Managetrix lets you organise your employees into teams, give each team a leader and keep every person’s working days in the same system. It is self-hosted and bought once, with a one-time licence instead of a monthly fee for every user.

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What Is Team and Shift Management Software?

Team and shift management software lets businesses organize their staff in teams and manage their hours of work. With such a solution, you can keep all your teams, their leaders, and their hours in one place.

It is different from a shared spreadsheet rota, which breaks down as soon as several people edit it, and narrower than a full HRIS, which usually also covers payroll, benefits and compliance. For other HR terms, see the HR glossary. Team management is one module of Managetrix; the complete employee record is covered on the Employee Management page.

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Why Spreadsheet Rotas Stop Working as You Grow

A spreadsheet rota works while the team is small. Once there are several teams and several people editing the same file, it starts causing more problems than it solves.

The rota lives in one person’s file.

When that person is on leave, nobody else knows where the latest version is. In Managetrix, teams and their leaders live in the system, where everyone with access can see them.

Nobody knows which version is current.

Copies get emailed around and edited separately. Managetrix keeps one team list, so there is no second copy to fall out of date.

Changes do not reach the right people.

An update made on Friday can easily miss the person working on Saturday. When a team is updated in Managetrix, everyone who opens it sees the same version.

No record of who changed what.

In a shared file it is hard to tell who made the last edit. In Managetrix, only people with the right permissions can change team details.

Build Your Team Structure in Minutes

Managetrix provides a simple way to organise employees into teams. In the team screen, you see the list of teams, making it easy to see each team and its leader.

  • S.No — The serial number of the team.
  • Team Name — The name of the team.
  • Team Leader — The person leading the team.
  • View — An option to view more details about the team.

You can name teams based on your business structure. For example, SEO, Development, Writing, HR / BD, and Marketing.

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You can create teams based on your company’s needs. One person can also lead more than one team.

As your company grows, you can add new teams, rename existing ones, or move employees between teams whenever needed.

To explore more employee management features, visit the Employee Management page.

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Give Every Team a Leader — and Give That Leader a View

In Managetrix, you can choose the leader when creating the team and change them later if needed.

A team leader is also an employee in Managetrix and can have a designation such as “Team Leader.” To learn more about designations, visit the Roles and Designation page.

Assigning a team leader makes it clear who is responsible for each team. The leader’s access to information depends on their user permissions, which can be managed in the User Roles & Permissions Management section.

Set the Hours Each Team Works

For managing employee working hours, the company should clearly know when employees start work.

  • Single System Integration:
    Managetrix connects working patterns with attendance records—working day and attendance information are maintained within a single system.
  • Punch Records and Details:
    Each working day records punch-in and punch-out times. The attendance report also displays whether an employee worked from the office, home, or did overtime.
  • Weekends and Holidays:
    Weekends are recognized automatically and are not counted as missed days—the status simply reads “Weekend.” Declared holidays use the company’s holiday list, managed via the Leave & Holiday Management page.
Schedule Remote and Hybrid Teams the Same Way

Managing hybrid teams doesn’t mean you have to manage office and remote employees separately in different records. Managetrix enables you to handle both within the same team and attendance system.

On remote working days, all basic attendance details—such as date, punch-in time, punch-out time, and day status—are recorded. The “Worked-From” field shows whether the employee was working from home or in the office. This unified approach works well for businesses offering both work-from-home and office options, as work records are not split across different systems.

The WFH log also includes a clips count and a selfie column for each remote day. Details on how this monitoring works are available on the Smart Work From Home Monitoring page.

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How Teams and Shifts Connect to the Rest of Managetrix

Employee attendance records can be organised based on the teams they belong to, making it easier to manage attendance by team.

Remote working days are treated the same as office working days, as the same attendance records are maintained.

Per-person monthly totals for late arrivals, overtime, absences and half days, shown side by side for the selected month.

