Switching from Rotaready
The same automatic rota, at a fraction of the price.
Rotaready Pro is about £6.88 a person a month, plus a setup fee. Fivexer builds the rota for you too, checks it against your rules, and costs 50 cents a person after the first 15.
- No card to start
- No contract
- Data kept in the EU
- RotareadyPro, from its price calculator
- £412.80 a month
- Fivexer45 people past the free 15, €0.50 each
- €22.50 a month
You keep about£4,722a year
Rotaready’s own price from its pricing page, read 28 September 2026. Each bill is in the currency that company charges. The yearly figure converts at €1 = £0.85785 (ECB, 28 September 2026).
Fig. 1 The week you would build instead of your Rotaready rota. Console screenshot, demonstration data.
Who you hand the rota to
Five facts, each with the page that proves it. Check them before you talk to us.
You talk to the person who built it. Viljar, founder.
What changes when you move
Shifts, swaps, leave and clocking in stay the same. Three things get better.
The bill shrinks
At 60 people Rotaready Pro is about £413 a month before setup. Fivexer is €22.50, with no setup fee.
Only trained people get the shift
Add a forklift licence or food hygiene certificate with its expiry date. When it runs out, that person cannot be put on a shift that needs it.
No sales call to start
Sign up, upload your staff list and build a rota the same day. You do not need a demo or a quote.
The move, step by step
You do not need a sales call. You can do it yourself, today.
Download your staff list from Rotaready
Ask Rotaready for your staff list as a spreadsheet, or export it from its reports. You need names, sites and contract hours.
Upload it to Fivexer
We match common column names like name, site and contract hours. Anything we cannot place, you pick from a list. Nothing is saved until you check it.
Build next week’s rota and share it
Fill shifts by hand or let Fivexer draft them. Staff get a link on their phone.
Run both for a few weeks, if you like
Keep Rotaready until you trust the new rota, then stop it.
58 people and 3 sites found
| Column in your file | Goes to |
|---|---|
| Name | Name |
| Location | Site |
| Contracted hours | Hours a week |
| Pay rate | Hourly rate |
- Anna S.
- Marko K.
- Elena P.
Rotaready and Fivexer, side by side
What each one says on its own website. Where we are weaker, we say so.
Rotaready
£412.80
a month on Pro, plus a setup fee. 15 people minimum.
Fivexer
€22.50
a month for 60 people. The first 15 are free.
You keep about £4,722 a year.
Start free with your Rotaready export
Sixty people, one month. Each bill is in the currency that company charges. The yearly figure converts at €1 = £0.85785 (ECB, 28 September 2026). Rotaready prices read 28 September 2026.
What the gap does and does not buy
Free plan
Rotaready
No free plan or trial on its pricing page
Fivexer
Free for up to 15 people, with no time limit
Fivexer aheadBuilds the rota for you
Rotaready
Yes, "automated rota scheduling" on every plan
Fivexer
Yes, on every plan
Warns about rest and hour limits
Rotaready
Working Time compliance on every plan
Fivexer
Yes. You set the rest breaks and hour limits, and the rota is checked before you publish
Blocks shifts when a licence runs out
Rotaready
Not on its pricing page
Fivexer
Yes. Add the expiry date and an expired licence cannot be put on the shift
We state itClocking in on a phone
Rotaready
Included: GPS, PIN code or photo
Fivexer
Yes, from a link on the staff phone
LevelPayroll export
Rotaready
Included. A managed payroll bureau costs extra
Fivexer
A payroll export for your provider. We do not run payroll
Contract
Rotaready
Not stated. The setup fee is not priced
Fivexer
Monthly. Stop any time and take your data with you
We state it
Rotaready column: its own pricing and feature pages, read 28 September 2026. Out of date? Email support@fivexer.com and we fix it within two working days.
Tied into a Rotaready contract?
Use Fivexer free until your Rotaready contract ends.
Tell us the date, then sign up. We set your workspace to free until then, so you never pay for two rota apps at once. Teams of 50 or more: send us the file and we do the import for you.
When Rotaready is the better choice
You run restaurants or bars and want sales forecasting in the rota (Pro + Forecasting), or a payroll bureau that runs payroll for you. Rotaready is made for hospitality, and every plan comes with a customer success plan.
If that is you, stay. If what you pay for is a rota, shifts on phones and clocking in, look at the numbers above.
Questions people ask before switching
Does Fivexer build the rota automatically, like Rotaready?
Yes. You say who is needed and when, and Fivexer drafts the week around contracts, time off and your rules. You can change anything before you publish.
We are in a contract. Can we still move?
Yes. Tell us when your Rotaready contract ends and your Fivexer workspace stays free until then, so you are never paying twice.
Will my staff need a new app?
No download is needed. Staff open a link on their phone to see shifts, swap them and clock in. They can add it to the home screen like an app.
Is it really 50 cents a person?
Yes. The first 15 people are free. Every person after that is €0.50 a month on any plan. The rota is never a paid extra.
Where is our data kept?
In Frankfurt, Germany. Our data processing agreement and the list of companies we use are public on our security page.
What if we want to leave Fivexer?
Export everything, any time, for free. There is no contract to end.
Try it with your own team this week.
Upload your Rotaready export and see your people in Fivexer in minutes.
You talk to the person who built it. Viljar, founder. A person replies within 1 working day.