Skello review (2026): is it worth €59 a month?
Staff scheduling, time clocking and payroll prep for field teams
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Skello report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for French and European shift teams
Skello does scheduling, clocking and payroll prep from EUR 59 a month, with French labor rules built in. But the page doesn't say what that monthly amount is based on, and the Smart Planner needs the dearer tiers.
Who Skello is for
- Fits if you run a shop, restaurant or clinic in France and want rules like RTT and DPAE built in
- Works for teams that want scheduling and clocking from one vendor
Who Skello is not for
- Skip it if you're outside France, because the legal rules follow French employment law
- Not for you if you want a clear per-head price, as the basis isn't stated
- Tight if you need forecasting and auto-scheduling, which start on Max tiers
- Watch out: the Business plan for 200 to 10,000 employees has no price
Why Skello gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyFrom EUR 59 for clocking, EUR 79 for scheduling and EUR 107 for Planning Max, with the basis (site or head) not stated. A 10% annual discount is offered.
- DFree plan and trialA 14-day trial on every plan; the page doesn't say whether a card is needed.
- BFeaturesCompliant scheduling, clocking, absences, payroll prep and employee files. Nothing in the listing is missing from the core job.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. Legal rules and payroll prep take configuring.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb with an employee app on the listing. No integrations are named and no desktop app.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Skello's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/skello#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/skello.svg" alt="Skello: 2.0 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Skello stands among shift scheduling apps
Skello's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 17 of the 49 other shift scheduling apps we grade, and level with 8.
It stands best on features (B, above 23 of 49) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 23).
Its paid plans start at about $65.91 a month, against a middle price of $16.76 for the category: 27 of the 28 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 12 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 50 shift scheduling apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Skello’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 4 of 49, level with 33
- DFree plan and trialAbove 23 of 49, level with 4
- BFeaturesAbove 23 of 49, level with 26
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 49, level with 42
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 49, level with 15
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 29 shift scheduling apps. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Skello, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Skello you would be making payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $790.98 a year.
What you could make
- Time off and employee records: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you.
- A rota the whole staff sees on their phones, with swaps and alerts.
- Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Skello’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Skello?
Skello is a French workforce management platform for hospitality, retail, pharmacy and similar field teams. It builds compliant schedules, records clock-ins on a tablet or phone, tracks absences and prepares payroll variables. A payroll service, recruitment add-on and HR tools are sold alongside.
Worth knowing
- Prices are in euros and shown as a starting figure; the page does not say what the monthly amount is based on, such as site or headcount.
- The Business plan for 200 to 10,000 employees has no published price.
- Several features, including the Smart Planner and unlimited document storage, depend on the plan tier.
- Legal rules built in, such as RTT and DPAE, follow French employment law.
Key features
- Compliant scheduling
- Week, month and day views with regulatory alerts set from the collective agreement, schedule locking and templates.
- Smart scheduling
- Planning Max and Duo Max forecast staffing needs and create schedules automatically; Smart Planner is an optional extra on lower tiers.
- Time clocking
- Staff clock in on a tablet or mobile with geolocation, and hours worked are tracked for payroll.
- Absences and counters
- Leave and absence management with paid-leave, RTT, overtime and annualized-hours counters.
- Payroll preparation
- Payroll variables are calculated automatically; a separate payroll service starts at €20 a month per employee.
- Employee files
- Contracts, documents and the staff register are stored per employee, with automatic payslip distribution on higher tiers.
Skello pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Skello is a paid product with a free trial, starting at €59 per month and up (Standard Clocking), basis not stated.
- Starts at
- €59 per month and up (Standard Clocking), basis not stated
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial on every plan
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Standard Clocking | €59per month and up | Tablet and mobile clocking with geolocation, hours tracking and employee records. Clocking Max starts at €89. |
| Scheduling Standard | €79per month and up | Compliant schedules, absence tracking, payroll variables and a mobile app. |
| Planning Max | €107per month and up | Standard plus staffing forecasts, automatic schedule creation, e-signed timesheets and unlimited AI assistant. |
| Duo Standard | €99per month and up | Scheduling and clocking together. Duo Max adds forecasts, automatic scheduling and AI assistant from €129. |
| Business | Custom | For 200 to 10,000 employees: HR system connections, priority support and training. |
Read from skello.io on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Skello before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discount10% off with an annual commitment
The pricing page states a 10% discount on the Scheduling, Clocking and Duo plans with an annual commitment.
Stated on skello.io
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Common questions
Does Skello have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Skello is listed for Web.
Does Skello have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Skello is listed for Web.
Is Skello open source?
Skello is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.