--- title: Calamari Reviews meta\_title: 'Calamari Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 27 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Calamari works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.6 review\_count: 27 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: HR url: https://www.g2.com/categories/hr --- # Calamari Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Calamari but has limited features. Are you part of the Calamari team? [Upgrade your plan](https://my.g2.com/calamari/upgrade?utm_campaign=s3&utm_medium=claim-popup&utm_source=g2) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Calamari is a modular HR platform trusted by 130,000+ employees across 106 countries. It replaces email approvals, spreadsheets, and paper timesheets with automated, self-service tools that actually fit how your team works – without the overhead of a full HRIS. Pick the modules you need. Pay only for those. 🏖️ Leave & Absence Management Plan and track all types of absences: vacation, PTO, sick days, remote work, and any custom leave type you define. ✅ Automated leave accrual with flexible rules per employment type (employment contract, B2B, part-time) ✅ Multi-level approval workflows with deputy approvers and full approval history ✅ Team leave calendars, daily/weekly digest notifications, and holiday calendars for 110+ countries ✅ Configurable leave policies per country, office, or contract type – built for multi-location teams ⏱️ Time Tracking Let employees clock in using 7 different methods. Get clean timesheets without chasing anyone for corrections. ✅ Clock in via web app, mobile (iOS & Android), QR codes, iBeacon, GPS check-in, kiosk, or API ✅ Automatic anomaly detection: late arrivals, early departures, unfinished shifts ✅ Track breaks, remote work sessions, and project-specific hours 👥 People & Documents One place for employee profiles, org chart, and HR documents with role-based access and full audit trail. ✅ Custom employee fields, secure document storage, and document approval workflows ✅ Birthday and work anniversary notifications ✅ "How to work with me" collaboration cards 📊 Performance Reviews (new) Run structured review cycles without building anything in Excel. ✅ Flexible questionnaires: open-ended, rating scales, multiple choice ✅ 90° / 180° / 270° / 360° review configurations ✅ Self-assessments, peer reviews, and AI-assisted manager summaries ✅ Admin dashboard with automated reminders – no manual follow-ups 🔌 Integrations Calamari connects natively with the tools your team already uses: → Google Workspace – employee sync, SSO, Google Calendar, multi-domain support → Microsoft 365 & Outlook – employee sync, SSO, Outlook Calendar sync → Microsoft Teams – leave requests, time clock, and absence notifications inside Teams → Slack – submit and approve leave, clock in/out, status sync, channel digests → Jira, open API, SAML/SSO (Okta, OneLogin) → Payroll export: Sage Symfonia, Comarch ERP Optima, Enova 365, WF Gang Calamari answers the questions your employees ask every week "How many days off do I have left? Who's out next week?" so your HR team doesn't have to. * * * Seller [Chrobrus](https://www.g2.com/sellers/chrobrus) Discussions [Calamari Community](https://www.g2.com/products/calamari/discuss) Languages Supported German, English, French, Croatian, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Serbian, Turkish, Ukrainian Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Kamil Wojewoda (Co-Founder at Calamari, We're hiring!) Show More ## Pricing Pricing provided by Calamari. ### Time Off $2.00 1 user Per Month ### Time & Attendance $2.50 1 users Per Month [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/calamari/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![BambooHR](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "BambooHR") BambooHR 4.4/5(6,113) ](https://www.g2.com/products/bamboohr/reviews) [ ![Deltek Replicon Time](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Deltek Replicon Time") Deltek Replicon Time 4.3/5(793) ](https://www.g2.com/products/deltek-replicon-time/reviews) [ ![Rippling](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Rippling") Rippling 4.8/5(13,219) ](https://www.g2.com/products/rippling/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/calamari/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 27 real user reviews. Typical contract price $0k - $0k [Sign in to view](/login) Per Month [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Emilia C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Emilia C.") EC Emilia C. Customer Engagement Manager Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/10/2021 "Great tool to manage vacation or off days at work!" 5/5 What do you like best about Calamari? Calamari makes it super simple to count the days you'll be off work. Whether you are sick, taking a vacation, or something else, their system helps you in a few steps to get it done and approved by your supervisor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Calamari? I don't dislike anything about Calamari. I've been using it as a supervisor and with my own boss. It works great both ways. It's very simple to use it and it doesn't take much time like other similar softwares. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Calamari solving and how is that benefiting you? Calamari helps me speed up the process of approving days off for the people I supervise. I also use it to request my days off or sick days. It's been great to have a system instead of sending a bunch of emails back and forth that can eventually end up being lost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Evija P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Evija P.") EP Evija P. Regional Human Resources and Administration Manager Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/23/2021 "My favourite HR software so far" 5/5 What do you like best about Calamari? This is a no brainer - the simplicity of it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Calamari? Some important features, like shift work schedule, would be good to have Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Calamari: If you need a simple and straight forward software, don't look further Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Calamari solving and how is that benefiting you? Leave management and time management automation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 2/18/2022 "Calamari HR system review" 4/5 What do you like best about Calamari? Straightforward interface. Clean and easy to operate. Emails are beneficial. The calendar also is valuable and easy to read Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Calamari? The request absence does not allow you to add custom hour for a less than a day leave Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Calamari solving and how is that benefiting you? It manages the leaves of the employees Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/16/2021 "Great Time and Attendance Platform" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Calamari? Vacation allotments, booking, changing and reviewing dates of myself and colleagues was easy to use and explain to others. Clean simple interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Calamari? Didn't use all of the features as a user so there was not a ton to dislike about the platform. Mobile app needed maybe? