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Zchedule vs 7shifts
7shifts is made for restaurants. Its site describes restaurant scheduling, payroll, tip management, labor compliance and retention tools, with a free plan for basic scheduling and paid plans priced per location.
Zchedule isn't specific to restaurants. It's used by restaurants, coffee shops, retail and other hourly teams, and covers the weekly schedule, availability, swaps and coverage, and the time clock. It has no tip pooling, payroll or POS connection.
Reviewed from 7shifts's public pages. Plans and features change, so check their site for current details.
Side by side
- Pricing model
- ZcheduleFlat monthly price per team, not per user. Starter covers up to 30 people; Pro is unlimited.7shiftsPriced per location
- Free plan
- ZcheduleUp to 10 people, no time limit7shiftsFree plan with basic scheduling
- Shift scheduling
- ZcheduleWeekly board, templates, publish check7shiftsRestaurant scheduling
- Automatic scheduling
- ZcheduleSchedule generator, four modes (Pro)7shiftsCheck their site
- Employee availability
- ZcheduleHours, days off and blocked dates7shiftsCheck their site
- Shift swaps
- ZcheduleSwaps (Starter); coverage requests (Free)7shiftsShift pool for offering and picking up shifts
- Time clock
- ZcheduleApp, browser and kiosk (Starter)7shiftsCheck their site
- GPS / geofenced clock-in
- ZcheduleZones with warn, review or block (Pro)7shiftsCheck their site
- Shared tablet kiosk
- ZchedulePIN kiosk on a tablet (Pro)7shiftsCheck their site
- Team chat
- ZcheduleAnnouncements and notifications, no chat7shiftsTeam communication
- Payroll
- ZcheduleNo payroll; hours export as CSV7shiftsPayroll add-on
- Hiring, onboarding, HR
- ZcheduleNo7shiftsHR and retention tools
- Tip management
- ZcheduleNo7shiftsTip pooling and distribution
“Check their site” means we couldn't confirm it on 7shifts's public pages, not that it's missing.
The main differences
- Who it's for
- 7shifts is built around restaurants and their tools, like tips and restaurant labor rules. Zchedule is general-purpose shift scheduling for small hourly teams.
- Tips and payroll
- 7shifts calculates tip pools and offers payroll. Zchedule does neither; it exports hours as a CSV.
- Pricing
- 7shifts prices per location. Zchedule charges one flat price per team.
Which one might suit you
7shifts may suit you if
- You run a restaurant and want tip pooling, payroll and restaurant labor-compliance tools in one place.
- You want your scheduling tool to connect to your restaurant POS.
Zchedule may suit you if
- You want a simpler schedule-and-clock tool and handle tips and payroll elsewhere.
- You'd rather pay one flat price for the team than a price per person. Free covers up to 10 people.
Try Zchedule with your own team
Build a real week on the free plan. It takes a few minutes, and you'll know quickly whether it fits the way you schedule.
Harbor Cafe
Jun 22 – Jun 28
Jordan K. is scheduled for 45h, 5h over the 40h limit. Fix it, or publish anyway.
FAQ
Questions worth answering up front.
Restaurants use it, but it isn't restaurant-only. It doesn't manage tips, connect to a POS or run payroll, which are things 7shifts is built around.
Yes. Zchedule is free for up to 10 people with no time limit.
Sources
- 7shifts pricing (read September 29, 2026)
- 7shifts restaurant scheduling (read September 29, 2026)
Related
- Pricing
Free for small teams, then one flat monthly price per team, not per person.
- Employee scheduling
Build the week on one board, check it, and publish it to your team's phones.
- Employee time clock
Clock in from the app, a browser or a shared tablet. Every punch is matched to a shift.
- Compare
How Zchedule differs from Connecteam, Homebase, 7shifts, When I Work and Deputy.
See how your week looks in Zchedule.
Free for small teams, one flat price per team above that.
No credit card needed.