vs. the competition
How kardia compares
kardia is built for European teams that need German labor law compliance out of the box — at a price that works for small businesses.
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Flat price — not per user. kardia PRO is a flat €29/month for your whole team — or €19/month billed yearly — not €X per user. The price stays the same whether you have 5 or 100 people.
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| Plans | ||||
| Free plan | ||||
| Starting price (per user/mo) | €0 | €2.49/user | €3/user | €3/user |
| PRO price for 35 users/mo | 19€ fix | ~€87 | ~€105 | ~€105 |
| Scheduling | ||||
| Shift planning | ||||
| Availability management | ||||
| Employee change requests | ||||
| Shift filling assistant | PRO | |||
| Time Tracking | ||||
| Time tracking | ||||
| Break rules (ArbZG) built-in | Partial | |||
| Rest period compliance (11h) | Partial | |||
| Mood check-in on clock-out | ||||
| Labor & Payroll | ||||
| Labor cost overlay | PRO | Paid | Paid | Paid |
| No-show alerts | PRO | Paid | Paid | Partial |
| Payroll CSV export | PRO | Paid | Paid | Paid |
| Notifications | ||||
| Push notifications | PRO | Paid | Paid | Paid |
| Email notifications | PRO | Paid | Paid | Paid |
| Platform | ||||
| EU data hosting (GDPR) | ||||
| PWA — no app store needed | ||||
| Multi-location support |
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Competitor data based on publicly available information as of April 2026. Subject to change.
Terms used on this page
Short definitions for terms that come up when comparing German shift-planning and time-tracking tools.
- Arbeitszeiterfassung
- Mandatory recording of working time in Germany. Following the BAG ruling of September 2022 and the BMAS draft of 2023, employers must record the start, end and duration of every working day. kardia is built around this requirement — clock-in/out, audit logs and CSV exports are designed for ArbZG-compliant records.
- ArbZG (Arbeitszeitgesetz)
- The German Working Hours Act. Defines maximum daily working time (8h standard, 10h cap), the minimum 11-hour rest period between shifts, and required break durations (30 min after 6h worked, 45 min after 9h). kardia enforces these rules automatically on every plan, including FREE.
- Schichtplanung vs. Dienstplan
- Both terms mean shift planning. 'Dienstplan' is more common in medical practices, care, and fire/rescue contexts; 'Schichtplan' is more common in retail, hospitality, and industry. kardia supports both naming conventions across templates and exports.
- Pauschalpreis vs. per-user pricing
- kardia PRO is a flat company price (Pauschalpreis): €29 per month for the entire team, or €19 per month billed yearly. Most competitors charge per user — for a 15-person team that typically means €60–150 per month, scaling with every hire.
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