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Best Calamari alternatives (2026)
10 alternatives to Calamari in leave management, ranked by entry price. Calamari starts at $2.5/mo. 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.
Key takeaways
- Cheaper than Calamari: LeaveBoard, Vacation Tracker, Pause, Timetastic, TimeOff.Management, WhosOff.
- Free alternatives: LeaveBoard, Vacation Tracker.
- Closest by price: LeaveBoard ($0/mo), Vacation Tracker ($0/mo), Pause ($1/mo).
Calamari alternatives compared
| # | Alternative | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LeaveBoard STALE · 2026-06-15 | $0/mo | Yes | — | Micro and small businesses | leaveboard.com |
| 2 | Vacation Tracker STALE · 2026-06-15 | $0/mo | Yes | — | Slack-first or Teams-first teams | vacationtracker.io |
| 3 | Pause | $1/mo | No | — | Startups and early-stage teams | getpause.com |
| 4 | Timetastic STALE · 2026-06-15 | $1.5/mo | No | — | SMBs in the UK | timetastic.co.uk |
| 5 | TimeOff.Management | $2/mo | No | — | UK SMBs wanting simple, cheap all-in-one leave tracking | timeoff.management |
| 6 | WhosOff | $2.4/mo | No | — | UK organisations with a data-residency requirement | whosoff.com |
| 7 | Flamingo STALE · 2026-06-15 | $3/mo | No | — | Slack-first companies | flamingoapp.com |
| 8 | absence.io STALE · 2026-06-15 | not priced monthly | No | — | European companies (especially DACH region) | absence.io |
| 9 | Leave Dates STALE · 2026-06-15 | not priced monthly | No | — | UK-based SMBs | leavedates.com |
| 10 | PurelyHR STALE · 2026-06-15 | not priced monthly | No | — | SMBs wanting modular HR beyond just leave | purelyhr.com |
Data current through 2026-09-09. STALE marks a row with at least one plan we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days. 7 of 10 rows above are marked. Compare any two directly on the Leave Management index.