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What Is Calamari?

Calamari is an HR management software that makes people management easier. It allows for planning and tracking of all types of absences. You can get notifications about upcoming absences and time-off requests. Calamari supports companies with offices based in multiple countries and locations and supports role-based security. The app is integrated with project management tools like JIRA, Slack, Office265, GSuite, Microsoft Teams, Basecamp, and Asana.

Who Uses Calamari?

Calamari helps in employees' time tracking management. It automates and simplifies processes connected to absences and timesheets. We provide support in the initial set up & employees' data import.

Where can Calamari be deployed?

Cloud-based
On-premise

About the vendor

  • Calamari
  • Founded in 2014

Calamari support

  • Chat

Countries available

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra and 224 others

Languages

English, French, German, Polish, Spanish

Calamari pricing

Starting Price:

US$2.00/month
  • Yes, has free trial
  • No free version

Calamari does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. Calamari paid version starts at US$2.00/month.

Pricing plans get a free trial

About the vendor

  • Calamari
  • Founded in 2014

Calamari support

  • Chat

Countries available

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra and 224 others

Languages

English, French, German, Polish, Spanish

Calamari videos and images

Calamari Software - Calendar with detailed information about upcoming absences, holidays, and remote work
Calamari Software - Online Timesheets with all the details about employees working time. You have a possibility to clock in/out, call a break, add project, and notes
Calamari Software - Clock in/out and see all the details about your working day
Calamari Software - Manage your company documents with ease
Calamari Software - Many possible integrations with a possibility to use our API
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Calamari Software - Calendar with detailed information about upcoming absences, holidays, and remote work
Calamari Software - Online Timesheets with all the details about employees working time. You have a possibility to clock in/out, call a break, add project, and notes
Calamari Software - Clock in/out and see all the details about your working day
Calamari Software - Manage your company documents with ease
Calamari Software - Many possible integrations with a possibility to use our API

Features of Calamari

  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Approval Process Control
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Billable & Non-Billable Hours
  • Calendar Management
  • Clock In/Out
  • Compensation Management
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Leave Policy Management
  • Leave Tracking
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Location
  • Onboarding
  • Overtime Calculation
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Project Time Tracking
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Self Service Portal
  • Shift Swapping
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time & Attendance
  • Time Off Management
  • Timesheet Management
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking

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Reviews of Calamari

Average score

Overall
4.7
Ease of Use
4.6
Customer Service
4.9
Features
4.5
Value for Money
4.7

Reviews by company size (employees)

  • <50
  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001

Find reviews by score

5
72%
4
26%
3
2%
1
0%
Brian
Brian
Business administrator in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

I improve the design of work

5.0 3 weeks ago New

Comments: It favors productivity time and managing more collaborative work between everyone to have a good quality of work

Pros:

I improve teamwork because it is more united with real-time information that we can all see and thus be able to work on the same approach. I also like that when there is a new person in the team we do not have to go back in the work to give them an explanation because through Calamari there are all the necessary tutorials so that they can be updated with our work and thus have a simple interface between new personnel and the daily work done

Cons:

There is nothing to say that I dislike, I have no words to describe something bad that has happened to me

Toby
Lead Pastor in Australia
Nonprofit Organization Management, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Amazing product

5.0 2 months ago New

Comments: Calamari has been a game-changer for us managing staff leave. The tech support has been amazing.

Pros:

- Calamari is simple and highly customisable - Helpful support

Cons:

- Navigation within the product is sometimes difficult to find what I am looking for

Alternatives Considered: BambooHR

Reasons for Switching to Calamari: More customisable than Bamboo, better layout.

George
CEO in Greece
Financial Services, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Change your NAME

3.0 3 years ago

Comments: Comsi comsa

Pros:

Everyone in Greece is sarcastic and loughs when he/she hears your brand name.

Cons:

Absense, time management, breaks control

Calamari Response

3 years ago

Thank you for your opinion. We're very glad about our company's name - there's the whole story standing behind it ;). If you experience any troubles with employees' time management, please contact us on: https://calamari.io/contact. Our Customer Service team will help you set everything up according to your needs.

Aaron
IT Manager in Malaysia
Nonprofit Organization Management, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

User Friendly

5.0 3 months ago

Comments: Very good, technical support was very responsive.

Pros:

Simple and easy to use, very user friendly.

Cons:

None. So far so good on our side for Calamari.

Alternatives Considered: Zoho People

Reasons for Switching to Calamari: Easy to use, simple setup and able to scale up/down rapidly.

