What Is Calamari?

Calamari is an HR management software that makes people management easier. It allows planning and tracking all types of absences. You can track attendance using QR codes and iBeacons. You can get notification 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 225 others

Languages

English, French, German, Polish, Spanish

Calamari pricing

Starting Price:

US$1.70/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$1.70/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 225 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

  • API
  • Absence Management
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Approval Process Control
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking Software
  • Automatic Time Capture
  • Benefits Management
  • Calendar Management
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Import/Export
  • Document Management Software
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Onboarding
  • Employee Profiles
  • Employee Scheduling Software
  • Employee Time Tracking
  • For Cloud
  • For Small Businesses
  • HR Management
  • Leave Policy Management
  • Leave Tracking
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Time Tracking
  • Multi-Location
  • Onboarding Software
  • Online Punch Card
  • Online Time Clock
  • Online Time Tracking Software
  • Overtime Calculation
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Policy Management Software
  • Project Time Tracking
  • Punch card
  • Real Time Data
  • Real-time Updates
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Self Service Portal
  • Shift Swapping
  • Sick Leave Tracking
  • Third Party Integrations
  • Time & Attendance
  • Time Off Management
  • Time Off Requests
  • Time Tracking Software
  • 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
Tomasz
Tomasz
CTO in Poland
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Super software for leave management

5.0 6 days ago New

Comments: The move from custom-built software was quick and intuitive. I use calamari as a user, as a decision maker, and as an admin.

Pros:

I created an account in calamari because I needed only a single feature - leave management. Calamari is perfect at that and suits my needs.It is fast, and intuitive and it does exactly what it should!

Cons:

I dislike two views, currently, we have one for the calendar and a second for creating applications.THis should be unified, because currently when creating applications we don't other team member's absences.

Fabien
Admin & Business Development in UK
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Good system, great customer service, just missing a few features

4.0 6 days ago New

Comments: Overall I am happy with the product and I think for the price it is OK.Once overtime features and better admin controls are implemented I will give this 5* all round.It's so close to being amazing!

Pros:

It's very easy to useThe app and web version have a very modern feel unlike s a lot of the other HR systems out there.The admin and set up process are very easy and intuitive, and even our technophobe employees had no issues with signing up and getting used to it.The customer service team is friendly and always quick to reply with any questions or issues we have.The whole system is very fast and processes all tasks very quickly.There's a very good selection of clocking methods: QR scanner, mobile app, website, iBeacon, API.They have one of the most advanced and open API protocols I've seen from all my tests and being a high tech firm I was keen to have this option to facilitate any implementation in the future.

Cons:

Although the product is nice it does feel like it's behind competitors in some aspects.I get the feeling the development team is too small and I'd certainly like more action on the features we have requested.There are a few translation mistakes we have spotted but they never affected usability.The team management isn't as dynamic as expected.Admin features are missing (seeing acitvity logs to see what users changed what data at what time/date etc), and I would like more control and settings available on some parts too.Some of the exported reports seem to have been coded by different people because the table headers and names are not consistent throughout, again only a small problem, but this probably wouldn't happen with a bigger firm.Overall the main downside is that these features missing and little errors now and again make me feel like we are beta-testing the product for them, but paying market rate for the privilege.

Alternatives Considered: Blip, Jibble, BrightHR and TimeKeeper

Reasons for Choosing Calamari: We were on a legacy system full of bugs and glitches literally all the time, payroll was taking hours and hours every month and it was losing track of holidays and absences

Reasons for Switching to Calamari: They were either too expensive because they included HR packages we don't want, or they were American (date format, "vacation" instead of "holiday" etc), or had a slow clunky UI, or didn't handle our night shift clockings well.

Rob
Owner in UK
Construction, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Decent value for money timekeeping app

3.0 6 months ago

Pros:

Monthly subscription cost and easy to use.

Cons:

such a bland and unhelpful interface. no Auto clock in / clock out

Alternatives Considered: TimeKeeper and ClockShark

Reasons for Switching to Calamari: Cost

Calamari Response

6 months ago

Thank you for your review. The auto clock in/out feature is an excellent idea. Let me pass it on to our team. We always listen to our clients' needs and are open to improvements you need the most.

Sarah
Operations Coordinator in Canada
Nonprofit Organization Management, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Excellent, low-cost solution for Non-profits!

4.0 6 days ago New

Comments: By switching our leave management and time tracking to Calamari, we have greatly reduced the amount of administrative hours spent on tracking PTOs and ensuring staff are working an appropriate amount of hours. The Slack integration has also been a huge bonus - staff don't need to log in to yet another app and instead can manage time off and clocking in/out right from the Slack app that they already use all day long.

Pros:

Calamari has an easy to use, simple user design that was easy for our team to switch to. The support team is always very helpful in onboarding our organization and answering any questions to date. My favourite part is the Slack integration; my team uses Slack for daily communication, so having the ability to do practically anything you needed for time tracking and leave management within Slack has been extremely convenient.

Cons:

One feature that I think may be lacking is the work schedules. As office workers a team's schedule is usually pretty similar from week-to-week, however, we offer flexible work schedules that have varied number of hours or days that are worked every other week. Calamari currently doesn't have the ability to customize work schedules to this level, which has led our operations team to have to put in more hours than we would have liked in setting up work schedules to properly reflect scheduled number of hours. I would also think this would be a major downfall for any organization that schedules shifts for their employees.

Alternatives Considered: AttendanceBot, Jibble and BambooHR

Reasons for Choosing Calamari: To save valuable administrative time and reduce the chance of human error in paid time off calculations for staff.

Switched From: Jibble and Microsoft Excel

Reasons for Switching to Calamari: Calamari had a more user-friendly design, offered both time tracking and leave management (which most other programs did not), offered non-profit pricing, and had an extremely easy to use Slack integration.

Marta
Head of Delivery in Poland
Information Technology & Services, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Calamari - managing your team's availability is couple simple clicks

4.0 7 days ago New

Comments: Overall I'm very happy we are using Calamari, and I would gladly consider adding more modules but they need to be as flexible as leave management and allow us to customize as per our needs.

Pros:

The price and simplicity of setting it up and then maintenance. Connection to Slack. Open API that we could use to connect to Float. Very nice and responsvice customer service (dziękuję pani Kasiu!!)

Cons:

The UI experience is simple but the user experience is not always what I would hope for. The Calendar view, the way administrators need to click through to everything, often the lists refresh unexpectedly and I'm getting lots between what I expected and what is displayed.

Alternatives Considered: Bob, HRnest, tomHRM, AlexisHR and HRappka

Reasons for Switching to Calamari: The price and simplicity of setting it up and then maintenance.