# Page 6 | Calamari Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 6 - 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 6 - Reviews of Calamari ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 126-150 of 608 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use MD Melanie D. Business and Technology Director Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Useful tool" September 6, 2022 4.0 Pros We like the approval flow process and integration with Google Calendar the most to easily share up-to-date information with faculty/staff Cons Sometimes difficult to configure correctly. Difficult to set up. Not very intuitive set up. Review Source Response from Calamari September 22, 2022 Thank you for sharing your opinion. If you have any torubles setting Calamari up, plase contact our Customer Success team here: https://calamari.io/contact They will help you set everything according to your needs. VR Verified Reviewer atencion al cliente Food & Beverages Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Util para la gestion de recursos humanos" February 27, 2023 5.0 A grandes rasgos, y obviando la version de pago que es un poco cara, el programa vale lo que cuesta.Tiene una funcionalidad muy diversas pudiendo desde tener un seguimiento del tiempo libre y la asistencia, hasta sustituciones de los empleados, comunicaciones en tiempo real con ellos y todo ellos pudiendola integrar con otros programas tambien muy utiles como Jira...Slack.... Pros Es una herramienta que te facilita mucho, para mi, la gestion de turnos...de una forma muy visual e intuitiva, para que lo tengas al alcance de la mano.Es facil de usar, tiene una buena atencion al cliente, que a mi ya me han resuelto alguna que otra duda...Es intuitivo...alguien que no este acostumbrado a este tipo de software seguro que lo pilla rapido. Cons El precio...tendras que pagar tanto por las licencias como por el registro de cada empleado....para pequeñas empresas quizas haya otras alternativas un poquito mas economicas. Review Source TG Tomasz G. . Printing Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Get the job done" March 11, 2024 4.0 Pros Online base, can use android tablet as a kiosk Cons Poor showing time of work, days off etc. in one doc, bearly accepted by inspection of work. Review Source NP Nick P. Dentist Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Good Product for Trackign Employee time worked and time off schedules" March 7, 2024 5.0 Overall we like the product. It keeps track of time off and daily timeclock functinos very well. It is highly customizable. I just have a hard time getting help if I need it, which luckily isn't too often. Pros Product is very flexible on how you set it up Cons It is so fexible, it can be difficult to set up. Getting help after initial setup has been challenging for me sometimes also. Switched from [TrackSmart Attendance](https://www.capterra.com/p/120374/TrackSmart-Attendance/) Needed more functionality like . Review Source JS Jonas S. CEO Consumer Goods Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Simple HR made easy" March 22, 2023 5.0 I like using a lot, because it is very easy once you get the hang of it. The UX is also fairly nicely done, so it's fun using it. We are using calamari in 2 companies already with up to 10 people each. Pros The setup is very quickly done and fairly easy if you know your requirements. The integration with google calender is critical and works very well. Cons the scheduling function for shifts could be even more flexible in terms of automation. I would love to have employees automatically login to their shifts. break automation rules should be flexible per day. Review Source Response from Calamari April 24, 2023 Hello, than you for your review . Please contact our Customer Success team. They will answer your question and help you with the solution. JB Jessica B. Office Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great Service! " December 5, 2018 4.0 Pros I like that I don't have to think about it much, love the Slack integrations for my team and how easy it was to transition from our old process into . It's simple, clear, and for a small team it has everything I need. The customer support team has always responded promptly when I need anything, and we were even able to extend our trial period in the beginning and converted to a paying customer shortly after. Cons So the most annoying thing, and this is a small issue, is not being able to select a range of dates on the calendar by clicking on the days themselves. Again, it's a small thing, but it's something I'm used to in other situations, and so I frequently make the mistake of forgetting it's not possible on . I suppose the other thing is that it's not always immediately clear how to make use of some of the finer features, and so I simply haven't been bothered to find out if they're even there. For example, I spent a little while searching once for whether we could only make it possible for employees to request annual leave in the future if they will have accrued it by the specified date (and not just if they have already accrued it, if that makes sense), but it wasn't obvious how to do so or even if it were possible, so I just kind of left it. These relatively minor complications are the kind of thing that someone in a rush will just leave in the moment, because they've more important things to do, but will be annoying over time. Review Source Avishkar P. Project Director Management Consulting Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Effective timesheet and leave management - we have a very happy HR Department!" November 16, 2017 5.0 My review pretty much covers it. Resource planning in the Calendar view. Monitoring leave applications and clock in locations. My HR Managers now have confidence in the timesheet information as they can review it in real time and not just at month end. Pros We have decentralized operations, and our managers