Deputy and LoggerIQ, compared on the bill as well as the features
Deputy is the established name in Australian rostering. This page sets its published plans, add-ons and billing rules beside LoggerIQ, with a link to the page each fact came from.
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What you get, what you pay and who gets billed
The LoggerIQ column is what ships today. The Deputy column is what Deputy's own pages say, each with a numbered source at the foot of the page. Where they are ahead, the row says so.
| Topic | LoggerIQ | Deputy |
|---|---|---|
| Price and billing | ||
| Published price | US$5 per user per month. Tax included. The same in every country. Free for up to 5 people and 1 site. | Lite US$5, Core US$6.50 and Pro US$9 per user per month in the US. In Australia A$6.75, A$8.75 and A$13. All exclude tax. Source 1Source 2 |
| What the price includes | IncludedRosters, clock entries and timesheets, award interpretation, leave, kiosk, onboarding, documents, letters and policies with e-signature, expenses and Virtual HR. Payroll is the one thing not in the price. | IncludedLite: rostering, timesheets, time clocking and award interpretation. Core adds advanced award interpretation and face clock-in. Pro adds Analytics+ and Messaging+. Source 3 |
| What costs extra | IncludedNo add-on modules to unlock what you were shown. Payroll is not in the price. | Costs extraPer user per month: HR US$2 (A$3.50), Messaging+ US$1.95 (A$2.75), Analytics+ US$1.50 (A$2). Payroll A$5 in Australia. SMS is charged per message. Source 1 |
| Minimum spend | No minimum monthly invoice | US$30 or A$30 per month per invoice on monthly plans. Annual plans need at least 4 users in Australia. Source 4 |
| Who is billed | Billed: workers; kiosk-only workers; managers and admins. Free: pending invites; leavers; auditors. Seats added or removed mid-month are prorated. | Every user not archived for the whole month, including people not yet invited. Admins and test users count. Someone added or archived mid-month is billed for the full month. Source 4 |
| Contract | No lock-in contract: cancel any time to stop the next charge | Monthly or a 12-month annual plan at 10% off. Annual plans give no refund on cancellation and cannot drop users mid-term. Source 5 |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial of Pro. Free for up to 5 people and 1 site. | Up to 31 days, no credit card. Source 6 |
| Shift work | ||
| Award interpretation | With limits11 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. | IncludedOn every plan. Core and Pro have advanced award interpretation. Source 2 |
| Shared kiosk | IncludedA shared tablet at the site where people clock in with a PIN or card. | IncludedKiosk for iPad and Time Clock for Android, with PIN clock-in. Face clock-in on Core and Pro. Source 7 |
| HR | ||
| Onboarding and documents | IncludedOnboarding, documents, letters, policies and forms, in the price. | Costs extraOnboarding and documents are in the HR add-on. Source 5 |
| E-signature | IncludedBuilt in, typed or drawn, for letters, policies, declarations and forms. Each signature is bound to the exact content signed. | Costs extraIn the HR add-on, signed through Dropbox Sign. Source 8 |
| Pay | ||
| Payroll in Australia | Not offeredNot available yet. Approved hours go to Xero as a draft timesheet or out as an import file for MYOB or Employment Hero payroll. | Costs extraDeputy Payroll, launched June 2025, with award interpretation and STP Phase 2. A$5 per user per month as an add-on. Source 9 |
| Platform | ||
| Mobile app | With limitsAn installable web app that works offline and queues clock entries. The native iOS and Android app is built and in testing, not yet in the stores. | IncludedNative iOS and Android apps. Source 10 |
| Integrations | With limitsXero and QuickBooks Online, payroll import files, single sign-on and badge readers. A short list, kept working. | IncludedA public integrations directory covering payroll, point of sale and HR systems. Source 11 |
| Where the data is held | Records stored in Australia. Some processing, including AI, runs overseas; see the trust page. | Australia, the United Kingdom or the United States. ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II. Source 12 |
The honest read
Where Deputy is ahead, where LoggerIQ is and why.
Deputy is the more mature product. It has native iOS and Android apps in the stores, award interpretation on every plan, its own payroll in Australia since June 2025 and data hosting in Australia, the United Kingdom or the United States, backed by ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II. LoggerIQ holds neither certification today, its native app is still in testing and Australian payroll is not available yet.
The difference is in how the bill is built. Deputy's plans start at US$5 per user per month before tax. Onboarding, documents and e-signature sit in the HR add-on, messaging and analytics are add-ons below Pro and monthly plans carry a minimum of US$30 per invoice. Deputy bills people who have not been invited yet and charges a full month for anyone added or archived partway through it. The billing rows above set those rules beside ours.
Award coverage is narrower on our side. LoggerIQ interprets 11 modern awards and shows the clause behind every pay line, so a payroll officer can check the working. If your award is not one of them, Deputy's award library is the safer choice today.
Moving across is built in: LoggerIQ reads Deputy's own people, timesheet and roster exports with a preset, shows every problem row before anything is written and can undo an import in one step.
What 25 people cost a month
Core is the plan Deputy starts a trial on. The HR add-on is what brings onboarding, documents and e-signature, which LoggerIQ includes. Payroll is left out on both sides.
Who takes a paid seat at LoggerIQ and who does not:
- Workers: billed. Anyone who clocks in, takes a shift or submits a request is a seat.
- Kiosk-only workers: billed. Someone who only ever clocks in at a shared kiosk still counts, because their hours are kept and paid like everyone else's.
- Managers and admins: billed. People who run rosters and approve hours are seats too.
- Pending invites: free. Someone you have invited or imported costs nothing until they accept and join.
- Leavers: free. When someone leaves, their seat stops. Their records stay, at no charge, for as long as the law asks you to keep them.
- Auditors: free. Read-only access with an end date for your auditor costs nothing.
- Everyone on the team
- 25 users × US$5US$125
- Tax
- IncludedUS$0
- A month
- US$125
Tax included: nothing is added at checkout. See pricing
- Core
- 25 users × US$6.50US$162.50
- Tax
- Not in the figureExtra
- A month
- US$162.50 plus any tax
Published excluding all applicable taxes, so any sales tax is added. Source 1
- Core
- 25 users × US$6.50US$162.50
- HR add-on
- 25 users × US$2US$50
- Tax
- Not in the figureExtra
- A month
- US$212.50 plus any tax
Published excluding all applicable taxes, so any sales tax is added. Source 5
- Core
- 25 users × A$8.75A$218.75
- HR add-on
- 25 users × A$3.50A$87.50
- GST at 10%
- AddedA$30.63
- A month
- A$336.88
Prices are published excluding GST, so 10% GST is added. Source 2
We do not convert between currencies: exchange rates move and each bill is charged in the currency shown. Compare at the day’s rate.
Moving from Deputy
LoggerIQ reads Deputy's own export files with a column preset, so the mapping is done for you and you check it rather than build it.
Sources
Every Deputy fact on this page, with the page it came from and the day we read it. Anything we could not confirm is left out.
- Deputy pricing (US)
- Deputy pricing (Australia)
- Deputy help: what each plan includes
- Deputy help: pricing FAQs (who is billed, minimum spend)
- Deputy help: annual plans and the HR add-on
- Deputy home page (Australia)
- Deputy help: Kiosk and Time Clock
- Deputy help: signing documents
- Deputy help: Deputy Payroll in Australia
- Deputy mobile apps
- Deputy integrations directory
- Deputy security and data residency
Deputy is a trademark of its owner. LoggerIQ is not affiliated with or endorsed by it. Found something out of date? Tell us at support@loggeriq.io and we will correct it.
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