Pilla vs Deputy

Pilla is a Deputy Alternative

Deputy is a popular shift scheduling platform for hospitality and other industries. Businesses move from Deputy to Pilla because they want a more complete teamwork solution.

Deputy

£4.25p/user monthly

Consider Deputy if you want a powerful shift scheduling platform with AI auto-scheduling, demand forecasting, and labour cost control. Deputy lacks video training, structured work forms, and gamification.

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£2.49/user/month

Everything you need for deskless teams.

Unlimited users
Unlimited storage
Priority support

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Pilla

Everything you need for deskless teams.

Video Training & Policies

Mobile friendly videos: Yes
Unlimited length: Yes
Unlimited storage: Yes
Written descriptions: Yes
Auto transcripts: Yes
Watch time tracking: Yes
Attach videos to work: Yes
Overdue training nudges: Yes
Retraining reminders: Yes
Training completion summaries: Yes
Training gap alerts: Yes
New video notifications: Yes

Shift Scheduling

Recurring shift patterns: Yes
Location-based clock-in: Yes
Clock-in tracking: Yes
Leave requests: Yes
Leave balance tracking: Yes
Shift cost calculation: Yes
Shift cost alerts: Yes
Understaffing warnings: Yes
Overtime alerts: Yes
Fatigue flags: Yes
No-show risk warnings: Yes
Leave clash warnings: Yes
Late clock-in patterns: Yes

Work Management

Recurring work schedule: Yes
Adhoc work forms: Yes
10 element types: Yes
Issue reporting: Yes
Real-time completion tracking: Yes
Activity audit trail: Yes
Missed task patterns: Yes
Issue persistence alerts: Yes
Issue trend reports: Yes

Communication

Direct messages: Yes
Group chat: Yes
Media attachment: Yes
Shift-attached messages: Yes
Work-attached messages: Yes
Message read receipts: Yes
Push notifications: Yes
Morning briefings: Yes
Weekly summary reports: Yes
New joiner welcome messages: Yes
Birthday celebrations: Yes
Work anniversary celebrations: Yes
Quiet member alerts: Yes

Leaderboard

Team points for punctual shifts: Yes
Team points for punctual work: Yes
Hot streak bonuses: Yes
Monthly team rankings: Yes
Clock-in streak celebrations: Yes
Work streak celebrations: Yes

Deputy

Video Training & Policies

Mobile friendly videos: No
Unlimited length: No
Unlimited storage: No
Written descriptions: No
Auto transcripts: No
Watch time tracking: No
Attach videos to work: No
Overdue training nudges: No
Retraining reminders: No
Training completion summaries: No
Training gap alerts: No
New video notifications: No

Shift Scheduling

Recurring shift patterns: Yes
Location-based clock-in: Yes
Clock-in tracking: Yes
Leave requests: Yes
Leave balance tracking: Yes
Shift cost calculation: Yes
Shift cost alerts: No
Understaffing warnings: No
Overtime alerts: No
Fatigue flags: No
No-show risk warnings: No
Leave clash warnings: No
Late clock-in patterns: No

Work Management

Recurring work schedule: Yes
Adhoc work forms: No
10 element types: No
Issue reporting: No
Real-time completion tracking: Yes
Activity audit trail: No
Missed task patterns: No
Issue persistence alerts: No
Issue trend reports: No

Communication

Direct messages: Yes
Group chat: Yes
Media attachment: Yes
Shift-attached messages: Yes
Work-attached messages: No
Message read receipts: Yes
Push notifications: Yes
Morning briefings: No
Weekly summary reports: No
New joiner welcome messages: No
Birthday celebrations: No
Work anniversary celebrations: No
Quiet member alerts: No

Leaderboard

Team points for punctual shifts: No
Team points for punctual work: No
Hot streak bonuses: No
Monthly team rankings: No
Clock-in streak celebrations: No
Work streak celebrations: No

Video Training & Policies

Core	Pilla	Deputy
Mobile friendly videos	Yes	No
Unlimited length	Yes	No
Unlimited storage	Yes	No
Written descriptions	Yes	No
Auto transcripts	Yes	No
Watch time tracking	Yes	No
Attach videos to work	Yes	No
Most popular Poppi AI
Overdue training nudges	Yes	No
Retraining reminders	Yes	No
Training completion summaries	Yes	No
Training gap alerts	Yes	No
New video notifications	Yes	No

Shift Scheduling

Core	Pilla	Deputy
Recurring shift patterns	Yes	Yes
Location-based clock-in	Yes	Yes
Clock-in tracking	Yes	Yes
Leave requests	Yes	Yes
Leave balance tracking	Yes	Yes
Shift cost calculation	Yes	Yes
Most popular Poppi AI
Shift cost alerts	Yes	No
Understaffing warnings	Yes	No
Overtime alerts	Yes	No
Fatigue flags	Yes	No
No-show risk warnings	Yes	No
Leave clash warnings	Yes	No
Late clock-in patterns	Yes	No

Work Management

Core	Pilla	Deputy
Recurring work schedule	Yes	Yes
Adhoc work forms	Yes	No
10 element types	Yes	No
Issue reporting	Yes	No
Real-time completion tracking	Yes	Yes
Activity audit trail	Yes	No
Most popular Poppi AI
Missed task patterns	Yes	No
Issue persistence alerts	Yes	No
Issue trend reports	Yes	No

Communication

Core	Pilla	Deputy
Direct messages	Yes	Yes
Group chat	Yes	Yes
Media attachment	Yes	Yes
Shift-attached messages	Yes	Yes
Work-attached messages	Yes	No
Message read receipts	Yes	Yes
Push notifications	Yes	Yes
Most popular Poppi AI
Morning briefings	Yes	No
Weekly summary reports	Yes	No
New joiner welcome messages	Yes	No
Birthday celebrations	Yes	No
Work anniversary celebrations	Yes	No
Quiet member alerts	Yes	No

Leaderboard

Core	Pilla	Deputy
Team points for punctual shifts	Yes	No
Team points for punctual work	Yes	No
Hot streak bonuses	Yes	No
Monthly team rankings	Yes	No
Most popular Poppi AI
Clock-in streak celebrations	Yes	No
Work streak celebrations	Yes	No

Pilla vs Deputy

Pilla is a Deputy Alternative

Deputy

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Pilla

Video Training & Policies

Shift Scheduling

Work Management

Communication

Leaderboard

Deputy

Video Training & Policies

Shift Scheduling

Work Management

Communication

Leaderboard

Feature comparison

Video Training & Policies

Shift Scheduling

Work Management

Communication

Leaderboard