Michal
Chief Digital Officer in Poland
Logistics & Supply Chain, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Great software for managing HR processes

5.0 2 months ago New

Pros:

Clear interface Multiple functions External integrations (especially the one with slack is useful) Responsive support team

Cons:

So far no cons, all the problems we had with this tool were quickly fixed

Noora
CFO in Finland
Entertainment, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Calamari: The Perfect Global Time Tracking Solution

5.0 2 months ago New

Comments: We've been using Calamari for years, and it has been a perfect fit for our company's needs, especially with our team spread out around the globe. The clear functionalities and the English interface are definite pluses. I highly recommend this service!

Pros:

Mobile app especially is very good and easy to use.

Cons:

That you cannot modify easily time periods if employee moves from full-time to part-time, then it is hard to track hours

Oleg
CEO in UK
Design, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Highly recommend for team management for Slack based teams

5.0 2 months ago New

Comments: Generally good. It helped to automate many processes in our agency.

Pros:

Integration with Slack, reliability of work, automation of many processes when using tool, team likes it, trusts it and uses it. No need to train or onboard team on the tool, its simple.

Cons:

Settings around holidays and limitations around breaks types for Slack. Not user friendly reporting. No dashboard of present employees.

Marlina
Operational Manager in Indonesia
Information Technology & Services, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Calamari Feedback for better feature

4.0 2 months ago New

Comments: I hope there is a feature like, when someone submit their annual/sick leave, admin can receive the notification via email as soon as the submission published. Right now, calamari only provide the reminder approval for the request that has been submitted

Pros:

They divided each project with color it's easier to check on it

Cons:

They are not providing 'employee data' feature anymore, such as: address, emergency number, etc

Steven
Ecommerce Manager in UK
Retail, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Great low cost solution for clocking in and leave management.

4.0 2 months ago New

Comments: Great experience, really like beacons and the mobile app.

Pros:

I love the Beacon feature which allows our staff to log in automatically when they come on the premises.

Cons:

Moving employee details like emergency contact details into Core HR was disappointing.

Ankit
Ankit
Founder in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Calamari cant be great for leaves notifications

5.0 2 months ago

Comments: Its pretty good for what we want to use it for. But its a basic tool.

Pros:

Slack notifications are really good. They help us keep up to date.

Cons:

There is no view to see full public holidays calendar.

Dee
Recruitment Co-ordinator in Portugal
Computer Software, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Calamari: Easy to use, detailed and brilliant.

5.0 3 months ago

Comments: Top quality support and assistance. Excellent simple and clear tool but with many options for set up.

Pros:

Logical, many areas of functionality. EXCELLENT customer service and support. Willingness to advance product with client input/suggestions. Good integrations. Easy to use.

Cons:

Not clear definitions of status of leave and balances.

Alternatives Considered: LeaveBoard, BambooHR, PaySpace, Leave Dates and actiPLANS

Reasons for Choosing Calamari: Did not allow for international staff and functionality not as good.

Switched From: PaySpace

Reasons for Switching to Calamari: Multiple companies in multiple countries. Contract workers vs employees. Different leave policies allowed for different groups. M365 integration. International public holidays functionality. Overtime functionality. Price. Support.

Yulia
HR manager in Cyprus
Information Technology & Services, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

OpenCV.ai

5.0 3 months ago

Comments: We recently implemented it and are still figuring out some of the features

Pros:

Clear interface, quite wide functionality Very responsive and fast support service

Cons:

There is no way to use different status emojis in slack

Alternatives Considered: Flamingo

Reasons for Switching to Calamari: Wider functionality, not overloaded with unnecessary features

Mona
HR Manager in Switzerland
Financial Services, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Everting you can look for in one app

5.0 11 months ago

Comments: The setup process is very easy and they are helpful every step of the way

Pros:

I like that it considers all the flexibility options. You can control and change anything. Also the customer support has been super! i have dealt with one person from start to the end (her name is Ewelina) and she has been a superstar in the transition and always available. Also the mobile app is amazing

Cons:

Nothing comes to mind. I am very happy thus far.

Alternatives Considered: edays

Reasons for Switching to Calamari: Trial option, and flexibility in the settings

Ben
Senior Vice President in US
Real Estate, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Straightforward People Management

4.0 9 months ago

Pros:

Great time tracking, punch card, and other features. PTO tracking is also huge.

Cons:

The way that certain things have to be set up or configured, like PTO accruals, is a little more complicated than it needs to be.

Michael
CEO in Malaysia
Marketing & Advertising, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Best HR Tracker for Slack

5.0 9 months ago

Comments: Its quite good but I worry about the price hike of calamari

Pros:

I love that it integrate to slack seamlessly so that you dont have to have too much app in this digital age.

Cons:

I dislike the price hike of calamari. In 1 year, the annual cost almost doubled. And I dislike that some of the feature that was in the old and cheaper version was split into another product that you have to pay again.

