Shiftie: price, catch and who it suits

Rota building, clock-ins, leave and shift swaps for shift-based businesses. Not an HR or payroll platform, so those stay separate purchases.

The Weekly 2% Edge looks for small, repeatable gains in how a business runs. This page summarises our research on Shiftie, read from the vendor’s own pages and from what other buyers report. It is not a hands-on test.

What it costs

£2.75 a month per active employee for the first 30, then £1.50 per employee above 30; no minimum. Read on Shiftie’s own pricing page on 2026-09-24; check the live page before you buy.

It's focused, affordable rota software — which means it does scheduling, clock-ins, leave and swaps well, but it isn't a full HR or payroll platform, so a growing business will still bolt on payroll and HR tools around it. Pricing is genuinely low, but the per-active-employee model means a large seasonal team in a busy month costs more than the headline suggests. For shift-based scheduling specifically, it's a clean, cheap fit.

Who it suits

Shift-based businesses (hospitality, retail, leisure) that want quick rota building, clock-ins and leave management without spreadsheet pain.

Who should skip it

Skip it if you need full HR, payroll and performance management in one system, or your team doesn't work in shifts at all.

Getting started

Use all 28 days and build a real rota, not a sample one. The trial is twice the usual length and needs no card details, and the reason to use the extra fortnight is that scheduling software fails at the edges. Someone calls in sick. A swap has to be approved on a phone at seven in the morning, a shift crosses midnight, somebody's leave overlaps a busy weekend. None of that happens in week one.