Plan time off with the whole team in view.
Bring leave requests, balances and team calendars together, with a comparison against typical alternatives like email and spreadsheets. Give employees a clear way to request time off and managers the context to review it.
Holiday planning involves employees, managers and HR. With the leave module enabled, Kraze brings requests and team availability into the same workspace as your people.
Kraze is a leave management app for HR teams and managers: requests, balances and the team calendar live in one workspace, with the decision always attached to the original request.
Requests with a clear status
Employees submit leave requests and follow their status. Authorized reviewers manage requests in the workspace, keeping the decision alongside the original request.
Balances in one place
Keep leave allowances and remaining balances organized by employee and leave type. HR can manage balances according to the organization’s configured policies.
See team availability
Consult the team calendar when planning upcoming work and reviewing leave. Bring planned absences into the conversation before agreeing on project commitments.
How it works
- Configure the leave types and balances your team uses.
- Invite employees to submit their requests.
- Review requests and consult the team calendar.
For HR teams and managers planning ahead
Coordinate holidays across departments and give people a clear request process. Module availability and actions depend on your organization’s configuration and permissions.
Compared with requesting time off by email or in a shared spreadsheet, Kraze keeps the request, balance and decision on the same record. Employees can check status without asking a manager, and HR doesn't have to rebuild balances from scattered messages.
Talk to the teamKraze vs the typical alternative
| Feature | Kraze | Typical alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Requesting time off | Employees submit a request in Kraze and track its status themselves | Requesting time off by email, chat message or a shared spreadsheet, with no single place to check status |
| Leave balances | Balances are tracked by employee and leave type inside the same workspace as the request | Balances kept in a separate spreadsheet or worked out manually, often out of date by the time someone asks |
| Team calendar | A shared team calendar shows planned absences alongside the leave module | Availability pieced together from separate calendars, messages or asking around |
| Fit with other HR modules | Leave management shares the same workspace as time tracking and employee management | Leave features bolted onto a generic HR suite, or tracked separately from time tracking and employee records |
| Pricing | Included as a module in Kraze's published Free, Pro and Enterprise plans, with no separate cost | Often a separate add-on module, priced and enabled apart from the base plan |
This comparison describes common ways teams manage leave without a dedicated module, rather than any single named competitor. Details of any specific alternative tool or process should be confirmed independently.
Common questions
Does Kraze include holiday management?
Yes. The leave module supports requests, allowances and team calendars when it is enabled for your organization.
Can HR manage leave balances?
Authorized users can manage employee leave balances by leave type, according to the organization’s configuration.
Is leave management available in every workspace?
Availability depends on the modules enabled for your organization. Contact the Kraze team to confirm the setup that fits your processes.
Is leave management included in Kraze's pricing?
Leave management is one of the modules across Kraze's published Free, Pro and Enterprise plans, with pricing shown openly on the plans page and no hidden costs.
Is leave and absence data hosted securely?
Yes. Leave requests and balances are hosted on infrastructure in the European Union, protected with AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS 1.3 in transit.