RosterMates vs Tanda
Tanda (now Workforce.com) built the best award interpretation engine in the business — we'll say that up front. RosterMates bets on a different buyer: the Australian team that wants transparent pricing, everything included, and a working roster this week instead of a sales cycle. Here's the honest side-by-side.
Feature and pricing comparison for Australian businesses, from each company's public pages as of July 2026.
| RosterMates | Tanda / Workforce.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | Yes — flat NZ$8 per employee (billed NZD) | Mostly no — quote-based, contract-length discounts |
| Buying process | Self-serve — sign up today | Sales-led demos and quotes |
| Modern Award interpretation | No — rates stay with your payroll | Yes — best-in-class engine |
| Contract | Month to month, cancel anytime | Contract-led; discounts favour lock-in |
| AI auto-rostering | Yes | Yes |
| GPS clock-in & kiosk with facial verification | Yes, both included | Yes — photo-verified tablet clocks |
| Leave, forms & messaging in base price | All included | HR module quoted separately |
| Event staffing with shift bidding & waitlists | Yes | No |
| AU payroll path | Payroll-ready exports: Xero, MYOB, KeyPay, Employment Hero | Own payroll product plus integrations |
| Free onboarding — setup done for you | Yes — included | Implementation as part of the deal |
| Support | Unlimited & free — founder-led, replies in minutes | Team-based; public reviews are mixed |
| Best-fit customer | 10–150 staff wanting everything, simply | Large workforces with complex award needs |
Tanda/Workforce.com features from public pages as of 5 July 2026; Tanda does not publish standard per-user pricing. Tanda and Workforce.com are trademarks of their respective owners. RosterMates pricing is currently billed in NZD while Australian billing is finalised. Always confirm current details with each vendor.
These two products serve different buyers well. Pick the column that sounds like you.
Choose Tanda if…
- Automated Modern Award interpretation across complex agreements is your core requirement — Tanda's engine is the best in this category
- You're large enough that a sales-led procurement and implementation project makes sense
- You want wage-cost analytics tied directly to award rules at enterprise depth
Choose RosterMates if…
- You want the price on a page and the whole product behind it — no quotes, no modules, no contract negotiations
- Your payroll already applies award rates and what you need is clean, accurate hours delivered to it
- You want to be rostering this week — free onboarding means we set you up, not a project plan
- You staff events and functions — bidding and waitlists don't exist in Tanda
- You'd rather talk to the people who build the product than a support tier
Our verdict
If you employ hundreds of people across complex agreements and automated award interpretation would pay for itself, Tanda deserves its reputation and your evaluation — that engine is the real thing, and we won't pretend otherwise.
But most Australian shift businesses aren't that buyer. They want rosters sorted, clock-ins captured, leave handled, and clean hours delivered to a payroll that already knows their rates — at a published price, set up for them, without a procurement cycle. That's RosterMates: everything included at one flat per-employee price, free done-for-you onboarding, founder-led support through the Australian business day, and month-to-month terms. Start the 30-day trial today; there's no sales call in the way.
Try RosterMates FreeCommon questions from Australian teams comparing the two.