Best for
Best for hospitality groups that want rotas, time and attendance and HR in one app, with wage costs and sales forecasts visible while the rota is built.
Shift Scheduling Comparison
Rotaready Evo vs. Sling
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for restaurants, shops and other hourly teams that schedule by shift and want labour costs in view while they plan.
- Small and mid-sized
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Full Comparison
| Criterion | Rotaready Evo | Sling |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Not stated | Free up to 30 users; from $1.70 / user / month Premium is $1.70 per user per month billed annually or $2.00 billed monthly; Business is $3.40 annually or $4.00 monthly. Paid plans charge only for active users and prorate anyone deactivated. |
| Free trial | Not stated | Free plan with core shift scheduling for up to 30 users; 15-day free trial of the paid plans |
| Users | Hospitality businesses | Hourly teams in restaurants, retail, hospitality, healthcare, education, call centres, caregiving, entertainment, emergency services and non-profits |
| API | Open API and webhooks in the Premium plan | Yes, a REST API documented at api.getsling.com |
| Hosting | Cloud, with iPhone and Android mobile apps | Cloud, on the web and in iOS and Android apps |
| Shift planning and templates | Drag-and-drop rota editor with automated rota scheduling, a rota approval process, notable events, a local 10-day weather forecast and an audit history of all changes, listed on all three plans | Shift scheduling, shift templates and long-term scheduling on the free plan; Premium adds reusable weekly schedule templates and day parts, and Business assigns shifts automatically |
| Shift swaps and open shifts | Shift swaps and Shift Broadcast are listed on all three plans, and the vendor names shift swaps and absence requests among the tools in the employee app | Available shifts and shift offers on the free plan; Premium adds shift swaps and slots on available shifts, and Business adds shift acceptance |
| Availability and time off | Availability patterns, absence and time off, holiday allowances and allowances for any absence type, with automatic holiday accrual from time and attendance | Time-off requests on the free plan; Premium adds unavailability so schedules follow staff availability, and Business adds PTO management |
| Time clock and attendance | Clock-in via GPS, PIN code or photo capture, by tablet or mobile, with attendance matched automatically to shifts, automatic issue detection, rounding with custom rules, overtime tracking and approval, and an audited sign-off process | A mobile time clock on Premium and a kiosk clock on a shared device on Business, with timesheets, timesheet approvals and edit history, geofencing, early clock-in prevention, auto clock-out, break attestation, and tracking of no-shows, sick call-outs and late arrivals |
| Labour cost and forecasting | Live labour calculations while the rota is built, budgeting, custom sales and revenue streams, forecast against actual against budget, and tracking of wages, hours, sales, wage percentage, covers and covers per labour hour. Pro + Forecasting and Premium add sales predictions from historical sales, weather, reservations, notable events and holidays, including pooled data from industry peers | Labour cost management against sales and budgeting while scheduling from Premium; Business imports projected sales data to compare with actual sales and adds labour reports |
| Breaks, overtime and labour rules | Automatic application of pay and break policies, live validation of every change and Working Time regulations compliance, listed on all three plans | From Premium: mandatory meal and rest breaks applied to shifts, break attestation, overtime tracking, premium pay for missed breaks and clopening rules for mandated rest between shifts; Business adds holiday pay |
| Payroll export and integration | Timesheets with overtime and breaks export to third-party payroll providers, with integrations named for payroll systems such as Sage Payroll, BrightPay, PayCaptain and Xero, and a fully managed payroll bureau at extra cost | Payroll reports on the Business plan that aggregate and sync hours for payroll processing, including sync to Toast Payroll |
| Team messaging and notifications | Real-time chat, group conversations and messaging between sites, email, SMS and push notifications, and Engage Lite, a feed for posting updates and tagging colleagues | Private messaging, announcements, news sharing and shift alarms that remind staff of upcoming shifts on the free plan; Premium adds group messaging and SMS shift alarms, and Business BCC messages and newsfeed restrictions |
