Kynth Payroll Compliance vs Deputy
Scheduling compliant shifts doesn't mean payroll went out clean.
Deputy is a genuinely strong scheduling and time-tracking platform: open and swap shifts with templates, clock-in apps with geofencing and biometric checks against buddy punching, break scheduling, and labor-law compliance features baked into the rota — at $5 to $9 per user per month. It works the prevention side. Kynth Payroll Compliance works the audit side: before you hit submit on payroll, it reconciles scheduled vs punched vs payroll hours across every location, flags missed meal breaks, overtime creep, buddy-punching, and misclassification, and drafts the corrections for your review — it organizes the evidence, it doesn't give legal advice. Here's the honest comparison.
Their published pricing, verified July 2026.
No success fee, no usage meter, no demo call. 30-day money-back guarantee.
A 30-person roster on Deputy runs $150 to $270 a month depending on plan, and it earns that as your scheduling system. Kynth Payroll Compliance is $19 a month flat at any headcount — because it's not your scheduler, it's the check that runs on whatever scheduling and payroll you already use, before the money goes out.
The honest recommendation
- You need a scheduling and time-clock system, full stop — building compliant rotas, filling shifts, and clocking people in is Deputy's core job, not ours.
- Buddy punching is your biggest leak and you want it stopped at the clock with geofencing and biometric checks.
- You want compliance rules applied while the schedule is being built, inside the same tool your managers already live in.
- You already have scheduling and payroll and the gap is between them — nobody reconciles scheduled vs punched vs paid hours until Kynth does it before submit.
- You're per-user-priced everywhere else and want the audit layer at $19/mo flat, whatever your headcount.
- You'd rather prove it works first — the live demo runs on sample data with no account or card, and the 30-day money-back guarantee covers the rest.
Simple pricing. No surprises.
No per-seat pricing, no usage meters, no demo call — one flat price. No contracts. Cancel anytime. No credit card to start.
Import your hours by hand, run the scheduled-vs-punched-vs-payroll comparison yourself, and keep your own exception log — free forever.
Pro reconciles every location's hours automatically, flags missed breaks, overtime creep, buddy-punching, and misclassification, and drafts the corrections for your review before you submit payroll.
- Everything in Free
- The AI runs the job for you
- Priority processing
30-day money-back guarantee — if Pro doesn't pay for itself, full refund, no questions asked.
