Shift work is hard. Your rostering shouldn’t be.
RosterElf is the rostering app for Australian businesses that run on shifts: roster, approve timesheets and send payroll-ready hours to Xero or MYOB, with award rates applied on every shift.
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4.9★ on Xero, the highest-rated major rostering app
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Free personal onboarding on every plan
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From $6 per employee a month, billed annually
Roster to payroll. All connected.
Build the roster, approve the hours, pay your team in Xero or MYOB. Award rates applied at every step.
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1 Roster
Build next week’s roster in minutes
See the wage cost as you build, and fill shifts with available, qualified staff.
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2 Approve
Staff clock in, you approve
Clock-ins match the roster, so timesheets are ready to approve in one click.
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3 Pay
Payroll-ready hours, at the right award rate
Weekend, public holiday and overtime rates worked out on every shift and split into pay items.
See how awards and Xero work
Trusted by 30,000+ workplaces
From local cafés to national retail chains, Australian businesses roster, pay and manage their teams with RosterElf.
Rated higher. Costs less.
What Xero users rate the main rostering apps, and what each costs for a team of 20.
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RosterElf
4.9 /5
93 reviews
Monthly cost for 20 A$200
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Deputy
3.9 /5
148 reviews
Monthly cost for 20 A$360
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Tanda
4.4 /5
52 reviews
Monthly cost for 20 Custom quote
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Connecteam
4.7 /5
50 reviews
Monthly cost for 20 ≈A$257
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Employment Hero
3.2 /5
20 reviews
Monthly cost for 20 ≈A$450
Xero App Store ratings, checked on the Australian review pages on 10 November 2026. Monthly cost for 20 staff, ex GST where the vendor states it, monthly billing: RosterElf Full Suite; Deputy Pro + HR add-on; Connecteam Operations Advanced + HR & Skills Expert (USD, converted); Employment Hero HR Engage + rostering + Chat (estimated); Tanda quotes on request.
Real results from Australian teams
5 min to roster 86 staff Early childhood
Read their story 90–95% less time on payroll Childcare
Read their story 50% lower software cost than Deputy Food & beverage
Read their story Results reported by the customers named. Individual results may vary. · All customer stories
Quick answers any time. A real person when you need one.
Got a quick question? Get an answer straight away, day or night. Need help setting up, or something sorted properly? Book a call with our Australian team and work through it one to one.
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Answers 24/7: quick questions on rosters, timesheets, awards and payroll exports
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Book a call with our team: one to one, at a time that suits you, to set up or fix an issue
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Local, and they know your account: no call centre, no starting again
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Quick answer24/7
How do I export this fortnight’s timesheets to Xero?
Timesheets › Approve all, then Export › Xero Payroll. Hours are split into your pay items automatically.
Pick a time
“Let’s get your awards and pay items set up together.”
Switching or starting fresh? We’ll get you set up.
Real people help you get started, so you can focus on running your business.
Moving from another system?
On Deputy, Tanda, Connecteam, Employment Hero or something else? Send us your data and we’ll help move your team, rosters and settings across.
- Import your staff
- Configure award settings
- Publish your first roster
New to rostering?
Tell us about your business. We’ll help set up your team and get your first roster ready.
- Add your employees
- Set up pay settings
- Start rostering
Switching from Deputy, Tanda or Employment Hero? See how RosterElf compares.
Simple pricing, no hidden add-ons
One price per employee a month. Setup help included on every plan.
Core
Rostering, time & attendance and award rates
Payroll-ready hours to Xero or MYOB
per employee a month, billed annually
Start free trialFull Suite
Everything in Core, plus HR
Onboarding, contracts, policies & documents
per employee a month, billed annually
Start free trialAnnual prices, + GST, for each active employee, whether or not they log in. Prefer to pay monthly? $8 Core, $10 Full Suite. HR on its own is on the pricing page.
Switch or start fresh. We’ll do the heavy lifting.
Free for 15 days. No credit card. Real people to set you up and move your data.
No credit card 4.7 stars from 329 reviews on Google, Xero, G2 and Capterra 30,000+ workplaces
Questions? Ask our team.
Here are the common ones. For anything else, get a quick answer 24/7, or book a call with our Australian team.
- RosterElf takes you from roster to timesheets to payroll-ready hours in Xero or MYOB. You build the roster, staff clock in, you approve the timesheets, and the approved hours go to Xero Payroll or MYOB already split into pay items, with award rates applied. See our rostering software.
- Our team sets up your award and pay rates with you. RosterElf then calculates weekend, public holiday, overtime and late-night rates on each shift from those settings, shows the cost while you roster, and splits the hours into pay items. You review and approve before anything goes to payroll. How award interpretation works.
- Yes. Send us your export and our team imports your employees, pay rates and roster templates for you, then checks your award settings before you publish.
- Import your employees, set up your roster templates and publish your first roster. How long that takes depends on your team and awards; our team helps you through it for free.
- Yes. Approved timesheets go to Xero Payroll in one click, already split into your pay items, and leave syncs both ways. For MYOB, approved hours export as one ready-to-import file. How the Xero integration works.
- Yes. Every plan includes a free 15-day trial with full access to every feature. No credit card required, and nothing to cancel: it simply expires, and you can choose a plan when you’re ready.