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Build Halt vs Connecteam,RotaCloud and Deputy.
This page is written by Build Halt, so read it as ours. Every price was checked on 3 November 2026 on each company’s own pricing page, and the working is shown. Connecteam, RotaCloud and Deputy are good products for the right team; we say below where each may suit you better than we do.
Free for up to 5 people. Standard and Pro free for 14 days.
Monthly cost
What each costs for a team of 5, 10, 20 and 30 people.
The monthly bill for the whole company, paying monthly, from each company’s own pricing page. Connecteam shows its prices in US dollars and has no pound price list, so its rows are in dollars.
| Plan | 5 people | 10 people | 20 people | 30 people |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Build HaltFree1 | £0 | — | — | — |
| Build HaltStandard2 | £35 | £35 | £35 | £35 |
| Build HaltPro3 | £69 | £69 | £69 | £69 |
| ConnecteamSmall Business Plan (free)4 | $0 | $0 | — | — |
| ConnecteamOperations hub, Basic5 | $35 | $35 | $35 | $35 |
| RotaCloudStandard (rota only)6 | £10 | £20 | £40 | £60 |
| RotaCloudStandard + Time & Attendance7 | £14.50 | £29 | £58 | £87 |
| DeputyLite8 | £20 | £36 | £72 | £108 |
| DeputyCore9 | £23.75 | £47.50 | £95 | £142.50 |
Prices checked 3 November 2026. They may have changed; check each company’s site.
- 1Build Halt Free: Free covers up to 5 people and 2 projects, with no card. From the 6th person you move to Standard or Pro. See buildhalt.com/pricing.
- 2Build Halt Standard: One price for up to 30 people: £35 a month, or £29 a month paid yearly. Past 30 people, £4 a person a month. See buildhalt.com/pricing.
- 3Build Halt Pro: One price for up to 30 people: £69 a month, or £59 a month paid yearly. Past 30 people, £4 a person a month. See buildhalt.com/pricing.
- 4Connecteam Small Business Plan (free): Free for up to 10 users, all hubs included. In US dollars: their pricing page has no pound prices. Read on 3 November 2026 at connecteam.com/pricing/.
- 5Connecteam Operations hub, Basic: $35 a month billed monthly ($29 billed yearly) covers the first 30 users, so the price is the same at every size here. That is one hub; the Communications and HR & Skills hubs each cost the same again. In US dollars. Read on 3 November 2026 at connecteam.com/pricing/.
- 6RotaCloud Standard (rota only): Priced by band: £10 a month for 1–5 employees, £20 for 6–10, £40 for 11–20, £60 for 21–30, billed monthly. Clocking in is not included; see the next row. Read on 3 November 2026 at rotacloud.com/pricing.
- 7RotaCloud Standard + Time & Attendance: Standard plus the Time & Attendance add-on, which is £4.50, £9, £18 and £27 a month for the same bands: £10 + £4.50, £20 + £9, £40 + £18, £60 + £27. Read on 3 November 2026 at rotacloud.com/pricing.
- 8Deputy Lite: £3.60 per user per month billed monthly, before VAT: 5 × £3.60 = £18, lifted to the £20 minimum monthly spend; 10 × £3.60 = £36; 20 × £3.60 = £72; 30 × £3.60 = £108. Yearly billing is £3.25 per user. Read on 3 November 2026 at deputy.com/gb/pricing.
- 9Deputy Core: £4.75 per user per month billed monthly, before VAT: 5 × £4.75 = £23.75; 10 × £4.75 = £47.50; 20 × £4.75 = £95; 30 × £4.75 = £142.50. Yearly billing is £4.25 per user. Read on 3 November 2026 at deputy.com/gb/pricing.
A dash means the plan is not offered at that size. Deputy’s prices are before VAT, as its page states. RotaCloud’s and Deputy’s yearly prices are lower than the monthly ones shown; so are Build Halt’s (£29 and £59 a month).
Where Build Halt is different
Made for crews on site, at one price.
Build Halt was built for construction and the trades first. These are the things it does that the others do differently or not at all, with the plan each comes on.
One price for the team
Standard and Pro are one monthly price for up to 30 people, not a price per person. Adding the 12th person costs nothing extra.
Standard and Pro
Free for 5 people, no card
The Free plan takes 5 people and 2 projects, with the rota, clock-in and tasks, and asks for no card.
Free
Clock in only at the site
Clocking in works only within a set distance of the job’s address: 300 m unless you change it. Hours come from people who were there.
Standard and Pro
Before and after photos, checked by AI
A photo before and after each task. The AI says whether the work looks finished; when it is sure, the task completes, otherwise a manager decides.
Pro
Payroll from approved hours
Pay worked out from approved hours and each person’s rate, with CSV files for Xero, Sage and QuickBooks. It is an export you import, not a live link.
Pro
Data stored in the EU
Your records, photos and files are stored in Frankfurt. The app is built for construction and the trades first, with projects, materials and safety checks as standard.
Where the others may suit you better
Said plainly.
Each of these has things Build Halt does not. If they are the things you need, choose them.
Connecteam
An all-in-one employee app sold as three hubs: Operations, Communications and HR & Skills.
Connecteam has far more features than Build Halt, many integrations, and a large customer base across many industries. If you want one app for operations, internal communications and HR training together, and a team well above 30, it is the broader product.
Pricing, read 3 November 2026
- Prices are shown in US dollars. Their pricing page says “Prices are in USD” and has no pound price list.
- Small Business Plan: free for up to 10 users, with every hub included.
