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.

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

Sales-quoted

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

DetailDeputyLegion
Starting price$5/user/moSales-quoted
Free tier–No–No
Free trialYesNot on record
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underTime & attendance, Workforce managementScheduling, Time & attendance, Workforce management
Capterra4.6 from 773 reviewsNot 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 18 Sep 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 19 Sep 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 18 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?