and HR love being able to see presence and location statuses of our employees in real time, and at a high level. The Calendar function in the leave module allows for great oversight and enables more efficient resource management and allocation. The time-sheet and leave reports available are robust and we love the download to excel feature, this perfect tabular format allows for deeper dives on trends, pivot tables etc within Excel. It really is simple to use for employees and managers. The app keeps things simple to enable clocking in/out and applying for leave. Really just very easy to navigate, after training our managers, no one has had to come back to us on how to navigate the system. There are several clock in methods which allows for flexibility, eg smartphone clock-in, QR scans, and browser check-ins. I must also commend the support team for providing excellent back-end support for our administrators! Keep up the great work and service Cons A few improvements could be made, such as allowing for attachment uploads from a smartphone for leave applications and for locations to be tagged when clocking in with a QR code. Review Source Rafał F. CEO Internet Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Very good software for good money " March 15, 2023 5.0 Very good customer service Pros Ease of use and pricing. It is very good for small companies like mine but also for bigger enterprises. I have recomended them to my customers and they are happy with too. Cons It is hard to learn it at the begining but customer support is very helpful in this area. Review Source Tomasz J. CTO Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Super software for leave management" March 15, 2023 5.0 The move from custom-built software was quick and intuitive. I use as a user, as a decision maker, and as an admin. Pros I created an account in because I needed only a single feature - leave management. Calamari is perfect at that and suits my needs.It is fast, and intuitive and it does exactly what it should! Cons I dislike two views, currently, we have one for the calendar and a second for creating applications.THis should be unified, because currently when creating applications we don't other team member's absences. Review Source Response from Calamari April 18, 2023 Hello Thank you for your review. I'll pass your opinion to our team to consider. Filip B. HR and TL Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Recommended" December 6, 2023 5.0 Pros Simplicity. It's easy to learn, effective and very helpful. Cons I don't use it as one tool for all and switch between several. Review Source ES Emma S. Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Solid product for the price great customer support " March 22, 2023 4.0 Overall extremely useful for the money and your support function \[sensitive content hidden\] is amazing Pros Love how it integrates with slack, very user friendly and like all the videos available Cons When you need to make an amendment sometimes it’s not so intuitive, like amending staff working schedule part way through year, then it requires customer support. I think just a few more FAQ videos would avoid this. Review Source Response from Calamari April 13, 2023 Hello! Thank you for your opinion. We want our customers to be able to set Calamari up by themselves, that's why we're always look for new ways to help. I'll forward your message to the Customer Success team so they can improved our Help Center. PP Pauliina P. Admin Manager Computer Games Used the software for: 2+ years ### "My experience with using Calamari" March 15, 2023 4.0 Overall, we've had a good experience using as our time tracking tool. Pros I think the time tracking feature is easy to use and fairly quick to teach to new employees. Cons I've had trouble with the absence types, the accrual rules are still puzzling. However I've had good help from support regarding the issue. Review Source Mariusz Z. Vice President Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great, easy and very helpful product! Now I can not imagine how we actually " November 30, 2017 5.0 Pure market analysis Pros helps my company handle holidays. It allows me to easily control, monitor all absences and what is really helpful helps me to decide if I should accept holiday request, when someone in my team had requested and this request has been already accepted! That is the core functionality for me :) I really love integrations that Calamari provides me! At first: GSuite (by Google) - I do not have to worry about creating new accounts and I can see all of absences in my Google Calendar (this is my favorite) . Another huge integration is with Slack, which is main messenger in my company. I can just accept and decline requests without login in into Calamari! On the other hand I really like is Calamari support, those guys (especially Hubert) are fast as lightning, very thoughtful, proactive and they for sure will help you configure your instance. Communication with them is pleasure :) Once Calamari is configured is maintenance-free, and very very comfy! Review Source LA Lisa A. HR Telecommunications Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Calamari is a great and user-friendly time management product" July 16, 2020 4.0 Overtime has been much easier to check with then with the system we used before. It takes less time to implement and gives every manager the possibility to monitor their teams. Users are quite happy with the system: easy to add and validate absences. The many possibilities to add the time in the clock in module, using or not the app, makes it very adaptable to every user. Pros it is easy to adapt to any situation, easy to modify and very easy to use. The implementation of the software might take quite long at the beginning, but once it's working, it takes less than 5 min to add new users, adapt their activity rate or week types. The leave module is very practical, especially because anyone