OneBookPlus vs Deputy
Rostering plus everything else
Deputy is great for shift scheduling — but at $5.5–$9.5/user/month, it only handles rostering. OneBookPlus gives service businesses rostering PLUS invoicing, CRM, bookings, accounting, and marketing from $0/month.
Key takeaways
5- Deputy pricing (AUD): Scheduling $5.5/user/month, Time & Attendance $5.5/user/month, Premium (both modules) $9.5/user/month, Enterprise custom — every seat is billed. Payroll runs through a Xero/MYOB integration, not Deputy itself.
- Deputy is dedicated rostering and time & attendance software with no invoicing, accounting, CRM, or marketing. Most AU businesses run Deputy + Xero or MYOB (≈$35–$120/month) + a separate booking/CRM tool — so the real stack is well above the headline $5.5/user.
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- OneBookPlus bundles rostering, native STP Phase 2 payroll, accounting, GST invoicing, online bookings, CRM, and marketing in one platform from $0/month (Free), $29/month (Starter), or $69/month (Growth) — with no per-user charge on those tiers, so adding staff doesn't push the bill up.
- Parity exists on the basics both tools need: shift scheduling, time & attendance, timesheet approval, modern-award rate calculation, and STP Phase 2 reporting. OneBookPlus then adds the invoice-to-BAS half of the business that Deputy leaves to other software.
- Where Deputy wins: a deep, configurable award-interpretation library (SCHADS, Hospitality, Retail) and sales-driven demand forecasting for high-frequency, multi-site rostering — genuinely deeper than OneBookPlus there. Where OneBookPlus wins: total cost (replaces Deputy + Xero + a CRM + a booking tool), no per-user pricing, and one customer-to-cash record from roster through invoice to BAS.
At a glance
What you get with each platform
OneBookPlus
From $0/mo — everything included
- Shift scheduling & rostering
- Time & attendance tracking
- GST invoicing & quoting
- Online booking page
- CRM & client management
- Accounting & P&L reports
- BAS / ATO tax summaries
- Email marketing & campaigns
- Australian-built & supported
Deputy
From $5.5/user/mo — rostering only
- Shift scheduling
- Time & attendance
- Timesheet approval
- Award interpretation
- Invoicing
- CRM & client management
- Online bookings
- Accounting & P&L
- Requires separate invoicing & accounting tools
Feature by feature
OneBookPlus vs Deputy — detailed comparison
See exactly what's included in each platform. OneBookPlus gives service businesses rostering plus a complete business toolkit at one price.
| Feature | OneBookPlus | Deputy |
|---|---|---|
| Shift scheduling & rostering | ||
| Time & attendance tracking | ||
| Timesheet approval | ||
| Award interpretation | ||
| Employee availability | ||
| GST-compliant invoicing | ||
| Online booking page | ||
| CRM & contact management | ||
| Email marketing | ||
| Accounting & P&L reports | ||
| BAS / ATO tax summaries | ||
| Quoting | ||
| Expense tracking | ||
| Job management & pipeline | ||
| Google review requests | ||
| Native mobile app | ||
| Free plan available | ||
| Price (AUD) | From $0/mo | $5.5–$9.5/user/mo |
| All included | Rostering only |
Category by category
The 16 dimensions Australian rostering buyers check first
Where a per-user rostering specialist and an all-in-one AU-tax-native platform actually diverge — including the rows where Deputy is genuinely deeper. Cited against Deputy’s public pages.
