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7shifts

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Pros & Cons

All-in-one software designed specifically for bars and restaurants

Works as hiring, payroll, time clock, communication, and task management software

Also carries some employee engagement software for preventing turnover

Some users said they had problems integrating it with their POS software

Can be hard to scale up for companies that grow later on

Platforms

Web-based, Android, iOS

Pricing Model

Per location, four subscription tiers plus custom pricing

Free Trial?

Free Version?

Company SIze

Any size

Best for

Bars and restaurants

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Pros & Cons

Can manage more complex employee tasks like PTO accumulation

Get alerted right away if an employee clocks in late or no-shows

Can do basic HR and track certificates and compliance right in the app

Geofence means that employees that forget to clock out can't clock out from home

Have to make a new schedule every week, can't just copy and paste

Platforms

Web-based, Android, iOS

Pricing Model

Per location, four subscription tiers

Free Trial?

Free Version?

Company SIze

Any size

Best for

Companies with only a couple locations but lots of hourly employees

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When I Work

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Pros & Cons

Allows you to schedule one employee in several different roles

Employees can talk to each other through the app to fill scheduling holes

Can block employees from taking certain shifts to prevent overtime

Includes payroll functionality, but doesn't integrate well with other payroll software

Does less and costs more than other software of this type

Platforms

Web-based, Android, iOS

Pricing Model

$2 per user, or custom pricing

Free Trial?

Free Version?

Company SIze

Medium to large companies

Best for

Companies with only a handful of workers but lots of scheduling headaches

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ClockShark

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Pros & Cons

Allows managers to track the location of employees on the clock

Excellent for making sure remote teams are where they're supposed to be

Can send invoices, give quotes, and do job costing in the app

Have to pay the monthly fee for each new hire, even if they quit after one shift

Users can disable the GPS tracking, and the GPS drains a phone's battery

Platforms

Web-based, Android, iOS

Pricing Model

Per user plus base fee, three subscription tiers

Free Trial?

Free Version?

Company SIze

Any size

Best for

Contractors and construction companies

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Deputy

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Pros & Cons

Can schedule employees by training to make sure the right people do the right tasks

Lets a manager know if an employee is habitually clocking in early or out late

Can set it to require a photo of the employee every time they clock in

Doesn't tell managers why an employee needs certain time off

Struggles with properly tallying paid and unpaid breaks on the same shift

Platforms

Web-based, desktop app (Mac and Windows), Android, iOS

Pricing Model

Per user, two subscription tiers plus custom pricing

Free Trial?

Free Version?

Company SIze

Any size

Best for

Managers worried their employees are milking the clock

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