What's New in PlainStaff

Hello!

We hope you're doing well! Over the past months, we have been working intensively on PlainStaff and are excited to present our biggest update yet: Version 6.3.0. It will be available at 29.06.2026.

This release brings noticeably more speed, significantly improved security, and a much more pleasant user experience to your daily work. Whether it's time tracking, project management, or month-end closing – PlainStaff reduces clicks, speeds up processes, and keeps you in full control.

The entire application has been fundamentally optimized in the background. Especially when working with many employees, projects, or bookings, PlainStaff now loads significantly faster. Even on high-traffic days such as month-end, performance remains pleasantly smooth.

Protecting your company and employee data is our top priority. In this version, we have further expanded security in several areas:

• More robust login process with reliable handling of expired sessions
• Significantly improved Single-Sign-On (SSO) for smooth login via corporate access
• Additional protection against automated attacks and bots

From now on, you manage your subscription completely yourself – securely, transparently, and without contacting support. On the new subscription page, you can view your current plan at any time and upgrade, adjust, or cancel with just a few clicks. Payments are processed via Stripe. Available for Bronze, Silver, and Gold customers.

• Modern, clean design for better overview of absences, appointments, and workload
• Significantly faster and more intuitive navigation between months
• Reliable display of all appointments
• Attractive highlighting of team birthdays

• New project dashboard with all key metrics and statistics at a glance
• Revised booking overview with clearer layout
• Hide zero bookings in time sheets and invoices for clearer evaluations

With the new punch card in the top right of the home page, you and your team record working hours, breaks, and project times with just one click. Selecting the right task or project is now even faster.

The new Audit Log records every change and ensures PlainStaff is audit-proof:

• Full history of changes and deletions
• Seamless integration into all relevant dialogs (button at top right of dialog toolbar)
• Central admin overview with convenient search: https://app.plainstaff.com/-/admin/audit-log

• Flexible, manually triggered closing process
• New fully automatic month-end closing
• Closed periods are securely frozen
• Optional automatic capping of time account balances
• Automatic creation and filing of account statements
• You can find all these settings in the basic settings in the admin area: https://app.plainstaff.com/-/admin/settings

• Time account PDF: Cleaner layout with direct display of corrections in the table
• GoBD-compliant export: New export in audit-proof IDEA format – ideal for tax authorities or tax advisors
• Pro-rated metrics: Remaining leave and vacation entitlement now also pro-rated by tenure (optionally displayable)

• Uniform dialogs with clear toolbar and footer
• Refreshed, modern, and more pleasant design
• Custom number and date formats independent of language
• Small moments of success with confetti cannons at appropriate places

Updated holiday rules for Australia, Canada, USA, New Zealand and minor corrections for Germany.

• New clear employee dialog with clear tabs
• Improved and more robust invitation of new employees

We hope the new features will make your daily work noticeably easier!

If you have any questions or feedback, feel free to contact us:

[email protected]

Best regards

Your PlainStaff Team