| Category | Feature | OneBookPlus | Deputy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rostering | Drag-and-drop shift scheduling | Yes | Yes |
| Time & attendance | Clock-in kiosk + GPS / geofence stamping | Clock-in + timesheets | Kiosk + GPS clock-in [src] |
| Award interpretation | Modern-award pay-rate calculation (SCHADS, Hospitality, Retail, GRIA) | Core AU awards | Deep, configurable award library [src] |
| Demand forecasting | Sales/foot-traffic-driven roster forecasting | No | Yes — flagship workforce feature [src] |
| Invoicing | GST-native invoicing + ABN validation | Yes | No |
| Quotes & jobs | Quote to job to invoice pipeline | Yes | No |
| Bookings | Customer-facing online booking page | Yes | No |
| CRM | Client records, history, communications | Yes | No |
| Accounting | P&L, balance sheet, expense tracking | Yes | No |
| GST / BAS | Quarterly BAS-ready reports (G1, 1A, 1B) | Yes | No |
| Bank feeds | Australian CDR bank feeds + AI categorisation | Yes | No |
| Payroll | STP Phase 2 lodgement & SuperStream | Native STP Phase 2 | Via Xero/MYOB integration [src] |
| Marketing | Email campaigns + Google review requests | Yes | No |
| Mobile | Native iOS + Android app | iOS + Android | iOS + Android (staff app) [src] |
| Pricing model | How seats are charged | Flat plan (no per-user on Free/Starter/Growth) | Per user / month, every seat [src] |
| Data residency | Where customer data is stored | AWS Sydney (ap-southeast-2) | Check vendor page [src] |
| Starting price (AUD, inc. GST) | From $0/mo | From A$5.5/user/mo | |
| Flat plan · no per-user on Free/Starter/Growth | Per user · billed every seat · Xero/MYOB needed for accounting |
Where Deputy wins
Credit where it’s due
Deputy has built workforce-management software in Australia since 2008, and rostering is the whole product, not a feature. That focus shows in two places OneBookPlus does not try to match. First, its award-interpretation engine handles the awkward corners of complex modern awards — SCHADS, the Hospitality Industry (General) Award, the General Retail Industry Award — with allowances, broken shifts, and overtime stacking configured per role. Second, its demand-forecasting scheduler builds rosters against a sales or foot-traffic target to hit a labour-cost percentage. If you run a multi-venue hospitality or retail group where shaving labour cost across dozens of staff is the single most valuable thing software can do, Deputy’s specialism is real — and switching isn’t urgent.
Where OneBookPlus wins
Three differences that compound
The other half of the business is bundled, not a separate Xero bill. OneBookPlus ships GST invoicing, quoting, a quote-to-job-to-invoice pipeline, P&L and balance sheet, expense tracking, Australian CDR bank feeds, and quarterly BAS reports inside the same subscription. Deputy’s features page has none of that — you roster in Deputy and invoice, bank, and lodge BAS in a second system you pay for and reconcile.
Flat pricing, not per-user. Deputy’s pricing page charges $5.5–$9.5 per user, per month — every casual you add to the roster adds to the bill. OneBookPlus charges a flat plan with no per-user fee on Free, Starter ($29/mo), or Growth ($69/mo), so a busy season that doubles your roster doesn’t double your software cost.
Payroll is native, and the customer record is unified. Deputy pushes timesheets into Xero or MYOB to run pay — its integrations page is how payroll happens. OneBookPlus runs STP Phase 2 lodgement and SuperStream natively, and the same contact who is rostered is the contact who gets quoted, booked, invoiced, and chased — one record from roster through to BAS, not a sync between three tools.
Why switch
Why service businesses are switching from Deputy to OneBookPlus
Rostering plus everything else
Deputy only handles scheduling — you still need separate tools for invoicing, bookings, CRM, and accounting. OneBookPlus includes rostering alongside your entire business toolkit in one platform, so you can stop juggling multiple subscriptions.
Built-in invoicing & accounting
Deputy has zero invoicing or accounting features. Most businesses using Deputy also pay for Xero, MYOB, or similar tools. OneBookPlus includes GST-compliant invoicing, P&L reports, expense tracking, and ATO-ready BAS summaries — no extra software needed.
Online bookings & CRM included
Deputy doesn't offer a booking page or client management. OneBookPlus includes an online booking page where customers can book services, plus full CRM to track client history, preferences, and communications — features you'd otherwise need separate tools for.
One flat price, not per-user
Deputy charges per user per month — costs balloon as your team grows. A 10-person team pays $55–$95/month for rostering alone. OneBookPlus starts free and includes everything, so adding team members doesn't send your software bill through the roof.
FAQ
OneBookPlus vs Deputy — your questions answered
Is OneBookPlus a good alternative to Deputy for Australian service businesses?
Yes. OneBookPlus includes staff rostering and scheduling — the core features businesses use Deputy for. But OneBookPlus also includes invoicing, CRM, online bookings, accounting, marketing, and more. If you're a service business that needs scheduling plus the tools to actually run your business, OneBookPlus replaces Deputy and several other apps in one platform.
Does OneBookPlus have the same rostering features as Deputy?
OneBookPlus covers shift scheduling, time & attendance tracking, timesheet approval, award interpretation, and employee availability management. Deputy is a specialist rostering tool with deeper workforce management features like demand forecasting. But for most service businesses, OneBookPlus provides everything you need for rostering plus invoicing, bookings, CRM, and accounting that Deputy doesn't offer.
How much can I save by switching from Deputy to OneBookPlus?
