Employee scheduling Category leader
7shifts
Scheduling, time clocking and payroll built for restaurants
Key features
- Shift swap and cover requests
- Availability and time-off requests
- Labour cost forecasting
Planday alternatives
Other employee scheduling tools to consider instead of Planday. Key features and starting prices come from each vendor's own site.
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| Pricing | Paid | Free plan | Free plan | $2.50/user/mo |
| Best for | Multi-location hospitality and retail businesses with 20+ staff that need working-time compliance warnings in the rota. | Independent and multi-unit restaurants of 10 to 200 staff that want scheduling tied to POS sales and labor compliance. | Restaurants and retail teams under 50 hourly staff that want free scheduling and messaging in one app. | Small hourly teams in retail, restaurants and services that want low per-user scheduling pricing. |
| Team size | 2–500+ people | 2–500 people | 2–500 people | 2–500 people |
| Drag-and-drop schedule builder | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Shift swap and cover requests | Not listed | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Availability and time-off requests | Not listed | Yes | Yes | Not listed |
| Labour cost forecasting | Not listed | Yes | Yes | Not listed |
| Auto-scheduling | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Yes |
| Schedule notifications | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | Not listed |
| Visit | Visit | Visit | Visit | Visit |
Head to head
The alternatives
Employee scheduling Category leader
Sling
Free shift scheduling and team messaging for hourly teams
Key features
- Shift swap and cover requests
- Availability and time-off requests
- Labour cost forecasting
- Schedule notifications
Employee scheduling Category leader
When I Work
Employee scheduling with shift swaps, open shifts and team messaging
Key features
- Shift swap and cover requests
- Auto-scheduling