can check the absence/presence of all team members. The integration with Outlook and Microsoft Office is a great advantage. Cons The only thing that could be improved is to add the possibility to set up a date when there is a change of activity rate or week type for an employee. Review Source FK Fyvia K. HR and H&S Officer Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "FK Calamari Review" March 22, 2023 3.0 For a leave management system it is ok. Pros That it provides an application and it is easier for our employees to log in. Cons The manuals/guides/videos are not as explanatory as they need to be. Maybe some screenshots would help the users and the administrator. Also, the set up was not as easy as we thought and the support we had from was very limited and many times the answers of our questions were not helpfull or off topic. Alternatives considered [HR Partner](https://www.capterra.com/p/147749/HR-Partner/) Reason for choosing Calamari The cost. Review Source Response from Calamari April 18, 2023 Hello. Thank you for your review. Our Customer Success team is available to our customers during work hours in Poland. That's why in case of a very different time zone, you may have to wait a little bit longer, but we always answer all your questions. If you feel like we didn't answer them, try to contact CS team again and we'll make sure to help you. DT Danielle T. VP Wholesale Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Leave Management Tracking" October 21, 2021 4.0 Great SAAS that is available for a great cost. We didn't need anything super powerful. We actually have the same functionality for free with our ADP software, but pay for because it is easier from a management perspective. Pros The software is very flexible with regards to being able to track a variety of leave methods. We have different people at different levels of the company who get various entitlements and was able to handle it all. We also are able to track our business travel of our sales managers through the system which is helpful too. Cons The app is fairly easy, but the user interface could be a bit easier for users who are not as computer savvy. It could be a little more clear on what time they have less what time is scheduled for their net time leftover. Alternatives considered [Zoho Recruit](https://www.capterra.com/p/125768/Zoho-Recruit/)[BambooHR](https://www.capterra.com/p/110968/BambooHR/)[Freshteam](https://www.capterra.com/p/166825/Freshteam/) Reason for choosing Calamari Cost Review Source Response from Calamari November 5, 2021 Hello! Thank you for your opinion. We're working on some improvements in our UX/UI design and we hope they will cover your needs. If you need assistance with understanding how our software works, you can contact our Customer Success team. We can arrange a meeting when we'll explain to you everything that isn't clear. Please, contact us via https://calamari.io/contact or by our website's chat. JK Jeta K. HR Manager Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Leave management system" January 25, 2022 5.0 our company was old school trucking company without a software to manage the time off. The PTO management was done manually and there were a lot of mistakes and confusions. changed our day to day business life and the requests for PTO were done fast and smooth. Both employees and managers love the transparent calendar function where they can see who is off and when. Pros it is very user friendly and easy to use for all employees even those who are not that friendly to technology. I also like the reporting of this software, it is one click and very fast way of getting your data. Cons i am very happy with all the functionalities of . It is very user friendly and to train employees on how to use it it is fast and smooth. I don't have cons. Reason for choosing Calamari user friendly and economic Review Source Response from Calamari April 13, 2022 Thank you for your opinion! We're glad that Calamari was able to help your company! It's great to know that organizations from all kinds of industries can benefit from our software. We wish you a great experience and if you would need any help - our Customer Success team is ready to help. Michelle M. Director, HR Consumer Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Simple, easy to use time management system!" September 15, 2017 5.0 Simple to use software to easily manage schedules, PTO, and accruals. Pros We love ! From new users who find the interface very simple to use from administrators who can customize teams, approval flows, weekly schedules, accruing PTO, and reporting, Calamari does it all! There are always new updates which we are loving and find them super easy to implement and make our experience even better. Highly recommend this product! Cons The only improvement that I would suggest would be to allow the employee list to be sorted by your preference. Such as the ability to put the last name first; Smith, John. Review Source Response from Calamari September 19, 2017 Thanks, we really appreciate your feedback. Happy user is the greatest reward! SL Samuel L. HR Manager Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Very happy Client" March 7, 2024 5.0 Im overall very happy with the system but it can be improved with the comments above. Pros it is very easy to use and set up. You can set it up without any help Cons I dont like that you have removed the birthdays. You are also missing the anniversary dates reminder which would be nice. Review Source IT Imre T. COO Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to use Online Time Tracker" February 21, 2023 5.0 Pros 's clean desing from the employees' point of view. Nothing unnecessary button, or feature, just the necessary things. Cons Maybe a "kiosk" feature would be awsome if it was included on the mobile view. Review Source AO Arkadiusz O. VP of Engineering Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "The best tool for