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What do you like best about Planday?

Planday is a very easy system to learn, for staff and payroll capture. also very easy to change over to from a previous system with the support of the Planday team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Planday?

Some things like the summertime clock changing being a manual task for user is not ideal, also not being able to view all holiday accounts set up for staff without having to alter date ranges. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Planday:

Planday is a very easy system to change to, and to use for both Administrators setting up schedules and Staff using for Time & Attendance. Also when used correctly it captures costs against budgets. The reports are mostly in pdf or excel making them ideal for filtering on whatever information you wish. The support team are very reactive and helpful with issues, and there is also online training videos to access and a chat with support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Planday solving and how is that benefiting you?

Instead of running a payroll by site (7 in total) I can run my payroll reports for all sites together for the 2 accounts. Excel reports mean easy adjusting for use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Planday Overview

What is Planday?

Planday is a workforce management platform that enables shift-based businesses of almost any size and vertical to manage their workforce all in one web-based system. Manage employee schedules, working hours, shift-swaps, vacation requests and payroll all in one place. Planday also has a fully integrated employee communication function, so managers can text or email employees quickly.

Planday Details
Languages Supported
Danish, German, English, French, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
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Product Description

Workforce Management Solution that empowers managers and employees to work smarter and collaborate in a better way. Planday helps manage manual staff management tasks such as creating an employee schedule, controlling staff cost, tracking time & attendance, and preparing payroll. All team members are always connected allowing for instant shift changes, updates and optimization, so you can stay in control of your business.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Planday is changing the way shift-based businesses operate by creating a user-friendly and accessible workforce management system that can be used on desktop and mobile app. In 2021, the company was acquired by Xero, leader in cloud accounting across New Zealand, Australia and the UK. By now, Planday has more than 350.000 users across Europe and has been rated a leader in the workforce management software market by G2 users. Compared to competitors, it has received especially high scores on ease of use, ease of doing business with and quality of support.


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Planday
Year Founded
2005
HQ Location
Copenhagen, Denmark
Twitter
@Planday
3,532 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
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254 employees on LinkedIn®

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Recent Planday Reviews

Aimen M.
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Aimen M.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Planday usage review as a user"
It helps to see all the shifts together in one place for all employees. its easy to schedule check and change shifts between colleagues as well. I ...
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Verified UserMid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
1.5 out of 5
"Had so much promise but is failing on so many counts"
User friendly interface, with lots of options to manage the team
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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Complete schedule tracker"
Tracking our employees hours and shifts. The time clock feature is a must have
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Planday Media

Planday Demo - Employee Schedule
By using Planday’s employee scheduling software, you can dramatically reduce the amount of time spent on creating and managing a schedule by automating more of your processes and empowering your staff.
Planday Demo - Reporting Dashboard
From the Reports section, you can input your revenue data and compare that to salary costs, so you can control staff cost and always keep within budget. Stay in control and make smarter business decisions based on data.
Planday Demo - Punch Clock
With Planday’s Punch Clock, employees are able to record their shifts and breaks using their own iOS or Android device, and you will always have an accurate overview of staff’s attendance and hours worked.
Planday Demo - Communication
Quickly message or SMS individuals or groups of employees to keep everyone on the same page and stay connected to your team.
Planday Demo - Employee App
Engage your team and say goodbye to repetitive requests with the employee self-service app where staff can submit holiday requests, set availability, view rotas and swap shifts.
Planday Demo - Payroll Report
With a correct overview of staff attendance and hours worked, you can reduce time spent on preparing payroll significantly. Spend less time manually updating timesheets, minimize human error and easily export your payroll report for a smooth payroll experience.
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Aimen M.
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Train Host
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Planday?

It helps to see all the shifts together in one place for all employees. its easy to schedule check and change shifts between colleagues as well. I use weekly to change and check the shifts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Planday?

the payroll system is a bit tricky to implement while using xero. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Planday solving and how is that benefiting you?

it helps to keep track of the hours I worked as well as my colleagues. An easy way to swap or request shifts with the manager as well and handling the payroll system along with xero. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospitality
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What do you like best about Planday?

User friendly interface, with lots of options to manage the team Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Planday?

