# Page 5 | Calamari Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 5 - Is Calamari the right Performance Management System solution for you? Explore 608 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/141217/Calamari/reviews --- Calamari 4.7 (608) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated May 5th, 2026 # Page 5 - Reviews of Calamari ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 101-125 of 608 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use VR Verified Reviewer CFO Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Calamari perfect for our company's needs" April 13, 2022 5.0 Pros Very easy to use and it's user friendly. Perfect software for our company esp. to keep track of both PTO and PSL requests. It was very easy to learn on how to use this and easy to set up. Cons It doesn't integrate with ADP for PSL leave so I have to update the PSL hours manually every month. Switched from [RUN Powered by ADP](https://www.capterra.com/p/185859/RUN/) ADP didn't work the way we wanted it to. Review Source Response from Calamari April 25, 2022 Thank you for a great review! If there's something you need, you can always write to our Customer Success team - they will help you find a way to resolve your issue. You can also check our API documentation: https://developers.calamari.io/ it might help to make your own integration to solve the problem. HF Heidi F. HR Manager Machinery Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to Use Attendance tracking, Calendar, Clock out" October 12, 2021 5.0 Good support, easy to use. Pros 's calendar is a great way to see who is in the office, traveling or on vacation. We also use it to track who is reserving conference rooms and company vehicles. Cons Creating reports to track people's absences is a nice feature but it is not as robust as it could be. We like to track when salespeople are visiting customers and we have to put the customer name in the "reasons" box when it would be nice if it could be a dropdown of our customer list. Alternatives considered [ADP Workforce Now](https://www.capterra.com/p/155895/WorkforceNow/) Reason for choosing Calamari Cheaper, easier, more transparent Review Source Response from Calamari October 21, 2021 Hello! Thank you for a great review. Great idea to use Calamari to track room and vehicles availability. Nice one! We share our API documentation to help companies create the integrations suited just for their needs. If you want to talk about this possibility some more, please contact us via: https://calamari.io/contact VR Verified Reviewer Web editor/SEO Internet Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "outil assez pratique !" August 25, 2023 3.0 offre une solution efficace pour gérer son temps, ses congés et le suivi de la présence de ses collaborateurs. Son interface intuitive et conviviale facilite la navigation et l'accès aux fonctionnalités clés. Je trouve qu'il est facile à utiliser et qu'il peut rapidement devenir indispensable lorsqu'on sait l'utiliser. Pros se distingue par son interface moderne et sa simplicité d'utilisation, même pour les employés qui ne sont pas très branché technologie et c'est cela que j'ai vraiment aimé. Les différentes méthodes de pointage, comme le scanner QR, l'application mobile et l'iBeacon, offrent une grande flexibilité. De plus, son API avancée facilite les intégrations futures. Le support client est réactif, ce qui est assez rare de nos jours etles processus sont rapides, améliorant l'efficacité de la gestion du temps et des congés. C'est une appli sympa. Cons Je trouve que semble parfois être en retard par rapport à ses concurrents en termes de fonctionnalités. Les fonctionnalités administratives et de gestion d'équipe pourraient être plus avancées. Des erreurs mineures de traduction et de cohérence dans les rapports exportés arrivent parfois, ce qui n'est pas très agréable. Certaines fonctionnalités sont encore en développement, ce qui donne l'impression d'être des cobayes alors que c'est payant. Switched from [Gusto](https://www.capterra.com/p/131882/Gusto/)[Deel](https://www.capterra.com/p/205015/Deel/)[Factorial](https://www.capterra.com/p/168685/Factorial-HR-Software/)[monday.com](https://www.capterra.com/p/147657/monday-com/) recommandation Review Source MG Martin G. COO Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to use, simple interface and almost everything you need" April 4, 2022 4.0 Pros allows us to track attendance, absences and assignments to different protects. It's easy to use, and the fact that the team can clock in/out from their smartphones is really helpful. Cons I can't believe there is not a built-in feature to track On call services. This is highly used among IT companies, but also other such as medical departments. I need to be able to track people who is on call duty, and track overtime on top of that. Currently that is not possible and I had to tweak some features, but it is just a workaround I also miss being able to create custom