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How SOC Rotate compares with other shift scheduling tools

SOC Rotate compared, row by row, with Soon, Octofi, Deputy, Humanity, 7shifts, Microsoft Shifts and Excel, from each tool's own published pages, including the rows SOC Rotate loses.

Where a vendor’s page says nothing about a row, the cell says so rather than guessing against them. Where SOC Rotate lacks something they have, the cell says that too.

SOC Rotate
Soon
Octofi
Deputy
Humanity
7shifts
Microsoft Shifts
Excel
Fit
Built for, or marketed to, security operations centres
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Building the rotation
Rotation generated from a repeating pattern
Yes
Partly
Yes
Not stated
Not stated
Partly
No
No
Rules-based solver (demand + rules, solved per window)
Yes
Yes
Not stated
Partly
Partly
Partly
No
No
Working-time law presets (UK, EU, US, Australia)
Yes
Not stated
Partly
Partly
Partly
Partly
Not stated
No
Rest check on every leave approval and swap
Yes
Partly
Not stated
Partly
Not stated
Not stated
Not stated
No
Coverage
Minimum staffing per shift
Yes
Yes
Partly
Yes
Yes
Partly
Not stated
No
Seniority tiers (T1 / T2 / T3) inside the coverage rule
Yes
Partly
Not stated
Not stated
Not stated
Not stated
Not stated
No
Skills or qualifications inside the coverage rule
Yes
Yes
Not stated
Yes
Yes
Partly
Not stated
No
Client SLA target and a coverage report the client can open
Yes
Not stated
Not stated
No
No
No
No
No
Follow-the-sun chain across offices, with hand-off gaps shown
Yes
Partly
Not stated
Partly
Partly
Partly
No
No
People
Fairness ledger for nights, weekends and holidays
Yes
Partly
Not stated
Not stated
Not stated
Not stated
No
No
Leave with the shifts it empties and who could cover
Yes
Partly
Partly
Partly
Partly
Partly
Partly
No
Shift swaps and an open board
Yes
Yes
Not stated
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Structured handover with acknowledgement
Yes
Partly
Not stated
Partly
Not stated
Partly
No
No
On-call schedules checked against the shift rotation
Yes
Yes
Not stated
Not stated
Not stated
Not stated
Partly
No
Platform
Audit trail of every schedule, leave, swap and settings change
Yes
Not stated
Not stated
Not stated
Yes
Not stated
Yes
No
Time clock and attendance
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Demand forecasting from historical volume
No
Yes
Not stated
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Microsoft Teams and Outlook integration
No
Yes
Not stated
Not stated
Not stated
Not stated
Yes
No
Single sign-on
No
Yes
Not stated
Yes
Not stated
Not stated
Yes
No
Published pricing
Yes
Partly
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
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  • ComplianceEvery change logged, every override on record.