Scheduling · head to head
Planday vs Sesame HR
Planday
Scheduling
Danish workforce scheduling and shift management software for shift-based businesses
- From
- £2.99/user per month
- Rated
- -
Sesame HR
HR
Spanish HR and time recording platform built around the legal obligation to record daily working hours
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Planday plus and Pro pricing not published; requires contacting sales; Sesame HR there is no payroll calculation, so the payroll relationship stays with an external gestoria or payroll system and Sesame is only feeding it data.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Planday and Sesame HR actually diverge.
Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Planday
Nothing recorded that Sesame HR does not also cover.
Only in Sesame HR
- Time and attendance
- Legal time reports
- Shift planning
- Absence management
- Document management
- Expenses
- Performance
- Payroll export
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Planday
- Workforce scheduling and managementnot Sesame HR
- Time tracking and payroll integrationnot Sesame HR
- Employee scheduling for retail and hospitalitynot Sesame HR
- Rostering and shift managementnot Sesame HR
Sesame HR
- A Spanish employer that must produce daily working time records for a labour inspectionnot Planday
- A company with shift workers across several sites that needs rota planning and real clock-in data in one placenot Planday
- A business whose gestoria wants clean hours and absence data each month instead of emailed spreadsheetsnot Planday
- A Latin American subsidiary of a Spanish group standardising on the same attendance systemnot Planday
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Planday
- Plus and Pro pricing not published; requires contacting sales
- Starter tier requires minimum of 5 users making it unsuitable for solo operations
- Plus plan pricing per user not specified on pricing page
Sesame HR
- There is no payroll calculation, so the payroll relationship stays with an external gestoria or payroll system and Sesame is only feeding it data.
- The product is built around Spanish and Latin American regulation, so a buyer employing in northern Europe gets attendance tracking without the local statutory logic that made the product valuable in the first place.
- Modules beyond time and attendance are noticeably shallower, and companies expecting the performance or recruitment features to replace dedicated tools are usually disappointed.
- Support, documentation and legal templates are Spanish-first, and English-language material lags behind, which slows adoption in mixed-language organisations.
- Pricing is per employee per month across module tiers, so a company that only wants compliant time recording still pays a headcount-scaled fee for a suite it uses a fraction of.
Pricing, plan by plan
Planday
£2.99/user per month- Starter$2.99/user per month
- Intuitive scheduling
- Simple time tracking
- Working time rules
- Plus$null/mo
- Advanced scheduling
- Leave and absence management
- Accurate payroll reporting and integrations
- Pro$null/mo
- Custom planning metrics
- Auto-scheduling
- Configurable organisational structure
Sesame HR
On request- Sesame HR$undefined/year
- Priced per employee per month with module-based tiers
- Time and attendance in the base tier
- Shift planning, performance and expenses as higher tiers or add-ons
Which should you pick?
Choose Planday if
Nothing in the data separates Planday from Sesame HR on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Choose Sesame HR if
- You need time and attendance.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want legal time reports.
Questions people ask
- Is Planday or Sesame HR better?
- Neither clearly leads. Planday starts at £2.99/user per month and Sesame HR at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Planday or Sesame HR?
- Planday starts at £2.99/user per month and Sesame HR at On request.
- Does Planday or Sesame HR run on more platforms?
- Planday runs on Web. Sesame HR runs on Web, iOS, Android.
- What is Planday best used for?
- Planday is most often used for workforce scheduling and management, time tracking and payroll integration, employee scheduling for retail and hospitality, rostering and shift management. Of those, workforce scheduling and management and time tracking and payroll integration are not what Sesame HR is typically brought in for.
- What can Planday do that Sesame HR cannot?
- Sesame HR covers Time and attendance, Legal time reports, Shift planning, Absence management.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Planday: How much does Planday cost?
Planday's Starter plan costs £2.99 per user per month with a minimum of 5 users required. Plus and Pro plans require contacting sales for custom pricing.
SourceSesame HR: Why is time recording mandatory in Spain?
Royal Decree-Law 8/2019 requires every employer to record daily start and finish times for all employees and to retain those records for four years for labour inspection.
Planday: Does Planday offer a free trial?
Yes, Planday offers a 30-day free trial available for both Starter and Plus plans with no credit card required. You can cancel anytime.
SourceSesame HR: Does Sesame HR run payroll?
No. It exports hours, absences and variable pay to a gestoria or payroll system such as A3 or Sage.
Planday: What is the minimum Planday commitment?
The Starter tier requires a minimum of 5 users at £2.99 per user per month. Annual prepayment may offer different terms; contact sales for details.
SourceSesame HR: Does it work outside Spain?
It is used across Latin America and Portugal. Outside those markets you get the tooling without the country-specific legal logic.
Sesame HR: Can it handle shift workers across multiple sites?
Yes. Kiosk and QR clock-in with geolocation is designed for exactly that, and rota planning sits on top of the same data.
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