Comparison
Spreadsheets, or one connected system
Nearly every shift business starts on spreadsheets. They work until the roster, the timesheet and the payroll file stop agreeing with each other.
Where spreadsheets fail
Not because they are bad tools — because three separate files can never stay in step.
- Approved leave that nobody removed from the roster
- Overnight hours counted as a single day
- A pasted column that shifts everyone's pay by one row
- No record of who changed a figure, or when
- Rebuilding the same file every pay cycle
What changes with one system
The roster, the attendance record and the pay run all read the same data, and every change is logged.
- Leave approval clears the shift automatically
- Actual hours reconciled against the plan with reasons
- Pay calculated from those hours, not retyped
- An audit trail nobody can edit
- Access by role, so pay figures stay private
What it costs to move
A monthly platform fee plus a small charge per staff member, in rand or dollars, with a free trial to try it on your own roster first.