reports. There is powerful information not exploded there. Review Source Response from Calamari April 25, 2022 Thal you for your opinion. I'll make sure to let our Dev team know about your request so they can take it into consideration during planning upcoming projects. You can also report your request directly to our Customer Success team on https://calamari.io/contact LA Lauren A. Business Manager Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Good but Not Great" September 22, 2020 4.0 We moved from paper forms to online. has a nice visual to it, and seemed to me to be intuitive to use. Set up was mediocre; I think it could be easier but also in testing other products, it's not the worst. We chose to use just the time off portion and not the clock in/out option. This does mean, however, that the time accrued for PTO is not accurate, and while I have told my staff that the accurate accounting is on each paystub, they are frustrated by that. Additionally, while I feel the system is really self-explanatory, people seem to have trouble with requesting partial days, changing the type of PTO requested (vacation, sick, etc), and requesting multiple days at once. The customer service is good; they are happy to answer questions you may have. I decided to look into their clock in/clock out option, to streamline three products that we use, but I did not like the options of a mobile app, web app, or beacons. I didn't like that the beacons did not take into account lunch breaks. I could set a lunch break for everyone, but then if they took 45 minutes instead of an hour, or 1hr5min, it doesn't take that into account. Pros I wanted a product that fit in our budget, that could keep track of time off requests online. I was tired of paper floating everywhere! fit that bill. Cons There is no way to edit your time off request. If you make a mistake, the entire request has to be deleted, then the manager has to approve the cancellation, then you can resubmit the request. It's a lot of steps. Alternatives considered [uAttend](https://www.capterra.com/p/126444/uAttend/)[QuickBooks Time](https://www.capterra.com/p/151722/TSheets/)[BambooHR](https://www.capterra.com/p/110968/BambooHR/)[Clockify](https://www.capterra.com/p/169607/Clockify/) Reason for choosing Calamari Cost Review Source VR Verified Reviewer VP of Marketing Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Very easy and cost effective solution for Absence Management " March 28, 2024 4.0 I have been using in my last two jobs (I actually proposed and set it up in my current one) and I find it an easy and cost effective solution Pros Easy to use Custom settings for every employee Fair cost Cons Sometimes it appears bugs Entitlement always set to previous year for some weird reason Reason for choosing Calamari I knew from my previous company and was happy with it so I didn’t give it much thought when I realized they had a very manual system in my current company. Review Source MT Marek T. CEO Financial Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Calamari REVIEW" June 3, 2023 4.0 The platform provided an efficient and reliable solution for time tracking, leave management, and attendance tracking. Pros There were several aspects of that I found appealing. One of the things I liked most was its intuitive and user-friendly interface. Navigating through the platform and accessing various features such as time tracking, leave management, and attendance tracking was seamless and straightforward. The availability of mobile apps further enhanced the convenience, allowing employees to manage their time and leave requests on the go. Additionally, the reporting and analytics capabilities provided valuable insights into employee attendance patterns and helped streamline workforce management. Cons One area that I liked least was the limited customization options. While the core functionalities of time tracking and leave management were solid, the ability to customize the platform to match specific business requirements was somewhat limited. Having more flexibility in terms of customizing leave policies, approval workflows, and reports would have been beneficial for organizations with unique needs. Review Source WI Waseem I. Head of Digital Professional Training & Coaching Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excellent, efficient software for small teams and businesses" March 15, 2023 5.0 Pros Especially for a smaller business, the level of visibility it gives us over everyone's leave / absences and the benefit we gain from being able to plan around this. Not to mention integration into Slack and Outlook Calendar which really just helps to elevate as a great cloud solution for our needs. Cons When we switched our financial year away from the calendar year, it took us a little while to get our head around how to set that up in , but we reached out for customer support and they guided us through the process. It's fiddly but the support team are on hand to help with any