| Platforms and mobile app | Cloud-based, with iPhone and Android mobile apps and clock-ins by tablet or mobile. Multiple languages on all plans; multiple time zones and currencies in Premium | Web, iOS and Android, with mobile time tracking from Premium and a kiosk clock on a shared device on Business |
| Integrations and API | Open API and webhooks in Premium, together with single sign-on through Google and Azure and Sign-in with Rotaready over OIDC. The vendor names real-time integrations with EPoS, reservations, payroll, applicant tracking, training and tips systems, including Tenzo, ICRTouch, OpenTable, NCR Aloha, Zonal, Lightspeed, ResDiary, SevenRooms and Epos Now | Point-of-sale and payroll integrations with Toast, Square, Harbortouch, Restaurant Manager and POSiTouch, calendar synchronisation, and a REST API documented at api.getsling.com |
| AI features | stated Yes | No |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS) | more entries Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | Not stated | Email helpdesk |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base | more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials |
| Company size | Not stated | Small and mid-sized |
| Integrations | more entries Tenzo, ICRTouch, Talent Funnel, Comtrex, OpenTable, NCR Aloha, eploy, Tevalis, Monotree, Zonal, Tayl, Centera, Clover, Recruit Genie, PayCaptain, Goodtill by SumUp, PointOne, Epos Now, Staffbase, CPL, Lightspeed K Series, ResDiary, Newbridge, Sage Payroll, TiPJAR, Wagestream, Workvivo, SevenRooms, Yapster, Guestline Rezlynx, Xero, Azuronaut, BrightPay, Temtailor, Lightspeed, Flow Hospitality | Toast, Square, Harbortouch, Restaurant Manager, POSiTouch |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Deployment Rotaready Evo Cloud (SaaS) Sling Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
- Hosting Rotaready Evo Cloud, with iPhone and Android mobile apps Sling Cloud, on the web and in iOS and Android apps
- AI features Rotaready Evo Yes Sling No
- Users Rotaready Evo Hospitality businesses Sling Hourly teams in restaurants, retail, hospitality, healthcare, education, call centres, caregiving, entertainment, emergency services and non-profits
- API Rotaready Evo Open API and webhooks in the Premium plan Sling Yes, a REST API documented at api.getsling.com
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Rotaready Evo
Strengths
- Wage percentage, covers per labour hour and forecast against budget shown while the rota is built
- Clock-in via GPS, PIN code or photo capture, matched automatically with shifts
- The vendor states its integrations with EPoS, reservations and payroll systems are included free
- Chat, group conversations and messaging between sites on every plan
Limitations
- No amounts appear in the pricing page text; the monthly cost comes from a calculator
- Open API, webhooks and single sign-on are limited to the Premium plan
- Sales forecasting needs the Pro + Forecasting or Premium plan
- The product and its integration list are built around hospitality
Sling
Strengths
- Shift scheduling is free for up to 30 users
- Labour costs shown against sales while the schedule is being built
- Point-of-sale integrations sync employees, timesheets and sales data
- Only active users are billed, with proration when someone leaves
Limitations
- Time tracking needs a paid plan; the free plan covers scheduling and communication
- Kiosk time clock and reports are limited to the Business plan
- No client invoicing or project-based time tracking
Plans
Pricing
Rotaready Evo
- Pro Not stated Rota scheduling, HR, wellbeing insights, time and attendance, cost control, payroll export, integrations, messaging and the mobile apps. Includes a customer success plan.
- Pro + Forecasting Not stated Everything in Pro, plus sales forecasting from historical sales, weather, reservations and events.
- Premium Not stated Everything in Pro + Forecasting, plus the open API and webhooks, single sign-on, and multiple time zones and currencies.
Sling
- Free $0 Up to 30 users. Shift scheduling, time-off requests, available shifts, long-term scheduling, news sharing and private messaging.
- Premium $1.70 / user / month Billed annually, or $2.00 billed monthly. Adds mobile time tracking, labour cost management, overtime tracking, group messaging and calendar synchronisation.
- Business $3.40 / user / month Billed annually, or $4.00 billed monthly. Adds kiosk time tracking, reports on hours and wages, no-show and sick call-out tracking and PTO management.
What users say
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Rotaready Evo
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Sling
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
Rotaready Evo https://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/our-brands/rotaready-evo/ · checked against the official source on 2026-11-08
Sling https://www.getsling.com · checked against the official source on 2026-09-27
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