Deputy is priced per user, per month: $5.5/user for Scheduling, $5.5/user for Time & Attendance, and $9.5/user for Premium (both modules). For a team of 10 on Premium, that's roughly $95/month for rostering and time tracking alone — and you still need separate tools for invoicing, bookings, CRM, and accounting. OneBookPlus starts free and bundles all of that, with no per-user charge on the Free, Starter ($29/mo), or Growth ($69/mo) plans — so a growing roster doesn't inflate your software bill.
Can OneBookPlus handle accounting as well as rostering?
Absolutely — and this is a major advantage over Deputy. OneBookPlus includes full accounting with profit and loss reports, expense tracking, GST calculation, and ATO-ready BAS summaries. With Deputy, you need to pay for separate invoicing software, accounting software, and a booking platform. OneBookPlus gives you everything in one place.
What does OneBookPlus offer that Deputy doesn't?
OneBookPlus includes several features Deputy lacks: GST-compliant invoicing, online booking pages, CRM and client management, email marketing campaigns, quoting, full accounting with P&L reports, BAS/ATO tax summaries, expense tracking, Google review requests, and job management. Deputy focuses solely on rostering and scheduling — OneBookPlus is a complete business platform.
Where is Deputy genuinely better than OneBookPlus?
Deputy is a workforce-management specialist founded in 2008 (per its about-us page, https://www.deputy.com/about-us), and its depth shows where rostering is the centre of your operation. Its award-interpretation engine handles the awkward edges of complex modern awards — SCHADS, the Hospitality Industry (General) Award, the General Retail Industry Award — including allowances, broken shifts, and overtime stacking. It also has sales- and foot-traffic-driven demand forecasting that builds rosters to a labour-cost target, which matters most for high-frequency rostering across many sites. OneBookPlus covers core award rate calculation and shift scheduling, but does not aim to match Deputy's forecasting or its configurable award library. If your single biggest weekly job is optimising labour cost across dozens of staff, Deputy's specialism is real.
Does Deputy do invoicing, BAS, and accounting like OneBookPlus?
No. Deputy is rostering and time & attendance software — its public features pages describe scheduling, timesheets, award interpretation, and clock-in tools, but no invoicing, accounting, or BAS. A BAS (Business Activity Statement) is the form Australian businesses lodge with the ATO to report GST collected on sales, GST paid on purchases, and the net amount owed. To produce one with Deputy you push payroll into Xero or MYOB and do the GST and BAS there — a separate subscription with its own integration fees. OneBookPlus generates BAS-ready GST figures (G1, 1A, 1B) automatically from your invoices and expenses, so rostered hours, invoices, and your BAS all live in one system.
What is the best Deputy alternative in Australia?
For Australian service businesses that want rostering plus the tools to actually run the business, OneBookPlus is the strongest Deputy alternative. Deputy is excellent at rostering, time & attendance, and award interpretation but stops there — you still pay for Xero or MYOB, a CRM, a booking tool, and a marketing tool on top, all charged per user as your team grows. OneBookPlus bundles rostering, native STP Phase 2 payroll, GST invoicing, online bookings, CRM, accounting, and marketing into one Australian-built platform from $0/month, with no per-user fee on the Free, Starter, or Growth tiers. If you need enterprise-grade demand forecasting across many sites, Deputy remains the deeper pure-rostering tool.
How OneBookPlus Replaces Deputy — And Then Some
Deputy solves one problem well: getting the right staff in the right shifts. But most service businesses don't just need a roster — they need to invoice clients, track expenses, manage bookings, and keep their books in order. That means paying for Deputy plus Xero, plus a booking tool, plus a CRM. OneBookPlus collapses that entire stack into a single platform built specifically for Australian service businesses.
Your rostered hours flow directly into invoices and payroll reports without re-keying data. Bank feeds reconcile payments automatically. BAS summaries generate from real transaction data. It's not just fewer apps — it's fewer errors and less time spent on admin every week.
Feature Deep Dive
- Rostering → Invoicing Pipeline: Create shifts, approve timesheets, then generate GST-compliant invoices directly from completed hours. No CSV exports, no copy-paste — hours become billable line items in two clicks.
- Automatic Bank Feeds: Connect your business bank account and OneBookPlus matches incoming payments to outstanding invoices automatically. Deputy has no financial features at all — you need a separate accounting tool just to know who's paid you.
