| Clox | Deputy | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (8 users) | $59/mo, all features | $52/mo on Core, features split by tier |
| Pricing model | One plan, every feature included | Three tiers plus paid add-ons |
| Built for | Trades and field-service crews | Retail, hospitality, healthcare shifts |
| GPS / geofenced job sites | Included | Location capture, not job-site geofencing |
| Offline one-tap clock-in | Included | Kiosk and app clock-in, store-oriented |
| Shift scheduling | Included with enforcement windows | Included and very strong for shift demand |
| Proof of presence (signed, public verify) | Included | None |
| Overtime and break math | Automatic, included | Included, with wage budgeting on higher tiers |
Comparison reflects Deputy's publicly available pricing and features as of July 2026 and may change. Verify current details on their website.
What Deputy does well
The parts worth keeping.
- Excellent shift scheduling for retail, hospitality, and healthcare
- Auto-scheduling, demand forecasting, and wage budgeting on higher tiers
- Low per-user entry price for teams that only need scheduling
- Mature platform with a large integration and payroll ecosystem
- Strong fit for high-turnover, multi-location shift businesses
Why teams switch
Where Clox is the better fit.
Built for trades, with geofenced job sites instead of store shifts
Deputy is designed around retail, hospitality, and healthcare shifts at fixed locations. Clox is built for trades and field-service crews who move between job sites, so clock-in is one tap, works offline, and can be tied to a geofenced worksite. Geofencing is a strong deterrent rather than foolproof, since location comes from the worker's phone, but it fits how a crew actually works in the field.
One plan with every feature, not tiers and add-ons
Deputy splits capability across Lite, Core, and Pro, with items like SSO, custom access, and some analytics and messaging gated to higher tiers or paid add-ons. Clox is a single plan at $29/month including the first 3 users, then $6 per user. Scheduling, geofencing, overtime and break math, payroll exports, and PTO are all included, so you never map a feature to a tier.
Tamper-evident proof of presence with a public verifier
Deputy records timesheets, but it does not publish a tamper-evident, hash-chained record you can hand to a client or auditor. Clox signs and hash-chains every punch and exposes a public verify page, so a disputed timesheet can be checked independently. For trades work where a client questions hours on site, that is a concrete difference.
The verdict
Which one should you pick?
You run a retail, hospitality, or healthcare business with rotating shifts across fixed locations and you need demand forecasting and labor budgeting to build complex rosters.
You run a trades or field-service crew that moves between job sites and wants geofenced clock-in, every feature on one plan, and tamper-evident proof of the hours worked.
This is Clox
No demo required. This is the whole app.
What you see is the whole product. Accurate hours, flagged overtime, and job costs that update as your crew works. Simple enough to set up yourself, and free for 14 days.
Still comparing
Weighing more than one tool?
See the other head-to-heads, run your crew size through the price calculator on the alternatives hub, or check the full Clox pricing.