enquiries. Review Source Response from Calamari April 13, 2023 Hello! Thank you for your opinion. We're glad that our Customer Success team was able to help you. We work hard to make sure that our customer will always get the help they need. FF Franek F. Creative & Biz Operations Specialist Events Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Opinion" March 15, 2023 5.0 Electronic leave requests and online time registration can help you manage your business and startup on a daily basis. Pros \- The company saves on office space;- Employees save money and travel time;- Remote work is seen as an advantage; - the company has employees all over the world and can use the best specialists Cons \- With distributed teams, there is a greater risk of misunderstandings- It is not possible to build a company culture in the office, as, for example, Google Reason for choosing Calamari is so easy to use and help to manage our business. Review Source Response from Calamari April 13, 2023 Thank you for your review. We're working n our new Core HR module which is fcused on people and documents. With new features you will be able to give your employees additional information that will help you manage distributed teams. MT Mariana T. Director Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Amazing app! Extremely recommend" October 21, 2021 5.0 Amazing experience. fits perfectly to what we need. Pros The system is easy to use and track information. All tools are user friendly and the team also likes to use the clock in / clock-out system. Cons I would like to integrate with G suit details. We use G suit for the calendar and would be great to have the birthdays and annual leaves flagged to the Google Calendar Reason for choosing Calamari I prefered the layout and the way the system works. The QR code with a phone as a terminal is exactly what we needed Review Source Response from Calamari November 8, 2021 Hello! Calamari allows the integration with Google Calendar with birthdays and annual leaves. If you couldn't set it as you wish, please contact our Customer Success team here: https://calamari.io/contact or via Intercom's chat available on our page. Our team will help you set things up in the way you need it ;). MS Marek S. CEO Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Do something with calendar view! PLEASE!!!" October 13, 2021 4.0 Pros Policies for determining the number of days off, the possibility of using various acceptance flows, and great preparation for Polish labor law - are really great elements of . Cons I will write it again - calendar view .... It is impossible to describe how bad, illegible and useless this element is. I haven't seen anything like this for many years - it looks like from Windows 98. With over 30 people in the team, it practically does not provide any meaningful functionality. Please, PLEASE do something with that. Just take o look at ANY OTHER software using calendar view, and change yours. Review Source Response from Calamari October 21, 2021 Hello! Thank you for your review! I'll pass your opinion to our team so we can think of a better visual representation. In the near future we're planning to make some changes in the app's appearance. We hope that the new view will be more suitable for you. BC Ben C. Senior Vice President Real Estate Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Straightforward People Management" March 7, 2024 4.0 Pros Great time tracking, punch card, and other features. PTO tracking is also huge. Cons The way that certain things have to be set up or configured, like PTO accruals, is a little more complicated than it needs to be. Reason for choosing Calamari Price, ease of implementation, and flexibility Review Source Kamila W. Head of Office Administration Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Calamari really helped" July 30, 2019 4.0 Overall, definitely did help our HR team to save tons of time spent on monitoring the leaves manually. What is more, our team members can see their history and current leave status live. We can surely see the difference using Calamari brought to our business. Pros Very user friendly interface encourages our team members to use regularly. The tool is also very simple to use so all in-house communication is strengtened because of that. The Success team writes back within minutes and helps with literally everything so the communication between us/ our team and Calamari is great. Cons There are still some HR-friendly feautres to add. For now we find that is more intuitive for team members rather than Administrators. For example, the ability to see the history of different kind of contracts and calculate the leaves accordingly, or setting reminders about medical check-ups and OHS is something we still hope to see. Reason for choosing Calamari Very fast and helpful Support (they answered all of our annoying questions and helped us so much with the set-up), interface which was the most appealing to our team, possibility to set up different panel languages for different team members, positive feedback from several team members who had experience with in their previous workplaces. