ekoni vs Deputy
Both handle rostering and time and attendance for a hospitality or retail team. Stock counting, supplier ordering and shift tasks live only in ekoni, in the same app as the roster.
One app for the whole shift.
Deputy schedules the shift and tracks the clock. ekoni does that too, and adds the count that decides what gets ordered. When someone counts stock in ekoni, the count updates the live stock level and drafts the supplier order in the same app, against the same roster and the same team. Stock counting and supplier ordering are not part of Deputy, so that work happens in a separate tool, or on paper.
- A stock count moves the live stock level automatically
- A stock count drafts a supplier order in the same app
- Stock, ordering, tasks and the roster share one login for the team
- Stock counting is free to start, no matter how big the team gets
What each product covers
| Capability | ekoni | Deputy |
|---|---|---|
| Rostering and scheduling | Yes | Yes |
| Clock in and time and attendance | Yes | Yes |
| Shift tasks | Yes | Yes (Tasking) |
| Stock counting | Free | Not offered |
| Supplier ordering drafted from a count | Yes | Not offered |
| Payroll | Not offered yet | Yes |
| Australian award interpretation | Not offered | Yes |
Payroll and award interpretation.
Deputy has spent years on payroll and Australian award interpretation, matching timesheets to the right award, penalty rates and overtime rules, and pushing that through to payroll. That depth is real, and ekoni does not try to match it today. If award interpretation and payroll are the main problem in your business, Deputy covers ground ekoni does not.
ekoni vs Deputy, plainly
?Does ekoni replace Deputy?
Not for payroll and Australian award interpretation. Deputy has built deep, purpose made tools for matching timesheets to award rules and pushing pay through to payroll, and ekoni does not offer that today. Where ekoni is different is stock counting, supplier ordering and shift tasks living in the same app as the roster, so a count updates stock and drafts the order without a second tool.
?Does Deputy do stock counting or supplier ordering?
No. Deputy's product is scheduling, time and attendance, tasking and payroll. Stock counting and supplier ordering are not part of Deputy, so a business using Deputy for rostering still needs a separate tool, or paper, for stock.
?Is stock counting free in ekoni?
Yes. Stock counting is free in ekoni no matter how big the team gets. Rostering, ordering and the rest of the platform are priced separately.
?Can a business use ekoni alongside Deputy?
Yes. Some businesses run Deputy for payroll and award interpretation and use ekoni for stock counting, ordering and tasks. The two cover different ground rather than competing directly.
?Does ekoni do Australian award interpretation?
No, not today. That is Deputy's strength, matching timesheets to the correct award, penalty rates and overtime. ekoni's rostering covers the schedule and the clock, not award interpretation.
See the count that drafts the order.
Stock counting is free to start, and it's the piece Deputy does not do.
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