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Comparison · HR
Deputy vs Leapsome
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Deputy and Leapsome — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Deputy vs Leapsome: at a glance
What is Deputy?
Deputy is hardening pay-data permissions while Australian super rules claim release slots.
Deputy's recent work splits between access control and Australian payroll compliance. A rebuilt access-level system in late April introduced custom roles with finer-grained control over what people can see and do, followed in June by permissions that restrict visibility of pay rates and labour costs. July's release adapted Deputy Payroll to PayDay Super, the Australian employer reporting requirement. Scheduling picked up one visible change: the open/empty shift row can be pinned while managers scroll.
What is Leapsome?
Leapsome's feed keeps filling with hiring guides, not release notes.
The tracked feed for Leapsome is its marketing blog, not release notes. On November 9 it published a batch of guides at the same minute: training tracking software, floating holidays, succession planning, severance agreements, talent acquisition, team performance, payroll journal entries and co-employment. None describes a product change.
Deputy vs Leapsome: editorial side-by-side
Deputy
0.0HR
Deputy is hardening pay-data permissions while Australian super rules claim release slots.
◆ Current state
Deputy's recent work splits between access control and Australian payroll compliance. A rebuilt access-level system in late April introduced custom roles with finer-grained control over what people can see and do, followed in June by permissions that restrict visibility of pay rates and labour costs. July's release adapted Deputy Payroll to PayDay Super, the Australian employer reporting requirement. Scheduling picked up one visible change: the open/empty shift row can be pinned while managers scroll.
◆ Where it's heading
Permissions are the throughline — custom roles first, then sensitive pay data placed behind them — which is the shape of a product answering harder questions from larger, multi-site customers. Compliance work anchors Deputy to the Australian market its payroll product serves, and that regulatory calendar will keep taking release capacity. Scheduling itself, the core surface, is getting refinement rather than rethinking. The feed also carries the same release twice under slightly different titles, so apparent cadence runs ahead of actual shipping.
◆ Prediction
Expect further permission scoping across cost and pay surfaces, and follow-up work as PayDay Super reporting beds in. The entries show nothing about roadmap outside Australia and scheduling.
Leapsome
6.3HR
Leapsome's feed keeps filling with hiring guides, not release notes.
◆ Current state
The tracked feed for Leapsome is its marketing blog, not release notes. On November 9 it published a batch of guides at the same minute: training tracking software, floating holidays, succession planning, severance agreements, talent acquisition, team performance, payroll journal entries and co-employment. None describes a product change.
◆ Where it's heading
The content has shifted toward recruiting topics, but the feed still carries no product signal. Publish dates cluster in batches, so they say little about release activity.
◆ Prediction
The entries do not show the next product move; more batches of HR guides are the only visible pattern.
Alternatives to Deputy and Leapsome
Other HR products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Deputy or Leapsome.
Ever Gauzy
Ever Gauzy builds out a collaboration suite with chat, inbox and docs beside HR and time tracking.
Employment Hero
Employment Hero floods its feed with jobs reports and AI surveys, not product releases.
Tanda
Tanda follows its HR Agent beta with UK pay-run and manager-permission controls.
HiBob
HiBob keeps widening its public API, now with bulk reads of custom employee tables
Fountain
Fountain logs every Candidate AI answer and brings remote I-9 reverification to all customers.
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Recent activity from Deputy and Leapsome
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 12h agoLeapsomeSeverance agreements: Set clear terms for clean transitions
- 12h agoLeapsomeTalent acquisition strategy: Framework, best practices + exa
- 12h agoLeapsomeFloating holidays vs. PTO: When adding a leave type pays off
- 12h agoLeapsomeBest succession planning software for growing companies
- 12h agoLeapsomeEmployee training tracking software: Three top options
- 12h agoLeapsomeHow to build high-performing teams: The systems that actuall
- 4mo agoDeputyPayDay Super for Deputy Payroll
- 5mo agoDeputySensitive Data Permissions for Pay Rates
- 6mo agoDeputyCustom Access Levels
- 6mo agoDeputyCustom access levels
- 6mo agoDeputyFreeze Empty/Open Shift Row in Schedule Employee Views
- 7mo agoDeputyOpen/empty shift row can be pinned in schedule views
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Deputy and Leapsome?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Leapsome is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Deputy better than Leapsome?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Leapsome is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other HR products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Deputy?
Top Deputy alternatives in HR are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Deputy alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/deputy for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Leapsome?
Top Leapsome alternatives in HR are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Leapsome alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/leapsome for the full list with editorial commentary on each.