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Features

Leave management features

Visual leave calendars, automated approvals, smart PTO planning, and real-time team insights — replace your spreadsheets with a tool your team will actually use.

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Leave Calendar & Holiday Tracker

Get a complete overview of your team's days off with our interactive leave calendar. See who's out, track public holidays by region, and ensure adequate coverage.

— A monthly calendar and a team wallchart

— Filter by department, team, or individual

— See public holidays for different regions

— Subscribe from Google Calendar, Outlook or any ICS-compatible app

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Automated Approval Workflows

Streamline your leave approval process. Requests route to the right manager automatically, with a backup approver, reminders and instant notifications.

— Automatic routing to the right manager

— Backup approvers when a manager is away

— Email and in-app notifications

— Bulk approve or deny requests

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Leave Planner & PTO Policies

Configure leave types, accrual rules, and carry-over policies to match your organization. Plan vacation, sick leave, personal days, and custom PTO types.

— Custom leave types with their own rules

— Automatic accrual calculations

— Carry-over and expiration rules

— Leave policies assigned per employee

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Integrations That Fit Your Workflow

Connect Absenca with the tools your team already uses. Request and approve in Slack, with synced events in Google Calendar and Microsoft 365 — no context switching.

— A Slack bot for requests and approvals, on Pro

— Personal calendar sync for Google and Outlook

— Calendar subscriptions (ICS) for any calendar app

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Insights & Reports

Understand your team's leave patterns at a glance. Track utilization rates, spot trends before they become problems, and export data for payroll and HR.

— Team and individual leave reports

— Utilization and trend analytics

— Export to CSV and PDF

— Scheduled report delivery via email, on Pro

Extras

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Everything else, built in

From mobile access to roles and an audit log — no add-ons required.

Smart Notifications
Mobile Friendly
Timezone Support
Roles & Audit Log
Department Management
Full Audit History
Role-Based Access

In depth

What's on Free vs Pro

The leave calendar, approvals, half days and blackout periods are on both plans, and TOIL is on every plan, the free Starter plan included. Starter is free for up to 10 people with 2 leave types and an office limit of 1; Pro covers up to 50 people, 20 leave types and 2 offices.

Features on the free Starter plan and on Pro
Feature Free Pro
Custom leave types Included Included
Custom leave policies with accrual and carry-over Included Included
Automatic approval reminders Included Included
Public holiday calendars Included Included
Bulk public-holiday import Included Included
Google Calendar and Outlook sync Included Included
Shareable team calendar — Included
Reports and analytics Included Included
CSV export Included Included
Scheduled email reports — Included
Bradford Factor analytics — Included
Absence forecasting — Included
Unlimited-PTO policies — Included
Slack bot — Included
Audit log — Included
Data migration from Vacation Tracker — Included

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