Tanda review (2026): is it worth $12.80 a month per user?
Rostering, timesheets, payroll and HR for Australian hourly teams
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Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for hourly teams in Australia
Tanda bundles rostering, timesheets, payroll and HR at $12.80 per user a month, with Australian award rules and STP filing built in. But it is built around Australian rules, and there's no free plan or trial on the page.
Who Tanda is for
- Fits if you run an Australian hourly business that wants rosters and payroll together
- Works for hospitality and retail teams under Australian awards
Who Tanda is not for
- Skip it if you're outside Australia, because awards and STP are built around Australian rules
- Not for you if you want to try it free first, as the page lists no trial
- Watch out: single modules have no published price
- Watch out: the page doesn't name the currency
Why Tanda 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 money$12.80 per user a month plus GST for the all-in-one bundle, which includes payroll and HR. That sits in the middle of the category. Single modules are quote-only.
- FFree plan and trialNo free plan and no free trial on the pricing page.
- BFeaturesRostering, award interpretation, an app with clock-ins, payroll from timesheets, leave and HR. Nothing in the listing is missing from the core job.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. Award rules and payroll are set up per business.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb with an employee app, plus MYOB, Reckon, Sage 50, Lightspeed, Oracle Micros and others. No desktop app on the listing.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Tanda'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/tanda#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/tanda.svg" alt="Tanda: 2.0 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Tanda stands among shift scheduling apps
Tanda'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 (F, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $12.80 a month for each person, against a middle price of $16.76 for the category: 12 of the 28 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 3 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. Tanda’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 4 of 49, level with 33
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 49, level with 22
- BFeaturesAbove 23 of 49, level with 26
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 49, level with 42
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 16 of 49, level with 33
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 Tanda, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Tanda 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 $153.60 a year.
What you could make
- Time off, employee records and applicant tracking: 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.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- It plugs into other products, MYOB, Lightspeed and Reckon among them.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Tanda’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 Tanda?
Tanda is workforce management software for businesses with hourly staff. It builds rosters, records clock-ins and timesheets, and runs payroll from those timesheets using Australian award rules. HR tools for onboarding, contracts and hiring sit in the same account, and staff use a mobile app for shifts and leave.
Worth knowing
- The pricing page shows one bundle price and asks you to request prices for each module separately.
- Prices are shown in dollars plus GST on the Australian site; the page does not name the currency.
- Award interpretation and STP filing are built around Australian rules, so the payroll side is not aimed at other countries.
- No free plan or free trial is stated on the pricing page.
Key features
- Rostering
- Build rosters from templates, typical hours or drag and drop, and see who is working, for how long and at what cost. Validations flag overtime and qualification risks.
- Award interpretation
- An award interpreter works out pay and entitlements from the hours staff actually work, and break rules can be set to match an award's requirements.
- Employee app and clock-ins
- Staff receive rosters, accept or swap shifts, apply for leave and clock in with GPS from their phones. Managers get alerts for late arrivals and missed breaks.
- Payroll from timesheets
- Pay runs are created from timesheets, and the payroll page says STP filing can be done from within the account.
- Leave management
- Staff request leave and unavailability in the app; managers review requests in a calendar next to public holidays and other time off.
- HR and hiring
- Onboarding, contracts, policies and an applicant tracking feature (Tanda Hire) are part of the same system.
Tanda pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Tanda is a paid product, starting at $12.80 per user / month, plus GST, for the all-in-one bundle.
- Starts at
- $12.80 per user / month, plus GST, for the all-in-one bundle
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| All in One | $12.80per user / month, plus GST | Workforce management, payroll and HR bundled. Each module can also be priced on its own on request. |
| Single modules | Custom | Workforce Management, Payroll or HR sold separately; the page gives no price and asks you to request one. |
Read from tanda.com.au on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Tanda before you buy.
Works with
- MYOB
- Lightspeed
- Reckon
- Sage 50
- SwiftPOS
- Oracle Micros
- Doshii
- Attaché
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Common questions
Does Tanda have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Tanda is listed for Web.
Does Tanda have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Tanda is listed for Web.
Is Tanda open source?
Tanda 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.