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7shifts vs Sling

7shifts9.2/10

Sling8.4/10

Scored in Employee Scheduling Software

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.

By LeadChange Research TeamUpdated Based on 11 sources, most recently checked

7shifts

Best for
Restaurants of any size, from independents to franchise groups

Choose 7shifts if

  • You run restaurants: 7shifts is built for them and used by over 55,000.
  • You want restaurant payroll as an add-on: $39.99 per location plus $6 per employee a month.
  • You split tips and want them calculated and distributed in the app.
  • You want labor compliance and forecasting tools.

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Sling

Starting price
$2/user/mo1
Best for
Shift-based teams in restaurants, retail, hospitality and healthcare

Choose Sling if

  • You have up to 30 users and want scheduling for free.
  • You want a published per-user price: Premium is $2 a user a month.
  • You run more than restaurants: Sling serves businesses from over 30 industries.
  • You already use Toast: Sling is now Sling by Toast.

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Scorecard

7shifts wins 1Sling wins 22 ties

7shifts vs Sling by dimension
Dimension7shiftsSling
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, then charges per location: Essentials $39.99, Pro $79.99 and Premium $134.99 a month billed annually.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, labor cost tools and hourly labor forecasting, Tip calculation and distribution, Digital manager log book and task lists29 of 11 core capabilities9 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. 61317 documented (vendor says 61)6 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, enterprises2Small businesses, enterprisesSmall 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. Yes4None verifiedGDPR

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Key differences

Where 7shifts and Sling differ (3)
Attribute7shiftsSling
Pricing modelTiered plans2Per user1
Best forSmall businesses, enterprises2Small businesses, mid-market companies5
Founded2014620157
Show 5 attributes where they are the same
Where they are the same (5)
Attribute7shiftsSling
Price transparencyPublished2Published1
Free trial21
Free plan21
Mobile appsiOS, Android8iOS, Android1
API910

Analysis by dimension

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, then charges per location: Essentials $39.99, Pro $79.99 and Premium $134.99 a month billed annually.

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.

Neither one?

Deputy

Deputy has the highest LeadChange Score in Employee Scheduling Software after excluding these two (9.2/10).

From $5/user/mo (billed annually)11

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Frequently asked questions

Is 7shifts legit?

Yes. 7shifts was founded in 2014 and says over 55,000 restaurants use it. It documents a public REST API and sells US payroll as an add-on.

How much is 7shifts per month?

The Comp plan is free for one location with up to 15 employees. Essentials, Pro and Premium cost $39.99, $79.99 and $134.99 a month per location billed annually; payroll adds $39.99 per location plus $6 per employee paid. Sling, by contrast, publishes $2 and $4 per user a month.

Is Sling a good scheduling app?

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.

Is Sling a good alternative to 7shifts?

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.

Which is better for restaurants, 7shifts or Sling?

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.

Do 7shifts and Sling track time?

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.

Do 7shifts and Sling offer a free trial?

Yes, both list a free trial. 7shifts and Sling also list a free plan.

Is 7shifts or Sling more secure?

Sling states GDPR (unverified for 7shifts).

How this page was made

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Quotes from the sources
  1. Sling getsling.com/pricing“Take it to the next level by adding tools for tracking time and optimizing labor costs. $2.001.70 per user per month” “Customers using Premium or Business plans have the option to save 15% by paying annually.”
  2. 7shifts 7shifts.com/pricing“Labor compliance and labor cost tools … Advanced hourly labor forecast” “Enterprise/franchise questions or quotes?”
  3. 7shifts 7shifts.com/integrations/home“61 integrations”
  4. Sling getsling.com/general-data-protection-regulation“We now meet the high standard required by the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)”
  5. Sling getsling.com“Whether you manage a team of two in a single location or a team of 200+ across multiple locations, Sling can help you keep everything running smoothly”
  6. 7shifts 7shifts.com/about“Born in the back office of a sandwich shop, 7shifts was founded by Jordan Boesch in 2014 with the goal of building simple solutions to solve even the most complex team management challenges.”
  7. Sling getsling.com/about-us“Sling was founded in Reykjavik, Iceland by our CEO – Helgi Hermannsson, back in 2015”
  8. 7shifts 7shifts.com“The 7shifts mobile app is easy to use and easy to access from anywhere”
  9. 7shifts developers.7shifts.com/docs/getting-started“The 7shifts API gives you programmatic access to the scheduling, labor, sales, and employee data behind a restaurant's 7shifts account.”
  10. Sling api.getsling.com“In order to interact with the API you need to have an authorization token”
  11. Deputy deputy.com/pricing“Lite Everything you need to get started with scheduling and time tracking $5 per user per month (USD excl. all applicable taxes) billed upfront or in monthly installments”

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