Timesheets you can't actually trust.
PunchLine records real clock-ins by location and shift, so payroll is based on hours worked rather than hours remembered.
- Who it's for
- Shift-based, multi-site and frontline employers
- What you should see
- Payroll hours that reconcile to attendance without a manual rebuild.
All access managed securely via your Nightingale Admin Centre.
Does any of this sound familiar?
These are the situations Punchline was built to remove.
Hours are reconstructed at month end
Managers rebuild timesheets from memory, which is slow and always slightly wrong.
Payroll queries eat management time
Every run brings a wave of disputes that take hours to unpick.
No-shows aren't spotted in time
Nobody knows a shift is uncovered until a customer notices.
Overtime creeps
Extra hours are approved informally and only appear in the payroll cost afterwards.
Absence patterns go unnoticed
Repeated lateness or absence is not visible until it is a formal problem.
How Punchline fixes it.
Three steps. No implementation project required.
- 1
Publish the rota
Shifts are scheduled per site with the roles and cover you need.
- 2
Staff clock in and out
Clock events are recorded against the site, with the checks you require.
- 3
Approve and export
Managers review exceptions, approve hours and export a payroll-ready file.
What you get out of it.
Five things a business owner cares about, and what each one looks like in practice.
Payroll prep in minutes
Approve exceptions instead of rebuilding the whole month.
Pay for the hours actually worked
Rounding, overruns and unapproved overtime become visible before they are paid.
Fewer disputes
A clear record of clock events settles most payroll queries on the spot.
Who is on site, now
Live attendance by site, including no-shows and late starts.
Working time evidence
Hours, breaks and rest periods are recorded and retained.
Results customers get with this product.
- GPS-verified clock-in/out with anomaly detection
- Faster, fairer rota publishing and real-time attendance
- Enterprise compliance, leave and overtime reporting — at a fraction of the legacy price
- Payroll Export (coming soon) — remove duplicate attendance data entry into payroll
A look at Punchline.
The dashboard your team will use day to day.
Estimate your Punchline payback.
Most teams lose 8–15 minutes per shift to buddy-punching, early/late clock events and timesheet drift. See what catching those anomalies is worth.
- Saved per user / mo
- £41
- Punchline cost / user
- £3.50
- Net per user / mo
- £38
- ROI multiple
- 11.8×
Indicative only. Based on ~21 working days/month and the inputs above. Real-world savings vary by industry and shift pattern.
Coming soon: Payroll Export. Reduce manual payroll administration by removing duplicate attendance data entry — Xero, Sage and BrightPay compatible CSV/API exports.
Contact salesStarter is free, forever.
Sensible limits on the free tier so you can prove value before you spend a penny.
Starter — no credit card, no auto-billing, cancel anytime.
Manual workflows for individuals and small teams.
- Manual entry only — no automation
- Limited claims / vehicles / projects
- Basic dashboard
- Watermarked exports
Full automation for growing operations teams.
- Everything in Starter
- Full automation
- Unlimited users
- Priority support
- Integrations & API
Multi-site, regulated and high-volume environments.
- Everything in Pro
- SSO / SAML
- Custom SLAs & DPA
- Dedicated success manager
- Onboarding & training
Save up to 30% when combining 3+ apps · 2 months free with annual billing
Implementation
Under a week including payroll export mapping. You set your workspace up yourself; Enterprise customers get an assisted import and a named contact.
Billing
Monthly, in advance, by card. Prices are in GBP and shown excluding VAT. Changing plan mid-month is prorated automatically.
Cancellation
Monthly rolling — cancel any time from your account and you keep access to the end of the period you have paid for. You can export your data before you go.
Feature comparison.
Starter unlocks ~30% of the ROI tools (manual). Pro adds another ~40% (with automation). Enterprise unlocks the remaining 30% with full power.
Compare all featuresacross Starter, Pro & Enterprise+
| Capability | Starter | Pro | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core dashboard | |||
| Manual workflows | |||
| Automation | |||
| Integrations & API | |||
| Unlimited users | |||
| Audit log & exports (un-watermarked) | |||
| SSO / SAML | |||
| Custom SLA & DPA | |||
| Dedicated success manager |
What's included at each Punchline tier.
