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Employee scheduling platform
ActivityRoster vs Planday
Enterprise-grade employee scheduling — broad, but not RYA-specific.
Where Planday is a good fit
- Larger operations with complex pay rules
- Payroll and HR integrations
- Multi-department scheduling
Where ActivityRoster wins for RYA centres
- Planday scales scheduling well, but qualifications, ratios and safety cover for watersports aren't part of the model.
- ActivityRoster is ready for an RYA centre on day one — schemes, grades, ratios and defaults are seeded.
- Every roster, override and change is written to an audit trail scoped to your centre.
| Capability | ActivityRoster | Planday |
|---|---|---|
| RYA ratio & safety-boat cover checks | ||
| Blocks unqualified / expired instructors | ||
| Licence & ticket tracking with expiry alerts | ||
| DBS / safeguarding vetting enforced at assignment | ||
| Youth vs adult courses separated throughout | ||
| Course-based multi-session scheduling | ||
| Visual week calendar & planner | ||
| Bulk assign one instructor to many courses | ||
| Instructor availability collection | ||
| Clock in/out & payroll-ready hours | ||
| Printable weekly rota (PDF) | ||
| Equipment & boat conflict tracking | ||
| Per-centre data isolation | ||
| Built for RYA centres out of the box |
Built in Partial / add-on / manual Not reallyReflects typical offerings — check Planday's current features.
Moving from Planday
Move staff and schedule via import; keep your pay/hours export for payroll.
Try it with your own courses
Start a free month — no card required. Import your schedule and roster your first week with the safety checks on.