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# Pause

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> Easy-to-use time-off management tool for effective team planning and time-off processes. Don't let plans break when teams take a break.
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> Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 339 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Who Uses Pause?

Agencies, start-ups and remote teams looking to move away from spreadsheets and clunky all-in-one HR software to a sophisticated and lightweight time-off management tool.

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 339 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Obvious Ventures

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: US$1.00
- **Pricing model**: Per User (Free Trial)
- **Pricing Details**: We offer you a 30-day free trial of the entire product with complete customer support\! &#10;Our Premium plan starts at 1 USD per user per month.
- **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- **Supported Languages**: English
- **Available Countries**: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States

## Features

- Calendar Management
- Leave Policy Management
- Leave Tracking
- Self Service Portal

## Integrations (2 total)

- Google Calendar
- Slack

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Chat

## Category

- [Leave Management Systems](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/31400/leave-management-system/software)

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## Reviews

### "Pause makes your life easier :)" — 5.0/5

> **Anil** | *31 March 2023* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **Pros**: Entire automation of applying a break or leaves on any of the channels on slack from any device.
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> **Cons**: Really can't think of any. integration with slack helps more.
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> It is amazing, and simply convenient with being quick and helpful.

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### "Pause makes your life easy" — 5.0/5

> **Verified Reviewer** | *14 April 2023* | Financial Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **Pros**: I liked the emojis integrations with the Pause which will make it more appealing.
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> **Cons**: The website seems to be very slows most of the times

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### "The most economic option out there but lacking crucial functionality" — 3.0/5

> **Keylor** | *31 March 2023* | Outsourcing/Offshoring | Recommendation rating: 5.0/10
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> **Pros**: It's extremely easy to use and integrates seamlessly into Slack.
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> **Cons**: I never was able to get the accruals to work properly, days wouldn't properly add up every month and I ended up having to inventorize them manually periodically which defeated the purpose of the app
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> It's a nice application that works well if you are just looking for a time off request tool, but it's buggy, it doesn't work at times, and the interface doesn't always work as you would expect it to.

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### "Best Features for Leave Management Software" — 5.0/5

> **Verified Reviewer** | *12 April 2023* | Financial Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **Pros**: Pause provides best features for a Leave Management Software such as- Away icon on slack whenever someone is on leave.Instant notification of leavesUser friendly UI
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> **Cons**: Sometime we get notification on slack later
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> In my opinion, pause is the best Leave management software.

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### "Great Functionality and connectivity to Slack\!" — 5.0/5

> **Verified Reviewer** | *31 March 2023* | Outsourcing/Offshoring | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
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> **Pros**: Simple and easy-to-use interface: Pause has a user-friendly interface that is easy to navigate
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> **Cons**: Limited customization options: While Pause offers some great features, the softwares limitations come into play when one considers the intricacies of the Indian leave system.

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