Planday Review 2026: Pricing, Pros and Cons
Reviewed November 1, 2026 by Loïc Joachim
A Danish scheduling platform (owned by Xero) with a punch clock in the mobile app.
| Best for | European hospitality and retail businesses using Xero. |
|---|---|
| How staff clock in | Mobile app |
| Free plan | No |
| 20 staff | $67 / month |
| 50 staff | $168 / month |
| 100 staff | $336 / month |
| Made in | England |
| Website | planday.com |
Prices are in US dollars for the cheapest plan that includes a time clock, as of our last review. Check the vendor's site for current pricing.
Our Planday review
Planday is a scheduling platform from Denmark, now owned by Xero. The punch clock lives in the mobile app and supports geolocation.
It is a good scheduling tool, especially for European hospitality, but the time clock is secondary and pricing is per user.
Pros
- Mature scheduling for hospitality and retail
- Owned by Xero, with strong payroll links
- Mobile punch clock with geolocation
Cons
- Per user pricing
- The punch clock is secondary to scheduling
- Mostly focused on European markets
Planday features
- Tablet kiosk app
- Clock in from a phone
- Desktop app
- Proprietary hardware clock
- Paper card punching
- PIN entry
- NFC cards or tags
- Face recognition
- Fingerprint reader
- GPS location checks
- Cloud based
- Ongoing subscription
- Locks you into their hardware
Looking for something simpler?
Timeclock.Kiwi was built by people who were fed up with time clocks that take three screens and a training session to use. Staff tap their name and a PIN on any tablet, a photo is taken in the background, and hours export straight to your payroll. You pay per kiosk, not per employee, from $5 a month.
Free for 3 months, no credit card required.
Planday alternatives
- Homebase A broad scheduling, time clock and HR toolkit for hourly teams, with a free plan for small single location businesses.
- 7shifts Restaurant scheduling software with a separate time clock app called 7punches.
- Connecteam An all in one app for deskless teams with a time clock, scheduling, chat and forms, priced with a flat base for the first 30 users.
- Gusto A leading US payroll provider whose time tools and kiosk come with the Plus and Premium payroll plans.