Calamari Reviews

I've been looking for a time and PTO tracker for my teams as we grow, and we have been previously using spreadsheets which has become too tedious. I signed up for a trial with Calamari and it was an easy discovery of value for money. Setup was easy, and whenever I encountered hiccups, their support was amazingly responsive (3-4 mins response time). I've seen bugs but they fix it in just a few minutes after I reported it. The effort their support team takes to actually help me out was very much commendable (they fixed my accrual rules, sent me screenshots of my actual account on where I can tweak something). They are also very patient, I love tinkering and their support walked me through the entire setup.The integrations with Slack and Google Calendar are also one of the many things I loved.

Not really a con, but I'd love to see an option to restrict requests on specific months/days.

Clear interface
Multiple functions
External integrations (especially the one with slack is useful)
Responsive support team

So far no cons, all the problems we had with this tool were quickly fixed

Monthly subscription cost and easy to use.

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

Calamari can be used for any country and any HR situations. Very helpful when you have several companies all over the world or when you need to adapt to some context.

[sensitive content hidden] just the fact that you cannot re-arrange the interface views.

Integration with Slack, reliability of work, automation of many processes when using tool, team likes it, trusts it and uses it. No need to train or onboard team on the tool, its simple.

Settings around holidays and limitations around breaks types for Slack. Not user friendly reporting. No dashboard of present employees.

I love the Beacon feature which allows our staff to log in automatically when they come on the premises.

Moving employee details like emergency contact details into Core HR was disappointing.

multiplatform integration: IOS, Mac, Teams, Windows, Web, Bluetooth ...

a Bulk system to review bad entries. Some coworkers are very bad at sign in to Calamari, and the administration people has to change one by one.

Before calamari we always had a problem to clarify who is available and many hours people were working. There was always a guy who add some hours. Now we have everything in one app

Some of my workers say it has some bugs - on their phones calendar doesn't work

Excellent support, easy handling with Calamari

We would like to have the possibility to export the review but in the color of each leave event (vacation, sick days each different color..) so we can visualize it through the review for each employee per month. It would help us with the salary accounting process.

I like that it considers all the flexibility options. You can control and change anything.
Also the customer support has been super! i have dealt with one person from start to the end (her name is Ewelina) and she has been a superstar in the transition and always available.
Also the mobile app is amazing

Nothing comes to mind. I am very happy thus far.

- Slack integration is very good
- Leaves approval and request method is very easy
- Calendar integration is very good

- It is not possible to share a list of public holidays

It is very easy to schedule time off and fairly easy to set up everything at the beginning.

There is nothing that I dislike. As with all software, there are always a couple of minor things I would do differently, but I am very satisfied with this product.

It's easy to use and very helpfull tool for small and large companies

lack of much automation in leave management and notifications

I like the online HR features
It simplifies workforce management
It comes with helpful time tracking features and makes scheduling easy too.

Calamari has all features. No malfunctioning witnessed.

Multiplatform, integraton into Outlook, customised "holiday type"

no hungarian language, and some of my colleagues are not confident wit it
report is a not good looking and easy understand.

it is very easy to use and set up. You can set it up without any help

I dont like that you have removed the birthdays. You are also missing the anniversary dates reminder which would be nice.

Simplicity, easy setup, good value for money.

Seats handling in subscription need to be done manually.

Easy to manage program and liked by the employees, which also allows them to control their own time.

Setting up the different options was a bit problematic but with a great help from Calamari support center (which was excellent) we solved all our issues.

- easy to use
- fair pricing
- compatibility with Polish law

- integrations with another tools (n8n, zapier, make.com etc)
- reports nad exports could be better / more flexible

Simplicity and lot of options, ease of use, great customer service support, perfect fit to our needs

too few options for personalizing the appearance

Ease of use, it is pretty functional and easy to use.

It requires our staff to log into two different applications

It's simple and intuitive. The learning curve is relatively low. It's lean. And it's also cost competitive for our needs. I know Calamari offers other functions aside from PTO tracking, but I would need to delve deeper to understand how they compare to what we currently use

Nothing really.. It works well for what we need. I may come across things as we go, but generally speaking.. it works well