Scheduling software review

Sling

Name: Sling
Rating: 8.5

Scheduling and time tracking app owned by Toast, priced per user. Scheduling is free for up to 30 users, and the Premium plan with the mobile time clock costs $2 per user a month.

By SlingParent company: ToastVerified Oct 17, 2026

RTC SCORE

8.5

#3 of 14 with enough data

Toast also offers: POS systems, Card processing, Online ordering, and 6 more

What we like

Free scheduling for up to 30 users, and the Premium plan with a mobile time clock and geofencing costs $2 per user a month.
Premium tracks labor cost against sales, overtime, breaks and rest time between shifts.
Owned by Toast, with a two-way Toast integration for employees, clock-ins and sales.

What to watch

Shared-kiosk clock-in, automatic shift assignment and payroll reports require the Business plan.
Your account data can't be recovered once you close the account, so export first.
No phone or live chat support is published, and no tip pooling.

How the score breaks down

RTC Score8.5out of 10

Methodology v1.0.0

Data completeness96%

We could verify 96% of the scoring data

Strongest points: 12-month cost (reference restaurant), Time clock, Hours into payroll
Weakest point: POS systems it connects to

Score by criterion

12-month cost (reference restaurant)Weight 22%Strongest10.0 out of 10
$360 over 12 months
Time clockWeight 8%Strongest10.0 out of 10
POS systems it connects toWeight 8%Weakest4.3 out of 10
Hours into payrollWeight 7%Strongest10.0 out of 10
Labor cost against salesWeight 6%10.0 out of 10
Published pricingWeight 5%10.0 out of 10
Shift swaps and open shiftsWeight 5%10.0 out of 10
POS sales on the scheduleWeight 5%2.9 out of 10
Initial termWeight 5%10.0 out of 10
Refund when you cancelWeight 4%5.0 out of 10
Free planWeight 3%5.0 out of 10
Availability and time offWeight 3%10.0 out of 10
Labor law alertsWeight 3%6.0 out of 10
Location check at clock-inWeight 3%10.0 out of 10
Notice to avoid renewalWeight 3%10.0 out of 10
Breaks and overtimeWeight 3%10.0 out of 10
Tip pooling and payoutsWeight 3%No data
Phone supportWeight 2%No data
Automatic schedule builderWeight 2%10.0 out of 10
Team messagingWeight 2%10.0 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.

Pricing
Data point	Value
How the price is counted	Per userVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)
Base fee	$0/moVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)
Per user, each month	$2/moVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)Premium billed monthly. Paid for the year it's $1.70 per user a month; Business is $4 monthly or $3.40 a month paid yearly.
Who counts as a paid user	Everyone with an account, managers includedVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling Help Center (opens in a new tab)Admins, managers and employees all count. A deactivated user stops counting and the unused time is prorated on the monthly plan.
Published pricing	PublishedVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)
Paying for the year	Available, with a published discountVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)Premium is $2 per user a month billed monthly, or $1.70 per user a month paid for the year. Removing users mid-year doesn't earn a credit.
Free plan	Yes, scheduling onlyVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)The free plan has no time clock; mobile time tracking starts on Premium.
Free plan limit	30Verified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)Per account. Accounts created through Toast aren't limited this way.
Setup fee	UnconfirmedVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)The pricing page doesn't mention a setup fee either way.
Minimums and other fees	The pricing page lists no other charges. Toast customers buy Sling plans through Toast Shop.Verified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)

Scheduling
Data point	Value
Shift swaps and open shifts in the app	YesVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)Shift swaps from Premium; the free plan lets employees offer shifts and see available shifts.
Availability and time-off requests	YesVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)
Labor cost against sales	Sales forecast from your POS, with labor cost on the scheduleVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)Premium tracks labor cost against sales; projected sales reports are on Business. The help center documents projected sales forecasting for the Toast integration.
Automatic schedule builder	YesVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)Business plan only, not Premium.
Team messaging	YesVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)
Labor law alerts	Overtime and break alertsVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)Premium includes overtime tracking, mandatory breaks, premium pay for missed breaks and rest time between shifts. We found no full predictive scheduling (fair workweek) rules.

Time clock and attendance
Data point	Value
Time clock	Included in the comparable planVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)
Ways to clock in	Phone app, Shared tablet or kiosk, Web browser, At the POSVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling Help Center (opens in a new tab)Phone app on Premium; shared kiosk on Business; clocking in at the POS applies to Toast accounts.
Location check (GPS or geofence)	YesVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)
Photo at clock-in	UnconfirmedVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)The pricing feature list doesn't mention a photo at clock-in.
Breaks and overtime on timesheets	YesVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)
Tip pooling and payouts	UnconfirmedVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)Tip pooling isn't mentioned on the pricing page or the feature list we read.

POS and payroll
Data point	Value
POS systems it connects to	Toast, Square, Shift4 POS, OthersVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)Shift4 POS (listed as Harbortouch). Others: Restaurant Manager and POSiTouch. The help center currently documents only the Toast integration.
POS that send sales	Toast, Shift4 POS, OthersVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)Toast, Shift4 POS (Harbortouch), Restaurant Manager and POSiTouch send sales. The Square listing mentions labor data only.
POS that send clock-ins or employees	Toast, Square, Shift4 POS, OthersVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)Toast syncs employees and clock-ins both ways; Square, Shift4 POS (Harbortouch), Restaurant Manager and POSiTouch sync employees and timecards.
Getting hours into payroll	Hours sync to payroll providersVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)Sling has no payroll of its own. Payroll reports that sync for payroll processing are on the Business plan.
Payroll providers it connects to	Toast PayrollVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)Toast Payroll is the only payroll provider named on the integrations page.
Several locations in one account	YesVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)

Contract and exit
Data point	Value
Initial term	Month to monthVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)Month to month on the monthly plan (§6); the annual plan is paid for the year.
Automatic renewal	1 monthVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)
Notice to avoid renewal	0 daysVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)Cancel from the web account settings before the next charge; email or phone requests don't count. Access continues until the end of the paid cycle.
Refund when you cancel	Only in some cases (for example, early in an annual plan)Verified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling Help Center (opens in a new tab)Monthly plans aren't refunded; an annual plan is refunded only if you cancel within its first month.
Leaving early	No fee to cancel; the month already paid isn't refunded. An annual plan is refunded only if you cancel in its first month.Verified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)
Right to raise prices	Sling can change its fees with 30 days' notice, posted in the app or sent by email (§6).Verified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)
Your records when you leave	Limited or lost access after you leaveVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)Download your timesheets and reports before you close the account (§7).

Support
Data point	Value
Phone support	UnconfirmedVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)The pricing page and help center list no phone line; the site gives a contact email.
Live chat support	UnconfirmedVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)Live chat isn't documented on the pages we read.
Live support hours a week	UnconfirmedVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)Sling doesn't publish support hours on the pages we read.

Language
Data point	Value
Employee app in Spanish	UnconfirmedVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling Help Center (opens in a new tab)The help center's user preference articles don't include a language setting, and we found no Sling page documenting Spanish.
Manager dashboard in Spanish	UnconfirmedVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)Not documented by Sling.
Help articles in Spanish	NoVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling Help Center (opens in a new tab)The Spanish edition of the help center exists but is empty.
Website in Spanish for the US	NoVerified Oct 17, 2026Source: Sling (opens in a new tab)getsling.com has no Spanish version (the /es path returns 404).

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