Streamline leave requests, approvals, and tracking with a customizable tool designed to fit your organization's HR processes seamlessly.


Set up a time off request tool with only the features your team needs. Make changes anytime as your processes evolve—no code required.
Connect spreadsheets, HR systems, and other tools with real-time sync—or manage everything in Softr Databases. Create a single source of truth for employee time off.
Give each team member the right tools to request and manage time off. Set up secure logins, user groups, and granular permissions—no IT support needed.
Provide tailored access for employees, managers, and HR, so each role sees only what they need.
Provide tailored access for employees, managers, and HR, so each role sees only what they need.
Connect with tools like Make, Zapier, or N8N to automate notifications, approvals, and record updates.
Request or manage time off from anywhere. Your tool is mobile-ready right out of the box.
Let your team access the request tool securely with Google, email, or SSO logins—no extra IT help.
Keep sensitive employee data safe with SOC2 and GDPR compliance, plus fine-tuned access control.
HR managers get instant answers on policies or balances—AI works right inside your time off request tool for fast support.
No more one-size-fits-all tools or costly custom builds. Softr is easy to use and fully customizable, so you can launch faster, adapt as you grow, and skip the complexity of traditional software.
Set up your employee time off request tool in minutes with drag-and-drop blocks and templates.
Add approval steps, notifications, or custom fields as your team's time off needs change.
Manage time off requests alongside other internal tools—all in one place, with no extra apps.
Integrate with your spreadsheets and databases, including Airtable, SQL, Hubspot, Google Sheets, Supabase, BigQuery, and more—in just a few clicks. Your data is always secure and in sync.
Drag and drop customizable building blocks with various views and functionalities. Granular permissions allow you to control what data each user can access, and which actions they can take.
Ship applications that your team will love in minutes or hours, instead of days or weeks. Deploy on both desktop and mobile.












An employee time off request tool is a secure online system where employees can submit requests for vacation, sick leave, or other absences. Managers can review, approve, or decline these requests, and everyone involved can see the current status. This keeps all time off information organized in one place, making it easier for employees and HR to manage schedules and ensure clear communication.
Softr makes it easy to set up an employee time off request tool that matches your company’s workflow. You can connect existing data sources, like Airtable, Notion, or other platforms, and create a simple way for employees to submit requests and managers to approve them—all in one place.
There’s no need to code anything. You can use templates or build from scratch, customize the design, control who sees what, and match your branding. It’s quick to get started, easy to update, and flexible enough to keep up as your team grows or your policies change. It helps everyone stay organized and makes managing time off requests straightforward for everyone.
You can include a variety of features in your employee time off request tool, depending on your team’s needs. Some popular options are:
\- Employee logins – so each person can submit and track their own requests
\- Dashboards – for managers to see all pending and approved time off
\- Forms – for submitting vacation, sick leave, or other absence requests
\- Notifications – to alert managers and employees about request status updates
\- Calendar view – to visualize team availability and prevent scheduling conflicts
\- Reports – to track usage and trends over time
\- Permissions and roles – so employees, managers, and HR only see the information relevant to them
All of these features can be built using Softr’s drag-and-drop blocks, so you don’t need to write any code. And if your process changes, it’s easy to update the tool later.
No coding is needed. You can build your employee time off request tool entirely using Softr’s visual editor. Everything—from the way the forms look to how permissions work—can be customized without any coding required.
Yes. You can manage multiple employees or departments within the same employee time off request tool. Each user will only see the requests and information that pertain to their account or department, based on their login and role. This makes it easy for HR teams or managers to oversee requests for different groups while keeping data organized and secure.
Softr supports a wide range of data sources for your employee time off request tool. You can connect to Airtable, Google Sheets, Notion, Coda, monday.com, HubSpot, Clickup, Xano, Supabase, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MariaDB, BigQuery, and more. You can also connect additional sources using the REST API.
You’re not limited to just one. Multiple data sources can be integrated into the same tool and displayed together—so your time off request dashboard, for example, can pull in information from both Airtable and Google Sheets at once. Most sources support real-time, two-way sync, ensuring any changes in your app or data source stay in sync.
