Connecteam alternative

Team chat, hours and HR, where your clients are.

Team chat with voice rooms, a time clock, time off, HR files, hiring and a team handbook in Docs, in the same app as your CRM, deals and invoices. One plan, unlimited users.

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Connecteam and Alori, side by side.

ConnecteamAlori

Main ideaAn app for deskless teams, in three hubsAn all-in-one app with team chat, HR and a CRM

PriceFree up to 10 users, then $29 to $99 a month per hub billed yearlyFree to start, Solo from $99 a month, unlimited users

Team chatChats, a company feed and pollsChannels, direct messages, threads and voice rooms

Clock-inGPS stamps and geofencesFrom My space on a computer or phone, no GPS

Shift schedulingYes, with open shiftsNo

Forms, training and surveysYes, a strengthNo

Time off and HR filesYesYes, with an org chart and documents signed in the app

HandbookKnowledge baseDocs, with a New teammate template

CRM, deals and invoicesNoBuilt in

From a clock-in to payroll.

Watch a teammate clock in, the week get approved, a time off request get answered and the hours go out for payroll.

1Clock in from My space
2Approve the week
3Answer time off, with who else is off
4Export the hours for payroll

Clock in from My space

What changes on Monday.

01
BeforeThree hubs to pay for once the team passes 10
With AloriOne plan with chat, hours and HR, unlimited users
02
BeforeGPS and field forms for a team at a desk
With AloriA clock from a computer or phone, and voice rooms
03
BeforeThe team in Connecteam, the clients in a CRM
With AloriThe team and the clients in the same app

Team chat, with your bot in it.

Channels, direct messages, threads and voice rooms you drop into. Write @Sam in any channel and he answers there: who is off, whose week waits for approval, which client is waiting.

Voice rooms are always open: click one and you're talking.
Invite a client or a contractor to one channel as a guest.
Unlimited users on every plan, so everyone is in.

The bot meets every applicant first.

Post an opening and it shows on your career page. When someone applies with a phone number, the bot texts them your questions, one at a time, then gives you a fit from 1 to 5.

Keep the usual questions or write up to 5 of your own.
Click Hire and their employee file and first-day list start on their own.
Contracts are signed in the app with a finger.

Change it by asking.

Your app isn’t frozen on day one. Write what you need, the way you’d text it. Alori makes the change and shows you before anything goes live.

Who is off next week?
Approve everyone's hours for last week
How much overtime did Theo do this month?
Post an opening for a part-time support rep

The full guide

Everything above, in detail: how it works, what it replaces and what it does not.

Short answer: Alori is a Connecteam alternative for small software companies and agencies that use it for team chat, a time clock, time off and HR. Alori puts those next to your CRM, deals and invoices, with hiring, onboarding, a team handbook in Docs and voice rooms, and unlimited users on every plan. It has no shift scheduling, GPS clock-in, training courses or surveys, so deskless field teams should stay on Connecteam. Switching is adding your team and inviting them by email.

Why teams leave Connecteam

Connecteam is a broad app for deskless teams, with a time clock, scheduling, chat, forms, training and HR. Teams that work at a desk leave it for these reasons:

Operations, Communications and HR & Skills are priced as separate hubs, so the full set is three plans.
GPS stamps, geofences, shift scheduling and forms on a phone fit a crew on the road more than a software company or an agency.
Chat and hours are in Connecteam, while clients, deals and invoices are in a CRM.

What you pay

Connecteam, as listed on its pricing page in November 2026:

Team of 5	Connecteam	Alori
Free plan	Free for up to 10 users, every hub	Free plan, no card needed
At 11 users or more	Per hub: Basic $29, Advanced $49, Expert $99 a month for the first 30 users, billed yearly ($35, $59 and $119 monthly)	Solo from $99 a month, Business from $249, unlimited users
All three hubs on Advanced	$147 a month billed yearly	Chat, hours and HR all included
CRM, deals and invoices	Not included	Included

For a team of 10 or fewer that only needs Connecteam, its free plan costs less. Alori pays off when it also replaces your CRM, or when your team grows past the free plan. See pricing.

What Alori replaces

Team chat with channels, direct messages, threads, reactions and voice rooms you drop into, with Sam, your team bot. Invite a client or contractor to one channel as a guest. See the Slack alternative.
A time clock: people clock in and out from My space, on a computer or a phone. Approve each week under Timesheets and click Export to CSV for payroll.
Time off: requests from the phone, answered under To answer, with balances and a team calendar.
HR files and documents: role, supervisor, emergency contact, file notes only managers see, an org chart, and contracts signed in the app.
Hiring and onboarding: openings on your career page, a bot that texts applicants and rates the fit, a first-day list and a last-day list.
A team handbook: procedures and policies in Docs, written together, with a New teammate template.
Assign tasks, with due dates and a board by status.
The client work around it: customers, deals and invoices.

What Alori doesn't do yet

Shift scheduling with open shifts and templates, GPS stamps and geofenced clock-in, custom forms and checklists filled on a phone, training courses and quizzes, surveys, polls, a company news feed and recognition. Alori also does not run payroll. If your team works in the field on shifts, stay on Connecteam.

How to switch

Start free. Describe your business. Alori builds your app with Employees and Team chat.
Add your team. Click Add an employee for each person, or paste your Connecteam user list into Ask Sam: "Add these employees". Invite each person by email so they get Team chat and My space.
Bring your handbook. Import your policies as Markdown, HTML or Word files from the Docs sidebar, and upload contracts on each file.
Open the first channel. Make your channels in Team chat and say hello. Past Connecteam chats and timesheets stay there.

Questions

Another question? Ask it when you start.

Yes for software companies and agencies that use Connecteam for chat, hours and HR and want them next to their clients. For deskless field teams on shifts, Connecteam fits better.

Alori has a free plan with no card needed, and unlimited users on every plan. Connecteam is free up to 10 users, so for a small team that only needs it, Connecteam costs less.

Your team, by pasting the list into Ask Sam, and your policies, as files into Docs. Past chats, timesheets and forms stay in Connecteam.

No. Alori has no courses, quizzes or employee surveys yet.

Small software companies and agencies, usually under 50 people. See how Alori handles team management.

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Your turn.

Describe your business in a sentence. Alori builds the app.