Airシフト (Air Shift) vs Planday vs Rotaready Evo

Airシフト (Air Shift) is a Japanese-language cloud shift-scheduling service from Recruit's Air business tools family. Planday is workforce management software for shift-based businesses: it builds rotas, tracks time with a phone punch clock, manages leave and prepares timesheets for payroll. Rotaready Evo is hospitality rota and workforce software from The Access Group, which acquired Rotaready in 2022. All three are listed under Employee Scheduling & Rostering. The main differences are in price, audience and platforms.

Key differences

  • price

    The vendors price on different terms. Airシフト (Air Shift) at JPY 330 per linked staff member per month (tax included); Planday at GBP 2.99 per user per month; Rotaready Evo at GBP 103 per month. The amounts cannot be compared directly.

  • audience

    Audience differs between the profiles. Listed by one product alone: Airシフト (Air Shift): Restaurants and izakaya that collect shift requests from part-time staff; Planday: Restaurants, cafes, bars and clubs with shift teams; Rotaready Evo: Pubs, restaurants and hospitality groups.

  • platforms

    Listed platforms: Airシフト (Air Shift): Web, iOS; Planday: Web, iOS; Rotaready Evo: Web, iOS, Android.

  • integrations

    The integration lists differ. Airシフト (Air Shift) names 4 integrations, Planday names 34 integrations and Rotaready Evo names 42 integrations. No partner appears in every list.

  • company background

    Parent companies: Airシフト (Air Shift), Recruit Co., Ltd.; Planday, Xero (since 2021, per LinkedIn); Rotaready Evo, The Access Group (acquired Rotaready, announced 22 August 2022).

Side by side

Airシフト (Air Shift) vs Planday vs Rotaready Evo: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldAirシフト (Air Shift)PlandayRotaready Evo
What it isAirシフト (Air Shift) is a Japanese-language cloud shift-scheduling service from Recruit's Air business tools family.Planday is workforce management software for shift-based businesses: it builds rotas, tracks time with a phone punch clock, manages leave and prepares timesheets for payroll.Rotaready Evo is hospitality rota and workforce software from The Access Group, which acquired Rotaready in 2022.
Best forRestaurants and izakaya that collect shift requests from part-time staff; Small operators with 1 to 4 stores; Operators with 5 or more storesRestaurants, cafes, bars and clubs with shift teams; Small businesses leaving spreadsheets; Multi-site operators; Hotels and larger groupsPubs, restaurants and hospitality groups; Multi-site operators; Operators already using Access hospitality products
Pricing modelSubscription per userSubscription per userSubscription per employee
Starting priceJPY 330 per linked staff member per month (tax included)GBP 2.99 per user per monthGBP 103 per month
Free planNoNoNot published
Free trialYesYesNot published
ContractNot publishedNot publishedNot published
PlatformsWeb, iOSWeb, iOSWeb, iOS, Android
CountriesJapanDenmark, United KingdomNot published
LanguagesJapaneseDansk, Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Italiano and 2 moreNot published
Number of integrations43442
CertificationsNot publishedGDPR, ISO 27001, SOC 2GDPR
Security practicesNot publishedNot publishedNot published
FoundedNot published2004Not published
HeadquartersNot publishedCopenhagen (per LinkedIn), DenmarkNot published
OwnerRecruit Co., Ltd.Xero (since 2021, per LinkedIn)The Access Group (acquired Rotaready, announced 22 August 2022)
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

No partner appears in every list.

Named only by Airシフト (Air Shift)

  • Airメイト
  • Airレジ
  • Airワーク 給与支払
  • freee人事労務

Named only by Planday

  • ADP
  • All Gravy
  • Apicbase
  • Barma
  • Brightec Time
  • Expert LMS
  • Favrit
  • FlexEarn
  • Flow
  • Hastee
  • Heartland Plus One
  • Lavu
and 15 more
  • Level
  • Lightspeed Retail
  • Mews
  • Microsoft Dynamics / Navision C5
  • PAXml
  • Paychex
  • Personio
  • PMI by d2o
  • QuickBooks Online
  • Runwell
  • Sage 50
  • Square
  • Superb
  • TriNet
  • Zettle by PayPal

Named only by Rotaready Evo

  • Access Collins Evo
  • Access EarlyPay
  • Access EPoS Evo
  • Acteol Evo
  • NCR Aloha
  • Azuronaut
  • BrightPay
  • Centera
  • Comtrex
  • CPL Learning Evo
  • eploy
  • Epos Now
and 23 more
  • Flow Hospitality
  • Guestline Rezlynx
  • Hospitality Rewards
  • ICRTouch
  • Lightspeed K Series (iKentoo)
  • Monotree
  • Newbridge
  • OpenTable
  • PayCaptain
  • PointOne
  • Recruit Genie
  • ResDiary
  • Sage Payroll
  • SevenRooms
  • Staffbase
  • Talent Funnel
  • Tayl
  • Temtailor
  • Tevalis
  • Williams Stanley & Co
  • Workvivo
  • Yapster
  • Zonal

Which to choose

Airシフト (Air Shift)

Choose Airシフト (Air Shift) if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Restaurants and izakaya that collect shift requests from part-time staff; Small operators with 1 to 4 stores; Operators with 5 or more stores.

