Restaurant Scheduling Software
The faster, smarter way to schedule your restaurant team
Build and update schedules that reflect team availability, time off, and local labor laws. Hit your targets, and improve your bottom line.
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7shifts is trusted by 55,000+ quick and full-service restaurants
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Save time with faster scheduling
Time is money. Our easy drag-and-drop tool with built-in employee availability helps you make schedules in minutes, freeing up more time in your day.
Save $1,000s in labor costs each year
We look at your restaurant’s trends to recommend the right amount of people to schedule at the right time. Plus, stay legally compliant thanks to automatic infraction warnings as you schedule.
Make decisions wherever you are
Easily submit time off and availability, so you’re never scheduled on a day off again. Plus, drop shifts or bid on your teams’, giving you the freedom to adapt when life gets in the way.
Have one place where all your data lives
Stop managing multiple siloed apps. 7shifts integrates valuable data from your POS, payroll, and other solutions so you can build labor-efficient schedules.
See for yourself why 7shifts is the #1 restaurant scheduling platform.
Powerful scheduling features built for restaurants
Availability and time off are shown as you build your schedule so you're never second-guessing who can work when.
- Employees submit requests from the app
- Track PTO and sick time for scheduling and payroll
- Approve team requests from anywhere
- Easily identify which staff are available for last-minute shift coverage on sick, late, or no-show shifts
Get real-time alerts while scheduling so you can avoid costly violations of your local labor laws.
- Set up and enforce required breaks
- Comply with fair workweek laws
- Access minor scheduling restrictions (under 16/18)
- Track expired employee certifications
Build your schedule in seconds using customizable templates that factor in availability, time off, overtime, and labor compliance.
- Auto-fill shifts based on past schedules and availability
- Turn any published schedule into a reusable template
- Create unlimited templates for different roles, seasons, or locations
- Help new managers hit the ground running with pre-set templates
Use historical sales and labor data to build more accurate schedules, avoid over- or understaffing, and deliver better service—every shift.
- Predict staffing needs based on sales forecasts
- Prevent overstaffing and reduce unnecessary labor costs
- Avoid understaffing so every guest gets top-tier service
- Set and track labor budgets as you schedule
Shift Pool empowers your team to manage their own shift swaps—while keeping managers in control.
- Employees can offer up shifts or pick up open ones
- All key shift details update automatically
- Managers approve every change
Availability and time off are shown as you build your schedule so you're never second-guessing who can work when.
- Employees submit requests from the app
- Track PTO and sick time for scheduling and payroll
- Approve team requests from anywhere
- Easily identify which staff are available for last-minute shift coverage on sick, late, or no-show shifts
Get real-time alerts while scheduling so you can avoid costly violations of your local labor laws.
- Set up and enforce required breaks
- Comply with fair workweek laws
- Access minor scheduling restrictions (under 16/18)
- Track expired employee certifications
Build your schedule in seconds using customizable templates that factor in availability, time off, overtime, and labor compliance.
- Auto-fill shifts based on past schedules and availability
- Turn any published schedule into a reusable template
- Create unlimited templates for different roles, seasons, or locations
- Help new managers hit the ground running with pre-set templates
Use historical sales and labor data to build more accurate schedules, avoid over- or understaffing, and deliver better service—every shift.
- Predict staffing needs based on sales forecasts
- Prevent overstaffing and reduce unnecessary labor costs
- Avoid understaffing so every guest gets top-tier service
- Set and track labor budgets as you schedule
Shift Pool empowers your team to manage their own shift swaps—while keeping managers in control.
- Employees can offer up shifts or pick up open ones
- All key shift details update automatically
- Managers approve every change
Connect your POS to schedule based on data, not guesswork
With sales and labor data flowing into 7shifts, you'll get actionable insights that help you schedule with confidence.
- Sales-driven labor forecasting
- Real-time labor vs. sales tracking
- Overtime alerts and labor compliance support
Why restaurants love 7shifts scheduling software?
Spoiler: Because everyone loves saving time and money.
shaved off their bottom line every week
hours saved on scheduling each week, per location
reduction in raw labor costs
Switching [to 7shifts] made a big impact on our business. The live data allows me to check on stores in real time to see who's clocked in, sales, labor, and alerts for people approaching overtime. When managers are writing schedules we're able to view projections on sales/labor weeks in advance. This allows us to make adjustments early to ensure we're within budget.
David Doyle
Area Director, The Greene Turtle
I wish more employers would use this app. I've never had it be this easy to request time off, change availability, or look at who I'm working with. The interface of getting a shift covered or covering a shift is also very good.
Eliah Medina
Employee, Woodstock's Pizza
I love 7shifts. It's so easy to work off of schedule templates and apply them to different weeks instead of starting from scratch. Our staff love 7punches for clocking in and out. I love that I can review everyone's hours and then import into payroll software. We quit using slack and do all our communication through 7shifts, which staff can do straight from their phone. They love the ability to request time off/trade shifts, and I love seeing their time off right on the calendar as I'm making the schedule.
Shelley Ackerman
Co-Owner, Alpine Grind Coffeehouse
We've become a profitable organization since using 7shifts. 7shifts tells you if you publish that planned shift, you will lose money, but if you optimize that specific date and specific hours you will decrease your employee cost and you will close the week profitable. I don't see that any company offers such a powerful feature.
Erhan Seven
Owner, The Factory Girl
I have used so many scheduling methods and software over the past 10 years, and by far 7shifts has been the best. From easy availability requesting and shift trading, quick drag and drop scheduling making tools (with scheduling templates, weather forecasts, and sales predictions), simple user friendly interface, and a support team that fixes problems in minutes, 7shifts is an easy choice in my book.
Zachary Eddy
District Manager, Jamba-Auntie Anne's
Build your first 7shifts schedule in minutes
Snap a photo or upload your current schedule and we'll take care of the rest. During your free trial setup, we'll auto-fill your shifts, departments, roles, and employee names in 7shifts—and turn it into a reusable template!
Scheduling + every shift essential in one platform
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about 7shifts Scheduling
You can get a 14-day trial of 7shifts scheduling totally free, no credit card required. It’s also included in our $0 Comp plan.
Restaurant management is complex, but creating staff schedules doesn’t have to be.
With our free restaurant scheduling software plan, you get access to basic scheduling and time clocking, basic team communications, availability and time off features so scheduling shifts for your team is a breeze.
With our paid plans, you get access to budgeting, labor compliance, labor cost, employee performance management, tip management, task management, team engagement features, plus payroll. 7shifts is not only restaurant scheduling software, we have everything you need to manage your employees.
7shifts connects your POS, time clocking, and payroll software, and it’s super easy to get started:
- Enter your restaurant’s information.
- Connect to your bank account.
- Invite and onboard your employees.
- Export and upload your YTD payroll information from your previous provider.
Our team is on standby to help make the process as quick and easy as possible for your restaurant.
Yes! Your staff will love using the mobile app to check the schedule, see who they work with and to switch shifts with others. It’s the perfect tool for restaurant teams.
No more checking paper schedules or wondering whether you saw their time off request in the text chain. Restaurant scheduling software to the rescue.
Restaurant scheduling software is just the beginning.
With 7shifts, you can schedule, pay, and retain your team in one app. Our management tools are easy to use, and built exclusively for restaurants. Build schedules with ease to save time, cut labor costs with our built-in compliance features and integrations, and reduce staff turnover with shift feedback surveys, communication and reporting tools.
It’s better for your team, so it’s better for your business.