Yes, you can build a focused Deputy alternative for rosters, timesheets and labor costs.
You can build a shared roster, shift clock-ins and timesheet approvals, with cost totals based on hourly rates. Start with one workplace and simple pay rules before adding payroll links or complex overtime rules.
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The checker split your own version of Deputy into its key parts and sorted each one.
Shift roster
Vibecode can build a weekly roster with forms to add workers, assign shifts and edit shift times.
Works out of the box
Manager and worker accounts
Use Vibecode Cloud on Plus for login, shared records and permissions so workers only see their own private details.
Needs setup
Clock-in and timesheets
Save clock-in, clock-out and break records in Vibecode Cloud, then let managers review and approve them.
Needs setup
Labor-cost tracking
Calculate planned and recorded labor costs from shift hours, unpaid breaks and each worker's hourly rate.
Works out of the box
Managers can plan shifts on a computer, while workers open the same app in their phone browser.
Plan ahead: Overtime, breaks and pay rules vary by location, so label costs as estimates until you have checked the rules for your workplace.
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Build a web app for a small workplace manager who schedules shift workers and checks labor costs. The main screen should show a weekly roster with workers down the side and days across the top. Let me tap a shift to edit its worker, date, start time, end time and unpaid break. Add a worker view with clock-in and clock-out buttons, plus a timesheet page where a manager can review and approve recorded hours. Show planned and recorded labor costs using each worker's simple hourly rate. Use a clean navy and white design with green for approved timesheets, and make it work well in a phone browser. Start with realistic sample workers, shifts and time records. Keep this version to roster planning, timesheets and basic cost totals.
Opens Vibecode with this prompt ready. Your first build is free.
Deputy gives businesses established payroll partnerships and a team that keeps the service running when payroll deadlines matter.
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Vibecode builds a first version from one prompt, and the checker would start with these parts: weekly roster with sample workers and editable shifts; clock-in, clock-out and timesheet review; planned versus recorded labor costs using simple hourly rates. Plan on a weekend for a working first version with its real features.
Vibecode's first build is free for new accounts that sign up with Google or Apple on the web or the iPhone app, as the account's first project: one build of about 10 minutes with up to 3 features, on sample data. After that you need credits, from a paid plan or auto-reload. For your own version of Deputy, the checker lists these costs: Vibecode Plus ($20 a month).
Deputy gives businesses established payroll partnerships and a team that keeps the service running when payroll deadlines matter. A version you build yourself won't have these: Deputy's ADP connector partnership; Deputy's Paycor payroll partnership; Deputy's round the clock operations team.
Deputy's Lite plan costs $5.50 a month per user, with a $30 monthly minimum. That's from Deputy's own site, checked on October 21, 2026.
Checked October 21, 2026 with the free Can I vibe code it? checkerDeputy's price from its own site, checked the same day
Deputy is a trademark of its owner. Vibecode isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Deputy.
Start from the checker's prompt and get a first version you can tap through. Your first build is free. Got a twist on it? Check that idea first.