Looking for a Deputy alternative for your venues?
Deputy is a well-established workforce platform used across many industries. Kaslu Work is newer and narrower: rostering and clock-in built only for hospitality groups, with each venue set up its own way. Here’s a straight comparison, including where Deputy is the better choice.
Early access is opening to Australian hospitality groups a few at a time.
Where Deputy is the better fit.
If you need any of these today, Deputy will suit you better than Kaslu Work does right now.
- Award interpretation. Deputy calculates pay from modern awards and custom pay rules. Kaslu Work records and approves hours but doesn’t calculate pay.
- Payroll and HR in one place. Deputy offers payroll, leave, onboarding and document management. Kaslu Work covers rostering, clock-in and timesheets only.
- More than hospitality. Deputy is used in retail, healthcare, construction and more. If your business spans industries, one tool across all of it may matter more.
- Available today. Kaslu Work is in early access and opening to venues a few at a time.
Where Kaslu Work is different.
Kaslu Work is built around one idea: a hospitality group’s venues don’t all run the same way, and the software should let each one run its own way.
- Every venue set up its own way. Trading hours, sections, rounding, approvals and clock-in boundary are set per venue, and head office sees them all together.
- Rosters laid out by section. Bar, floor, kitchen, gaming and functions are the rows, so a gap in cover is obvious before you publish.
- Clock-ins held, not paid by default. A clock-in outside the venue’s boundary goes to a manager to review. Clock-ins with no signal are saved on the phone and sync later.
- No passwords. Staff and managers sign in with their email and a six-digit code.
- Shifts in the team’s WhatsApp group. Rosters, changes and open shifts posted to the group chat staff already use. Coming
Side by side.
| Deputy | Kaslu Work | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Many industries, including hospitality | Hospitality groups only |
| Rostering | Yes | Yes, laid out by section, per venue |
| Clock-in from a phone | Yes | Yes, counted only inside the venue’s boundary |
| Award interpretation | Yes | No: hours are recorded and approved, pay is worked out in your payroll software |
| Payroll | Yes | No: CSV export today, Xero, MYOB and Employment Hero / KeyPay coming |
| Leave, onboarding, documents | Yes | No |
| Availability | Available now, with a free trial | Early access, by waitlist |
Deputy details are taken from deputy.com as of September 2026. Check their site for the latest. Deputy is a trademark of its owner, and Kaslu Work is not affiliated with it.
Who should look at Kaslu Work?
Groups with two or more venues that each run differently, who already have payroll software they’re happy with and want rostering and time records that fit each venue rather than one all-in-one system. If that’s you, join the waitlist and tell us about your venues.
Questions
Is Kaslu Work cheaper than Deputy?
Kaslu Work’s pricing hasn’t been published yet. It will be before early access opens, and everyone on the waitlist hears first.
Does Kaslu Work interpret awards like Deputy does?
No. Kaslu Work records the hours your staff actually work and gets them approved. Your payroll software applies the award and pays them.
Can I use Kaslu Work alongside my payroll software?
Yes, that’s how it’s meant to be used. Approved timesheets export to CSV today, and direct connections to Xero, MYOB and Employment Hero / KeyPay are on the way.
When can we start using it?
Kaslu Work is in early access and letting venues in a few at a time. Join the waitlist and we’ll email you when your spot opens. Pricing will be published before then, and the waitlist hears first.
Get Kaslu Work for your venue.
Tell us about your venues and the software you use, and we’ll let you know when there’s room for your team.