Yes, Softr gives you complete control over how users interact with your employee time off request tool. You can customize the layout, navigation, and content to fit your company’s processes and style. Each page or section can be shown or hidden based on who’s logged in, so every employee sees only what’s relevant to them.
You can also set up different user roles, such as employee, manager, or HR admin—and define exactly what each role can view or manage. For example, employees can see and manage only their own leave requests, while managers or HR can review and approve requests for their teams. You can also create personalized dashboards by filtering data for the logged-in user.
This level of customization is especially useful for managing multiple departments or teams in the same tool, ensuring a secure and tailored experience for everyone.
Yes, you can. You don’t need to import your time off data from another system to start using the employee time off request tool with Softr. If you’re starting from scratch, you can use Softr Databases, which are built into the platform and work seamlessly with your employee time off workflows.
If you already track requests in tools like Airtable, Google Sheets, Notion, Coda, monday.com, Supabase, or SQL, you can connect those as well. You can also use the REST API connector to bring in data from other sources. Either way, you have full control over how your leave request data is organized and displayed in your tool.
Yes, you can fully white-label your employee time off request tool in Softr. You can use your own logo, brand colors, fonts, and custom domain so the tool feels like a natural part of your company’s internal systems. You can also remove all Softr branding, ensuring that employees see only your organization’s identity throughout their experience.
Yes, you can. Softr gives you plenty of flexibility to control both the design and layout of your employee time off request tool. You can adjust colors, fonts, spacing, and page structure to align with your organization’s style. You can also configure how each page is laid out, choose which blocks appear where, and determine what different employees see when they log in.
To display your data, you can add blocks according to your needs:
\- Table blocks – to show lists of time off requests, approvals, or employee schedules
\- List or Card blocks – to highlight employee profiles or different types of leave
\- Detail View – to show individual request details or approval status
\- Forms – for submitting new time off requests
\- Calendar blocks – to display approved time off or team availability
If your requirements change later, it’s easy to update your tool right in the visual builder.
Softr is built with security in mind. All data is encrypted in transit (TLS) and at rest, and your apps are hosted on secure, reliable infrastructure. Softr apps also let you control who can view or manage specific information within your employee time off request tool. You can set up role-based permissions, manage users via your data source, set visibility rules, and apply global restrictions to protect sensitive employee data.
For tools connected to external data sources like Airtable, Notion, or SQL, Softr doesn’t store your data—it simply displays it in real time according to your access settings. You remain in control of your data and permissions.
Softr also follows industry best practices for authentication, access control, and platform monitoring to help keep your organization’s information safe.
You can get started for free. Softr’s Free plan lets you publish one app with up to 10 app users and 2 user groups, supporting all standard data sources like Softr Databases, Airtable, Google Sheets, and more.
If your time off request tool needs to accommodate more users or additional features, you can explore Softr’s paid plans for expanded capabilities: <https://softr.io/pricing>
Softr is designed to help you create fully functional, user-facing apps—like employee time off request tools, HR dashboards, and internal management systems—without needing to write code or depend on developers. It stands out for how quickly you can build and launch your tool, and for how seamlessly it connects to your existing data.
Unlike some no-code tools focused on mobile apps or developer-heavy interfaces, Softr is built for non-technical teams that want easy control over layout, user experience, and permissions. You can work with real-time data from sources like Airtable, Google Sheets, Softr Databases, or SQL to create secure, branded tools that your employees can log into.
You can adjust everything visually—from form fields to design and user access. Softr also includes features like user roles, conditional logic, and API support out of the box, so you don’t need to piece together multiple products to get a polished result.
Yes. Softr offers a wide range of integrations so you can connect your employee time off request tool to the rest of your company’s systems. You can automate notifications, approvals, and updates using tools like Zapier, Make, and N8N. Softr also supports REST API and webhooks for more advanced workflows.
Whether you need to notify managers about new requests, sync approved time off with HR software, or pull in data from other tools, you can build these automations into your time off request tool—all without writing code.