# Tanda review (2026): is it worth $12.80 a month per user? > Rostering, timesheets, payroll and HR for Australian hourly teams Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** Shift Scheduling - **Made by:** Tanda - **Website:** https://www.tanda.com.au - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you're outside Australia, because awards and STP are built around Australian rules. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## 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. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | All in One | $12.80 per 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 https://www.tanda.com.au/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Tanda before buying. ## 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. ## Good for - Australian businesses with hourly staff on modern awards - Teams that want rostering, timesheets and payroll in one system - Hospitality, retail, healthcare and early learning employers ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: C.** $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. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no free trial on the pricing page. - **Features: B.** Rostering, award interpretation, an app with clock-ins, payroll from timesheets, leave and HR. Nothing in the listing is missing from the core job. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Award rules and payroll are set up per business. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web with an employee app, plus MYOB, Reckon, Sage 50, Lightspeed, Oracle Micros and others. No desktop app on the listing. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/shift-scheduling ## Keep it, 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. - You could make: Time off, employee records and applicant tracking: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you. - You could not: A rota the whole staff sees on their phones, with swaps and alerts. - You could not: Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. - You could not: It plugs into other products, MYOB, Lightspeed and Reckon among them. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with MYOB, Lightspeed, Reckon, Sage 50, SwiftPOS, Oracle Micros, Doshii, Attaché **Tags:** Shift scheduling, Time clock, Payroll, Time off, Employee records, Applicant tracking ## Alternatives - [Deputy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/deputy): Shift scheduling, time clock and labor-law tools for hourly teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/deputy-vs-tanda) - [Humanforce](https://toolgpa.com/tools/humanforce): Workforce management, HR and payroll suite for frontline teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/humanforce-vs-tanda) - [RosterElf](https://toolgpa.com/tools/rosterelf): Rostering, time and attendance and payroll exports for shift teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/rosterelf-vs-tanda) - [When I Work](https://toolgpa.com/tools/when-i-work): Staff scheduling with auto-fill, shift trades and an add-on time clock. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/tanda-vs-when-i-work) - [Planday](https://toolgpa.com/tools/planday): Rota planning, punch clock and payroll reports for shift-based teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/planday-vs-tanda) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.tanda.com.au/pricing - https://www.tanda.com.au/ - https://www.tanda.com.au/features/rostering-software-australia - https://www.tanda.com.au/features/employee-scheduling-app - https://www.tanda.com.au/browse-integrations-partners Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/tanda Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).