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Landing Platform vs Planday: the rota joined to HR and pay
Planday is built around the schedule. Landing puts the shift rota inside the same platform as HR records, leave, timesheets, contracts, bookings and invoicing, so the people who plan the week and the people who pay for it read the same numbers.
Landing suits you if
- You run shifts at one or more branches and want HR in the same place
- You want labour cost against budget before the week is published
- You have office staff too, and want one system for both
Where the schedule stops.
The rota is only one part of running a team that works in shifts.
A schedule on its own
Planday knows who is working when. The contracts, the office team's timesheets and the customer side of the business still live somewhere else.
Features by tier
Leave management, payroll integrations and API access sit on the Plus plan, and auto-scheduling on the custom-priced Pro plan. The bill is per user, so it grows with every new starter.
Two kinds of staff, two systems
Hourly staff clock in on the rota, salaried staff log time somewhere else, and nobody sees labour cost and client work together.
Landing Platform vs Planday, line by line.
Landing covers the shift work Planday is known for, then joins it to the records, leave and money around it.
| Feature | Landing Platform |  Planday |
|---|---|---|
| How you pay | Members from £4 a month; Builders for the people who plan the rota every day | Per user, per month, with a minimum of 5 users on Starter |
| Shift rota | Week, day and month views per branch, drag to move, copy last week, publish with notifications, open shifts, swaps and availability, plus a coverage heatmap against your targetsCore | Scheduling on every plan; advanced scheduling on Plus; auto-scheduling on Pro |
| Working time rules | UK Working Time checks as you build: breaks, 11 hours' rest between shifts and the 48-hour average over a rolling 17 weeks | Compliance warnings, from Starter |
| Clock-in | Kiosk PIN clock-in on a shared tablet, optional GPS radius and selfie check, rostered against actual hours and a live board of who is inCore | Time tracking, from Starter |
| Labour cost and payroll | Weekend, night and overtime premiums costed against budget as you plan, then hours and premiums exported as a file your payroll provider can take | Payroll reporting on Starter; payroll integrations on Plus |
| Time off | Balances, carry-over, bank holidays and part-time patterns per person; approve from the email, and leave shows on the rotaCore | Leave management on Plus |
| Office staff and timesheets | Timesheets filled overnight from each person's Outlook calendar, for the people who don't work shiftsCore | Built around shift time |
| Progression and pay | Progression plans that apply the promotion and pay rise when the goals are metGrowth | Not listed in its plans |
| Bookings, CRM and invoices | Booking pages, contacts, deals, invoices and checkout on the same customer recordCore | Not part of the product |
| On their phones | On the App Store and Google Play, with push notifications for leave, approvals and timesheet reminders | Mobile app for employees |
Plan tags show where a feature starts on Landing: Core, Growth or Scale. Planday details reflect its publicly available plans as of 2026; check current details on its own site.
What it costs, side by side.
Planday charges per user, with the features you probably want on the Plus plan. On Landing your shift staff are Members, for a few pounds a month each, and the rota, HR and the rest of the business come in the same plan.
Planday, as it lists it
How Planday is sold, as its pricing page describes it, September 2026.
And still to buy separately: a CRM, booking pages, e-signature, invoicing and a timesheet for the office team.
a month on Landing, billed yearly, ex VAT
Includes the shift rota, kiosk clock-in, HR records, leave, timesheets, contracts and e-signature, booking pages, CRM and invoicing.
Work out your own priceExample group: three managers who build the rota and run HR every day, forty-five staff who clock in, swap shifts, book leave and see their rota. No marketing contacts.
Moving off Planday is our job.
We move you over one tool a month, against success criteria we agree with you up front. You don't pay until we prove each one is ready. See how a switch runs.
We map your rota
We look at your branches, roles, shift patterns, leave rules and what your payroll provider needs. Then we agree what "ready" means, for example a full week published and clocked in on Landing.
We move your data
We move your data as part of the switch: people, roles, branches, leave balances and your current rota. Your team keeps using Planday until the new week is checked.
You sign it off
Your managers publish a real week and check the payroll file. Billing starts only when it meets the criteria you set, then we move the next tool.
But we already use Planday.
Fair. Here are the questions shift-based teams ask us most.
Does Landing's rota do what we use Planday for?
Yes. Week, day and month views per branch, drag to move, copy last week, publish with notifications, open shifts people can claim, swaps, availability and a coverage heatmap. Working Time checks run as you build, and a kiosk tablet handles clock-in with a PIN.
Do staff who only clock in need a full seat?
No. They are Members, from £4 a month. For shop-floor staff who only clock in, the clock-in is their timesheet: hours and payroll, with no nagging to log time against projects.
Can we still send hours to our payroll provider?
Yes. Hours and premiums for weekend, night and overtime work export as a file your payroll provider can take, and labour cost shows against budget while you plan.
What about the people in the office who don't work shifts?
They use the same system. Their timesheets fill overnight from their Outlook calendar, their working week is set per person, and their leave sits on the same calendar as the rota.
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