the absence management" February 25, 2021 5.0 Thanks to , managing absences and holidays of all the employees in two offices, in two different countries is now fairly simple and efficient. Each office may have its own rules and holidays and yet, thanks to the shared calendar and employee catalogue, we have a full transparency of whom, when and why has a day off. Pros \- Simple and yet powerful management of absences (approving holidays through Slack is such a time saver) - Extended setup possibilities for the absence types (accrual rules) - Possibility of configuring everything, including holidays calendars, types of absences, contracts and approval processes - Slack and google calendar integrations - Great customer care and fast feedback, our issues with Slack integration were solved pretty fast Cons \- The look and feel of the web app is a bit outdated (but it's simple and clean which is good) - UX is a bit clunky from time to time (especially when you have multiple accrual rules to work with under one absence type) Review Source aB alexis B. Film post producer Media Production Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "FEEDBACK media agency" March 7, 2024 4.0 Great experience overall and very happy. It would be amazing to have the chance to discuss with an agent to develop even better our own utilization and see how to improve together with a feedback session to reply to particular needs. Pros is straight forward, easy to understand and to use as well to integrate iwth other app such as App calendar to share with the whole team Cons Some of the logic of the system could be more optimized like having an automatic calculation to subtract the overtime from the absence so we know if we are in positive or not. We right now doing this internally and would love to have it implemented. Review Source NG Natalie G. Managing Director Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Lightweight and easy to deploy" October 12, 2021 5.0 It has saved me and my team a lot of time and confusion! This is the best solution by far that we have found. Pros It was simple to on-board the team to this software and it has been smooth to operate since. Cons The UI is difficult to navigate at times and there were several issues in our initial set-up. Switched from [Asana](https://www.capterra.com/p/184581/Asana-PM/) Didn't have the functionalities I needed Review Source Response from Calamari October 21, 2021 Hello! Thank you for your opinion! In near future, we're planning to introduce some visual changes to the app and we hope they will make the user experience better. In case of any issues connected to the set-up, please contact our Customer Success team which will help you prepare your Calamari account according to your needs. You can write to us using this link: https://calamari.io/contact ET Elia T. IT Leader Banking Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Calamari Review" May 26, 2020 5.0 I don't have a lot of time using it, but I do like the interface, it is really user friendly and intuitive. You can easily find the options you need and it allows you to update almost anything. Besides, the integration with Slack makes it really easy for the end users, they just need to add the bot and they will see the options to punch in, punch out or mark their breaks or lunches. The tool is really cool. Pros I truly like that this tool is really complete. It has almost everything you can think of regarding the employees schedules, if you need the users to punch from different locations or to punch from different means like mobile phone or web browser, this tool has it all, it even has the option to print QR codes, you can print the code and place them strategically on your office so the employees can go and scan the code to punch. I also like that it has integration with G Suite and Slack, you can use these tools to import your employees, which makes it really easy to start. Cons The only thing that I don't like is that you need to enter the work days of the employees, you need to specify the time the employees work a day, but if you work in a company where the schedules are updated a lot, this part might be a little cumbersome. Apart from that, all good, the tool has it basically all you need for maintaining your employees schedules. Reason for choosing Calamari We checked some other options, but was the one that had all we needed and besides the prices are not too high. Review Source JC Jay C. HR Manager Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Excellent HR Management tool" March 24, 2020 5.0 On the few occasions that we have required support or assistance they have been extremely attentive both through the live chat feature and over emails. We've received 5 star service at every turn. Our thanks go to their team for being so responsive. Pros We use for a range of HR activities. The most useful features that we use on a daily basis include: 1. Absence Requests: Employees are able to request paid time off / vacations / unpaid leave etc in a formal and structured manner. The approval process is easy to calibrate and set up for managers. Provides an easy process where documentation can be added to support requests (such as medical leave notes). 2. Calendar feature: When payroll exceptions need to be considered, the calendar feature is an easy way to make any adjustments that need to be made. It also enables you to plan for staggering of vacations for employees inside the same department. 3. Employees: Easy to create a database of all employees where information from starting dates, salary etc. can be recorded and quickly accessed. 4. Reports: Functional and and easy to prepare using this feature. Cons As far as the requirements of our business go, offers all the necessary features (and additional ones) that we need. We have no complaints regarding the software that have come up in the time we have been using it. 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.