Incapable of organising holiday, the functionality between itself and Xero isn't good enouhg, especially when it is the same business. Way too much time spent trying to fix holiday, trying to work with their team to ensure it is fit for purpose, it simply isn't Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Planday solving and how is that benefiting you?

It was meant to solve holiday tracking and scheduling. It has mostly solved scheduling, albeit if holiday is added through the holiday account function, you then have to add a shift as holiday over the holiday on the shcedule for it to track properly for both payroll costs and submission into Xero. Double work for absolutely no reason.

It was meant to solve holiday and it is quite literally doing the opposite. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
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What do you like best about Planday?

Tracking our employees hours and shifts. The time clock feature is a must have Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Planday?

The site can be slow to load sometime, mostly when looking at the whole week and it has to load a lot of shifts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Planday solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is helping us keep track of all the hours our employees are on shift Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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GENERAL MANAGER
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Planday?

EASE OF USE

MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT AND AT YOUR FINGERTIP REAL-TIME ADAPTION

THE ABILITY TO FILL SHIFTS EASILY WITHOUT 20 PHONE CALLS STAFF HAVE FULLOVERSIGHT

SO MUCH EASIER TO USE THAN OTHE PLATFORMS I HAVE ACCESSED Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Planday?

NOTHING REALLY, I GAVE IT 9 OUT OF 10 SO VERY HAPPY TO ENDORSE IT AS A GREAT PLATFORM

I BELIEVE IT SATISFIES MY NEEDS AND AS SUCH FEEL ANY FUTURE ADAPTIONS WILL IMPROVE IT BUT CURRENTLY, IT IS HIGHLY END USER BASED WITH GREAT MANAGEMENT INSIGHT AND OVERSIGHT Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Planday:

IF YOU ARE TIME POOR THIS IS THE CHOICE FOR YOU Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Planday solving and how is that benefiting you?

EASE OF SHIFT FUNCTIONALITY AND END USER CONNECTIVITY AND UP TO THE MINUTE INFO STREAM

YES, I BELIEVE IT FREES ME UP TO USE MY TIME MORE PROACTIVELY AND THAT IN A TIME-POOR WORLD IS LIKE GOLD TO ME. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Andreea C.
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What do you like best about Planday?

I like the fact you can easily communicate time off, sick days, leave days, reduce the management time around the shifts changing, and really useful when you have a 24/7 team working globally. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Planday?

Unfortunately, I was a little disappointed with regards to the interface, seems a little difficult at the beginning to get everything up and running. Not really straightforward and fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Planday solving and how is that benefiting you?

Organizing the shifts and rotation patterns, interactive communication with employees, the team can be divided into groups by job skills so that shifts can be offered to the people within a certain time zone ( when you work globally it is amazing) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Daniel R.
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Senior Head Chef
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Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
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What do you like best about Planday?

User-friendly and easy to maneuver around Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Planday?

Sometimes it can be a bit slow at updating and not as quick as I would like it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Planday:

Go for it. It will make rostering easier having this system in place couldn't do my job without it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Planday solving and how is that benefiting you?

The benefits are staff having access to their shifts and any open shifts instantly. Being able to message staff and getting a quick response is great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Planday?

All infrmation about emplyees in one place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Planday?

We should be able to save groups for mass messages that we send to people. For example I need to send daily or weekly schedules every day, and I need to choose and pick those people I need. It would save some time if I have "my group" with preselected people and send it to that group.

Another thing is approving times for some people. It is not easy to approve days when people are assigned to different departments, and they are under different team leaders. There are little tweaks that need to be done, but all in all program is very good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Planday solving and how is that benefiting you?

Control of people's working times. Comunication thru messages. Sending schedules to them. Checking my own work times. Having information about all emploees in one place is one big benefit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications
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What do you like best about Planday?

very professional and easy to deal with, moved easily from another system. very user friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Planday?

minor aspects not as easy but we are able to work around them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Planday solving and how is that benefiting you?

helps us automate the payroll process which used to be very manual Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Planday?

It's easy to input all your information and easy to navigate around all the different fuctions, also the quicknes of the help chat if i'm every stuck Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Planday?

At present nothing, all works well for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Planday solving and how is that benefiting you?

Having all staff in one acsessable place is so much easier and being able to plan weeks/months ahead is definatley a bonus Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.