Planday

Choose Planday if you fit its listed audience: Restaurants, cafes, bars and clubs with shift teams; Small businesses leaving spreadsheets; Multi-site operators.

Rotaready Evo

Choose Rotaready Evo if you are in one of these groups: Pubs, restaurants and hospitality groups; Multi-site operators; Operators already using Access hospitality products.

What we could not confirm

Airシフト (Air Shift)

  • Company details (founding, headquarters, employee count); the site only credits Recruit Co., Ltd.
  • Security certifications
  • Android availability of the messaging app
  • Contract term beyond the free-period rules

Planday

  • Contract minimum term and renewal (the subscription terms are a scanned PDF)
  • Founding year conflict: about page says 2004, LinkedIn says 2005
  • Google Play listing
  • Funding history
  • Exact country availability
  • Whether ISO 27001 and SOC 2 reports are available to customers

Rotaready Evo

  • Contract minimum term and renewal
  • Headquarters, legal entity and headcount of the Rotaready Evo business
  • Countries where it is sold
  • Interface languages
  • Security certifications
  • App Store and Google Play listings
  • Types of several integration partners (listed as Other where the page does not say)

Go further

Airシフト (Air Shift) profilePlanday profileRotaready Evo profile

Other comparisons with these products

Sources

Facts on this page come from the pages below. Prices and features change, so confirm with each vendor before you buy.

Airシフト (Air Shift), reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Product overview, customershttps://airregi.jp/shift/
  2. Pricinghttps://airregi.jp/shift/cost/
  3. Feature overviewhttps://airregi.jp/shift/function/
  4. Shift management featureshttps://airregi.jp/shift/function/management/
  5. Time card features and deviceshttps://airregi.jp/shift/function/timecard/
  6. Task assignment and skillshttps://airregi.jp/shift/function/workschedule/
  7. Integrationshttps://airregi.jp/shift/function/integration/
  8. Restaurant use casehttps://airregi.jp/shift/industry/001/
  9. iOS app listinghttps://apps.apple.com/jp/app/apple-store/id1392127948
  10. Price notice: 330 yen per staff member per monthhttps://faq.airshift.jp/hc/ja/articles/39934723729945--%E9%87%8D%E8%A6%81-%E6%96%99%E9%87%91%E6%94%B9%E5%AE%9A%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A4%E3%81%84%E3%81%A6%E3%81%AE%E3%81%8A%E7%9F%A5%E3%82%89%E3%81%9B-2025%E5%B9%B41%E6%9C%887%E6%97%A5

Planday, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Homepagehttps://www.planday.com
  2. Plans, prices, FAQhttps://www.planday.com/pricing
  3. Company, address, supporthttps://www.planday.com/about
  4. Schedulinghttps://www.planday.com/how-it-works/scheduling
  5. Time trackinghttps://www.planday.com/how-it-works/time-tracking
  6. Leavehttps://www.planday.com/how-it-works/absence-and-leave-management
  7. Reportinghttps://www.planday.com/how-it-works/reporting
  8. Mobile apphttps://www.planday.com/how-it-works/app
  9. Compliancehttps://www.planday.com/how-it-works/compliance
  10. Securityhttps://www.planday.com/how-it-works/compliance/security
  11. Integrationshttps://www.planday.com/how-it-works/integrations
  12. Hospitality fithttps://www.planday.com/who-we-help/hospitality
  13. Small business fithttps://www.planday.com/who-we-help/small-business
  14. Legal documentshttps://www.planday.com/legal
  15. App Store listinghttps://apps.apple.com/gb/app/planday-employee-scheduling/id518598166
  16. LinkedIn: HQ, Xero, team sizehttps://www.linkedin.com/company/planday

Rotaready Evo, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Product overview, customers, compliance, GDPRhttps://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/our-brands/rotaready-evo/
  2. Pricing and full feature listhttps://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/our-brands/rotaready-evo/pricing/
  3. Integration partnershttps://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/our-brands/rotaready-evo/integrations/
  4. Scheduling featureshttps://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/hospitality/software/scheduling/
  5. Time and attendance featureshttps://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/hospitality/software/time-and-attendance/
  6. Forecasting booster and add-on pricehttps://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/hospitality/software/forecasting/
  7. Acquisition announcement (2022)https://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/about/news/the-access-group-acquires-rotaready/
  8. Customer storieshttps://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/hospitality/case-studies-testimonials/