The short answer
Both have free plans: 7shifts Comp covers one location with up to 15 employees, and Sling is free for up to 30 users. Sling Premium costs $2 and Business $4 per user a month, or $1.70 and $3.40 billed annually.
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7shifts wins 1Sling wins 22 ties
| Dimension | 7shifts | Sling |
|---|---|---|
| PricingSling is free for up to 30 users; Premium costs $2 and Business $4 per user a month on monthly billing. 7shifts is free for one location and 15 employees and prices Pro and Premium per location, in amounts that change with the visitor’s currency, so we do not quote them. | Partly published | $2/user/mo |
| CapabilitiesBoth cover shift scheduling, availability, shift swaps, labor cost, mobile apps and team messaging. 7shifts adds tip management and a manager log book; Sling adds shift task assignment and a newsfeed. Advanced scheduling and time clocking, Team messaging, PTO accruals and balances, Labor compliance, forecasting and labor cost tools, Tip calculation and distribution, Digital manager log book and task lists | 9 of 11 core capabilities | 9 of 11 core capabilities |
| Integrations7shifts lists 61 integrations, including Toast, Square, Clover and Gusto, with a REST API and webhooks. Sling names Toast, Shopify, Square and Harbortouch and offers an API. 61 | 61 native | 4 documented |
| Fit and support7shifts serves single restaurants on its free plan and quotes enterprise and franchise groups. Sling serves teams from two people at one location to 200+ across several. Small businesses, enterprises | Small businesses, enterprises | Small businesses, mid-market companies |
| SecuritySling states it meets the GDPR standard. 7shifts names no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification on the pages we reviewed. Yes | None verified | GDPR |
| Attribute | 7shifts | Sling |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Tiered plans | Per user |
| Price transparency | Partly published | Published |
| Best for | Small businesses, enterprises | Small businesses, mid-market companies |
| Founded | 2014 | 2015 |
| Attribute | 7shifts | Sling |
|---|---|---|
| Free trial | ||
| Free plan | ||
| Open API |
Pricing. Sling is free for up to 30 users; Premium costs $2 and Business $4 per user a month on monthly billing. 7shifts is free for one location and 15 employees and prices Pro and Premium per location, in amounts that change with the visitor’s currency, so we do not quote them.
Capabilities. Both cover shift scheduling, availability, shift swaps, labor cost, mobile apps and team messaging. 7shifts adds tip management and a manager log book; Sling adds shift task assignment and a newsfeed.
Integrations. 7shifts lists 61 integrations, including Toast, Square, Clover and Gusto, with a REST API and webhooks. Sling names Toast, Shopify, Square and Harbortouch and offers an API.
Fit and support. 7shifts serves single restaurants on its free plan and quotes enterprise and franchise groups. Sling serves teams from two people at one location to 200+ across several.
Security. Sling states it meets the GDPR standard. 7shifts names no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification on the pages we reviewed.
Deputy has the highest LeadChange Score in Employee Scheduling Software after excluding these two (8.9/10).
From $5/user/mo
Yes. 7shifts was founded in 2014 and says over 55,000 restaurants use it. It documents a public REST API and runs US payroll with tax filing as an add-on.
The Comp plan is free for one location with up to 15 employees. Pro and Premium are priced per location per month in the currency of the visitor’s region, so check the page from the US; payroll adds $39.99 per location plus $6 per employee paid. Sling, by contrast, publishes $2 and $4 per user a month.
It fits small teams on a budget: scheduling is free for up to 30 users, and time tracking and labor costs come with Premium at $2 per user a month. It offers a 15-day free trial and apps for iOS and Android.
For scheduling and time tracking, yes, at a lower published price: Sling Business costs $4 per user a month. 7shifts adds restaurant tools Sling does not list, such as tip distribution and payroll.
7shifts is built only for restaurants and connects to POS systems such as Toast, Square, Lightspeed and Clover. Sling serves restaurants among many industries and is now owned by Toast, which sells Sling plans in the Toast Shop.
Yes. 7shifts includes time clocking on Pro and Premium; Sling adds mobile time tracking on Premium and kiosk time tracking on Business, with geofenced clock-in.
Yes, both list a free trial. 7shifts and Sling also list a free plan.
Only Sling states GDPR.
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