Sling vs Planday

Two scheduling tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	SlingToast	PlandayXero
In one line	Free shift scheduling for up to 30 staff, from the Toast team	Shift scheduling and time tracking for hourly teams, from $2.99 a user
Starting price	Free up to 30 users	From $2.99/person
Six-person team	$0/mo	$17.94/mo
Plans	Free for up to 30 users (scheduling, messaging); per user: Premium $1.70/mo billed yearly, $2 monthly (time tracking, labor costs); Business $3.40 yearly, $4 monthly (kiosk clock, PTO, payroll reports)	Starter $2.99 per user/mo, min. 5 users (scheduling, punch clock and kiosk app, compliance rules, basic payroll reports, 1 department, help centre and chat support); Plus $4.49 per user/mo plus a $15.00 monthly subscription fee, min. 10 users (leave and absence, revenue vs. staff costs, payroll and POS integrations, API, documents and e-signature, 10 departments, email support); Pro by quote (auto-fill schedules, custom planning KPIs and user roles, unlimited departments, call-back phone support); users are billed in bundles of 5, so 23 users are billed as 25; billed monthly or quarterly, no yearly price shown; each SMS costs extra, in-app messaging included; paid onboarding and product training ($150 an hour in the US); 30-day free trial of Plus, no credit card; no free plan; USD prices are the ones shown to US and Canada visitors
Pricing model	Free tier	Free trial
Free trial	15 days	30 days
Users	Up to 30 free	Per user; at least 5 on Starter, 10 on Plus
Both connect to	No shared connections on record.
Also connects to	None in our catalog	QuickBooks Payroll
Team size	2–10 people · 11–50 people	2–10 people · 11–50 people · 51–200 people
Available in	US	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	None listed	None listed
Live chat	None listed	Every plan
Support hours	Not published	Live chat: 7 days a week with extended hours; an English-speaking team covers evenings and weekends
Incidents posted	We found no public status page for Toast.	2 incidents posted on Xero's status page in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 0 marked major or critical by Xero. Status page
Capterra score	4.6 / 5 from 212 reviews	Not listed
Fit: Retail shop	82	82
Fit: Restaurant or café	92	92
Fit: Service business	65	60
Fit: Agency or studio	40	15
Fit: Trades or contractor	60	40
Fit: Online store	35	20
Why people pick it	Free scheduling for up to 30 people Paid tiers from $1.70 per user	Punch clock, kiosk app and shift swaps on every plan Plus tracks staff costs against POS revenue
Where it falls short	Time tracking starts on Premium No customer appointment booking	5-user minimum, billed in bundles of five Leave, payroll integrations and email support need Plus
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Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. How we calculate prices

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