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Workforce & payroll

Skedulo vs Supportmate

Compare the published scope, cost evidence and buying questions before you commit.

Sources checked 2026-09-24 · Source-based comparison

Vendor-source research, not hands-on tests or a ranked endorsement. ProviderQMS sells document kits and a separate QMS product. No vendor enquiry collection or affiliate source links. How we compare.

The decision to make

Skedulo and Supportmate both appear in our workforce & payroll research. Connect availability, skills, shifts, approved time and the payroll handoff. Start with the differences below, then test the same essential workflow. We have not used these products hands-on or established an overall winner.

Skedulo vs Supportmate: the published starting point
Buying questionSkeduloSupportmate
What does it do?Skedulo focuses on scheduling and dispatch for mobile care teams. Its Australian sector solution includes NDIS rostering, worker matching and a field app.Supportmate offers NDIS care management across staff, client and roster records. The vendor also describes timesheets, payroll and bulk invoice files.
Why consider it here?Vendor has a current NDIS and aged-care scheduling solution.Vendor explicitly calls it NDIS care management software.
What is the cost basis?Current price not verified; request a written quote.Current price not verified; request a written quote.
What should the demo show?Fill three last-minute visits with qualified workers, record travel and push time back to the finance system.Create a recurring support appointment, notify a worker and trace the resulting timesheet and NDIS bulk file.

Compare the evidence, product by product

Skedulo — published capabilities

  • Skills and availability matching
  • Visit and shift scheduling
  • Mobile notes and incident forms
  • Timesheet and travel capture

Source check: 2026-09-24. Published vendor statements, not independent feature testing.

Questions for Skedulo

  • Which system holds the master participant record?
  • What connectors are needed for our billing and payroll?
  • How are changes and offline mobile entries reconciled?
Read the full Skedulo profile ↗

Supportmate — published capabilities

  • Staff and client document records
  • Service rostering
  • Timesheets and payroll management
  • NDIS bulk upload invoices

Source check: 2026-09-24. Published vendor statements, not independent feature testing.

Questions for Supportmate

  • What can staff and participants do in the mobile app?
  • How are roster changes logged?
  • Which payroll exports and claim formats are supported?
Read the full Supportmate profile ↗

Run the same scenario in both

Build a fictional weekend roster with a shift change and travel. Approve the actual hours and reconcile the payroll export with the roster.

  • Match worker availability and required credentials to the proposed shift.
  • Change a shift and confirm who receives the update and acknowledges it.
  • Inspect the treatment of actual times, breaks, allowances and travel.
  • Validate payroll outputs with your payroll specialist; retain the approval history.

Put the quotes on the same basis

Compare active employee definitions, payroll modules, minimum seats, integration fees, onboarding and support.

Use the same volumes, currency, GST basis and billing period for both quotes. Include migration, staff training time, required companion subscriptions and the cost of retrieving records at exit. If a charge is unverified, keep it as an open question rather than treating it as free.

How to reach a decision

  1. Choose the tasks your service cannot operate without before either demonstration.
  2. Record demonstrated, partial, not demonstrated or not applicable for each task. Keep the evidence and edition name.
  3. Ask the vendor to resolve every failed essential task in writing; a high average score cannot erase it.
  4. Test a correction, permission change and export. These are part of everyday operations, not just implementation.
  5. Decide using workflow fit, full cost and your team’s capacity to change systems. Retain the written assumptions for review.

What this comparison does not establish

Workforce software is a supporting system. A claimed award feature is not a guarantee of correct payroll for your employment arrangements. A capability not mentioned in the reviewed source remains unverified, not absent. This comparison does not certify compliance, integrations, accessibility, security or migration outcomes.