Self-Hosted, Bought Once — Not Per User, Per Month

Workforce Excellence Self-hosted Control

Managetrix is self-hosted, so your company can keep all employee and team data on your own servers and databases — giving you complete control over storing and managing your data.

Achievement Tracking One-Time Licence Model

Managetrix uses a one-time licence, not monthly fees per employee. After purchase, there are no ongoing user or per-seat subscription costs.

Time & Attendance Compare to Subscription Tools

Most employee management tools charge you every month for each user. Managetrix offers permanent ownership — bought once, in three licence tiers, with no repeat billing.

For available licence options, visit the pricing page.

Explore Managetrix’s complete employee management features at Employee Management page.

Who Uses Team and Shift Management in Managetrix

Managetrix is useful for businesses that want to organise employees and teams simply.

Agencies with multiple teams

An agency can create separate teams for different work and then can assign a leader to each team; this makes the business structure easier to organize.

Businesses with office and remote employees

Businesses where some people work from the office and others work hybrid or fully remote can keep everyone in the same team structure.

Growing businesses with shared team leaders

In growing or small businesses, sometimes one person manages multiple teams; in Managetrix, the same leader can be assigned more than one team.

How team Management works in Managetrix

Four steps to make a structured team and assign a team leader

01
Add your employee

Just start with your existing employee. Each person has a designation.

02
Create and name the team

Name the team, i.e. SEO, Developer.

03
Choose the team leader

Every team has an assigned leader.

04
Add members and open the team

Add an employee to the team, then open it from Actions to see who is in.

Built for office, hybrid, and multi-team businesses
01
Office teams

Work hours set for each team; attendance comes in red for late arrivals, green for overtime, with recognisable weekends.

Attendance and time tracking

02
Hybrid and remote teams

Work from home is also managed in the same places as in-office records, with punch-in, punch-out details without splitting the teams.

Work from home monitoring

03
One leader, several teams

Small businesses have the same team leader for more than one team; Managetrix accesses the team leader to manage both teams.

Roles and designation.

Running ManageTrix on your own server

Tell your plan to sales

Let us know your team size and the modules needed

Host it on your server

Install ManageTrix on your server’s MongoDB database

Add employees and designations

Set your company profiles, mentioning the designation for hired employees.

Create teams with an assigned team leader

Name the team and assign the leader for each team.

What Your Licence Includes
Payment
One-time, not a subscription
Where data lives
Your server, your MongoDB
Server needed
Linux VPS, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM
Installation help
Included: we install it on your server
Support
30 days of email support, then optional paid support
Updates
Bug-fix updates for 12 months
Employees per licence
Up to 200 employees, 1 installation
Refunds
14-day money-back

Organise your teams and their leaders in one place

Tell us your team size to recommend the perfect plan for your business; plans start from $499 for a one-time licence.

Frequently Asked Questions
What is team and shift management software?

Team and shift management software helps a business organise employees into teams, give each team a leader and keep track of when people work. It keeps team and working-day information in one place instead of spreadsheets.

How many teams can I create in Managetrix?

Managetrix does not state a fixed limit, so you create teams as you need them. Name them after how your business actually works, for example, SEO, Development, Writing, HR / BD, and Marketing.

Can one person lead more than one team?

Yes. One person can lead more than one team in Managetrix. For example, the demo workspace has the same leader assigned to both the Writing and Marketing teams.

Can I schedule remote and in-office staff in the same team?

Yes. Remote and in-office employees can be part of the same team. Their working location can be shown through the attendance and WFH records.

Does Managetrix charge per user for team management?

No. Managetrix uses a one-time licence instead of charging a monthly fee for each user, so adding teams or people does not change what you pay. See the pricing page for the licence tiers.

How is a team different from a designation?

A team is the group an employee belongs to, such as Development or Marketing. A designation is their job title, such as Senior Backend Developer. The two are set separately; see Roles & Designation for how job titles work.