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 "schema_version": "1.0",
 "id": "parim",
 "name": "Parim",
 "research_status": "researched",
 "vendor_domain": "parim.co",
 "category": "HR & People",
 "task": "Time tracking, shifts & attendance",
 "summary": "Workforce management for shift-heavy operations — staffing agencies, security, events — with unlimited users on every plan.",
 "best_for": "staffing agencies, security firms and event operators with large rosters of shift workers, where per-seat pricing from competitors would be punishing and the specialised modules (checkpoints, check calls, incident reporting) match the work",
 "skip_if": "you have a stable team on fixed rotas, where a per-user tool with a published price will be cheaper and far easier to budget; also skip it if you need a firm number today, because you will be getting a quote",
 "honest_knock": "Unlimited users sounds like the generous part, and it is — until you notice what replaces per-seat pricing: a bill that scales with shifts scheduled. For a staffing agency or an events business, shift volume is the one number that swings hardest month to month, which makes this the least predictable pricing model in the category. Before you commit, ask for the price at your busiest month rather than your average, and ask what happens when you cross a threshold.",
 "pricing": {
  "status": "public",
  "entry_price": "£47",
  "entry_price_terms": "a month (published floor)",
  "from_price_usd_month": null,
  "plans": [
   {
    "name": "Starter",
    "price": "no published price",
    "includes": "Employee scheduling, configurable shift list, locations/roles, time off requests, shift reminders, staff/management apps"
   },
   {
    "name": "Pro",
    "price": "no published price",
    "includes": "Adds time and attendance: scheduling patterns, timesheet/people lists, pay run report, CSV exports"
   },
   {
    "name": "Premium",
    "price": "no published price",
    "includes": "Adds shift cancellation tracking, timesheet analytics, payroll export, invoicing report, pay lock, client requests"
   }
  ],
  "plans_source": "summarised from pricing.notes; every plan name and amount appears verbatim in those notes",
  "notes": "(re-read 2026-09-17 and again on 2026-10-05 on parim.co/pricing; unchanged since 20 August 2026) One number is published and the rest is not. The page says pricing starts from £47 per month with unlimited users on every plan, but each of the three tiers — Starter, Pro, Premium — carries a ‘Request Pricing’ button rather than a figure. Their own explanation: they price on the functionality you need and the number of shifts you schedule each month. So the £47 is a starting point, not a plan price. What the tiers contain is published even though the prices are not. Starter is scheduling: employee scheduling, a configurable shift list, locations and roles, time off requests, automated shift reminders, separate staff and management apps, shift creation from the app, and SIA badge expiry reminders. Pro adds time and attendance: scheduling patterns, configurable timesheet and people lists, a pay run report, configurable automated pay schedules and CSV exports. Premium adds shift cancellation tracking, timesheet analytics, payroll export, staff management by employment type, an invoicing report, a position coverage report, pay lock and client shift requests. Five modules sit outside the three tiers with no price attached — events manager, checkpoints (NFC and iBeacon), incident reporting, check calls and asset tracking. The quote form asks for a number of employees, not a number of shifts.",
  "verified_at": "2026-10-05",
  "source_url": null
 },
 "free_plan": false,
 "free_plan_evidence": null,
 "cost_traps": [],
 "compare_with": {
  "name": "Deputy",
  "why": "the comparison that exposes the pricing model rather than the feature list. Deputy charges per user with published rates; Parim gives unlimited users and prices on shift volume, quote-only. For a large roster working occasional shifts Parim can win outright; for a stable team it is the more expensive and far less predictable of the two"
 },
 "links": {
  "record": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/api/v1/products/parim.json",
  "review": "https://officesoftwaremarketplace.com/parim-review.html",
  "marketplace": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/marketplace/parim/",
  "vendor_site": "https://parim.co"
 },
 "purchase": {
  "seller": "the vendor",
  "how": "AIBuilder Marketplace does not sell this software. Sign up, start a trial or buy on the vendor's site.",
  "handoff_url": "https://parimworkforcesoftware.partnerlinks.io/5vlq354x8uqb",
  "affiliate": true,
  "disclosure": "Where purchase.affiliate is true, purchase.handoff_url is an affiliate link: AIBuilder Marketplace may earn a commission at no extra cost to the buyer. Commission never changes what a record says, and products are not ranked by commission. Where it is false the link is the vendor's plain site."
 },
 "provenance": {
  "research": "hand-researched dossier, read on the vendor's own pages",
  "researched_since": "2026-07",
  "method": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/how-we-review/",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0. Credit 'AIBuilder Marketplace' with a link to https://aibuildermarketplace.com/atlas/.",
  "note": "A rebuild is not a new measurement: pricing.verified_at is the date that matters."
 },
 "cost": {
  "status": "not_yet",
  "engine": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/agents/#cost",
  "rules": null,
  "growth": null
 },
 "unknowns": [
  "Contract terms (cancellation, data export, data location, minimum seats) are not researched as separate fields; pricing.notes mentions them only where the vendor's pricing page does.",
  "No computable price rules yet: cost at a given team size cannot be calculated for this product.",
  "Not tested hands-on by us: what the product does comes from the vendor's pages and our reading of them."
 ],
 "task_evidence": null,
 "open_questions": [
  {
   "question_id": "parim:cancellation_terms",
   "key": "cancellation_terms",
   "question": "Can a customer cancel at any time, and what happens to an annual plan that is cancelled mid-term?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "parim:data_export",
   "key": "data_export",
   "question": "Which data can a customer export, in which formats, on which plans?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "parim:data_location",
   "key": "data_location",
   "question": "Where is customer data stored, and can a customer choose the region?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "parim:minimum_seats",
   "key": "minimum_seats",
   "question": "Is there a minimum number of seats or users on any plan?",
   "status": "open"
  }
 ],
 "vendor_answers": [],
 "agent_channels": {
  "vendor_mcp": null,
  "agent_checkout": {
   "status": "not_found",
   "detail": "No explicit support for purchases by AI agents on the vendor's own pages.",
   "checked_at": "2026-10-07",
   "method": "homepage, /pricing and the pricing page we cite, read as plain HTML (no JavaScript) and searched for explicit support of purchases by AI agents: Agentic Commerce Protocol, Instant Checkout, Agent Payments Protocol, buy in ChatGPT, agentic checkout"
  }
 }
}