Vacation Tracker Vs Google Sheets
Tracking employee PTO with Google Sheets is time-consuming, inefficient, and messy. Use Vacation Tracker instead to streamline the leave management process for employees, managers, and HR.
Quick to setup
When you switch to Vacation Tracker, you’ll be up in running in minutes. With a single click, migrate your entire employee directory or manually ad users as needed.
Grows with you
Vacation Tracker is designed to grow as your organization grows. Create multiple locations, departments and/or labels for easier management of your PTO policies.
Reduce human error
Relying on manual input on outdated spreadsheets can lead to costly mistakes for your organization. Vacation Tracker automates and streamlines the leave management process to minimize these errors.
Continuous Product Updates
Vacation Tracker is committed to investing in new features that are driven by your feedback, making sure that our updates meet your needs directly and keeping leave management as painless as possible.
Vacation Tracker Vs Google Sheets, head-to-head
If you are still unsure about whether to make the switch from Google Sheets to a PTO tracking tool like Vacation Tracker, here is a side-by-side comparison to help you carefully evaluate your options:
Purpose
Designed specifically to manage and automate PTO.
Is used to create and edit online spreadsheets.
Accuracy
Uses automated calculations and updates to reduce errors.
Relies on manual input and user formulas.
Approvals
Uses an approval workflow to help manage the process of requesting and approving time off.
No built-in approval workflow for time off requests.
Integration with other systems
Integrates with other tools like Slack, Microsoft Teams and Google Workspace.
Integrates with other Google products and Google Workspace.
Visibility
See who’s in or out with shared calendars or the wall chart view.
Manually sift through a file to see who’s in or out.
Customization
Can be customized through user-friendly settings and preferences.
Allows for customization through formulas and macros, but may require more advanced skills to set up.
Reminders
Includes automated reminders to help employees and managers stay on top of time off requests and approvals.
Does not have built-in reminders for time off requests or approvals.
Customer support
Multiple options for support including live chat or email to assist users with any questions or issues.
No direct customer support.
Compliance
SOC 2 Type II certified and is fully complaint with GDPR regulations.
Is dependent on how your organization handles data.
Simplify leave requests and approvals
Vacation Tracker allows employees to book time off by selecting the duration of the leave, filling in the details and a simple click of a button.
Manage all requests conveniently from your preferred platform whether it be Google Workspace, Microsoft Teams, Slack or even email.
Oversee multiple locations and departments
Get your team organized and running smoothly by setting up departments and locations and assigning employees accordingly.
Clarify decision-making by selecting approvers for each department, reducing bottlenecks and promoting quicker responses.
Integrate it with your calendar
Connect Vacation tracker directly with your personal or company shared calendars using one of three integrations (Outlook, Google Calendar or iCal).
Stay in the loop on your team’s time off by accessing real-time data to ensure you are never understaffed.
Customize it to fit your time off policies
Personalize the features of Vacation Tracker to align with your policies utilizing a range of options including custom leave types, accruals, time off in lieu and more.
Feel at ease knowing that our system ensures you are compliant with your country’s regulations and up to date with legal and payroll standards.
Trusted by 2000+ organizations worldwide
Both small and large teams depend on Vacation Tracker to automate PTO tracking and reclaim valuable hours every week.
See for yourself what customers have to say about Vacation Tracker
OUR CUSTOMERS
Why teams around the world love Vacation Tracker
“The ease with which everyone transitioned across to using Vacation Tracker without asking a million questions was impressive!”
Romana R.
Producer, No Code
Mark F.
Partner, Buffkin Baker
Yami R.
People Operations, Team Blind
