A PTO by Roots alternative that's worth trying
When it comes to leave tracking, why stop at just Slack?
Vacation Tracker is a PTO by Roots alternative that makes booking time-off from work a breeze by automating leave management right from Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Google Workspace.
Why switch to our PTO by Roots Alternative?
PTO by Roots has undoubtedly done a great job at making leave requests and approval easy from Slack. But with Vacation Tracker, you can do all that plus much more.
Here’s why you should make the switch.
It's not integrated with MS Teams or Google Workspace
Microsoft Teams and Google Workspace are some 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 these very tools, how can you work efficiently? Vacation Tracker helps you request and approve leaves, get notifications, and view your leave history — all from your workspace.
No access to individual user profiles
Keeping tabs on your leave information is easier than ever with your Vacation Tracker user profile. This page gives you a clear overview of your individual leave history including your leave quota, accrued vacation days, rollover holidays, past leaves, and much more confidential information, available right where and when you need it.
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 accrual option
Calculating accruals is often one of the most important and time-consuming aspects of leave management. While PTO by Roots 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 PTO by Roots
Still having trouble deciding on the right leave tracking tool for your company?
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 PTO 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 PTO by Roots 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.
Leave all the calculations to us
With Vacation Tracker, you can automate the tedious process of calculating and storing important data related to PTO accruals, rollover days, individual leave quotas, and more. We’ll manage and track everything, so you can focus on what you’re actually here to do: work.
Our PTO by Roots alternative is loved by 1500+ 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.
Here's what our customers say about us.
Manuel B.
CEO at Timeular
Very simple to setup, makes it super
simple to request and approve days
off and the team is very responsive
and takes feedback serious.
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HR Specialist
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Management Consulting
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Aleksandar L.
Easy to use. Makes vacation/holidays/sick and off days management a breeze, both for the management and employees.
Tímea V.
HR Specialist
Really easy to use, my team and I love it, made our life so much easier. Also the vacation tracker team is super helpful and nice, thanks!:)
Martin G.
Management Consulting
We have been using this product for about 6 months and the team loves it. Cant wait to see future improvements and new features!
Zoja K.
Editor, Startit
We tried a lot of options & this is the only one we love because it is: - easy to use - customizable on the team and personal level
Manuel B.
CEO at Timeular
Very simple to setup, makes it super simple to request and approve days off and the team is very responsive and takes feedback serious.
Nemanja T.
Entrepreneur and Industrialist
Quick to set up, and very easy to use. Amazing customer service.
Austen C.
Builds the Serverless Framework
Simple, focused, no-nonsense.
Tomer D.
Founder @Crane.ai,@epic.ai @slides.ai
i am looking for this tool for years 🙂
Troy H.
Entrepreneur & Web Developer
I really like this. It really streamlines everything!
Sean M.
CEO at Clockify
Great app!
