Buddy Punch vs Planday

Two scheduling tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	Buddy PunchBuddy Punch	PlandayXero
In one line	Time clock with GPS, photos, and payroll export	Shift scheduling and time tracking for hourly teams, from $2.99 a user
Starting price	From $19/mo + $4.99/person	From $2.99/person
Six-person team	$48.94/mo	$17.94/mo
Plans	$19/mo base + Starter $4.99/user/mo; Pro $6.99/user/mo (adds scheduling); Advanced $12.99/user/mo, billed annually (monthly $5.99/$7.99/$13.99)	Starter $2.99 per user/mo, min. 5 users (scheduling, punch clock and kiosk app, compliance rules, basic payroll reports, 1 department, help centre and chat support); Plus $4.49 per user/mo plus a $15.00 monthly subscription fee, min. 10 users (leave and absence, revenue vs. staff costs, payroll and POS integrations, API, documents and e-signature, 10 departments, email support); Pro by quote (auto-fill schedules, custom planning KPIs and user roles, unlimited departments, call-back phone support); users are billed in bundles of 5, so 23 users are billed as 25; billed monthly or quarterly, no yearly price shown; each SMS costs extra, in-app messaging included; paid onboarding and product training ($150 an hour in the US); 30-day free trial of Plus, no credit card; no free plan; USD prices are the ones shown to US and Canada visitors
Pricing model	Free trial	Free trial
Free trial	14 days	30 days
Users	Per user	Per user; at least 5 on Starter, 10 on Plus
Both connect to	QuickBooks Payroll
Also connects to	Gusto, Rippling	No others on record
Team size	2–10 people · 11–50 people	2–10 people · 11–50 people · 51–200 people
Available in	US · CA · UK · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	None listed	None listed
Live chat	Plans not stated	Every plan
Support hours	Not published	Live chat: 7 days a week with extended hours; an English-speaking team covers evenings and weekends
Incidents posted	0 incidents posted on Buddy Punch's status page in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026. Status page	2 incidents posted on Xero's status page in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 0 marked major or critical by Xero. Status page
Capterra score	4.8 / 5 from 1,131 reviews	Not listed
Trustpilot score	4.7 / 5 from 92 reviews	Not listed
Fit: Retail shop	80	82
Fit: Restaurant or café	78	92
Fit: Service business	80	60
Fit: Agency or studio	30	15
Fit: Trades or contractor	88	40
Fit: Online store	30	20
Why people pick it	Easy for staff to use Good payroll exports	Punch clock, kiosk app and shift swaps on every plan Plus tracks staff costs against POS revenue
Where it falls short	Base fee plus per user Scheduling costs more	5-user minimum, billed in bundles of five Leave, payroll integrations and email support need Plus
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Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. How we calculate prices

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