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A Deputy alternative that does not charge per person

Deputy is one of the biggest names in scheduling and it is priced per user: from £3.25 per person per month with a minimum spend, and more on the higher tiers. For a team of 12 that starts at about £39 a month; at 25 it is over £80. BatchStaff is £10 a month whether you have five staff or fifty.

Monthly cost by team size

StaffDeputyBatchStaff
5£20 / mo from, per user, per month£10 / mo flat
12£39 / mo from, per user, per month£10 / mo flat
25£81.25 / mo from, per user, per month£10 / mo flat

Deputy pricing from its own pricing page, July 2026, at the published entry rate; your real cost depends on tier and add-ons. Quote-only means no published price, so none is shown. BatchStaff prices exclude VAT.

Where Deputy is the better fit

  • Kiosk and biometric clock-in, geofenced mobile clock-in, and deep payroll integrations, all mature.
  • AI-assisted scheduling and demand forecasting on the higher tiers.
  • Global product with a large app ecosystem; strong if you already run Deputy across several countries or brands.

Where BatchStaff is different

  • One flat price that does not rise as you hire. The per-user model is exactly what hurts a growing hospitality team.
  • An AI builder that asks before it guesses, enforces UK working-time rules on the result, and a week check for hand-built weeks.
  • Built around UK rules: WTR checks, under-18 limits, holiday accrual at 12.07% on the payroll export, and the Employment Rights Act preview.
  • Nothing for staff to install. A link, a browser, notifications on the phone.

The honest call

If you need biometric kiosks or run sites in several countries, Deputy earns its price. If you run UK venues and the per-person bill is the thing that bothers you, BatchStaff does the rota, the swaps, the clock and the compliance for £10 flat.

Questions people ask

How much does Deputy cost in the UK?

From £3.25 per user per month on the entry tier, with a minimum monthly spend of around £20, rising on the Premium and Enterprise tiers. Your real cost depends on the tier and the add-ons.

Can I move my rota from Deputy to BatchStaff?

There is no automatic import today. Most teams add their staff with the invite code, set opening hours and staffing needs, and let the AI build the first week. It takes an afternoon, not a project.

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