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Calamari solving and how is that benefiting you? Time and attendance across a team. Tracking and submissions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") AC Verified User in Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/21/2021 "Good leave management system, but UI needs improvement" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Calamari? Integration with Slack that allows our team to easily track and be aware of team members who are off on leave. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Calamari? Admin interface is not the easiest to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Calamari solving and how is that benefiting you? Tracking holidays and vacation of our team members Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite LA Lauren A. Business Manager Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/16/2020 "Good Software - depends on what you're looking for" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Calamari? The interface is very modern, and I thought it was relatively user-friendly (some of my staff disagreed, however). I really liked that I could set flows for PTO approval, so it could be OK'ed by their manager, and then sent to me to mark the calendar and get things settled from the HR end. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Calamari? Because I was only using their time off management system, as opposed to both their time off and time clock systems, employees could not accrue time. I simply had it set that on the first of the year, they could see all 120 hours available to them. Despite instructions to employees that they needed to look at their timecard to get actual accruals, and that hourly employees may not accrue all 120 hours if they do not work a full workweek, etc, employees had a lot of difficulty understanding that what Calamari listed was not necessarily entirely accurate. And while I felt that this software was pretty intuitive, employees would often forget to change the dropdown type of time off (Bereavement was listed first, alphabetically), or asking for partial days off. I chose not to use their time clock system because I did not like the options. I was looking for a kiosk or app that could be used with a PIN or biometric data or something else where it is not necessary to individually log in to clock in. Not all employees have a computer to use the browser. Using an iBeacon doesn't allow people to clock in/out for breaks, so that didn't work. Additionally, salaried employees could not accrue unless they also clocked in/out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Calamari solving and how is that benefiting you? Using their time off management system is much better than the previous paper system we were using. It has saved time and money, and reduced errors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Machinery](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Machinery") AM Verified User in Machinery Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/1/2019 "good for basic clock in/out and absence requests" 4/5 What do you like best about Calamari? The Calendar for knowing who's in/out the office is great. easy for user and admin. Good to keep track of days off. platform is somewhat customizable. good support. integrates with google calendar. can clock in with qr code or from computer depending on settings Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Calamari? company is not in USA so have to pay through paypal which can feel and look a bit strange. employees do not all have the same amount of time off allowed per year so admin has to edit by hand days off each year for each employee Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Calamari: very easy to use. low learning curve. easy to set up new employees. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Calamari solving and how is that benefiting you? tracking employee time off, seeing who is in/out office Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") AC Verified User in Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/3/2018 "Helpful leave management tool with great support" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Calamari? Previously, we were managing leave requests with tools that weren't specifically made for this purpose, thus it required significant manual effort. We switched to Calamari about a year ago and it has made the process much simpler both for managers and also for employees. Nobody in the company has any noteworthy complaints. For any configuration questions and issues, Calamari's support provides quick, helpful and personal assistance. All in all, we are happy with Calamari and will continue using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Calamari? Some of the configuration options are not self-explanatory, but for any questions, Calamari Support provides help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Calamari solving and how is that benefiting you? Simplified leave request and approval procedure. Convenient way to see who is on holiday when. Good way to record and manage basic employee data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Heidi F.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Heidi F.") HF Heidi F. marketing manager Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/2/2018 "Easy and good customer service" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Calamari? Staff worked with us to fully explain and customize the platform to what we needed. Love that it syncs with Google calendar Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Calamari? It would be nice if the google sync wasn't an all or nothing solution. Our company has 3 divisions using our Calamari account and it would be nice to just see the people in our own division's team calendar events and not everybody's. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Calamari: give it a try to see if it is a good solution for you as well Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Calamari solving and how is that benefiting you? We have been able to get rid of a clock in software and our manual request off and logging software. We mounted a tablet by our door and employees use the QR code scanner when they enter to clock in and out instead of having to log in on their computer--and they actually have to be here and can't be sneaky and do it remotely Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite AR Adel R. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/29/2018 "Great customer service." 5/5 What do you like best about Calamari? Kamil really helped me out a lot when I was trying to configure some unique rules. Fast replies and customer service. The Slack integration is really helpful so that managers are also able to approve/reject requests directly on Slack. The best thing about Calamari is also it's UI/UX design which is clean and easy to navigate around. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Calamari? There is nothing to dislike. Kamil went above and beyond to help me out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Calamari: Easy to learn software that is easy to set up and use. The team at Calamari is also great with customer service and is constantly improving their features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Calamari solving and how is that benefiting you? Working in a company with numerous remote staff, being able to create different leave rules for the various staff really helps in helping us track their leaves and holidays better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ## Questions about Calamari? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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