Chegatta vs Connecteam for Staffing Agencies

Quick answer

• Choose Chegatta if you are a staffing agency placing workers across many client companies and need each client modeled separately, with GPS-verified hours flowing into payroll and SEPA exports.
• Choose Connecteam if you want one broad operations app for scheduling, chat, forms, checklists, and HR basics, and you do not need separate client-company accounts.
• Price: Chegatta starts at €29/month for up to 25 employees; Connecteam's Operations Hub starts at $29/month (annual) for up to 30 users.
• Free plan: Chegatta covers 3 employees; Connecteam covers up to 10 users on its Small Business plan.
• Apps: both work on phones; Connecteam has live iOS/Android apps, while Chegatta is browser-first with native apps rolling out.

Why compare Chegatta and Connecteam?

Both products replace paper timesheets and shared time clocks. The difference is the operating model.

Connecteam is a broad employee app: time clock, scheduling, chat, updates, forms, checklists, tasks, and HR tools in one place. It is a strong fit for a single business managing its own team across locations.

Chegatta is narrower by design. It is built for staffing agencies that place temporary workers into client companies. Each client is modeled as its own structure, workers clock in at the client site, and approved hours move into payroll and SEPA files. If your business is “we supply staff to other businesses,” that difference matters more than a longer feature list.

At a glance

Pricing and feature details checked November 2026. Vendors change plans; confirm current terms on each vendor's pricing page before buying.

Where Chegatta fits better

You need real client-company separation

A staffing agency does not have one team in one place. It has workers placed across many client businesses, each with its own sites, rules, and approvers. Chegatta models each client company separately, so the agency sees everything while each client sees only its own workers and sites.

Connecteam can label jobs and clients inside one account, but it is not structured around separate client companies with their own access and billing. If client-level separation is a core requirement, Chegatta is the closer fit.

You need payroll and SEPA, not just timesheets

Chegatta turns approved hours into payroll runs, payslip PDFs, and SEPA pain.001 bank files. That closes the loop from clock-in to money in the account without re-keying hours into a spreadsheet.

Connecteam offers payroll integrations and timesheet exports, but the payroll run itself is not the center of the product.

You operate under Portuguese or Spanish rules

Chegatta is built around EU Working Time rules, with record-retention workflows for Portugal (5 years) and Spain (4 years). If compliance is a daily concern rather than a checkbox, that focus is useful.

Your workers change sites constantly

Temporary workers may work at a different client site every day. A browser-first clock-in with GPS geofencing means they can start on day one without installing an app, and the record still proves where they were.

Where Connecteam fits better

You want one app for operations and communication

Connecteam bundles scheduling, chat, updates, forms, checklists, tasks, training, and HR tools. If you want to replace several small tools with one employee app, Connecteam covers more ground.

You manage your own team, not client placements

If you run a restaurant, clinic, construction company, or cleaning business with your own staff, you do not need a client-company layer. Connecteam's broader feature set may be a better fit.

You need live native apps today

Connecteam has established iOS and Android apps. Chegatta works in any phone browser now, with native apps rolling out. If a native app is a hard requirement on day one, that is a point for Connecteam.

You want a larger free tier

Connecteam's Small Business plan covers up to 10 users for free. Chegatta's free plan covers 3 employees. For a very small team testing software, Connecteam's free tier is more generous.

Pricing comparison

Chegatta prices are flat monthly plan prices in euros, with no per-hub add-ons. Connecteam prices are in US dollars and are sold per hub; the table shows the Operations Hub, which contains the time clock and scheduling tools. Adding Communications or HR hubs increases the total.

For a 50-person agency, Chegatta Business is €59/month. Connecteam Operations Advanced is $49/month for the first 30 users plus $2.50 per additional user per month (annual billing), which is roughly $99/month for 50 users before any other hub. Check both vendors for current taxes and terms.

Feature deep dive

Clock-in and GPS verification

Chegatta's primary clock-in is a phone browser with GPS geofencing. A worker opens the secure link, taps clock-in, and the system checks the location against the worksite geofence. If the location does not match, the punch is flagged for review. QR kiosk and WhatsApp clock-in cover workers without a smartphone or with limited connectivity.

Connecteam's time clock supports mobile clock-in, kiosk mode, NFC, GPS stamps, and geofences. It is a mature time clock with strong scheduling around it. The practical difference is that Chegatta treats the client site as the central object, while Connecteam treats the job or shift as the central object.

Preventing buddy punching

Chegatta combines GPS geofencing, device fingerprinting, and trusted-device approval. A worker cannot simply hand their phone to a colleague at another site, because the location and device record would not match.

Connecteam offers GPS stamps and clock-in restrictions. It can show where a punch happened, but it is not specifically positioned as a buddy-punching prevention product.

Payroll and compliance

Chegatta produces payroll runs, payslip PDFs, and SEPA pain.001 XML files, and is designed around Portuguese and Spanish record-retention rules. Connecteam connects to payroll systems and exports timesheets, with HR and compliance tools in its HR hub. If payroll is the final destination of your attendance data, Chegatta is more direct for EU agencies.

Apps and languages

Chegatta works in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, with a browser-first experience and native apps rolling out. Connecteam has live native apps and a multi-language interface. If your workforce is multilingual and app-first, both are viable; Connecteam is ahead on native app maturity, Chegatta is ahead on staffing-specific workflows.

Which should a staffing agency choose?

Choose Chegatta if the phrase “client company” appears in your daily operations. You place workers into other businesses, you need each client separated, and you want verified hours to become payroll and SEPA files without re-keying.

Choose Connecteam if you manage your own workforce and want a single app for scheduling, communication, forms, and HR. It is a broader platform with a more generous free tier and mature native apps.

If you are unsure, run both trials with the same scenario: one client, two sites, five workers, one week of shifts, one payroll export. The product that makes that scenario simplest is the one to keep.

Frequently asked questions

Try Chegatta with your own client scenario

Set up one client, two sites, and a handful of workers in a 14-day trial. See whether the client-company structure and payroll export match how your agency actually works.

Start a free trial or book a demo. You can also read the staffing agency attendance guide and the payroll and SEPA guide.