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Deputy vs Tanda

A side-by-side editorial comparison of Deputy and Tanda — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.

Deputy vs Tanda: at a glance

FeatureDeputyTanda
SectorHRHR
Velocity score0.07.5
Sparks · 30d00
Top themespermissions, payroll-compliance, workforce-scheduling, access-controlworkforce management, rostering, performance reviews, payroll
Last editorial update3mo ago2d ago
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What is Deputy?

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.

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What is Tanda?

Tanda lets managers pick who can claim a vacant shift and adds bulk availability approvals.

Tanda's workforce and payroll platform ships rostering, HR and payroll controls in near-daily batches. On 11 and 12 November managers gained a choice of who can claim a vacant shift, bulk approval of availability requests, a roster publish menu that remembers settings, and skills ratings inside performance reviews. Payroll got team-level journal accounts for split autopay salaries, and the old wage comparison report was retired in favour of Wage Compare.

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Deputy vs Tanda: editorial side-by-side

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Deputy is hardening pay-data permissions while Australian super rules claim release slots.

◆ Current state

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.

◆ Where it's heading

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.

◆ Prediction

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.

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Tanda lets managers pick who can claim a vacant shift and adds bulk availability approvals.

◆ Current state

Tanda's workforce and payroll platform ships rostering, HR and payroll controls in near-daily batches. On 11 and 12 November managers gained a choice of who can claim a vacant shift, bulk approval of availability requests, a roster publish menu that remembers settings, and skills ratings inside performance reviews. Payroll got team-level journal accounts for split autopay salaries, and the old wage comparison report was retired in favour of Wage Compare.

◆ Where it's heading

After a 4 November HR Agent beta and SMS in Hire, the latest batch is about cutting manager clicks in scheduling and approvals. Several changes consolidate older tools, such as the retired wage report and the redesigned publish menu, which points to a cleanup of the rostering surface alongside new HR features.

◆ Prediction

The redesigned roster publish menu is due to go live this week, and more consolidation of older reports and menus is likely; the entries do not show the HR Agent beta's next step.

Alternatives to Deputy and Tanda

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 Tanda.

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Recent activity from Deputy and Tanda

Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.

  1. 2d agoTandaFilter Applications by Relevance in Hire
  2. 2d agoTandaWage Comparison Report Updates
  3. 3d agoTandaChoose Who Can Claim a Vacant Shift
  4. 3d agoTandaBulk Action Availability Requests
  5. 3d agoTandaNew Look Coming Soon: Roster Publish Menu
  6. 3d agoTandaSkills Assessments in Performance Reviews
  7. 4mo agoDeputyPayDay Super for Deputy Payroll
  8. 5mo agoDeputySensitive Data Permissions for Pay Rates
  9. 6mo agoDeputyCustom Access Levels
  10. 6mo agoDeputyCustom access levels
  11. 7mo agoDeputyFreeze Empty/Open Shift Row in Schedule Employee Views
  12. 7mo agoDeputyOpen/empty shift row can be pinned in schedule views

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Deputy and Tanda?

They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Tanda is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 7.5 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.

Is Deputy better than Tanda?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Tanda is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 7.5 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.

What are the best alternatives to Deputy?

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.

What are the best alternatives to Tanda?

Top Tanda alternatives in HR are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Tanda alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/tanda for the full list with editorial commentary on each.