Switching
A ShiftCare alternative that does not bill per head
ShiftCare charges $9 to $25 for every staff member, every month. Rostavo charges per office seat, $99 for the first and $49 for each further one, so growing your team does not mean a bigger invoice.
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Why agencies move off ShiftCare
ShiftCare is a solid, mature platform and it deserves credit for publishing a price at all. But per-seat billing has a particular effect on an agency with a lot of part-time or occasional staff: you pay full freight for a carer who worked four hours last month.
Every hire raises the bill
Per-staff pricing means the cost of trying someone new is a permanent line on the invoice. Rostavo only moves when you cross a band.
Part-timers cost the same as full-timers
A bank carer who works one weekend a month is billed identically to your busiest person. In a trade built on flexible staff, that adds up quickly.
Invoicing is not in the cheapest tier
ShiftCare Basic at $9 a head leaves out billing. Getting invoices means Professional at $15, which is $375 a month at twenty-five staff. Rostavo includes it at $99.
Where ShiftCare is the better choice
ShiftCare has genuine depth in NDIS and disability support. Funding categories, plan management, and the reporting that goes with them. Rostavo does none of that. If your agency runs on NDIS funding, ShiftCare understands your world and we would be the wrong choice.
What switching actually involves
The reason agencies stay on software they have outgrown is almost never the software. It is the fortnight of retyping they imagine. We do that part.
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Step 1
Export your clients, staff, shifts and rates from ShiftCare.
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Step 2
We import them and rebuild your rate cards, premiums included.
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Step 3
You reconcile against your last invoice run before switching.
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Step 4
Month to month, no contract, no notice period.
Moving from ShiftCare
Why is per-staff pricing a problem for care agencies?
Because the trade runs on flexible and part-time staff. A bank carer who works occasionally is billed the same as a full-timer, so keeping a healthy pool of relief cover becomes something you pay for every month rather than something you build.
What counts towards the Rostavo price?
Office seats only: the owner and each coordinator. Staff on your books, client logins and family logins are unlimited and free.
Does Rostavo support NDIS?
No. If you bill NDIS, ShiftCare is the better product and we would not try to talk you out of it.
Other ShiftCare alternatives
Everything else a ShiftCare customer tends to look at, with what each one publishes. Prices checked on 1 November 2026. Two of these are cheaper than us and are listed anyway.
On request
US nanny, sitter and staffing agencies. Deep applicant tracking and a mature payroll story. The pricing page carries no figure.
$199, then $99 per further user
Household, domestic and placement staffing. Publishes its price, sells without a call, and gives 30 days.
$195 up to 15 clients, then $13 per client
Childcare and home care together, with the US regulated-care surface: EVV, point of care and funder billing.
Agency Caregivers
From $100, unlimited seats
Cheaper than us for any office with two or more people. A month with four or more placements bills at $250, so a busy month costs more and the bill is harder to forecast.
Recruit CRM
$95 to $215 per user
A general recruiting ATS and CRM rather than agency software. Texting, LinkedIn and WhatsApp consume credits on top of the seat.
$119 per user, billed annually
A general recruiting ATS with strong automation. No scheduling, visits or invoicing from hours worked.
Sittysites
On request
Childcare services platform covering scheduling and payments. Demo only, no published price.
On request
US home care at scale, quoted by client count. Built for the funder-billing and EVV world we have stayed out of.
On request
Has repositioned towards healthcare and general staffing. Its nanny page gets effectively no traffic.
Rostavo
$99, then $49 per further office seat
Placements and hourly work in one system, priced per office seat rather than per person on your books. Published price, 14 day trial, no card.
Still weighing it up?
The feature-by-feature comparison, including the rows where ShiftCare wins.
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