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Architekt rozwiza IT - Departament Rozwoju Infrastruktury Used the software for: 2+ years ### " absence management and clock in/clock out were never so easy" February 7, 2018 5.0 Super easy leave management and clock in/clock out (using beacon). Pros It's a new way of absence & leave management. You can plan and track all types of vacation, paid time off, sickness and you can do it without old, annoying paper forms. You'r always few mouse clicks from your dreamed vacations ;) Another wery importand feature is clock in/clock out - it's super easy to use especially with bluetooth beacons support. Place a token in your office reception and install/configure app on our phone. That's all! You can forget about clockin in/out ever again. It will by done automaticaly when you enter/leave your offiice. If you don't want to use beacons or when you'r work from home you can still clock in/out "manual" from mobile app. It's worth to mention that calamari has super helpfull customer service. Cons Beacon support for Android phone still need some fine-tunning compareing to iOS version. Except that - it's just perfect! Review Source VR Verified Reviewer auxiliar de enfermeria Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Una gran herramienta que te hara mas facil la gestion de la asistencia." February 25, 2023 5.0 En general, una buena herramienta, con una funcionalidad espectacular que te ayudara bastante a la gestion de la mayoria de los aspectos que incumben al personal.Recomendable. Pros Lo que mas me gusta de la aplicacion son la cantidad de posibilidades que ofrece.Hay algunas aplicaciones que se basan en lo mas simple de la gestion de personal, pero con esta aplicacion veras incrementadas las funciones al máximo, como puede ser el seguimiento de licencias, de bajas, horas extras, calendario, controles de acceso...pudiendo gestionarlo todo tambien desde el movil. Cons Como desventaja, aunque en realidad no es tal, seria el precio que es un poco elevado, pero para quien este dispuesto a pagarlo, con todas las funciones que ofrece....merece la pena Review Source VV Valentina V. Administrativa - RRHH Logistics and Supply Chain Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Valentina - RRHH" March 16, 2023 5.0 It helps to organice our employees, and with the reports we have a lot of necesary information super fast. Pros It helps to organice our employees, 360º view. Cons Maybe it have a lot of configurations, sometimes is confusing. Review Source Response from Calamari April 13, 2023 Hello! If you have any troubles with setting Calamari up, our Customer Success team is here to help you! Just contact us the way you prefer the most and we'll answer your questions and help you with coonfiguration. JH Jeanette H. Accounting and HR manager Medical Devices Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Calamari" April 29, 2022 4.0 Pros Overall we are happy with particularly for the self-speaking functionalities for the users. Cons For the users the entries are quite tedious when needing to repeat daily schedules for example. Review Source Response from Calamari May 19, 2022 Thank you for your review. We're constantly working on new functionalities that will make Calamari suitable for our clients. If you need a specific function, you can always write to us on our Intercom chat - available on every page in the bubble on the bottom right corner of the screen. Biljana D. People and Operations Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great HR software as well as the support, that are always with you to help." September 19, 2023 5.0 Overall great experience, bravo! Pros Excellent support, easy handling with Cons We would like to have the possibility to export the review but in the color of each leave event (vacation, sick days each different color..) so we can visualize it through the review for each employee per month. It would help us with the salary accounting process. Alternatives considered [BambooHR](https://www.capterra.com/p/110968/BambooHR/) Reason for choosing Calamari Better price, and great support from the first moment. Review Source KS Katarzyna S. Office Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Our favourite HR tool!" September 7, 2022 5.0 We've been using for over a year now and we cannot imagine managing HR without that software. Pros is a great tool that helped us a lot with tracking employees' time off. It is really hard to imagine how did we manage without this software. Calamari is very easy to use, both for employees and for employer as well. With just a few clicks employee can request vacation, remote work or report sick leave. The possibility of introducing any type of leave in the system or configuring different acceptance processes is a very useful feature. Overall the editing