Personio among its connections, and an API on Plus. No desktop app. |
| Best for | UK and Irish pubs, restaurants and shops with several sites | rotas for restaurants, hotels and care teams |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Bizimply and Planday. How we grade
Where they differ
- Bizimply also covers reports.
- Planday also covers auto-scheduling and team chat.
In commonWebShift schedulingTime clockEmployee recordsTime off
At a glance
| Bizimply | Planday | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free trial |
| Starts at | Not published | $2.99 per user / month (Starter, minimum 5 users) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 30-day free trial of the Plus plan, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Bizimply | Planday |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | planday.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Bizimply
- No prices are published; the pricing page offers a quote based on employees, locations and products.
- The pricing page lists two quote-only plans, Complete WFM and HR & Communications.
- Payment is by Direct Debit, and the page says annual billing is discounted without giving a figure.
- The pages are written for UK and Irish businesses.
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.
Key features
Bizimply
- Rota scheduling and forecasting
- Costed rotas built around forecast demand, with labor cost shown against sales across sites.
- Time and attendance
- Staff clock in on a wall-mounted tablet with a PIN and photo capture, or with GPS in the mobile app.
- Leave and employee records
- Time-off requests, certification and training tracking, contracts and central personnel records.
- Employee app
- The MyZimply app lets staff view their rota, request holidays, swap shifts and message colleagues.
- Payroll-ready exports
- Hours export to payroll, and the vendor also sells its own Bizimply Payroll product.
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.
Plans
Bizimply
Pricing could not be confirmed. See bizimply.com.
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.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Bizimply or Planday?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Bizimply has no price we could confirm, and Planday starts at $2.99 per user / month (Starter, minimum 5 users).
Which has a free plan, Bizimply or Planday?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Bizimply nor Planday has a free plan. Planday has a free trial.
Which platforms do Bizimply and Planday run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Planday lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.