Free 14-day trial

Try Leave Management
Software Free for 14 Days

No credit card. No commitment. No feature restrictions. Get full access to Leavely for 14 days and see what proper leave management software feels like compared to spreadsheets and free tools.

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Everything is included in the free trial

There are no feature restrictions during the 14-day trial. You get full access to everything.

Visual leave calendar

See who is off at a glance with a colour-coded team calendar. Filter by department or team.

One-click approvals

Managers approve or decline leave requests in a single click. Email notifications keep everyone informed.

Bradford Factor monitoring

Automatically calculated for every employee based on their sick leave history. Set trigger point alerts.

Automatic balance tracking

Allowances, pro-rata, carry-over, and accruals all calculated automatically. No formulas to maintain.

Unlimited leave types

Holiday, sick leave, TOIL, compassionate, study leave, or any custom type you create. All tracked in one place.

Full audit trail

Every action is logged with timestamps and user attribution. Export reports to CSV at any time.

Free spreadsheets vs Leavely (free trial)

Spreadsheets are free, but they cost you time, accuracy, and sanity. Here is what you gain by trying Leavely.

CapabilitySpreadsheet (free)Leavely (free trial)
Submit leave requestsManual
Manager approvalsEmail/verbal
Automatic balance tracking
Pro-rata calculationsManual formula
Bank holiday deductionsManual
Carry-over rules
Team calendar
Clash detection
Bradford Factor
Email notifications
Audit trail
Export to CSV

How the free trial works

1

Register in 30 seconds

Enter your name, email, and company name. No credit card, no payment details, no phone number.

2

Add your team

Invite employees by email or let them sign up with a link. They set up their own profiles.

3

Use every feature for 14 days

Submit leave requests, approve them, see the calendar, check balances, run reports. Nothing is restricted.

4

Decide after 14 days

If Leavely works for you, subscribe at £8 per user per month. If not, your account simply moves to read-only mode. No awkward cancellation process.

Being honest about "free"

Leavely is not free forever. After the 14-day trial, it costs £8 per user per month. We believe that is fair for what you get. Here is why we do not offer a free-forever plan.

Free tools have limitations

Truly free leave trackers either have severe feature restrictions, show advertisements, or are unmaintained side projects. We would rather build a tool that works properly and charge a fair price for it.

Your data deserves a paid service

Employee leave data is sensitive. A paid service means we invest in security, backups, uptime, and support. Free services have no revenue to fund those things.

£8 per user is affordable

For a team of 10, that is £80 per month. Compare that to the time your HR person or office manager spends maintaining a spreadsheet, chasing approvals, and fixing balance errors. Leavely pays for itself.

Try it free. Decide later.

14 days. Every feature. No credit card. No sales calls. Just sign up and start using it.

Frequently asked questions

Is Leavely really free?
The 14-day trial is completely free with no credit card required. You get full access to every feature during the trial. After 14 days, Leavely costs £8 per user per month. There is no free-forever plan, but the trial gives you plenty of time to evaluate everything.
What happens after the free trial ends?
After 14 days, you can subscribe at £8 per user per month to keep using Leavely. If you do not subscribe, your account moves to read-only mode. Your data is preserved, so you can subscribe later without losing anything.
Do I need a credit card to start the free trial?
No. You register with your email address and company name. No credit card, no payment details, no commitment. You only enter payment information if you choose to subscribe after the trial.
Why not use a free spreadsheet instead?
Spreadsheets work for very small teams, but they break down quickly. They cannot calculate pro-rata automatically, they do not send approval notifications, they have no audit trail, and they rely on someone remembering to update them. The 14-day Leavely trial lets you experience the difference before spending anything.