- Each hub is priced on its own. The Operations hub is $35 a month billed monthly, or $29 a month billed yearly, for the first 30 users; each user after that is $1 a month ($0.80 yearly).
- Operations Advanced is $59 a month ($49 yearly) and Expert $119 ($99), each for the first 30 users; the Communications and HR & Skills hubs have the same three prices again.
- 14-day free trial, no credit card needed.
RotaCloud
A UK rota planning product, with clocking in as an add-on.
RotaCloud is a mature UK rota specialist with many years behind it and phone support. If your main need is the rota itself, with holidays and shift swaps, and you want to ring someone, it is the more settled choice.
Pricing, read 3 November 2026
- Priced in pounds, by band of employees. Standard is £10 a month for 1–5 employees, £20 for 6–10, £40 for 11–20 and £60 for 21–30. Pro is £15, £30, £60 and £90 for the same bands.
- Paying yearly saves two months: £120 a year for Standard at 1–5 employees instead of £10 a month.
- Clocking in and timesheets are the Time & Attendance add-on: £4.50 a month at 1–5 employees, £9 at 6–10, £18 at 11–20 and £27 at 21–30.
- No free plan. 30-day free trial, no payment details needed.
Deputy
Scheduling and time tracking for shift-based businesses, priced per user.
Deputy has live integrations with payroll and point-of-sale systems, and the scheduling, compliance and reporting that larger teams across many sites need. If you run payroll in Xero and want hours to flow in without a file, Deputy does that and Build Halt does not.
Pricing, read 3 November 2026
- Priced in pounds, per user per month, before VAT. Lite is £3.60 billed monthly (£3.25 a month billed yearly), Core £4.75 (£4.25) and Pro £7.25 (£6.50).
- Monthly plans have a minimum spend of £20 a month per invoice, so very small teams pay at least £20.
- Add-ons are per user per month: HR £2, Messaging+ £1.40, Analytics+ £1.
- No free plan listed. The trial is up to 31 days, with no credit card needed.
What Build Halt does not have yet
- Build Halt is new: it launched in October 2026. The others have years of use behind them.
- No live payroll integrations. Payroll leaves as CSV files for Xero, Sage and QuickBooks; nothing is pushed into them.
- No quoting or invoicing. Build Halt runs the work and the hours, not the sales side.
- Support is by email only, at support@buildhalt.com. There is no phone line.
- Plans are for up to 30 people with £4 a person beyond that; the others are built for far larger teams.
Questions
Asked before choosing.
Is Build Halt free?
Up to 5 people and 2 projects, yes, with no card. The Free plan has the rota, clock-in and out (even offline), tasks and push notifications. Standard (£35 a month) and Pro (£69 a month) are free for 14 days; a card is taken at the start and nothing is charged until day 14.
Does Build Halt charge per user?
No. Standard and Pro are one price for up to 30 people. Beyond 30 it is £4 a person a month. Connecteam also prices by block (the first 30 users), RotaCloud by band of employees, and Deputy per user per month.
Can I move from Connecteam, RotaCloud or Deputy?
You can, but there is no import tool. You invite your people by email or a QR code, make your projects, and build the rota again in Build Halt. Your old hours and records stay in the old system; export them from there before you close the account.
Does Build Halt work with Xero?
Pro exports payroll as a CSV file laid out for Xero, and others for Sage and QuickBooks. You download the file and import it. There is no live connection, so nothing moves between the two on its own.
Which is best for a small building firm?
It depends on what you need. For a crew of up to 30 that wants clock-in at the site, photos of the work and pay from approved hours, at one price, Build Halt is made for that. If you want the rota alone and phone support, RotaCloud is a good fit. If you want hours flowing straight into payroll software, Deputy does that. If you want one app covering operations, communications and HR for a team of any size, Connecteam has the most.
Where did these prices come from?
From each company’s own pricing page, read on 3 November 2026: connecteam.com/pricing, rotacloud.com/pricing and deputy.com/gb/pricing. Prices change, so check each site before you decide. Connecteam shows its prices in US dollars; the other two in pounds.
Prices checked 3 November 2026. They may have changed; check each company’s site.
Connecteam, RotaCloud and Deputy are trademarks of their respective owners. Build Halt is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to any of them. Their features and prices are as their own websites gave them on 3 November 2026.
Pricing
Employee management, one price for the whole team.
Not per person, and not per add-on. Try Standard or Pro free for 14 days, then keep the one your team can’t do without.
Try Standard or Pro for 14 days, free.
Add a card to start; nothing is charged until day 14. Cancel before then and you pay nothing.
Standard
Recommended£348 billed yearly · save £72
For teams that need to know who is really on site. Up to 30 people.
Everything in Free, plus
- Job chat and photos
- Photo proof and files on tasks
- Announcements and team contacts
- Time off requests
- Forms and daily safety checks
- Clock-in only within a set distance of the site
- Documents and materials
- Up to 30 people, and as many projects as you need
Not included
- Before and after photos, checked by AI
- Site reports and end-of-day summaries
- Payroll and CSV exports
- Job costing
- Clients
- Guest access
- AI assistant
- No charge for 14 days
- Web app on every plan
- Cancel in the trial, pay nothing
- Prices include VAT
- Your data is stored in the EU
FAQ
Questions,answered.
The things people ask before they move their team over.
Still stuck? support@buildhalt.com
Build Halt is a workforce management app for the deskless workforce: teams who work on sites, on the road or on the shop floor rather than at a desk. It covers employee management from the rota and clock-in to timesheets, tasks, time off and pay, on a phone or on the web. It is made by Build Halt Limited, a UK company, and is available now on the App Store and Google Play.