EZTime vs Deputy

Where they really differ

Deputy facts from deputy.com/pricing; EZTime facts from eztime.com/pricing and its feature pages.

What each one does best

Deputy

Deputy is strongest when a manager has to hit a wage target. On Core, forecast demand, a labor budget and auto-scheduling work together, so the roster that comes out already respects the budget and the compliance checks. Lite is also fuller than most entry plans, with swaps, replacement finding, leave and payroll integrations included.

EZTime

EZTime is strongest at proving who was where, and when. One account can mix phone clock-ins with a GPS stamp, a tablet kiosk at the door and NFC tags at fixed points, and the schedule can stop someone clocking in early or outside an assigned shift. Each month, employees sign their attendance report digitally, which settles most hour disputes before payroll.

Platforms and apps

Plan for plan

EZTime sells attendance and scheduling as separate products or combined, at the same three price points. Deputy bundles both in each plan. Annual billing saves 20% with EZTime and 10% with Deputy.

A 12-person cafe, worked both ways

Two baristas open, a cook joins at 10, and weekend shifts swap often. The owner wants a schedule, a clock at the counter and an overtime warning.

At this size, Deputy’s forecasting and budgets are more than the cafe needs, and EZTime costs less on every comparable tier. A four-site group that staffs to sales would weigh it the other way.

Cost at three team sizes

Monthly list prices with each vendor’s minimum applied. Lite and Essential are the entry tiers; Core and Advanced are the tiers that add auto-scheduling.

The gap widens with headcount because both price per person. Deputy’s 10% annual discount narrows it a little; EZTime’s yearly billing takes 20% off.

Choose Deputy if

• You staff to sales or foot traffic and want demand forecasting
• You need labor budgets per location on Core
• A face-unlock kiosk fits your site and privacy policy
• You want payroll inside the scheduling tool (Paycor, US)

Probably not Deputy if

• Your team is under about five people and the $30 minimum makes each seat costly
• Nobody will use forecasting or labor budgets
• A face-scan kiosk would not pass your privacy review

Choose EZTime if

• You want the lowest per-employee price and a $20 minimum
• You want NFC tags or approved GPS locations to prove on-site clock-ins
• You only need attendance, or only scheduling, and do not want to pay for both
• Employees should sign monthly attendance reports digitally

Probably not EZTime if

• You need sales-based demand forecasting
• You want payroll run inside the same product
• You want a biometric clock

Moving from Deputy to EZTime

1. Export staff and history. Download employee lists and past timesheets from Deputy before the subscription ends.
2. Import employees. EZTime Premium imports employees from Excel.
3. Set rules. Recreate overtime thresholds and rest rules as EZTime labor rule alerts.
4. Run one pay period in parallel. Compare totals before cancelling Deputy.

EZTime vs Deputy: questions

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