Is Field a good alternative to Deputy if I also need job management?

Yes. Field puts jobs, quotes, invoices and online booking in the same app as rosters and timesheets. Deputy focuses on scheduling, time and attendance, and payroll for shift work.

Can staff swap shifts and pick up open shifts in both?

Yes. In Field, your team accepts rosters on their phone, picks up open shifts and swaps. In Deputy, staff can claim open shifts and swap shifts with suitable team members in the app.

Which one keeps working with no signal?

Field saves clock-ins, notes and photos with no signal and syncs them when you are back in range. Deputy says its mobile app is read-only offline, and its iOS Kiosk can start and end shifts offline.

Field vs Deputy

Field vs Deputy. You be the judge.

Deputy is scheduling, time and payroll software for shift work. Single sites, multi-site businesses, franchises and large companies use it, in industries like hospitality, retail, healthcare, cleaning and construction.

Go with Field if

your shifts are jobs at customer sites and you need to quote, book and invoice that work too.

Start free

Free in beta. No card required. See our pricing page.

Go with Deputy if

you run shift-based sites and want demand forecasting, break rules and one-click payroll exports.

Who Deputy suits

Businesses built on shift work and hourly staff. (source)
Single site, multi-site, franchise and enterprise businesses. (source)
Industries like hospitality, retail, healthcare, security, cleaning and construction. (source)

Where Field is different

Field adds the job side: quotes, invoices and online booking for your customers. These are not shown on Deputy's site.
Field has safety forms and incident reports built in. These are not shown on Deputy's features page.
With no signal, Field saves clock-ins, notes and photos on the phone and syncs them later. Deputy says its mobile app is read-only offline, and offline clock-in works on its iOS Kiosk.

Head to head

Yes
Partly
No (they say so)
Not shown on their website

Field and Deputy compared feature by feature
What you need	Field	Deputy
Jobs, quotes and invoices in one place	Yes	Not shown
Rosters your team accepts, plus open shifts and swaps	Yes	Yes
Clock in checked against the job site	Yes	YesGeofence
Timesheets ready for payroll	YesExport your checked hours for payroll	Yes
Customers book online	Yes	Not shown
Safety forms and incident reports	Yes	Not shown
Team messages and announcements	Yes	YesNews feed
Keeps working with no signal	PartlyClock-ins, notes and photos save, then sync when you're back in range	PartlyMobile app is read-only offline; iOS Kiosk can clock shifts offline
Your team keep their own signed work record	Yes	Not shown
Post work to find extra staff	Yes	Not shown
App from the App Store or Google Play	NoInstalls from your phone's browser in a tap	Yes
Connects to your accounting software	NoNot yet. Export your records instead	YesQuickBooks, Xero and NetSuite

Where Field wins

Book the job, quote it, roster the crew and invoice it, all in one app.
Your crew can clock in on their own phone with no signal, and it syncs later.
Short of hands? Post the work on Find staff.

Where Deputy wins

Frequently asked

Is Field a good alternative to Deputy if I also need job management?
Yes. Field puts jobs, quotes, invoices and online booking in the same app as rosters and timesheets. Deputy focuses on scheduling, time and attendance, and payroll for shift work.
Can staff swap shifts and pick up open shifts in both?
Yes. In Field, your team accepts rosters on their phone, picks up open shifts and swaps. In Deputy, staff can claim open shifts and swap shifts with suitable team members in the app.
Which one keeps working with no signal?
Field saves clock-ins, notes and photos with no signal and syncs them when you are back in range. Deputy says its mobile app is read-only offline, and its iOS Kiosk can start and end shifts offline.

Take Field for a spin

Set up today. Bring your crew in when you’re ready.