- Built-In BAS & Tax Summaries: Every invoice, expense, and payment feeds into your GST calculations and ATO-ready BAS summaries. At tax time, your numbers are already done — no scrambling through spreadsheets or waiting on your accountant.
Who Should Switch
OneBookPlus is the strongest fit for service businesses that have outgrown scheduling-only tools. If you're a cleaning company managing rosters AND sending invoices, a trades business tracking jobs AND quoting clients, or an aged care provider rostering carers AND billing NDIS participants — you'll benefit most from having everything connected. Businesses that only need enterprise-scale workforce management with demand forecasting may still prefer Deputy's specialist depth.
Getting Started
Switching takes minutes, not days. Sign up for a free OneBookPlus account, import your staff list, and set up your first roster. Then connect your bank account for automatic payment matching, create your online booking page, and send your first GST-compliant invoice — all from the same dashboard you manage your rosters in. No credit card required, no setup fees, no per-user charges eating into your margins.
How it works
How OneBookPlus runs the roster-to-cash workflow
With Deputy, the week starts and ends inside the roster. You build shifts, staff clock in against the kiosk or the mobile app, timesheets are interpreted against the relevant modern award, and then approved hours are exported to Xero or MYOB to be paid and billed. It is a clean rostering loop — but it is only the rostering loop. Everything that turns rostered labour into revenue happens in software Deputy does not provide. OneBookPlus keeps the same rostering loop and joins it to the rest of the business in one record.
You roster the same way: drag shifts onto the schedule, publish to staff, and let them clock in. Approved hours are interpreted against the award and feed straight into native STP Phase 2 payroll and SuperStream — no integration fee, no export to a second payroll system. The same approved hours can also drop onto a client invoice as billable line items, so the time a carer or cleaner spent on a job becomes a GST-compliant invoice with your ABN in two taps rather than a CSV you re-key into accounting.
Because the client, the roster, the invoice, and the books all sit in one platform, the financial side closes itself. Australian CDR bank feeds match incoming payments to outstanding invoices, expenses are categorised as you snap receipts, and your profit-and-loss updates in real time. When BAS time comes, OneBookPlus produces the G1, 1A, and 1B figures from real transaction data — no reconciliation between a Deputy timesheet, a Xero ledger, and a spreadsheet.
And because every rostered customer is already a CRM record, OneBookPlus does the front-of-house work Deputy never attempts: a customer-facing booking page that creates the job, email campaigns to past clients, and an automatic Google review request once a job is marked complete and paid. Deputy ends at the timesheet; OneBookPlus carries the same contact from the roster all the way to the next booking.
Migration guide
How to switch from Deputy to OneBookPlus
Export your staff list and locations from Deputy
In Deputy, export your People list and Locations/Areas as a CSV. Import the staff list into OneBookPlus — names, emails, phone numbers, pay rates, and the locations they work map across so your team is ready to roster on day one. Leave Deputy live as a read-only archive of historical timesheets while you cut over.
Set your award rates, ABN, and STP details
Configure the modern award and pay rates that apply to each role (SCHADS, Hospitality, Retail, or your own), then add your ABN, GST settings, and STP Phase 2 details so payroll lodges natively instead of through a Xero/MYOB integration. This replaces both the Deputy timesheet export and the separate payroll connection.
Roster your first week, then turn on invoicing and BAS
Publish your first roster in OneBookPlus and let staff clock in. Once the rhythm feels right, switch on the parts Deputy never had — connect your bank feed, raise invoices from approved hours, and let BAS-ready GST figures build automatically. Most teams run both tools for one pay cycle, then cancel Deputy and drop the separate accounting subscription.
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About this comparison
How we compared OneBookPlus to Deputy
Feature claims about OneBookPlus reflect what is shipping today on onebookplus.com.au. Deputy pricing and feature claims were last verified against Deputy’s public Australian product pages on the date below; vendor pricing changes frequently, so check the Deputy website for your specific situation before making a decision.
Disclosure: OneBookPlus publishes this comparison and stands to benefit if you switch. We aim to compare like-for-like on capability and Australian tax compliance — if you spot something out of date, email hello@onebookplus.com.au and we’ll review it.
About the author
Bishal Shrestha
Founder & CEO, OneBookPlus
Bishal has over a decade of experience in digital marketing, web development, and small business consulting across Australia. Bishal regularly assists Australian small to medium businesses with software stack consolidation — including the trade-offs of moving from Deputy to an integrated platform. The comparison above is informed by direct migration experience, not a single read of the Deputy marketing site.
Last reviewed and updated: May 2026 by Bishal Shrestha