Planday vs Tamigo (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Planday grades higher than Tamigo: 2.6 against 2.2 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, features and ease of use. Tamigo grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Planday
Rota planning, punch clock and payroll reports for shift-based teams
Tamigo
Scheduling, time and attendance for retail and hospitality chains
Which one is for you
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
Pick Tamigo if
- Fits if you run one or a few shops or hotels in Europe and want per-location pricing
- Works for chains that need labor-law and collective-agreement rules built in
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need Advanced or Premium features, as neither price is published
- Tight if you want shift bids or enhanced balances, which are not on Essential
- Watch out: prices are in euros and are 'from' prices per location
- Watch out: the trial has no stated length or card policy
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAPlandayGood | 2.2GPATamigoFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | BEUR 15 a month per location on Essential and EUR 30 on Standard. Per head for a five-person single site that lands inside the cheaper quarter of the category. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan. There's a 30-day trial of Plus with no credit card needed, long enough to build a few real rotas. | DA free trial is offered on Essential and Standard, but the page gives no length and no word on whether a card is needed. |
| Features | 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. | CSchedules, timesheets, absence and payroll exports are there. But shift bids, enhanced balances and custom payroll integration all sit on higher packages. |
| Ease of use | B4.55 from 4,271 App Store ratings, below the top-rated apps in this category. | CNo store rating on record. Labor rules and collective agreements are set up by package, so it's not a start-in-five-minutes tool. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with Xero, QuickBooks Online, Sage 50, Paychex and Personio among its connections, and an API on Plus. No desktop app. | BWeb with a mobile app for schedules and swaps, plus Visma, DATEV, SAP, Opera and Zucchetti. The listing shows no desktop app. |
| Best for | rotas for restaurants, hotels and care teams | retail and hotel chains in Europe |
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: Planday and Tamigo. How we grade
Price against what you get
Planday starts at $2.99 a month for each person and scores 3.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Tamigo starts at about $16.76 a month and scores 2.3.
Planday scores higher and starts $13.77 a month lower. Of the other shift scheduling apps on the chart, 1 scores higher than Planday for less, and 7 score higher than Tamigo for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Planday also covers auto-scheduling, team chat and employee records.
- Tamigo also covers reports and payroll.
At a glance
| Planday | Tamigo | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $2.99 per user / month (Starter, minimum 5 users) | €15 per location / month |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial of the Plus plan, no credit card required | Free trial offered on the Essential and Standard packages |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Planday | tamigo |
| Price read from | planday.com | tamigo.com |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Tamigo
- Only the Essential and Standard packages show a price, and both are 'from' prices per location.
- Advanced and Premium are quoted through a demo; no figure is published.
- Prices are shown in euros and the pages are aimed at retail and hospitality, mainly in Europe.
- Several features, such as shift bids, enhanced absence balances and custom payroll integration, sit on higher packages.
Key features
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.
Tamigo
- Shift scheduling
- Schedule templates, per-day editing, shift bids and shift exchanges, with warnings when a schedule breaks work-time rules.
- Time and attendance
- Daily and weekly timesheets, a time clock in the mobile app, flex accounts, a time bank, and shift and break rules.
- Absence management
- Staff request time off, managers see an absence calendar, and balances are tracked, with enhanced balances on higher packages.
- Payroll exports
- Calculates overtime and bank holiday hours and exports to payroll. Labor law and collective agreement rules are configured on higher packages.
- Staff communication
- Company news can go to everyone or to selected departments, alongside a mobile app for checking schedules and swapping shifts.
Plans
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.
Tamigo
Essential€15
per location / month
For small single-location businesses: basic scheduling, timesheets, absence requests and a basic payroll export.
Standard€30
per location / month
For small and mid-sized businesses; the page lists it as starting at €30 per location.
AdvancedCustom
For national businesses: staff process optimization and benchmarking across locations. Booked through a demo.
PremiumCustom
For international businesses: custom KPIs and global payroll compliance. Booked through a demo.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Planday or Tamigo?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Planday starts at $2.99 per user / month (Starter, minimum 5 users), and Tamigo starts at €15 per location / month. One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, Planday or Tamigo?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Planday nor Tamigo has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
Which platforms do Planday and Tamigo 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.