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     "The employee import takes eight fixed columns (username, names, email and password required). It has no notes field and no update option, so you cannot change records by importing again.",
     "Correction 12 November 2026: an earlier version of this review said API access is only in the Advanced plan. Buddy Punch told us, and its pricing page (read 12 November 2026) confirms, that API and MCP access are included from the Pro plan, which our trial runs on; Advanced adds higher API and MCP limits. The Change Plan screen we saw on 29 October lists API access in its Advanced summary, which we read as a gate and should not have."
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