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Slide your team size and pick what matters. This shows the real monthly cost and tells you honestly where another tool fits better. Batch only wins the rows it genuinely wins.

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Batch is competitive here

At 12 staff, the lowest published cost that fits your filters is Batch at £10/mo. Batch is £10 flat and does not rise as you hire. The one thing none of them do is track the proposed 2027 employment-rights rules, which is where Batch is different.

Monthly cost at 12 staff

Cheapest first. Per-user tools are shown at their entry rate. Quote-only tools do not publish a price.

Batch2027 preview
£10/mo
flat, any headcount
✓ Clock✓ AI rota✓ 2027 rules
Best for: A flat price at any team size, with the AI rota builder and a preview of the 2027 employment-rights rules built in.
Findmyshift
£25/mo
from, per team
✓ Clock× AI rota× 2027 rules
Best for: A free, no-frills rota for a small team of up to five.
Planday
£35.88/mo
from, per user, per month
✓ Clock~ AI rota× 2027 rules
Best for: A polished per-user platform with punch clock and payroll reporting, handy if you use Xero.
Deputy
£39/mo
from, per user, per month
✓ Clock✓ AI rota× 2027 rules
Best for: Geofenced kiosks, biometric clock-in and payroll integrations today, if you can pay per person.
RotaCloud
Quote
scales, larger bands on request
~ Clock× AI rota× 2027 rules
Best for: A cheap, UK-built rota for a very small team, with attendance as a low-cost add-on.
Rotaready
Quote
price on request
✓ Clock✓ AI rota× 2027 rules
Best for: Larger hospitality groups wanting AI forecasting and a managed rollout, with pricing on request.
Bizimply
Quote
price on request
✓ Clock~ AI rota× 2027 rules
Best for: Multi-site operators wanting rota, attendance and HR in one, with pricing on request.
ToolPrice modelFree planTime clockAI rota2027 rules (preview)PayrollUK
Batch£10 flat, unlimitedNo✓✓✓✓✓
FindmyshiftFree up to 5, then from ~£25up to 5✓NoNopart✓
RotaCloudfrom £10 (up to 5) + £4.50 clockNopartNoNopart✓
Deputy£3.25 to £6.50 / user (about £20 min)No✓✓No✓part
Plandayfrom £2.99 / user (min 5)No✓partNo✓part
RotareadyCustom quoteNo✓✓No✓✓
BizimplyCustom quoteNo✓partNopart✓
How to read this.Batch is the only one that already tracks the Employment Rights Act 2025 rights (guaranteed hours, shift-notice and short-notice pay) against the government's proposed thresholds, which you can set yourself. That is our honest edge, not price, and it is a preview: the regulations that fix the numbers are expected in 2027, so no tool can promise exact figures yet, and incumbents may add their own compliance features later. At a very small team, a free plan or a £10 rota beats us on cost, and we say so above. Several rivals are more feature-rich for payroll and kiosks today.

Pricing and free-tier details verified from each vendor's own pricing page in July 2026. Quote-only vendors (Rotaready, Bizimply, and RotaCloud above five staff) do not publish rates, so no figure is shown rather than a guessed one. Deputy and Planday are shown at their published entry per-user rate; your real cost depends on the tier and add-ons you choose.

Sources: Deputy · RotaCloud · Planday · Rotaready · Bizimply · Findmyshift

One tool at a time

If you are weighing up a single tool, each page below says what it does well before it says where we differ.

RotareadyRotaready pricing, and the flat-price alternativeRotaCloudRotaCloud or BatchStaff: the same £10, different rulesDeputyA Deputy alternative that does not charge per personPlandayA Planday alternative at one flat price
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