Planday vs Modge

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

Compare	PlandayXero	ModgeModge Inc.
In one line	Shift scheduling and time tracking for hourly teams, from $2.99 a user	Desktop time tracking that monitors staff app use and screens, from $4 a seat
Starting price	From $2.99/person	From $4/person
Six-person team	$17.94/mo	$24/mo
Plans	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	Per tracked seat, billed yearly (the default view): Basic $4/mo, Pro $5.50/mo, Premium $7/mo; billed monthly: Basic $5, Pro $7, Premium $9; Enterprise by quote (annual billing, volume pricing); Basic: automatic time tracking, app and URL tracking with AI productivity scores, idle detection, screenshots up to 18/hour with optional blur and 3-month retention, timesheets and approvals, payroll CSV (generic, Wise, PayPal) and PDF exports, client invoices, email and chat support; Pro adds shifts and scheduling with adherence scores, leave, breaks and overtime rules, client billing through your own Stripe account, on-demand screenshots, 12-month retention, custom roles, teams and project budgets; Premium adds suspicious activity and mouse-jiggler detection, burnout-risk and profitability reports, contract signing, 24-month retention, customized onboarding and a dedicated account manager; Enterprise adds custom retention and a priority response SLA; add-ons per seat: More Screenshots $2/mo (up to 60/hour), Extended Data Retention $2/mo ($1.67 billed yearly); viewers are free; seat changes are prorated; no seat minimum stated; 14-day free trial of the plan you pick, card required at sign-up; no free plan; macOS and Windows only, no mobile app
Pricing model	Free trial	Free trial
Free trial	30 days	14 days
Users	Per user; at least 5 on Starter, 10 on Plus	Per tracked seat; viewers free
Both connect to	No shared connections on record.
Also connects to	QuickBooks Payroll	None in our catalog
Team size	2–10 people · 11–50 people · 51–200 people	2–10 people · 11–50 people · 51–200 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	None listed	Plans not stated
Live chat	Every plan	Every plan
Support hours	Live chat: 7 days a week with extended hours; an English-speaking team covers evenings and weekends	Not published
Incidents posted	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	We found no public status page for Modge Inc..
Fit: Retail shop	82	15
Fit: Restaurant or café	92	5
Fit: Service business	60	50
Fit: Agency or studio	15	85
Fit: Trades or contractor	40	10
Fit: Online store	20	40
Why people pick it	Punch clock, kiosk app and shift swaps on every plan Plus tracks staff costs against POS revenue	Time, app use and screenshots from one desktop agent From $4 per seat billed yearly
Where it falls short	5-user minimum, billed in bundles of five Leave, payroll integrations and email support need Plus	Desktop only: no mobile app or GPS clock-in No direct payroll integrations, only CSV exports
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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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