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What is Calamari?
Calamari is an HR management software that makes people management easier. It allows for planning and tracking of all types of absences. You can get notifications about upcoming absences and time-off requests. Calamari supports companies with offices based in multiple countries and locations and supports role-based security. The app is integrated with project management tools like JIRA, Slack, Office265, GSuite, Microsoft Teams, Basecamp, and Asana.
Who Uses Calamari?
Calamari helps in employees' time tracking management. It automates and simplifies processes connected to absences and timesheets. We provide support in the initial set up & employees' data import.
Where can Calamari be deployed?
About the vendor
- Calamari
- Founded in 2014
Calamari support
- Chat
Languages
English, French, German, Polish, Spanish
Calamari pricing
Starting Price:
- Yes, has free trial
- No free version
Calamari does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. Calamari paid version starts at US$2.00/month.
Pricing plans get a free trialAbout the vendor
- Calamari
- Founded in 2014
Calamari support
- Chat
Languages
English, French, German, Polish, Spanish
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Features of Calamari
Reviews of Calamari
A powerful solution to get rid of paperwork!
Comments: Do you remember the days when all of your employees had to give you paper requests to go on vacations? I don't! Calamari is lovely, and we got rid of all the silly paperwork we had to do back in the past!
Pros:
- Really helpful regarding compliance. You don't have to remember about all those required by the labour law requests. You have them all inside one app! - Gives you plenty of customization options. We added a few custom made types of leave like Anniversary Vacay Days. It was super easy to configure. - Great integrations with Google calendar and slack. You can see all the most important information, not login in. - All in one virtual place! No more checking paper to verify PTOs!
Cons:
I can't think of any! Calamari changed my life :)
Calamari Response
3 years ago
Hello! We're really glad to hear that! We're working hard to make Calamari a helpful and simple solution everyone can use. Managing the variety of labor policies is one of the features that make HR management in multinational companies easier ;).
Good, but still room for improvement
Comments: Okay, but I have to endure staff complaints after we transitioned from a former in-house program to Calamari with its shortcomings as mentioned above.
Pros:
The fact that it is available as a Web app, Mobile App and can be integrated with MS Teams, etc.
Cons:
The calendar should be improved across all platforms to give a first-glance distinction of approved vs pending approval requests, partial vs full day leave, clear and very visible identification of company holidays without the need to hover over the days to figure it out.
Decent value for money timekeeping app
Pros:
Monthly subscription cost and easy to use.
Cons:
such a bland and unhelpful interface. no Auto clock in / clock out
Alternatives Considered: TimeKeeper and ClockShark
Reasons for Switching to Calamari: Cost
Calamari Response
2 years ago
Thank you for your review. The auto clock in/out feature is an excellent idea. Let me pass it on to our team. We always listen to our clients' needs and are open to improvements you need the most.
EverCell Bio, Inc. Review
Comments: Overall good. The support at the company has been very helpful.
Pros:
Great functions for a small business that requires different inputs
Cons:
It can be tedious to alter some of the customizations
Alternatives Considered: Paychex Flex
Reasons for Switching to Calamari: This was more customizable and can function independently
Highly recommend for team management for Slack based teams
Comments: Generally good. It helped to automate many processes in our agency.
Pros:
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.
Cons:
Settings around holidays and limitations around breaks types for Slack. Not user friendly reporting. No dashboard of present employees.