The Pause alternative you've been looking for

Looking for a better time-tracking solution?

Presenting Vacation Tracker, a Pause alternative that’s built right into your favorite collaboration tool — whether that is Slack, Microsoft Teams, or Google Workspace.

Why switch to our Pause alternative?

Although Calamari has done a great job at helping teams simplify HR management, Vacation Tracker is perfect for those looking to use dedicated leave management software to help support their existing HR processes. Here’s how we do it better.

It does not fully integrate with MS Teams

Microsoft Teams is of the most useful and popular team collaboration tools available in the market today. But if you don’t have a leave tracking solution built into this very tool, how can you work efficiently? Our integrations help you request and approve leaves, get notifications, and view your leave history — all in your workspace.

You can't set up multiple locations or leave policies

Just like Vacation Tracker, Pause users can create multiple departments to help manage leaves within an organization. But what happens if users in these departments are dispersed across several locations? Every location has a set of unique leave policies. With our tool, you can create multiple locations and place all team members in the corresponding location, whether they are a part of the same team or not.

No data filtering options

Save yourself the hassle of swimming through a sea of leave information by filtering through it using customized Labels, Locations, Departments, or all three. Personalized Labels allow you to separate a set of users (regardless of their Location or Department) from the norm by assigning them all a Label. Now you can see exactly what you want to see, without struggling with information overload.

No PTO accruals

Calculating accruals is often one of the most important and time-consuming aspects of leave management. While HRnest does not offer this feature, Vacation Tracker allows you to calculate and automate Accruals with just a few taps on your computer. Input the frequency of accrual (monthly, semi-monthly, or bi-weekly) and we’ll handle the rest.

Presenting a side-by-side comparison of Vacation Tracker and Pause

Now that you’ve decided to break free from the shackles of manual leave management forever and finally switch to a leave tracking solution, which one are you going to choose? Here are a few factors that’ll help you decide.

Overall Features

Team leave calendar

External calendar integration

Customize workweeks for users

Give multiple permission levels

Sort users by custom labels

Assign multiple approvers

Import regional holidays

Customized accruals

Auto-generate and schedule leave reports

Individual employee user profiles

Multiple location management

Set custom fiscal year start

Add initial brought forward days

Create customized leave policies

Assign users to departments

Slack Integration

Request Leave in Slack

Get daily/weekly notifications in Slack

Import existing users

Approve Leave in Slack

Review future absences

Check your leave quota

Teams Integration

Request Leave in Teams

Access MS Teams Tabs

Notifications

Approve leave in Teams

Review future absences

Check your leave quota

Book leaves without leaving your go-to platform

Requesting and approving leaves has never been easier with Vacation Tracker. Simply type in “Request a leave” in Microsoft Teams or /vacation in any Slack channel to send a leave request. As soon as your request gets approved or denied, you’ll get notified immediately. Google Workspace users can get everything from leave requests to approval delivered directly into their inboxes.

Fully customizable to meet your needs

Our Pause alternative is designed to fit into your existing workflow. From Departments, Leave Types, Locations to even user Labels, every feature available in Vacation Tracker is fully customizable. We give you the full control, flexibility, and freedom you need to customize our tool exactly how you want it.

Fully customizable to meet your needs

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Our Pause alternative is loved by 2500+ organizations around the world

Vacation Tracker customers have successfully transformed their leave management processes, saving hours each week and ensuring smooth communication among team members.