Security platform or scheduler
TrackTik is built around security operations. Rosterzen works in any industry and is a better comparison when scheduling and time and attendance are the main requirements.
TrackTik combines security scheduling with patrol, dispatch, attendance and billing workflows. The best alternative depends on whether you need a full security-operations platform or mainly need to create and manage staff schedules.
| Product | Best for | Starting price | Why consider it |
|---|---|---|---|
| TrackTik | security operations | Contact sales | Security scheduling and attendance alongside patrol, dispatch and billing workflows. |
RosterzenRosterzen | automatic schedule creation | $39/month · up to 25 workers | Builds the schedule and shows any gaps |
Belfry | security companies that want an all-in-one back office | Per active employee · contact sales | A security-company back office built around connected workflows |
Guardhouse | security companies in Australia, New Zealand and the US | From $3,500/year | End-to-end security workforce operations |
Deputy | scheduling + broader workforce tools | Core $6.50/user/month | Scheduling inside a broader people platform |
Connecteam | deskless operations | $29/month · first 30 users (annual) | Scheduling plus a broad deskless-workforce toolkit |
Quinyx | large multi-site organisations | Contact sales | Enterprise scheduling and workforce tools across many sites |
TrackTik is built around security operations. Rosterzen works in any industry and is a better comparison when scheduling and time and attendance are the main requirements.
Check whether you want managers to manage schedules and open shifts or want the system to create assignments from availability, qualifications, locations, hours, rest and coverage.
Patrol, dispatch and client-billing workflows can be valuable for security providers. If you already have those systems, paying for a focused scheduling product may be simpler.
Rosterzen creates the schedule from your coverage needs and worker rules instead of making you start from a blank calendar.
Add the shifts you need covered, then enter each worker's availability, qualifications, locations, weekly hours and rest rules. Rosterzen assigns eligible people and keeps any shift it cannot cover clearly open.
Time and attendance is included. Pricing stays fixed within each plan’s active-worker limit, so the bill does not rise with every person you add.
Best when the difficult part is deciding who should work each shift. Enterprise agreements can include EU data residency or self-hosting.
Belfry combines guard scheduling and timekeeping with operations, payroll, billing and other security-company workflows.
Scheduling includes qualified-officer suggestions, overtime visibility, open-shift workflows and mobile updates. Packages can combine scheduling with operations, payroll and billing modules.
Belfry charges per active employee per month, with the exact rate provided through sales rather than published as a self-serve price.
A good fit when you want to replace several security-company systems at once. Rosterzen is cross-industry and is easier to compare when the main requirement is creating valid staff schedules.
Guardhouse combines guard rostering with time and attendance, payroll and invoicing workflows for security businesses.
Its rostering tools surface availability, overtime, fatigue, compliance and conflicting shifts. The same platform also connects timesheets with payroll and client invoicing.
Licence tiers start at $3,500 per year and are based on the number of guards scheduled each month.
Useful when security-specific payroll, invoicing and patrol workflows are part of the requirement. Rosterzen works across industries and starts at a much lower self-serve price for scheduling-led teams.
Deputy combines scheduling, time tracking, availability, shift changes and broader workforce tools.
Its Core plan includes auto-scheduling, demand forecasting and labour planning. Lite covers basic scheduling and time tracking for teams that do not need those advanced scheduling tools.
Pricing is per user, so the monthly total increases as the workforce grows.
Useful when you want scheduling, time tracking and workforce tools in one product. Compare the Core plan if auto-scheduling is a requirement.
Connecteam puts job scheduling alongside time tracking, forms, tasks, communication and other tools for deskless teams.
Scheduling is part of the Operations Hub, so it can replace several frontline apps when the same team also needs task management, forms and mobile workflows.
Paid hub plans cover the first 30 users for a fixed base price, with additional-user charges after that. More advanced scheduling automation sits higher in the plan structure.
Useful when you want several frontline tools in one app. If the main problem is automatically constructing a difficult roster, compare the scheduling workflow closely.
Quinyx brings scheduling, time and attendance, absence management and other workforce tools into an enterprise platform.
It is aimed at organisations managing workforce operations across many sites and business units, with scheduling sitting inside a broader workforce platform.
Pricing is sales-led.
Best suited to larger deployments where scheduling is one part of a wider workforce programme.
Rosterzen focuses on automatic staff scheduling and time and attendance. It works across industries rather than bundling guard patrol, dispatch and client billing into the same platform.
TrackTik is designed around security workforce and guard operations, including sites, patrols, dispatch, attendance and billing workflows.
Yes. Rosterzen can use qualifications, locations, availability, hour limits, rest rules and required coverage when creating assignments.
Use your own team and shifts. No account required.