Nick
Dentist in US
Health, Wellness & Fitness, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Good Product for Trackign Employee time worked and time off schedules

5.0 9 months ago

Comments: Overall we like the product. It keeps track of time off and daily timeclock functinos very well. It is highly customizable. I just have a hard time getting help if I need it, which luckily isn't too often.

Pros:

Product is very flexible on how you set it up

Cons:

It is so fexible, it can be difficult to set up. Getting help after initial setup has been challenging for me sometimes also.

Mary Anne
Mary Anne
VP of Operations in Philippines
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: Free Trial
Reviewer Source

Impressed so far!

5.0 last year

Comments: Experience with Calamari is beyond my expectations.

Pros:

I've been looking for a time and PTO tracker for my teams as we grow, and we have been previously using spreadsheets which has become too tedious. I signed up for a trial with Calamari and it was an easy discovery of value for money. Setup was easy, and whenever I encountered hiccups, their support was amazingly responsive (3-4 mins response time). I've seen bugs but they fix it in just a few minutes after I reported it. The effort their support team takes to actually help me out was very much commendable (they fixed my accrual rules, sent me screenshots of my actual account on where I can tweak something). They are also very patient, I love tinkering and their support walked me through the entire setup.The integrations with Slack and Google Calendar are also one of the many things I loved.

Cons:

Not really a con, but I'd love to see an option to restrict requests on specific months/days.

Alternatives Considered: Flamingo

alexis
Film post producer in Germany
Media Production, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

FEEDBACK media agency

4.0 9 months ago

Comments: Great experience overall and very happy. It would be amazing to have the chance to discuss with an agent to develop even better our own utilization and see how to improve together with a feedback session to reply to particular needs.

Pros:

Calamari is straight forward, easy to understand and to use as well to integrate iwth other app such as App calendar to share with the whole team

Cons:

Some of the logic of the system could be more optimized like having an automatic calculation to subtract the overtime from the absence so we know if we are in positive or not. We right now doing this internally and would love to have it implemented.

Zsolt
general manager in Austria
Consumer Goods, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Calamari Hungary

4.0 2 months ago New

Comments: so far so good, like the customiseable, easyier to use

Pros:

Multiplatform, integraton into Outlook, customised "holiday type"

Cons:

no hungarian language, and some of my colleagues are not confident wit it report is a not good looking and easy understand.

Nicole
Director, Total Rewards in US
Computer Software, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Easy to Use and Worth the Cost

5.0 9 months ago

Comments: Great! This product is perfect for our needs right now.

Pros:

Calamari is easy to use and useful for a small employee population. It is simple and you don't have to pay for the big scale HRIS and timekeeping software for a small population. Its features are still targeted not requiring the use of a generic product for the smaller employers. All of the technical support and customer Service I have received has been quick and exceptional!

Cons:

it would be nice to be able to have at least one report option that is ad hoc and customizable.

Michele
Assistant to the President in US
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Good System

4.0 9 months ago

Pros:

It keeps track of our time and vacation and sick leave

Cons:

Not so easy to see the location of people that clock in

Jon
Executive Director in Egypt
International Trade & Development, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Perfect for NFPs

5.0 2 months ago New

Comments: Great! Calamari has been perfect for a small not for profit organization working with a diverse team across many timezones.

Pros:

Simple to onboard new staff and manage a variety of work flows and staff types.

Cons:

There could be improvements made in moving year to year - particularly in setting up standard holiday schedules.

Monika
Senior Administration Specialist in Poland
Chemicals, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

CALAMARI GREATEST HITS

4.0 9 months ago

Comments: overall the initial improessions are very good

Pros:

IN FACT ITS THE ABILITY TO RECORD EVERYTHING

Cons:

i dont know yet Im learning... legibility

Marek
CEO in Poland
Financial Services, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Calamari REVIEW

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: The platform provided an efficient and reliable solution for time tracking, leave management, and attendance tracking.

Pros:

There were several aspects of Calamari that I found appealing. One of the things I liked most was its intuitive and user-friendly interface. Navigating through the platform and accessing various features such as time tracking, leave management, and attendance tracking was seamless and straightforward. The availability of mobile apps further enhanced the convenience, allowing employees to manage their time and leave requests on the go. Additionally, the reporting and analytics capabilities provided valuable insights into employee attendance patterns and helped streamline workforce management.

Cons:

One area that I liked least was the limited customization options. While the core functionalities of time tracking and leave management were solid, the ability to customize the platform to match specific business requirements was somewhat limited. Having more flexibility in terms of customizing leave policies, approval workflows, and reports would have been beneficial for organizations with unique needs.

Carol
CAO and Controller in US
E-Learning, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Great customer service!

4.0 last year

Comments: Very satisfied! Great value for the price!

Pros:

The customer service team was very responsive and efficient when my payment information expired. They were able to correct the problem quickly and restore my account.

Cons:

It is a very good software for the price.