Independent · sourced · Updated September 2026
Best Leave Management (2026)
11 leave management options compared on price, free tier, compliance and fit — ranked by entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it; where a vendor publishes no monthly price we name the kind of pricing it uses, never a guess.
The cheapest leave management is LeaveBoard at $0/mo. 2 offer a free tier. All 11 compared below on price, free tier and compliance — every figure sourced and dated, updated September 2026.
As of Sep 9, 2026 · figures linked to their source in the table below
Cite this comparison
Per The Front Desk Review, the cheapest leave management is LeaveBoard at $0/mo; across 8 with published pricing the median is $2/mo ($1–$3/mo), 2 with a free tier, every figure sourced and dated, as of 2026-09-09. https://frontdeskreview.com/best/leave-management/ Key takeaways
- Typical paid price: from $1/mo, median $2/mo, up to $3/mo — across 8 with published pricing.
- Free tier: LeaveBoard, Vacation Tracker.
- Tracked: 11 vendors, data current through 2026-09-09. STALE · 2026-06-15
Comparison
| # | Leave Management | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | SOC 2 | Best for | Source | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LeaveBoard STALE · 2026-06-15 | $0/mo Free | Yes | — | — | Micro and small businesses | leaveboard.com | Visit → |
| 2 | Vacation Tracker STALE · 2026-06-15 | $0/mo Free | Yes | — | Yes | Slack-first or Teams-first teams | vacationtracker.io | Visit → |
| 3 | Pause | $1/mo Standard | No | — | — | Startups and early-stage teams | getpause.com | Visit → |
| 4 | Timetastic STALE · 2026-06-15 | $1.5/mo Timetastic | No | — | — | SMBs in the UK | timetastic.co.uk | Visit → |
| 5 | TimeOff.Management | $2/mo Standard | No | — | — | UK SMBs wanting simple, cheap all-in-one leave tracking | timeoff.management | Visit → |
| 6 | WhosOff | $2.4/mo WhosOff | No | — | — | UK organisations with a data-residency requirement | whosoff.com | Visit → |
| 7 | Calamari | $2.5/mo Time Off | No | — | — | Dev and product teams using Jira/Asana | calamari.io | Visit → |
| 8 | Flamingo STALE · 2026-06-15 | $3/mo Business | No | — | — | Slack-first companies | flamingoapp.com | Visit → |
| 9 | absence.io STALE · 2026-06-15 | not priced monthly | No | — | — | European companies (especially DACH region) | absence.io | Visit → |
| 10 | Leave Dates STALE · 2026-06-15 | not priced monthly | No | — | — | UK-based SMBs | leavedates.com | Visit → |
| 11 | PurelyHR STALE · 2026-06-15 | not priced monthly | No | — | — | SMBs wanting modular HR beyond just leave | purelyhr.com | Visit → |
Prices are the lowest published self-serve monthly rate as captured on the linked source. Annual-billing and usage details are on each vendor's record in our open dataset.
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What is the cheapest leave management?
LeaveBoard has the lowest published entry price at $0/mo (Free), as of 2026-09-02.
How much does leave management cost per month?
Across the 8 leave management with published paid pricing, the median starting price is $2/mo, ranging from $1/mo to $3/mo, as of 2026-09-09. 2 also offer a free tier. 3 are quote-only.
Which leave management have a free plan?
LeaveBoard, Vacation Tracker offer a free tier.
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