Starter is free forever for small teams. Pro adds the operational toolkit. Enterprise unlocks compliance, AI and integrations.
| Feature | Starter Free | Pro £3.50/employee + £9.99/manager per mo | Enterprise Custom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock-in / clock-out | |||
| Attendance log & basic reports | |||
| Up to 5 users / 1 workplace (Starter only) | |||
| GPS geofencing | |||
| Shift scheduling & rota publishing | |||
| Real-time attendance dashboard | |||
| Payroll Export — Xero, Sage & BrightPay compatible CSV/API (Coming Soon) | |||
| Anomaly detection | |||
| Automated reports | |||
| Leave management | |||
| Overtime tracking | |||
| Compliance reports | |||
| AI pattern recognition | |||
| Cross-app integrations | |||
| Team scheduling | |||
| SSO / SAML & dedicated success manager |
Pricing benchmarked against legacy enterprise workforce-attendance suites that typically charge £5–£8/user/month plus implementation. GBP, exclusive of VAT.
Is Punchline the right fit?
- Who it's for
- Employers with hourly, shift-based or multi-site teams
- Typical user
- Site or duty manager, with HR and payroll downstream
- Typical size
- 20 to 5,000 employees
- Time to get running
- Under a week including payroll export mapping
- What people use instead
- Paper timesheets, spreadsheet rotas, clocking terminals with no reporting layer
- Why Punchline
- Attendance, rota and payroll export in one place, so nobody re-keys the same hours into three systems.
We'd rather show you real ones.
Punchline is a young product and we won't publish quotes we haven't earned. Customer stories will appear here as early customers agree to be named — with their own words and their own numbers, not ours. Until then, the free tier is the honest way to judge it: run it on real work for a fortnight and see what changes.
Happy to be an early reference customer? Tell us on the contact form and we'll talk about what that looks like.
Punchline questions, answered.
Everything you need to know about Starter, scaling up, and optional onboarding.
What's included in the free Starter tier?+
Starter is free forever for up to 5 users with clock-in/out, basic rota and attendance reporting. Ideal for small teams or piloting before rolling out.
How does Pro pricing work?+
Pro is £3.50 per employee and £9.99 per manager licence per month with GPS-verified clock-in, anomaly detection, full rota publishing, leave and overtime. Enterprise is custom priced and adds SSO, payroll integrations and advanced compliance reporting.
How do you compare to legacy attendance suites?+
Legacy suites charge £5–£8 per user per month and still need an implementation project. Punchline is self-serve from day one at roughly half the price, with the same compliance, leave and overtime features.
Is there an onboarding fee?+
No fee on Starter or Pro. Enterprise rollouts include an optional implementation package (£1,500–£6,000) for payroll integration, rota import and team training.
Does it integrate with payroll?+
Yes — Pro exports timesheets to CSV and Enterprise integrates directly with common payroll providers (Sage, Xero, BrightPay, IRIS).
Guides & templates for this product.
Free, commercial-use-friendly reading and downloads. No signup required.
TOIL vs overtime — what UK employers actually need to track
The practical differences between time off in lieu and paid overtime, with the records UK employers must keep under the Working Time Regulations.
Writing an attendance policy people actually follow
What to put in a modern attendance policy — and what to leave out — for UK SMEs running shift, hybrid or mixed workforces.
Working Time Regulations in 2026 — what changed and what didn't
A 2026 refresher on the UK Working Time Regulations after recent case law and HMRC guidance, written for HR and ops leaders.
Attendance Policy Template
A modern attendance policy template aligned to ACAS guidance and current UK case law on trigger-based conversations.
Weekly Timesheet Template
A weekly timesheet capturing hours worked, breaks, overtime and TOIL accrual. CSV format.
Shift Rota Template
A 4-week rolling shift rota template for small and medium UK teams.
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- Encrypted in transit and at rest
- Multi-tenant isolation
- Role-based access
- Audit trails
- Daily backups
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Punchline runs on the Nightingale platform — one Admin Centre account, shared identity, billing and data across every app you add.
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