AttendanceBot
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Attendance and Time Tracking All-In-One Time Off and Time Tracking effortless, automatic, integrated - no spreadsheets needed
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Features
71 features across 13 categories
Administration(3)
Additional non-standard permission levels for granular access control
All 18 permutations of role (3) and role permissions (6)
Unlimited employee data and documents storage including custom fields
Billing(1)
Track time to clients and assign billable rates to automatically calculate billables
Communication(1)
Automatically updates channels with team availability, attendance status, and notifications to keep everyone informed
Configuration(3)
Configure universal, locational, or employee-specific workweeks
Advanced configuration for workweeks and overtime rules
Advanced rules and policies applied based on employee office location
Hybrid Work(8)
Purpose-built calendar for admins to see and manage office capacities
Set policy for who should be in the office and how often
Purpose-built calendar for quickly viewing coworker status and availability
Notifications to the right people at the right time about hybrid work status changes
Unlimited hybrid statuses such as WFH, WFO, field, onsite, travel, and custom statuses
Enable teams to set and update their hybrid work status and availability
Smart reminders to keep everyone on the same page about schedules and statuses
Set capacity limitations and enable seat booking for office spaces
Integration(5)
Direct API access to build custom workflows and integrations
Syncs with Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, and Outlook calendars to keep team availability up to date automatically
Native integration with Microsoft Teams for the same HR management features as Slack
Integrate with Gusto or BambooHR for seamless payroll management
Native integration with Slack allowing users to manage attendance, time off, and scheduling directly within Slack
Leave Management(12)
Create unlimited, fully customized leave types tailored to organizational needs
Set accrual rules at the individual employee level for granular control
Fully customized holiday calendars for unlimited geographies
Support for hourly time off for teams that need granular leave data
Robust accrual rules for different employee groups with configurable accrual periods, types, balance caps, and rollover settings
Approve, deny, and comment on leave requests directly inside Slack or Teams messenger
Configure multi-level approval and notification flows for leave requests
Probationary period settings for new hires that don't immediately accrue leave
Create and assign leaves at fixed intervals automatically
Differential accrual rules based on tenure, office, department, or combinations thereof
Easily request and approve time off directly in Slack or Teams with balance checking
Automatic TOIL generation based on hours worked
Monitoring(3)
Real-time status board so everyone stays up to date on team activity and attendance
Real-time status board displaying team attendance and availability
Monitor who's in, out, available, unavailable, or working on something interesting
Notifications(5)
Notify the right person at the right time, every time
Channel updates with upcoming vacation, daily call-outs, or custom messages
Direct messages so users never forget about upcoming shifts, pending approvals, or daily punch-ins
Comprehensive reminder and notification system to ensure timely actions and updates
Myriad options to inform the right person at the right time about shift changes
Reporting(7)
Create advanced reports based on business requirements
Additional non-standard custom reports tailored to specific needs
Essential data available on-demand, from leave balance and history to daily timesheets or upcoming shifts
Comprehensive timesheet reporting with real-time data
Beautiful dashboard analytics to understand time use across projects and employees
Essential report formats available on demand in CSV or Excel format
Automatically receive reports at preferred time intervals
Scheduling(10)
Full employee rostering software for shift and schedule management
Fully customized coverage criteria for more control over shift assignment
Color-coded shift calendar with daily, weekly, and monthly views with powerful filtering
Leave comments when assigning new shifts for better communication
Comprehensive employee rostering and scheduling functionality
Plan and manage employee shifts and schedules with templates and sign-ups
Let employees view and claim shifts directly from Slack or Teams
Allow employees to cancel, swap, or reassign shifts with cancellation reason capture in reporting
Rapidly schedule common shifts across departments or roles
Synchronize vacation schedules across the system
Support(3)
Awesome chat and ticket support with responsive team
Dedicated Customer Success Manager as a priority specialist
Priority support for faster issue resolution
Time Tracking(10)
Easy employee clock-in and clock-out functionality
Configurable lunch and break times, whether paid or unpaid
Map projects to specific clients to better group time spent
Track time, projects, tasks, and overtime directly in the digital workspace with alerts and notifications
Configurable overtime for daily, weekly, and consecutive-hour overtime tracking
Track time spent on specific projects, tasks, and clients for detailed time insights
Track time on projects and nested sub-projects for deeper time insights
Streamlined project and client tracking integrated with time tracking
Track time and make edits to timesheet entries
Approve and lock timesheets, review approval logs, and activate approval alerts
Pricing
Standard
- ✓Time tracking & editing
- ✓Custom leave types & approvals
- ✓Hybrid statusing & planning
- ✓Real-time reports
- ✓Calendar integration
- ✓Robust reminders, notifications, and announcements
Pro
Popular- ✓Everything in Standard
- ✓Custom workweeks and overtime
- ✓Leave accruals and balances
- ✓Live status board
- ✓Timesheet approvals
- ✓Project, Task, & Client Tracking
- ✓Shift rostering & employee scheduling
Premium
- ✓Everything in Pro
- ✓Dedicated CSM
- ✓Priority support
- ✓Custom reports
- ✓Advanced permissions
- ✓Time-off-in-lieu, probation, and location-based rules
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Integrations
7 known integrations