A Deputy alternative that you'll want to use every day.

We obviously think that Coast is pretty great for anyone looking for a employee scheduling software, but here’s an honest answer:

Both platforms have an awesome employee scheduling feature to create work schedules for your staff, allows for shift trades, and request time off. Both have a mobile app that lets your staff view the schedule on the go.

The major difference between Coast and Deputy is that Coast focuses on more than just employee scheduling. It has a strong team messaging feature to streamline your team communication, a task management feature to ensure that your team gets work done, and the ability to create workflows for all parts of your business. Deputy’s greatest strength is in it’s scheduling feature and it’s integrations to payroll software.

Ultimately, the best platform comes down to what you need to manage your team.

If you’re looking for an all-in-one platform for team messaging, scheduling, tasks, reminders, to do lists, checklists, and workflows, then Coast is for you. Coast replaces multiple apps and tools brings it all in one place to get work done.

If you just need a employee scheduling solution, we encourage you to give both platform a try and decide for yourself. Coast offer’s a free plan that you can use for as long as you like with no commitments needed. Deputy offers a 31-day trial and does not have a free plan after the trial.

Yes! Coast has a free version that lets you add unlimited users, send unlimited messages, create and assign unlimited tasks, and schedule your team. There’s no credit card required to sign up and use the free version.

No, Deputy only offers a 31-day free trial, and afterwards you’ll have to sign up for a paid plan. There is no free version.

It can take anywhere from 1 minute to 5 minutes depending on how big your team is. We’ve made it easy to invite your team using your contact list, phone number, or email.

Here are few other options:  Homebase, When I Work, Sling, OpenSimSim, and Humanity. All of these have a employee scheduling feature, as well as a free version for you to try.