Compare/Head to head

Deputy vs Legion

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

Starting price

Deputy

$5/user/mo Free trial

Shift scheduling, time clocks, and labor compliance for hourly teams. Lite starts at $5/user/mo.

Where Deputy fits

Multi-location hourly employers
Hospitality, retail, and healthcare rosters
Teams that need Fair Workweek-style rules
Desks exporting timesheets to ADP, Paycor, or Square

Legion is an AI workforce management platform for large multi-location employers of hourly workers, mainly in retail, restaurants and hospitality. Pricing is not published; the platform is sold by quote after a demo. It stands out for machine learning demand forecasting and automated scheduling, and fits enterprises with hundreds of locations better than single-site businesses.

Where Legion fits

Multi-location retailers and restaurant chains
Employers subject to Fair Workweek or predictive scheduling laws
Operators that want ML forecasting tied to scheduling
Companies offering earned wage access to hourly staff

At a glance

Detail	Deputy	Legion
Starting price	$5/user/mo	Sales-quoted
Free tier	–No	–No
Free trial	Yes	Not on record
MCP server	–No	–No
Public API	–No	–No
Listed under	Time & attendance, Workforce management	Scheduling, Time & attendance, Workforce management
Capterra	4.6 from 773 reviews	Not enough reviews

Where they pull apart

Deputy

Stands out: A public $5/user/month Lite seat that already covers basic rosters, clocks, and labor-law rules, with payroll connectors in the same conversation.

Watch out: Auto-scheduling, biometrics, and SSO sit on Core or Pro. Payroll via Paycor is $8/user/month plus a $49 monthly base.

Not the right fit for

Salaried office teams with no shifts
Restaurants that want a kitchen-specific product like 7shifts
Buyers who need an ATS in the same login

Legion

Stands out: Legion builds a custom forecast model for each demand driver at each location and says its optimized schedules meet business and employee needs 96% of the time. A Forrester TEI study it commissioned modeled 13x ROI for a 15,000 employee, 700 location company.

Watch out: There is no public price, no free trial and no public API documentation, so integration scope has to be confirmed with Legion. Capterra has only a handful of reviews, so independent user feedback is thin.

Not the right fit for

Single-location or very small businesses
Buyers who want a self-serve scheduler with a published per-user price

Pros and cons

Deputy

Public Lite price at $5/user/mo
Labor-law rules in the WFM rather than a separate product
Payroll and POS connectors including ADP, Paycor, Toast, and Square

Auto-scheduling and SSO are not on Lite
Payroll is a paid add-on with a base fee
Not an ATS or HRIS of record

Legion

Machine learning forecasting per location and demand driver
Built-in Fair Workweek and labor compliance tooling
Mobile app with shift swaps and earned wage access

No public pricing or free trial
No public developer documentation
Few independent reviews on Capterra

What each one costs

Deputy

$5/user/mo

From $5/user/mo. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Legion

Sales-quoted

Legion does not publish pricing or plans on its website. The platform is sold through a demo and quote process, with products for Labor Planning, Schedule Optimization, Time and Attendance Management, the Employee Engagement Suite and Platform Services. Legion InstantPay earned wage access is delivered with its partner Stream. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Common questions

Can you try Deputy or Legion for free?

Neither carries a free tier on our listing. Deputy offers a free trial.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 4 Nov 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?