--- 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(6,100) ](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(13,212) ](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) ![Michael P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Michael P.") MP Michael P. Owner and President Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/5/2024 "An easy solution for a small business admin headache" 5/5 What do you like best about Calamari? As a small business, administrative tasks can be very tedious. Keeping track of employee time off has always been a headache until I found calamari. Simple set up and it integrates well with Slack so that time off can be requested. approved,other team members notified of upcoming time off of colleagues, Balances are automatically updated throughout the year. I don't even have to remember to reset everything at the beginning of the year. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Calamari? I haven't found anything that Ididn't like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Calamari solving and how is that benefiting you? Save me so much time and communication is seamless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") EI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/5/2024 "Calamari, a perfect fit for an SME with a distributed work force" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Calamari? We use the HR module in Calamari to handle vacations/sick leaves and regular employee leaves. Our team is distributed across Serbia, BiH and Jordan. Having an easy to use online platform, with fair per user pricing plans that is available to all our employees cross border was crucial. Our teams use it daily, we rely on its data to issue our service invoices. We track entitlements, vacation trends and much more. We recently integrate it via the API using an automation platform to issue invoices on a monthly basis. We rarely require customer support as the documentation is very good and clear with step by step instructions. Whenever we needed extra help the team at Calamari was amazing. The move to Clamari was easy, it took us couple of hours to setup the teams and we were good to go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Calamari? The mobile app for Calamari is functional. It can be polished a little bit more, however, it does deliver the main focus for us which allows our managers to approve/decline requests on the go especially during travel time. The platform is very stable, it had one or two outages since we started using it in January 2022 (2.5 years so far). The communication of outages or maintenance events can be enhanced. To be fair, those two incidents were solved quickly (less than a couple of hours) and it had no impact on our day to day business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Calamari solving and how is that benefiting you? We are an SME. When we were a small 5-10 employees team a Google Sheet was sufficient to log vacation. As we grew to +50 employees we required a service that allows employees to easily request absence as well as provide us with accurate reporting on total work days. Furthermore, having 3 locations with a single online paltform made a world of difference to streamline this aspect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Evija P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Evija P.") EP Evija P. Regional HR and Administration Manager Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/5/2024 "The best customer support ever" 5/5 What do you like best about Calamari? CS - the communication with Calamari team is super fast and efficient. Especially Agnieszka - the best customer support I have ever received. Always helpful, will find any solution to any real or imaginary problem :))))) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Calamari? Limited functionality - there are many features that would be good to have but not there yet Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Calamari solving and how is that benefiting you? Solving the problem of manual tracking Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![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.) 9/5/2024 "Great tool for tracking holidays" 5/5 What do you like best about Calamari? It's just very simple and has all options we need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Calamari? It would be great if they would give us an API. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Calamari solving and how is that benefiting you? It solves the issue of managing employee leave requests by allowing employees to easily submit their vacation requests. With notifications integrated into MS Teams and email, I am continuously updated on all submissions. The entire process is 100% electronic, which significantly simplifies time management. Additionally, Calamari meets legal requirements, making this format acceptable for authorities, which is a considerable advantage for our organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Eliza S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Eliza S.") ES Eliza S. Partnership Manager Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/12/2023 "HR Made Easy!" 5/5 What do you like best about Calamari? Getting time off is usually a headache, but Calamari turns it into an easy process. Click, click, bam – vacation requested! Plus, it's got this cool auto-calculate thing for leaves. No more brain gymnastics trying to figure out if you've got enough days left. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Calamari? I find it hard to pinpoint any aspects that I dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Calamari solving and how is that benefiting you? Calamari excels in leave management, allowing employees to request time off with just a few clicks. The system automatically calculates accruals, taking into account various leave policies and employee-specific settings. This not only streamlines the request process but also ensures accuracy in leave tracking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Moriessa J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Moriessa J.") MJ Moriessa J. Customer Service Representative Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/25/2022 "Calamari" 5/5 What do you like best about Calamari? I like the fact that I can just enter the dates needed to take time off from work rather than going through a whole long process of completing forms and all of that extra jazz Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Calamari? To be honest there is not much to dislike, however, I wish we were given the option of also entering when we would like our days off during our time off requests Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Calamari solving and how is that benefiting you? The problem it is solving is avoiding the use of going through completing a whole form to request time off from work. You even have the option of requesting sick leaves, pretty cool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Marketing and Advertising](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Marketing and Advertising") UM Verified User in Marketing and Advertising Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/1/2022 "good annual leave management app" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Calamari? it is very easy to keep track of your time off. i'm only using it as a user and to be fair it's not too much different than other annual leave management software. has integrations with slack which is good Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Calamari? not that i think it should be more complex, however the design seems a bit bland and boring. maybe the developers should work on making it a bit more colourful and playful or something as the logo gives me this kind of vibe Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Calamari solving and how is that benefiting you? it's solving the problem of having to track people's annual leave. it benefits me because a lot of the time i don't even have to ask verbally for a day off, when i can just request it in the app Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Sergey M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sergey M.") SM Sergey M. QA Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/17/2022 "Calamari. Good tool for happy days" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Calamari? Calamari's function is simple - to manage stuff days off. So is a Calamari itself - a simple tool without any excess features, very comprehensible and user-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Calamari? I didn't see any things that could be considered flaws in Calamari. Maybe one thing, more emotional than functional: you should use Calamari when you are sick, so sometimes it reminds you about not-so-happy times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Calamari solving and how is that benefiting you? Thanks to Calamari you can control the number of annual leave days left. The second important thing: your team can see that you are not available and who is your substitute. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Commercial Real Estate](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Commercial Real Estate") UC Verified User in Commercial Real Estate Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/19/2022 "Calamari - time off made simple" 5/5 What do you like best about Calamari? It is very easy to track when teammates are off, as well as see your total vs current time off entitlement. Plus, the reminder emails ensure I always get back to my team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Calamari? The Apply and Calendar pages look nearly identical and should be combined. I often find myself trying to do tasks appropriate to one on the other. The Board section itself is also redundant with the tabs on the left hand side Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Calamari: Simple, clean interface. Very straightforward solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Calamari solving and how is that benefiting you? Approving my direct reports' time off, and confidently allowing them to know they will have time to unplug has done wonders for making vacations reduce stress, not add Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 9/15/2022 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Tanicia J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Tanicia J.") TJ Tanicia J. Customer service rep Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/17/2022 "would definitely recommend" 5/5 What do you like best about Calamari? East to track vacation days and simple to plot Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Calamari? doesnt have an option to put day offs when plotting vacation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Calamari solving and how is that benefiting you? Helps track vacation and sick days Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## 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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