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Calamari vs Planery: Which is a better fit?

Updated on January 28th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 5,458 reviews from Employee Scheduling users.
% Fit
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Feature ratings
Data Import/Export
3.6
Real-Time Notifications
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Task Management
NA
Timesheet Management
4.5
Mobile Access
4.6
% Fit
Missing features
Not enough reviews
Feature ratings
Data Import/Export
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Real-Time Notifications
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Task Management
NA
Timesheet Management
5.0
Mobile Access
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User satisfaction
4.7
User reviews572
Ease of use
4.6
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.7
Customer support
4.9
4.5
User reviews31
Ease of use
4.6
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.8
Price starts from
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Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
/user
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Best for

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.

retail | gastronomy | hotel business | industry | office | health care

User reviews
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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Do these products fit your needs?

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

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Access Controls/Permissions
207
Important
Activity Dashboard
388
Important

Calamari

24/44
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Availability Management
  • Biometric Recognition
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Forecasting
  • Labor Cost Calculator
  • Labor Cost Reporting
  • Labor Management
  • Messaging
  • Mobile Alerts
  • Payroll Management
  • Resource Allocation
  • Schedule Distribution
  • Shift Management
  • Shift Scheduling
  • Task Management
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • API
  • Approval Process Control
  • Attendance Management
  • Calendar Management
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Import/Export
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Location
  • Online Time Clock
  • Overtime Calculation
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Reminders
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Self Service Portal
  • Shift Swapping
  • Sick Leave Tracking
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Timesheet Management
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
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Planery

Top Features
28/44
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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
Planery
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
  • By Calamari
  • Located in Poland
  • Founded in 2014
Planery
  • By Planery
  • Located in Austria
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