Connecteam

Connecteam charges a flat fee per hub that covers your first 30 users, so a 25-person team pays the same as a 5-person one. The HR and Skills Hub starts at £26/mo (HR & Skills Hub, Basic, covers the first 30 users) on the Basic tier, and a per-user fee only applies from the 31st user. Annual billing saves 18 per cent. Note that Connecteam prices in US dollars worldwide, so the pound cost moves with the exchange rate.

Yes, for small teams. The Small Business plan is free for life for up to 10 employees, and teams of 11 to 30 can use the feature-limited Limited plan free of charge. Both are genuinely usable rather than trials, though they cap things like time clocks and document storage. Above that, or for the full feature set, you move to a paid tier. There is also a 14-day free trial with full Expert-tier access.

Connecteam splits its product into three hubs that are bought separately: Operations (time clock, scheduling, tasks), Communications (chat, updates, surveys) and HR and Skills (onboarding, documents, training, recognition). This matters when comparing prices, because the time clock and rota planning most businesses come to Connecteam for sit in the Operations Hub, not the HR Hub. Buying one hub gives you free limited access to the other two, but a full subscription to all three is three separate fees.

No. Connecteam has no native payroll, so it does not file RTI submissions to HMRC and does not run pension auto-enrolment. It exports timesheets to a payroll provider, integrating with Xero, QuickBooks, Gusto, ADP and Paychex, and that provider handles RTI and auto-enrolment. Connecteam publishes Working Time Regulations guides as editorial content, but that is reference material, not a compliance engine in the product.

Deskless and shift-based teams: hospitality, retail, trades, healthcare and cleaning, where staff work from a phone rather than a desk. The flat first-30-users pricing suits a growing crew, and the mobile-first design suits staff with no company email address. It is a weak fit for a salaried office team, where BambooHR, Personio or CharlieHR are better shaped, and for anyone wanting payroll and HR under one roof.