Is the free plan just a trial?

No. The free plan costs €0, has no fixed term and does not turn into a paid plan by itself. It can still be terminated, by us as well: we can end it with one month’s notice to the end of a month and change its scope, such as the number of employees, with one month’s notice, or sooner for security or legal reasons. We announce both in text form (§ 8(7) and (8) of the terms). When the contract ends, you can still export your data for 30 days (§ 14(2) of the terms).

Is there a free trial of the paid plans?

Yes, a trial month: a paid plan of your choice can be used for a month free of charge, with no payment method and no subscription, once per company and per owner. During the trial month you can switch plans without it starting again. We remind you a week and a day before the end. If you book nothing, your previous plan applies again afterwards; nothing is deleted (§ 5a of the terms). If it no longer fits, the plan limit applies (§ 5(3) of the terms). If you only want to look around first, open the demo without signing up.

Do people who are only in the calendar count?

Yes. Every person you manage in Tiveo as an employee counts, with or without an account of their own. People who have left no longer count from the day after they leave, and neither do dormant records or future employees before their start date.

Can we take our data with us if we stop?

Yes. The CSV exports are part of the free plan too: the team calendar, the year overview per person and the leave balances, which Excel opens directly. You can download all your data together as a full export at any time, on every plan and free of charge. If the contract ends, you still have 30 days for this (§§ 13 and 14 of the terms).

Where is the data stored on the free plan?

On the same server in Germany as on every other plan, run by us. Annex 3 of the data processing agreement and the “Security” page list the service providers involved.

A free leave planner for small teams

Tiveo costs nothing for up to five employees. That is a plan of its own with no fixed term, and it is not a trial. This page sets out what is included, what is missing and when an Excel template suits you better. Tiveo is only for businesses, the self-employed and freelancers, not for private use.

€0, no fixed term
Up to 5 employees
Servers in Germany

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What the free plan includes

On the free plan you work with the same application and the same leave calculations as on the paid plans.

Leave requests in the browser and on the phone, approved right in Tiveo
Public holidays for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, per person by place of work
Part-time, half days and remaining leave calculated for you
Team calendar with public and school holidays
Import from Excel and CSV
Print view (also as PDF), CSV export, calendar feed (ICS)
Full audit trail

What the free plan does not include

Every limit is also listed in the pricing table. None of them touches the leave calculations themselves.

Email support on a goodwill basis only, without entitlement
Time recording, qualifications and shift checklists from Team only
Emails and push notifications to your team from Team only; invitations and join requests always go out

Which employees count. Every person you manage in Tiveo as an employee counts, with or without an account of their own. If HR does all the planning, everyone it plans still counts, not just the planners’ accounts. People who have left no longer count from the day after they leave, and neither do dormant records or future employees before their start date. If it gets tight, the owner and administrators get a message. If your plan no longer fits, you cannot add or invite further employees or enter or request new absences until the limit is met again, for example after a plan change or during the trial month. Existing access and entries stay usable, import still works, and nothing is charged retroactively (§ 5(3) of the terms).

Who it is enough for

Businesses with up to five employees, such as a small trade business or a practice with a couple of staff.

When it gets tight

Once you have more than five employees, requests start arriving by email or you want to record working hours. That is when a paid plan fits, and everything you have entered stays where it is.

When the team grows

The paid plans are tiered by employees and can be cancelled at the end of the billing period, so monthly when billed monthly. You can try a paid plan of your choice for a month free of charge, with no payment method, once per company and per owner (§ 5a of the terms).

Plan	Free	Team	Business	Company
Employees	up to 5	up to 15	up to 50	up to 100
Price per month	€0	€19	€59	€119
Price per year		€190	€590	€1,190
Departments and teams	any depth	any depth	any depth	any depth
Approval rules	multi-step	multi-step	multi-step	multi-step

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Would you rather have an Excel file?

If a single person does the planning and the data should stay on your own drive, a spreadsheet is the right tool. The same developer makes a leave planner for Excel: the basic version is free, maintained since 2017, with the public holidays of all 16 German states.

Free leave planner template for Excel →

The link goes to urlaubsplaner-excel.de, the sister product (in German). If you switch later, you upload the file to Tiveo. The data comes out as CSV for Excel. Tiveo does not write back into the Excel planner’s format.

Free on Tiveo or an Excel template?

Feature	Tiveo, free plan	Free Excel template
Cost	€0, no fixed term	€0; premium version €29.90 once
Who works with it	Up to 5 employees; people request leave themselves	One person edits the file
Approval	In the application, one or more steps	By hand: a letter in a cell
Public holidays	Germany, Austria and Switzerland, per person	All 16 German states
Part-time and expiry	Calculated; reminder before expiry by email from Team	Part-time via days off, expiry by hand
Where the data lives	On a server in Germany	On your own drive, no account
Devices	Any browser, including phones	Excel; the premium forms need Windows

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Common questions

Is the free plan just a trial?: No. The free plan costs €0, has no fixed term and does not turn into a paid plan by itself. It can still be terminated, by us as well: we can end it with one month’s notice to the end of a month and change its scope, such as the number of employees, with one month’s notice, or sooner for security or legal reasons. We announce both in text form (§ 8(7) and (8) of the terms). When the contract ends, you can still export your data for 30 days (§ 14(2) of the terms).
Is there a free trial of the paid plans?: Yes, a trial month: a paid plan of your choice can be used for a month free of charge, with no payment method and no subscription, once per company and per owner. During the trial month you can switch plans without it starting again. We remind you a week and a day before the end. If you book nothing, your previous plan applies again afterwards; nothing is deleted (§ 5a of the terms). If it no longer fits, the plan limit applies (§ 5(3) of the terms). If you only want to look around first, open the demo without signing up.
What happens if we have more than five employees?: At 80 percent the owner and administrators get a message. With more than five, you cannot add or invite further employees or enter or request new absences until the limit is met again, for example after a plan change or during the trial month. Existing access and entries stay usable, import still works, and nothing is charged retroactively (§ 5(3) of the terms). If the limit stays exceeded despite our request, we may pause imports too (§ 5(4) of the terms).
Do people who are only in the calendar count?: Yes. Every person you manage in Tiveo as an employee counts, with or without an account of their own. People who have left no longer count from the day after they leave, and neither do dormant records or future employees before their start date.
Can we take our data with us if we stop?: Yes. The CSV exports are part of the free plan too: the team calendar, the year overview per person and the leave balances, which Excel opens directly. You can download all your data together as a full export at any time, on every plan and free of charge. If the contract ends, you still have 30 days for this (§§ 13 and 14 of the terms).
Where is the data stored on the free plan?: On the same server in Germany as on every other plan, run by us. Annex 3 of the data processing agreement and the “Security” page list the service providers involved.

Set up in ten minutes

You create an account, pick your state and add up to four more people, either invited or in the calendar only. On the free plan you give the reminder before leave expires yourself; Tiveo emails it from Team.

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