We keep verifying each app's data, so some cells read "Unconfirmed" or "Not published" until we check them against the vendor's own pages.
Every scheduling app here is measured the same way. The table shows what the plan with scheduling and a time clock costs for one location with about fifteen people, billed month to month; how your team swaps shifts and clocks in; which POS systems connect and what data actually moves (sales, employees or clock-ins); how hours get into payroll; and what happens when you cancel. A free plan that only builds schedules isn't compared with a paid plan that also tracks time without saying so. If a vendor doesn't publish something, you'll see "Not published" or "Quote only", never a zero.
There's no single winner for every restaurant. A café with eight people, a full-service restaurant that wants labor cost against POS sales and a group with three locations need different things, and a scheduling module that already comes with your POS plan can be the cheapest path.
If you don't know where to start:
- Estimate what each app costs your team with this section's scheduling cost calculator.
- See the ranking and the rankings by type of business.
- Read how we score scheduling software in this section's methodology.
- Scheduling and payroll are different jobs: if you also pay your team, compare payroll software too.
