Scheduling, time clock and team app built only for restaurants, priced per location, with sales forecasts from its POS integrations and its own payroll as an add-on. The free Comp plan covers basic scheduling for one location.
Built only for restaurants, with a long list of POS integrations, including Toast, Square, Clover, Shift4 POS, SpotOn and TouchBistro.
Sales forecasts from the POS, fair workweek rules, photo clock-in and geofencing.
Free Comp plan with basic scheduling, availability and time-off requests for one location.
What to watch
Fees are paid in advance and aren't refunded, and prices can rise each year with inflation without notice.
Tip management, labor cost and compliance tools are on paid plans.
How the score breaks down
RTC Score8.5/10out of 10
Methodology v1.0.0
Data completeness97%
We could verify 97% of the scoring data
Strongest points
12-month cost (reference restaurant), Time clock, Hours into payroll
Weakest point
Refund when you cancel
Score by criterion
12-month cost (reference restaurant)Weight 22%Strongest9.1/109.1 out of 10
$540 over 12 months
Time clockWeight 8%Strongest10.0/1010.0 out of 10
POS systems it connects toWeight 8%8.6/108.6 out of 10
Hours into payrollWeight 7%Strongest10.0/1010.0 out of 10
Labor cost against salesWeight 6%10.0/1010.0 out of 10
Published pricingWeight 5%10.0/1010.0 out of 10
Shift swaps and open shiftsWeight 5%10.0/1010.0 out of 10
POS sales on the scheduleWeight 5%7.1/107.1 out of 10
Initial termWeight 5%10.0/1010.0 out of 10
Refund when you cancelWeight 4%Weakest0.0/100.0 out of 10
Free planWeight 3%5.0/105.0 out of 10
Availability and time offWeight 3%10.0/1010.0 out of 10
Labor law alertsWeight 3%10.0/1010.0 out of 10
Location check at clock-inWeight 3%10.0/1010.0 out of 10
Notice to avoid renewalWeight 3%No data
Breaks and overtimeWeight 3%10.0/1010.0 out of 10
Tip pooling and payoutsWeight 3%5.0/105.0 out of 10
Phone supportWeight 2%0.0/100.0 out of 10
Automatic schedule builderWeight 2%10.0/1010.0 out of 10
Team messagingWeight 2%10.0/1010.0 out of 10
All the data, with sources
Each value links to its source. "Not published" means the vendor doesn't disclose it; "Unconfirmed" means we looked and couldn't confirm it. Data points we have for fewer than four vendors are left out until we can compare them.
$44.99/moSource: 7shifts (opens in a new tab)Essentials, billed monthly: the cheapest plan with a time clock (basic time clocking). Pro is $89.99 and Premium $149.99 a month per location.
Available, with a published discountSource: 7shifts (opens in a new tab)Billed yearly, Essentials is $39.99 a month per location instead of $44.99 (paid for the year).
Free plan
Yes, scheduling onlySource: 7shifts (opens in a new tab)The pricing page lists basic scheduling, announcements and availability on Comp and adds basic time clocking from Essentials. The scheduling page says the free plan includes basic time clocking; we follow the pricing page.
7shifts Payroll: $39.99 a month per location plus $6 a month per employee paid (included in Premium). Tip Management $49.99, Manager Log Book $14.99 and Task Management $12.99 a month per location. Employee onboarding $2.99 per package sent.Source: 7shifts (opens in a new tab)
Sales forecast from your POS, with labor cost on the scheduleSource: 7shifts (opens in a new tab)Sales come in from the POS integrations. Labor targets on projected sales and labor cost tools are in Pro and up.
Overtime and breaks, plus predictive scheduling (fair workweek) rulesSource: 7shifts (opens in a new tab)Break and overtime alerts and state labor law tools are in Pro and up.
Time clock and attendance
Data point
Value
Time clock
Included in the comparable planSource: 7shifts (opens in a new tab)Basic time clocking (the 7punches app) is in every plan, including the free one.
Ways to clock in
Phone app, Shared tablet or kioskSource: 7shifts (opens in a new tab)7punches runs on an employee's phone or on a shared tablet at the restaurant.
Toast, Square, Clover, Shift4 POS, Lightspeed, SpotOn, TouchBistro, OthersSource: 7shifts (opens in a new tab)Shift4 POS (also Future POS, POSitouch and Restaurant Manager via Shift4). Others include Heartland Restaurant, Aloha, Brink, Oracle MICROS Simphony, Revel, HungerRush and Upserve.
POS that send sales
Toast, Square, Clover, Shift4 POS, SpotOn, TouchBistro, OthersSource: 7shifts (opens in a new tab)Each partner page lists sales: Toast, Square, Clover, Shift4 POS (hourly sales), SpotOn, TouchBistro and Heartland Restaurant. The Lightspeed (K) page doesn't list which data syncs.
POS that send clock-ins or employees
Toast, Shift4 POS, SpotOnSource: 7shifts (opens in a new tab)The help center lists employee, wage, labor and tip sync as functions that vary by POS. Toast syncs employee wages; Shift4 POS syncs employees and roles; SpotOn syncs employee wages.
Getting hours into payroll
Its own payroll (paid add-on)Source: 7shifts (opens in a new tab)7shifts Payroll is its own add-on ($39.99 a month per location plus $6 per employee paid, included in Premium). Hours also sync to outside payroll providers.
Payroll providers it connects to
ADP, Gusto, Paychex, QuickBooks Payroll, Toast Payroll, Paylocity, Paycor, OthersSource: 7shifts (opens in a new tab)ADP (RUN and Workforce Now), Gusto, Paychex, QuickBooks Online, Toast Payroll, Paylocity and Paycor. Others: Heartland Payroll, Paycom, Ceridian Dayforce and Powerpay, Wagepoint and Premier Payroll.
Month to monthSource: 7shifts (opens in a new tab)Month to month when billed monthly. A signed Order Form can set a longer initial term and renewal terms (§17).
The terms set no early termination fee; fees already paid aren't refunded, and an Order Form can set a longer term.Source: 7shifts (opens in a new tab)
Right to raise prices
7shifts can change its fees with at least 30 days' notice, and can raise them once a year for inflation (US CPI) without notice (§10).Source: 7shifts (opens in a new tab)
Your records when you leave
Limited or lost access after you leaveSource: 7shifts (opens in a new tab)Access ends at termination (§17) and the terms give no post-exit export window; timesheets can be exported to payroll while you're a customer.
66Source: 7shifts Help Center (opens in a new tab)Chat with an agent 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern on weekdays and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekends (66 hours a week); an automated assistant answers 24/7.
