Tickin
Attendance, breaks and leave tracked inside Slack and Microsoft Teams, free for up to 10 employees.
From $1.60/employee/mo Free tier
Bottom line
Attendance, breaks and leave tracked inside Slack or Microsoft Teams, with approvals in a tap and a daily who's-out report. Free for up to 10 employees, then from $1.60 per employee a month billed annually. Best for small remote and hybrid teams that want HR basics where they already chat.
Stands out for: Everything runs from one /tickin command in Slack or Teams, so staff clock in and request leave where they already chat, and it is free for teams of up to 10.
Watch out for: Microsoft Teams support is only on the $4.80 Scale plan, and paid prices are quoted billed annually. Payroll starts on Growth.
Overview
Tickin is attendance and leave tracking that runs inside Slack and Microsoft Teams. Employees clock in, take breaks and request leave from chat, the browser or a desktop app, and managers approve in one tap and see who is in, late or out.
It records hours and breaks automatically, sends late-arrival alerts after a grace period you set, handles attendance corrections with an audit trail, and posts a daily Leave and WFH report to a channel. Leave policies, half days and holiday calendars are on every plan.
Higher plans reuse the same hours: Growth adds payroll with itemised payslips, shift scheduling and overtime pay, and Scale adds projects and tasks with logged time, Microsoft Teams and weekly or hybrid pay cycles. Screenshot and activity monitoring is an optional add-on that stays off until an admin turns it on.
Free covers up to 10 employees. Starter is $1.60, Growth $2.40 and Scale $4.80 per employee a month, billed annually.
Who it's for
Best for
- Remote and hybrid teams that already run their day in Slack
- Small companies that want free attendance and leave for up to 10 people
- Teams that want payroll fed by the same hours later
Not ideal for
- Teams that do not use Slack or Teams
- Microsoft Teams shops that want a cheap plan
- Large enterprises that need an HRIS with deep integrations
Key features
Clock-ins and breaks in Slack and Teams. Employees clock in, start breaks with /tickin break and clock out from Slack, the browser or a desktop app. Break time is subtracted from worked hours automatically.
Leave requests and balances. Custom leave types, half days, public holiday calendars and automatic balances. Admins approve on Free and Starter; Growth and Scale add a team lead step first.
Late alerts and daily who's-out report. Set office hours and a grace period, and managers get one late-arrival notice per person per day. A daily Leave and WFH report posts to your channel.
Payroll, shifts and projects on higher plans. Growth adds payroll with itemised payslips, shift scheduling and overtime pay. Scale adds projects and tasks with logged time, Microsoft Teams and weekly or hybrid pay cycles.
Pricing
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Attendance and leave for up to 10 employees |
| Starter | $1.60/employee/mo | Any team size, overtime tracking, billed annually |
| Growth | $2.40/employee/mo | Payroll, payslips, shift scheduling |
| Scale | $4.80/employee/mo | Projects and tasks, Microsoft Teams, weekly pay |
Free covers attendance and leave for up to 10 employees, with no card. Starter is $1.60 per employee a month for any team size and adds overtime tracking, Growth is $2.40 and adds payroll, payslips, shift scheduling, multi-level approvals and CSV export, and Scale is $4.80 and adds projects and tasks, Microsoft Teams and weekly pay cycles. Paid prices are billed annually. Add-ons on paid plans include a desktop app with idle detection and GPS check-in, optional productivity monitoring and Tickin Meet video calls. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.
Checked 30 Oct 2026. Vendors change prices without notice.
Is Tickin expensive?
Tickin starts at $1.60/employee/mo. We list 52 time & attendance tools in total. 10 have a free tier, and those with a public price typically start around $7 a month.
- 22 quote-based
- 10 free tier
- 24 public price
Worked out automatically from every time & attendance listing, so it updates as the directory changes.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Free for up to 10 employees
- Works inside Slack with one /tickin command
- Monitoring off by default
Cons
- Microsoft Teams only on the Scale plan
- Paid prices are billed annually
- No published API
Integrations
Slack Microsoft Teams
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| Tickin (this tool) | ✓ | $1.60/employee/mo | – | – | |
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