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A side-by-side editorial comparison of Deputy and Ashby — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Deputy is hardening pay-data permissions while Australian super rules claim release slots.
Deputy's recent work splits between access control and Australian payroll compliance. A rebuilt access-level system in late April introduced custom roles with finer-grained control over what people can see and do, followed in June by permissions that restrict visibility of pay rates and labour costs. July's release adapted Deputy Payroll to PayDay Super, the Australian employer reporting requirement. Scheduling picked up one visible change: the open/empty shift row can be pinned while managers scroll.
Ashby adds threaded comments to AI Notetaker, so interview debriefs stay next to the transcript.
Ashby ships small admin, form and scheduling changes almost daily. On November 12 AI Notetaker gained threaded comments pinned to moments in the recording, a day after Transcript Only mode let teams keep notes without storing audio or video. The same 24 hours added required reasons for force approvals, resending of skipped Quality of Hire surveys and a cleaner take-home layout in interview briefs.
Deputy's recent work splits between access control and Australian payroll compliance. A rebuilt access-level system in late April introduced custom roles with finer-grained control over what people can see and do, followed in June by permissions that restrict visibility of pay rates and labour costs. July's release adapted Deputy Payroll to PayDay Super, the Australian employer reporting requirement. Scheduling picked up one visible change: the open/empty shift row can be pinned while managers scroll.
Permissions are the throughline — custom roles first, then sensitive pay data placed behind them — which is the shape of a product answering harder questions from larger, multi-site customers. Compliance work anchors Deputy to the Australian market its payroll product serves, and that regulatory calendar will keep taking release capacity. Scheduling itself, the core surface, is getting refinement rather than rethinking. The feed also carries the same release twice under slightly different titles, so apparent cadence runs ahead of actual shipping.
Expect further permission scoping across cost and pay surfaces, and follow-up work as PayDay Super reporting beds in. The entries show nothing about roadmap outside Australia and scheduling.
Ashby ships small admin, form and scheduling changes almost daily. On November 12 AI Notetaker gained threaded comments pinned to moments in the recording, a day after Transcript Only mode let teams keep notes without storing audio or video. The same 24 hours added required reasons for force approvals, resending of skipped Quality of Hire surveys and a cleaner take-home layout in interview briefs.
AI Notetaker is turning into the place where hiring teams discuss a candidate, with privacy controls and collaboration arriving in the same week. Around it, Ashby keeps adding audit and governance options, such as approval reasons, that larger customers ask for.
Expect AI Notetaker comments and notes to feed scorecards or debrief summaries next; the entries do not yet show that link.
Other HR products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Deputy or Ashby.
iCIMS adds recruiting how-tos to its feed; still no product news
Leapsome publishes another batch of HR templates and software roundups.
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Teamtailor shows every time in the reader's own time zone, for recruiters and candidates.
Workable turns its report builder on interviews, assessments and video screens.
Fountain opens a skills marketplace for its Cue assistant and adds a compliance review queue.
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Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Ashby is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Ashby is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other HR products to evaluate alongside.
Top Deputy alternatives in HR are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Deputy alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/deputy for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
Top Ashby alternatives in HR are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Ashby alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/ashby for the full list with editorial commentary on each.