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GoCo vs Calamari: Which is a better fit?

Updated on January 28th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 10,193 reviews from Human Resources users.
% Fit
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Feature ratings
Payroll Management
4.5
API
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Employee Database
4.7
HR Management
4.3
Customizable Branding
NA
% Fit
Missing features
Not enough reviews
Feature ratings
Payroll Management
NA
API
4.7
Employee Database
4.7
HR Management
4.4
Customizable Branding
NA
User satisfaction
4.6
User reviews108
Ease of use
4.7
Functionality
4.4
Value for money
4.6
Customer support
4.5
4.7
User reviews572
Ease of use
4.6
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.7
Customer support
4.9
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Free version
Free trial
Best for

GoCo's mission is to help small-to-medium sized businesses spend less time on manual HR tasks, so they can focus on growing happier, more productive teams.

Calamari helps in employees' time tracking management. It automates and simplifies processes connected to absences and timesheets. We provide support in the initial set up & employees' data import.

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pros & cons
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Scott G
Director of Digital Ministries
5.0

Scott: Hi, I'm Scott and I'm a director of Digital Ministries. I love Calamari and give it a solid five rating. And for more reviews like this, please click below. Before Calamari, we really were back in the stone age of keeping track of everything with paper and pencil. And so people would just submit a written request when they wanted to have time off and our HR person would keep track of that with a notebook. And so we made a big leap moving to Calamari, and it's been a tremendous change. We switched to Calamari for a lot of reasons. It integrated very, very well with QuickBooks and we loved that. It was easy to use, we went through the demo, we didn't have any problem figuring out how to utilize it right away. They had incredible customer service. We'd reach out with questions and get answers right away and really felt like we mattered. And our users also found it very user friendly. So there were so many positives. We've just loved the switch to Calamari. Getting started with Calamari, as with anything always takes a little bit of a learning curve, but it really wasn't that difficult. Having the help of the Calamari staff to guide us when we ran into little roadblocks was great and we really got it up and running within a day. If you're looking for something to help keep track of your vacation time and time off, I can't recommend Calamari strongly enough. It's been great for our organization. It's easy to use and everybody loves it. We have not had any complaints at all among the administration who runs it or the staff that uses it.

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Prioritize real-user-identified key features according to your needs to find your best fit.

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360 Degree Feedback
207
Important
Access Controls/Permissions
388
Important

GoCo

Top Features
35/38
  • Calendar Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Succession Planning
  • 360 Degree Feedback
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • API
  • Applicant Tracking
  • Approval Process Control
  • Benefits Management
  • Compensation Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Document Management
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Engagement
  • Employee Management
  • Goal Management
  • HR Management
  • Learning & Development
  • Mobile App
  • Offboarding
  • Onboarding
  • Payroll Management
  • Performance Management
  • Recruitment Management
  • Reminders
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Self Service Portal
  • Sick Leave Tracking
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time & Attendance
  • Time Off Management
  • Training Management
  • Workflow Management
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Calamari

21/38
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GoCo
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Calamari
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
GoCo
  • By GoCo
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2015
Calamari
  • By Calamari
  • Located in Poland
  • Founded in 2014
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