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ShiftGlance vs Sling
Sling, now part of Toast, is a general-purpose employee scheduling tool used across retail, healthcare, and hospitality, with a free tier and straightforward shift templates.
Where Sling is stronger
- Industry breadth — one tool that fits retail, healthcare, and hospitality alike
- A free tier with the basics for small teams
- For Toast restaurants, a natural fit alongside the Toast POS ecosystem
Where ShiftGlance is different
- Hospitality-specific coverage flow: the shift board, claim-and-approve swaps, and conflict warnings are built around how restaurant and bar shifts actually move.
- The lock-screen widget: your staff’s next shift on the front of the phone, not behind a login.
- Communication scoped to the floor — announcements by role, crew chat next to the schedule it’s about.
At a glance
| Sling | ShiftGlance | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Any shift-based industry | Restaurants, bars, and hotels specifically |
| How staff see the schedule | App and notifications | Lock-screen widget with countdown; app for the details |
| Swaps + coverage | Shift offers with manager approval | Shift board with claim, conflict + overtime checks, one-tap approval, written record |
| Ecosystem | Part of Toast | Independent; POS integrations (Toast included) on the roadmap |
| Pricing model | Free tier, then per-user tiers | Per location — a big roster never raises the bill |
Choose Sling if…
You’re deep in the Toast ecosystem, or you schedule teams outside hospitality and want one general-purpose tool.
Choose ShiftGlance if…
You run a food-and-beverage or hotel floor, coverage is your daily fire, and you want staff seeing shifts without opening anything.
Competitor details reflect our understanding as of mid-2026 and their products change — verify current features and pricing on their sites. If we’ve got something wrong here, tell us and we’ll fix it.
Next step
Get the schedule off the office door.
Book a fifteen-minute demo, or join the waitlist and we’ll have you set up before your next schedule is due. Staff join free — that part never changes.
Prefer email? Write to support@shiftglance.tech — a person answers.