Deputy
Deputy is an AI-powered workforce management platform built for shift-based and hourly workforces. Founded in 2008 in Sydney, Australia, Deputy provides employee scheduling, time and attendance tracking, labor compliance, HR onboarding, payroll integration, and team communication tools. Serving over 375,000 workplaces across 100+ countries, it is widely used in trades, field services, construction, cleaning, landscaping, and hospitality. Deputy's platform spans mobile and web, with deep integrations into payroll (ADP, Gusto, Paycor, QuickBooks) and POS systems.
Use Cases
- Scheduling field crews across multiple job sites
- Time and attendance tracking for hourly workers
- Labor compliance and wage-hour law management
- Employee onboarding and document management
- Payroll timesheet export to accounting systems
Capability Matrix
| Feature | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduling | Yes | Advanced |
| Dispatch | Partial | Basic |
| Time Tracking | Yes | Advanced |
| Payroll | Partial | Standard |
| QuickBooks Sync | Yes | Standard |
| Reporting Dashboard | Yes | Advanced |
| API Access | Yes | Advanced |
| Zapier Integration | Yes | Standard |
| Photo Documentation | Partial | Basic |
| Safety Checklists | Partial | Basic |
| Invoicing | No | Basic |
| Estimating | No | Basic |
| CRM / Customer Management | No | Basic |
| Job Costing | Partial | Basic |
| Customer Portal | No | Basic |
| Online Booking | No | Basic |
| Service Agreements | No | Basic |
| GPS Tracking | Partial | Basic |
| Inventory Management | No | Basic |
| Asset Management | No | Basic |
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Jobber
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When I Work
When I Work is a cloud-based employee scheduling and time-tracking platform built for hourly and shift-based workforces. It combines auto-scheduling, GPS-enabled time clocks with geofencing, team messaging, labor forecasting, and payroll integrations into a single mobile-first app. Serving 200,000+ workplaces across 30+ industries—including construction, cleaning, landscaping, pest control, and other field trades—it targets small to mid-size businesses that need to manage distributed crews without complex enterprise software.