Timetastic alternative

When you need more than Timetastic

Timetastic’s UK Business price is £1.20 per user per month for leave. We are £0 up to 5 people for the wider staff record, then £3 per employee. Prices checked November 2026.

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Free for up to 5 active employees. Pro is a 14-day trial, with no card to start. We do not run payroll.

The price, then the scope

Timetastic is the product to keep if the only problem is holiday. For visitors in the UK and Ireland, the pricing page’s script shows Business at £1.20 per user per month, Pro at £2.00 and Rota & Time Clock at £4.00. The HTML before that script shows the same plans in dollars, at $1.50, $2.50 and $5.50. The page does not say whether the pound prices include VAT. It does say you get a VAT receipt. There is a 30-day trial and no minimum term.

That is cheaper than our Pro plan, and it should be: the job is narrower. Business is the leave plan. Rota & Time Clock adds shift planning, clock-in and timesheets. We include leave and sickness inside a staff record, with documents, policies, expenses and equipment, free for up to 5 active employees. Pro, at £3 per employee, is where onboarding workflows, rotas, timesheets and the AI assistant sit. If you only need the wallchart, Timetastic is the honest recommendation. If the contract and the right-to-work check need a home, that is the rest of this site.

Prices at 5 and 10 employees

Timetastic is one row. The others are there so a switch is not only a two-product comparison. Checked November 2026.

Published prices checked in November 2026.

Provider	5 employees	10 employees	What that price covers
CitoHR	£0 on Free. Pro, if you choose it, is £15 a month.	£30 a month on Pro. Free stops at 5 active employees.	Free is a permanent £0 plan for up to 5 active employees. Pro is £3 per employee per month, charged for every employee, with a 14-day trial and no card to start. We do not run payroll.
HollyHR	£0 on Free.	£0 on Free. Standard, if you choose it, is £20 a month.	Free covers up to 10 active employees. Standard is £2 per active employee per month, or £20 a year, including the first 10. Prices are before tax. Plus is listed as coming soon and is not for sale.
Zoho People	£0 if you are inside the free edition cap.	See their site. The free edition does not cover 10 users.	The global pricing page says the free edition is forever free for up to 5 users. A US-only line on the same page says 3. Paid edition prices are on that page and are not copied here.
BreatheHR	£24 a month, excluding VAT.	£24 a month, excluding VAT.	Per business, not per person. Micro is 1–10 people at £24 a month. The next band, 11–20, is £44. Add-ons are extra and start from £11 a month for rota, £15 for learning, £16 for recruitment, £14 for expenses and £12 for health and safety. 14-day trial, no card until you subscribe.
CharlieHR	£47 a month, excluding VAT.	£47 a month, excluding VAT.	Per business. 1–4 people is £21 a month, 5–9 and 10–14 are £47, and 15–29 is £108. Prices exclude VAT. AskCharlie is part of Charlie Grow, a separate add-on (£226 a month for 5–9 people, £346 for 10–14). Charlie Recruit starts from £55 a month. 7-day trial. No permanent free plan.
PeopleHR	£20 a month on Starter, if £4 applies to each employee.	£40 a month on Starter, on the same basis.	Starter £4, Core £6.25, Pro £9.25 and Elite+ £11, each per employee per month. The page does not state a minimum headcount or whether VAT is included, so the 5- and 10-person totals are £4 multiplied by headcount. 14-day trial, no card. Payroll is a separate package on the same page.
BrightHR	£83.35 a month excluding tax for Core, £16.67 per employee.	£107.00 a month excluding tax for Core, £10.70 per employee.	The page loads with 5 employees selected and shows those Core totals on the 36-month term sold online. The 10-person figure is that page’s Core tier for a headcount up to 10, the same tier list that matches the 5-person total on screen. The FAQ still says prices start from £3.00 per person and that an accurate quote needs a demo. Enhanced and full packages cost more.
Timetastic	£6.00 a month on Business, if £1.20 applies to each user.	£12.00 a month on Business, on the same basis.	For UK and Ireland visitors the page’s own script shows Business £1.20, Pro £2.00 and Rota & Time Clock £4.00 per user per month. Before that script, the markup shows $1.50, $2.50 and $5.50. The page does not say whether the pound figures include VAT. This is leave software, with rotas and a time clock on the top plan, not a full HR record. 30-day trial, no card.

What we would not claim

We do not run payroll, submit RTI, or calculate statutory pay. We do not offer a 24-hour employment-law advice line. The feature ticks on our comparison pages are a product list, and where a cell says a capability was not compared, that is the accurate state. Timetastic’s pricing page is the source for their price and for the features named above.

Questions about a Timetastic alternative

Is Timetastic cheaper?

On the leave plan, yes. For UK and Ireland visitors Timetastic shows Business at £1.20, Pro at £2.00 and Rota & Time Clock at £4.00 per user per month. Five users on Business is £6, and 10 is £12, if that rate applies to each user. The page does not say whether those pound figures include VAT. Our Free plan is £0 up to 5 people. Pro for 10 people is £30.

What does Timetastic not try to be?

Timetastic is leave and absence software, and the top plan adds rotas, a time clock and timesheets. It is a good fit when the only job is “who is off”. It is not the staff file, the policy acknowledgements, onboarding and the export an accountant needs. We are that wider record, and we still do not run payroll.

Do you have a free holiday tracker for five people?

Yes. Leave, holiday and sickness are on the Free plan for up to 5 active employees, with the rest of the employee record. Timetastic’s trial is 30 days, and the pricing page does not show a permanent free plan.

Is there a feature-by-feature comparison page?

No. We have not published a Timetastic row inside the feature comparison, because Timetastic is a leave product and the comparison covers full HR systems. Use this page for the price, and the leave and sickness page for how a request works in CitoHR.

Sources

Prices were read from each provider’s own pricing page in November 2026. If a live page disagrees with this one, follow the live page.

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