Used For

• +**Spending 5 hours every week building schedules in Excel** → AI creates full rosters in minutes based on sales forecasts and who's actually available
• +**Employees buddy-punching on shared time clocks** → Facial recognition and GPS verification stops the time theft
• +**Playing phone tag about shift swaps and vacation requests** → Everything happens in the app with automatic approval workflows
• +Auto-fills open shifts from interested staff - no more group texts begging people to cover
• +Flags overtime violations before they happen - keeps you compliant without spreadsheet math

Best For

• >Managing 10+ hourly workers who constantly swap shifts and call in sick
• >Your scheduling spreadsheet has become a full-time job
• >Employees keep clocking in for each other and you're tired of playing detective

Not For

• -Solo operations or teams under 10 people — you're paying $4.50+ per person for overkill
• -Field crews needing GPS tracking every 15 minutes — this checks location at clock-in, not continuously
• -Companies wanting detailed custom reports — the report builder is still in beta and pretty limited

Pairs With

• *QuickBooks (where payroll actually gets processed after Deputy tracks the hours)
• *Clover or Lightspeed (POS systems that feed sales data for better shift forecasting)
• *BambooHR (for the HR stuff Deputy doesn't handle like benefits and performance reviews)
• *ADP or Gusto (the actual payroll processors that Deputy feeds time data into)
• *Slack (where your team still complains about their schedules despite the fancy app)

The Catch

• !The 31-day trial ends abruptly and pushes you toward credit card signup pretty aggressively
• !No alerts when you assign shifts to people with pending vacation requests — creates conflicts you'll catch later
• !Report customization is weak — you're stuck with their templates for most data exports

Bottom Line

Finally, shift scheduling that doesn't make you want to throw your laptop out the window.