Rotaready, now sold as Rotaready Evo by The Access Group, is a workforce platform for hospitality groups, with forecasting and budgeting. FireAttend is one price per shop, built around a takeaway's pay week. Here's how they compare.
The short answer. Rotaready's cheapest plan, Pro, includes clock-in and starts at £103 a month for up to 15 employees, plus a set-up fee it doesn't publish. Its calculator gives £138 a month for 20 employees and £206 for 30. FireAttend is £26 a month per shop whatever your headcount. Rotaready goes further on forecasting, budgeting and HR; FireAttend is built for a takeaway's weekly pay.
| Employees | FireAttend (one shop) | Rotaready Evo Pro |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | £26 | £103 (the price includes 15 employees) |
| 20 | £26 | £138 |
| 30 | £26 | £206 |
| Set-up fee | None | Extra, amount not published |
Rotaready's monthly prices as its own calculator shows them. Rotaready says they're "indicative", that they're based on your total number of employees, and that the set-up fee isn't included. It doesn't say whether they include VAT. Its Pro + Forecasting plan costs more (£117 a month for up to 15 employees), and Premium is priced on application. FireAttend is £6 a week per shop (£26 a month), with no VAT to add.
Rotaready prices the whole business by headcount, and FireAttend prices each shop. Three shops with 30 staff between them is £78 a month on FireAttend and £206 on Rotaready Pro. The gap closes only with several very small shops: four shops with 15 staff between them is £104 on FireAttend, against Rotaready's £103 plus set-up.
| FireAttend | Rotaready Evo (Pro) | |
|---|---|---|
| Priced by | Shop (£6 a week each), unlimited staff | Total employees: from £103 a month including 15, then from £7 per employee, plus set-up |
| How staff clock in | Their own phone: tap the shop's NFC tag (Android) or scan its QR (iPhone). Nothing to download from an app store | GPS, PIN code or photo capture, with iPhone and Android apps |
| Building the rota | Shift patterns or Auto-build from availability; hours and wage cost total as you go | Drag-and-drop editor, automated scheduling, live labour calculations and budgeting |
| Sales forecasting | Not offered | On the Pro + Forecasting plan, from sales history, weather, reservations and local events |
| Pay week | Gross pay from the punches at each person's own rate, bank/cash split, freeze a paid week | Timesheets with overtime and breaks, instant export to payroll, integrations with payroll systems |
| Payslips | Issued from the frozen week into each person's staff app | Not stated on Rotaready's pricing page |
| Runs payroll | No: your accountant or payroll provider does | Exports to payroll; a fully managed payroll bureau is available at extra cost |
| Documents and right to work | Right-to-work documents and expiry dates in one place, reminders before they lapse | Unlimited document storage and legal e-signatures; right to work isn't mentioned on its pricing page |
| Staff at more than one shop | One person, one account, one pay figure across shops | Messaging between sites; pay across sites not stated on its pricing page |
| Free trial | 60 days (card up front) | None published; a demo and a quote on request |
| Support | Email, answered by the people who built it | A dedicated customer success plan with every package |
Rotaready figures are from The Access Group's Rotaready Evo pricing page (rotaready.com/pricing redirects there): its wording, its plan comparison table, and its calculator set to 10, 20 and 30 employees, read on 19 October 2026. Prices change; check theirs before you decide. We make FireAttend, so read this as our comparison, not an independent review.
For a takeaway, yes. Rotaready Evo's cheapest plan with clock-in, Pro, starts at £103 a month including 15 employees, plus a set-up fee it doesn't publish. Its calculator gives £138 for 20 employees and £206 for 30. FireAttend is £26 a month per shop whatever your headcount. Rotaready's prices were checked on 19 October 2026.
Yes. Rotaready is now part of The Access Group and sold as Rotaready Evo, and rotaready.com/pricing redirects to The Access Group's pricing page.
Rotaready doesn't publish one; its pricing page offers a demo and a quote. FireAttend has a 60-day free trial.
Rotaready, on its Pro + Forecasting plan, which its calculator prices at £117 a month for up to 15 employees. It uses sales history, weather, reservations and local events. FireAttend doesn't forecast sales; it totals the hours and wage cost of the rota as you build it.
Yes. The trial is 60 days, long enough to run real pay weeks side by side.
60 days free, then £6 a week per shop, however many staff you employ.
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