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Employee Shift Scheduling: Buying Advice, Tips, and News

Latest Employee Shift Scheduling Stories

4.5
Editors' Choice

Humanity is an extremely well-thought-out shift scheduling tool that's both flexible and easy to use. Excellent mobile app integration and manifold help and support options should appeal to both managers and employees.

By Gadjo Sevilla
3.5

Snap Schedule 365 excels at shift scheduling and features unlimited customization options. It's designed and priced for larger organizations, and as such, may be priced outside the budget of many small businesses.

By Gadjo Sevilla
4.5
Editors' Choice

Deputy is one of the best all-around shift schedulers we've tested and throws in bonus human resources functionality, which may meet the needs of some small to midsize businesses.

By Gadjo Sevilla
4.5
Editors' Choice

Paycor Scheduling (formerly Ximble) is one of the best designed shift schedulers we've reviewed to date. A competitive price and a straightforward approach to shift planning make this a well-earned Editors' Choice pick.

By Gadjo Sevilla
4.0

Visually attractive and functional, When I Work is solid shift planning and scheduling software that works equally well on mobile and desktop browsers.

By Gadjo Sevilla

Managing staff and schedules is often a difficult task in most organizations. We test the top employee scheduling and shift planning tools so that you can avoid unmanned shifts and over-budgeting headaches.

By Michelle Rafter  & Juan Martinez
3.5

Kronos Workforce Ready is highly configurable, affordable human resources (HR) software that's aimed at small to midsize businesses (SMBS). The functionality it offers makes it robust, but it can also can make the software more complex to use than other HR tools.

By Rob Marvin  & Rob Watts
3.5

APS OnLine delivers enterprise-level human resources (HR) software features to small to midsize businesses (SMBs) and does it well. That said, it can be complex to use, plus its price quickly increases as you use more feature-rich plans.

By Rob Marvin  & Rob Watts
4.0

While somewhat flawed, Shiftboard is a powerful employee scheduling tool that can do just about anything you'll need. If you're looking for new staffing software, then you'd be wise to consider Shiftboard.

By Juan Martinez
3.5

ZoomShift is an affordable yet powerful shift scheduling solution for small businesses. It lacks some of the features of platforms designed for enterprises but has all of the capability a smaller workforce should need.

By Rob Watts
3.5

If you run a restaurant, need real-time metrics, or have a predominately mobile-centric workforce, then HotSchedules is one to consider, though there are definite tradeoffs including a user interface (UI) that can take some getting used to.

By Michelle Rafter  & Juan Martinez
4.0

If you're looking for a tool that's designed perfectly but requires a bit of manual labor for scheduling, then Ximble might be the perfect solution for your business.

By Gadjo Sevilla