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Overview

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Calamari makes time-off and attendance management easier. It;s integrated with Slack, JIRA, Google Apps, MS Teams, Basecamp,...

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Book time off quicker than ever with Pause, and improve communication and transparency in your team. Pause is available both...

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

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Pricing

Starting from

2

/user

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

1

/user

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.7

545

5

4

3

2

1

399

135

10

0

1

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
99%
would recommend this app

4.7

340

5

4

3

2

1

262

71

6

0

1

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
99%
would recommend this app

Pros

They have worked with us to set up our system with all the nuances of our PTO policies. The price is amazing for an intuitive product with excellent customer support.
It's a friendly user application, easy to navigate yourself through it. Additionally, they have an amazing costumer service team always willing to solve any issues in a timely manner.
It is very user friendly, has a good asthetic, and is easy to educate company employees on the functionality, benefits, and accessibility.

Pros

The serene graphics and soothing sounds instantly helped me relax and refocus my mind. I appreciated the customizable options that allowed me to tailor the experience to my personal preferences.
Easy to apply for longer leaves - selection of duration is easy to use. Public holidays being added are a nice touch - and the slack bot is very useful.
When we login in to application, the interface looks very cool. After working on multiple professional tabs when we see something like this our mind and heart feels good.

Cons

Entitlement reporting is confusing and hard to follow.
Sometimes I have trouble because it is so simplified that I'm not looking in the right places for options. When they are right in front of me, I just don't realize it.
There is little that is missing from this software and they are always making updates. I would say if you have a lot of employees it takes some time to set them all up initially.

Cons

No leaves mails from the team, as everything directly goes on Pause. No manual tracking who is on leave.
No support for work from home requests/status. UI in slack is confusing.
So, there's this option where Pause will automatically update my status on Slack when I'm on leave - my only issue with this feature is that the leave message/status and emoji are not customizable.
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review22 days ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last reviewa year ago

Key features

  • Total features58
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Approval Process Control
  • Approval Workflow
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Automatic Time Capture
  • Benefits Management
  • Billable & Non-Billable Hours
  • Calendar Management
  • Clock In/Out
  • Compensation Management
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Import/Export
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Onboarding
  • Employee Profiles
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Employee Time Tracking
  • FMLA Administration
  • For Cloud
  • HR Management
  • Leave Policy Management
  • Leave Tracking
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Multi-Location
  • Onboarding
  • Online Time Clock
  • Online Time Tracking
  • Overtime Calculation
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Project Time Tracking
  • Punch card
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Search/Filter
  • Self Service Portal
  • Shift Swapping
  • Sick Leave Tracking
  • Team Calendars
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time Off Management
  • Time Off Requests
  • Time Tracking
  • Timesheet Management
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
  • Variable Workforce
  • Total features22
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Approval Process Control
  • Approval Workflow
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Automatic Time Capture
  • Benefits Management
  • Billable & Non-Billable Hours
  • Calendar Management
  • Clock In/Out
  • Compensation Management
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Import/Export
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Onboarding
  • Employee Profiles
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Employee Time Tracking
  • FMLA Administration
  • For Cloud
  • HR Management
  • Leave Policy Management
  • Leave Tracking
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Multi-Location
  • Onboarding
  • Online Time Clock
  • Online Time Tracking
  • Overtime Calculation
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Project Time Tracking
  • Punch card
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Search/Filter
  • Self Service Portal
  • Shift Swapping
  • Sick Leave Tracking
  • Team Calendars
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time Off Management
  • Time Off Requests
  • Time Tracking
  • Timesheet Management
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
  • Variable Workforce

Integrations

  • Total integrations18
  • ADP Workforce Now
  • BambooHR
  • Gmail
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Workspace
  • Greenhouse
  • Indeed
  • LinkedIn for Business
  • Meta for Business
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Okta
  • SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite
  • Slack
  • Workable
  • Workday HCM
  • Xero
  • Zapier
  • iCIMS Talent Cloud
  • Total integrations2
  • ADP Workforce Now
  • BambooHR
  • Gmail
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Workspace
  • Greenhouse
  • Indeed
  • LinkedIn for Business
  • Meta for Business
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Okta
  • SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite
  • Slack
  • Workable
  • Workday HCM
  • Xero
  • Zapier
  • iCIMS Talent Cloud

User reviews that mention these apps

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Bledar H.

Computer Software, 1-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Calamari

Get thing done easy and cheep

Reviewed a year ago

It is easy to use and has all the features my company needs. Also is cheap compared to others

Pros

The easy to manage employees vacation requests and to track time. Have a mobile app that help do some task on the go.

Cons

It is missing a MacOS and Windows app. For most of the task the web app is enough but it will be great to have a mac/windows app that is faster and can include some extra features such as:- Push notification- Task bar icon that you can see the time tracking status and also ability to start and stop time directly from the task bar. So, you don't need to open the web app just to start the time or to check if you have already started or not. Since I am a developer myself, I have done a small extension that will show an icon on the task bar that indicates if I have started the timer or not. Also, you can start, pause, resume and stop timer from there.

Vendor response

Hello! Thank you for your review. Calamari doesn't have a desktop app but we recently addedd a Clock In/Clock Out widget on our android app. If you have your app updated, you can track your time directly from your smartphone desktop.