possibilities are really vast, which is very important for us, a startup, which has very specific dynamic when it comes to managing HR. Integrating Calamari with Google and Slack made it even easier to use. Our team receives notifications about absences, which allows everyone to better plan their work. Cons We wouldn't change anything about the software. Review Source Kamil R. CEO & Founder Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great value for money, solid software" May 20, 2022 5.0 Overall, I love it, easy to use, great value for money, awesome Pros I like everything - it's easy to use, works as intended Cons I have nothing negative to say about Alternatives considered [Google Sheets](https://www.capterra.com/p/169718/Google-Sheets/)[Microsoft Excel](https://www.capterra.com/p/176574/Excel/) Reason for choosing Calamari Great support, great value for money, no brainer purchase Review Source Response from Calamari May 26, 2022 Thank you for a great review! We're glad Calamari suits your needs and we hope you will love our new features! Marcin M. Administration Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "The best you can have in your company" March 15, 2023 5.0 We use the system in the full range of modules in our company, it definitely facilitates and automates our work, which was previously limited to paper form. Now we not only protect the environment, but also use a modern tool. Pros The system is simple and very comfortable for use by employees. Ease of administration is also a big plus. Cons There is no such thing :) You can't stick to anything Reason for choosing Calamari Price, integration with the accounting system and a brand that was known on the market Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Payroll and HR Coordinator Law Practice Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excellent value from Calamari! " February 25, 2021 5.0 Excellent value and customer service. Would absolutely (and have) recommend this product for small businesses on a budget. Pros This software has everything we need to manage our time and attendance smoothly. It is also an excellent value considering other softwares on the market. Customer service is excellent, responsive and implements new ideas with a willingness to make their users happy. Cons Reporting could be expanded....but maybe it’s already in development. Review Source MA Michael A. CEO Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best HR Tracker for Slack" March 7, 2024 5.0 Its quite good but I worry about the price hike of Pros I love that it integrate to slack seamlessly so that you dont have to have too much app in this digital age. Cons I dislike the price hike of . In 1 year, the annual cost almost doubled. And I dislike that some of the feature that was in the old and cheaper version was split into another product that you have to pay again. Reason for choosing Calamari is cheaper and it can integrate with slack. Review Source AK Agnieszka K. Admin & Operations Manager Biotechnology Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Seen from the admin's perspective " September 6, 2022 4.0 I like the fact that I have all tracked time in one place, rather than a multitude of excel files Pros Quite easy to start tracking time, various options for accepting changes, custom types of absence Cons The reports that generates do not meet my expectations, I can't see tasks descriptions - to see descriptions I need to generate to deffirent types of reports. Calamari adds up the working time added as 'normal' and the working time 'in project', so that instead of, for example, 8h of work in total, including 5h in project, it comes out that someone worked 13h that day. Moving the month view with a bar is annoying Alternatives considered [Harvest](https://www.capterra.com/p/75598/Harvest/) Reason for choosing Calamari Our account was migrated from our startup studio Review Source Response from Calamari September 22, 2022 Hello, Thank you for your review. I passed your review to our team, so we can discuss improving our app to prevent this kind of problem. In the meantime, you can contact our Customer Success team here: https://calamari.io/contact They will help you set the app in the best way possible. NC Natalia C. People Partner Gambling & Casinos Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "game changer :)" March 20, 2024 5.0 Pros We are a small IT company that wants to digitize all applications because our work is flexible regarding time and place. Requests, entitlements, and time management are all in one place. We can't imagine our daily work without notifications on Slack. It improves our work-life :) Cons Initially, the interface seemed a bit clunky, but the team welcomes feedback and has made great progress over the past year. They ask about improvements and implement them quickly! Review Source ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox. Talk to a Capterra advisor for free and get results within 15 minutes.