Calamari
Leave, time, and scheduling in one mid-market HR stack.
Quote-based pricing Free trial API
Bottom line
Modular HR for time off, attendance, and core HR. Pricing is a per-employee module quote. Standard API is included.
Stands out for: Pick Time Off, Time and Attendance, and Core HR as modules, with Slack, Teams, and Google already in the box.
Watch out for: The pricing calculator has no currency-labeled entry price. Modules stack, and there is a minimum bill.
Overview
Calamari is modular HR software. Time Off covers leave types, carry-over, multi-country policies, and approval flows. Time and Attendance adds clock-in from web, mobile, kiosk, NFC, Slack, and Teams, plus timesheets and project time. Core HR adds a people list, documents, custom fields, and employee requests. Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack, and Teams are named. A standard API quota is included: 2 requests per second, 600 per hour, 6,000 per day.
HR teams pick Calamari to replace spreadsheets for leave and clock-ins. The pricing calculator lets you mix modules and headcount. There is no currency-labeled starter dollar as a single SKU. This is not payroll. Buying starts from the calculator or a trial. If you need US payday and tax filing, look at a payroll suite.
Who it's for
Best for
- EU and multi-country teams with complex leave rules
- Companies that clock in from Slack, Teams, or a kiosk
- HR teams that want documents beside time off
- Builders who will use the included API quota
Not ideal for
- US buyers who need a published USD grid
- Enterprises that want a full payroll HCM
Key features
Leave management. Time-off requests on the same employee record as schedules.
Scheduling. Publish shifts that flow into planned hours and timesheets.
Time & attendance. Clock and attendance tied to HR leave data.
Pricing
Sales-quoted via a module calculator (Time Off, Time & Attendance, Core HR). No currency-labeled single entry SKU. Standard API quota included. Vendor is EU-based with no USD grid. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.
Checked 19 Sep 2026. Vendors change prices without notice.
Is Calamari expensive?
Calamari does not publish a price. It is one of 34 quote-based tools among the 53 HRIS tools in our directory. 3 have a free tier, and those with a public price typically start around $29 a month.
- 34 quote-based
- 3 free tier
- 14 public price
Worked out automatically from every HRIS listing, so it updates as the directory changes.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Modules for leave, clock-in, and HR files
- Slack, Teams, Google, and Microsoft included
- API quota included with the product
Cons
- No single-SKU public dollar
- Not a payroll or tax-filing tool
- Module stacking can raise the bill
Integrations
Google Workspace Microsoft 365 Slack MS Teams Jira Asana
What's new at Calamari
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| Tool | Free tier | From | MCP | API | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | – | Sales-quoted | – | ✓ | |
| | – | Free plan | ✓ | ✓ | Compare |
| | – | $8/user/mo | – | ✓ | Compare |
| | – | Sales-quoted | – | ✓ | Compare |
| | – | $4.99/user/mo | ✓ | ✓ | Compare |
Free plan MCP API
Time tracking with a free plan if you want published USD prices.
$8/user/mo API
European HR suite if you want payroll options beside leave.
Sales-quoted API
HRIS if you want a broader European people platform.
$4.99/user/mo MCP API
US time clock if you want a $4.99 user rate plus a $19 base.
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