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Tanda alternatives, honestly compared

Tanda bundles rostering, HR and payroll in one price. Teams look around when they want the modules without the bundle or a different billing rule. Here are the sourced reasons and the honest shortlist.

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The shortlist

Where we would send a friend leaving Tanda

LoggerIQ is on it. So are products that beat us on some of these rows. Prices are each vendor’s cheapest published entry point; the full comparison pages work out 25 people.

Tanda alternatives compared
ProductEntry price a monthAward interpretationPayroll in AustraliaIn a line
LoggerIQUS$5 per user per month. Tax included.11 modern awards: Hospitality, Retail, Fast Food, Cleaning, Security, Restaurant, Clubs, SCHADS, Hair and Beauty, Aged Care and Nurses. Every pay line names the clause it came from.Not available yet. Approved hours go to Xero as a draft timesheet or out as an import file for MYOB or Employment Hero payroll.One price with HR, kiosk and e-signature in it. A 30-day free trial.
DeputyA$6.75 or US$5 Per user, Lite, plus tax. HR and payroll extra. Source 4On every plan. Core and Pro have advanced award interpretation.Deputy Payroll, launched June 2025, with award interpretation and STP Phase 2. A$5 per user per month as an add-on.The established name, with its own Australian payroll as an add-on.
RosterElfA$6 Per employee, Core on annual billing, plus GST. Source 5Included in Core.No payroll of its own. Exports and syncs to Xero and MYOB.Close on price, award interpretation in Core, Australian hosting.
Employment HeroA$10 Per employee, HR Essentials, plus GST. Rostering extra. Source 6Modern award interpretation in the Payroll plan. Award-based roster costing is in the rostering add-on.The Payroll plan at A$10 per employee per month or inside Employment Unlimited.HR and payroll first, with rostering as an add-on.
HumanforceBy quote Implementation costs on top. Source 7More than 120 modern awards interpreted.Native payroll in Australia and New Zealand with STP2 and superannuation.For larger employers and enterprise agreements, by quote.
ConnecteamUS$29 Per hub, first 30 users, annual billing. Source 8Not listed on their own pages.No payroll of its own. Integrations include Xero (Australia, UK and NZ) and MYOB.A flat hub price for up to 30 users, no award interpretation listed.

Each product’s award and payroll entries are sourced on its comparison page. Plans change: check the vendor’s page before you decide.

Before you switch

Eight things to check first

Whichever product you move to, these decide whether the first pay run is calm.

  1. Your notice and renewal dates

    Read your current plan’s cancellation terms and when an annual term ends. The reasons above link to Tanda’s own rules.

  2. Export everything while you still have access

    People, pay rates, past timesheets, the next few weeks of roster and any payroll reports. Keep the files: records have to be kept for 7 years.

  3. Opening leave balances on the switch day

    Agree the date, then take each person’s balance as at that day.

  4. Each person’s award and classification

    LoggerIQ interprets 11 modern awards. Check that every award your team is on is covered by the product you choose.

  5. Year-to-date pay, if you switch mid-year

    Gross, tax and super to date, so year-end figures still add up.

  6. Kiosks and devices at each site

    Who clocks in where and on what device. Who sets each one up on the day.

  7. Where approved hours go for pay

    Your payroll system decides the hand-off. LoggerIQ sends approved hours to Xero or writes an import file for MYOB or Employment Hero payroll.

  8. One pay period side by side

    Run one cycle in both systems and compare pay line by line before you turn the old one off.

Moving to LoggerIQ

How the import from Tanda works

There is no Tanda preset yet. LoggerIQ reads any CSV and matches common column names such as Employee ID, Location and Start time automatically; you confirm or change each column before anything is written.

  1. Export the files from Tanda

    Any CSV works. Export people, rates, leave balances, the coming roster and past timesheets as separate files.

  2. Import in this order

    Later files look up earlier ones, so a roster can find its people and sites.

    • Sites. Places people clock in at, with a pin and a radius.
    • People. Names, contact details, role, team, site, start date, award and base rate.
    • Pay rates. Hourly rates or monthly salaries from a date.
    • Opening leave balances. What each person has owing on the day you switch.
    • Roster (next four weeks). Rostered shifts from today to four weeks ahead, imported as drafts to publish.
    • Year-to-date pay. Opening gross, tax and super (or PF) so a mid-year start is correct.
    • Past timesheets. Approved hours from before the switch, kept read-only for the record.

  3. Check the dry run

    Before anything is written, every row with a problem is listed with the reason. You can change any column mapping by hand.

  4. Commit, with undo if you need it

    The import is written in small batches and picks up where it stopped if a tab closes. Undo removes what that import added; anything that has since been used elsewhere is kept and named.

  5. Send invites when you are ready

    Imported people are not emailed until an admin sends the invites. Someone you have invited or imported costs nothing until they accept and join.

Imports are run by a workspace admin and ask for a fresh second factor before they write or undo. Stuck on a column? Email support@loggeriq.io with the file headers and we will help you map it.

Evidence

Sources

Every vendor fact on this page, with the page it came from and the day we read it.

  1. Tanda pricingtanda.com.au/pricingChecked
  2. Tanda help: billing calculation from 12 January 2026help.tanda.co/en/articles/13123895-changes-to-tanda-s-billing-calculation-from-12th-january-2026Checked
  3. Tanda help: account billing details and contract lengthhelp.tanda.co/en/articles/417529-manage-account-billing-detailsChecked
  4. Deputy pricing (Australia)deputy.com/au/pricingChecked
  5. RosterElf pricingrosterelf.com/pricingChecked
  6. Employment Hero pricing (Australia)employmenthero.com/au/pricing/Checked
  7. Humanforce pricinghumanforce.com/pricingChecked
  8. Connecteam pricingconnecteam.com/pricing/Checked

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