Skip to content
whatismyalternative

Sling

Employee scheduling made easy

Visit Sling

Sling is employee scheduling and workforce management software that brings shift planning, team communication, time and attendance tracking, task management, labor cost control, and reporting into one platform. It is designed to help businesses organize employee schedules, manage time off and availability, handle shift trades, and keep labor spending within budget.

Core capabilities include shift scheduling with templates, a time clock with GPS geofencing and automatic clock-out, labor cost forecasting with overtime alerts, PTO management, task assignment, group and private messaging, a newsfeed, employee documents, and reporting. Sling integrates with Toast and Square for employee data sync, payroll timesheet export, and labor cost comparison. It runs on web, iOS, and Android.

Sling is aimed at small and medium-sized businesses across industries including restaurants, retail, hospitality, healthcare, education, call centers, nonprofits, and emergency services. A free plan is available, with paid editions for additional features.

12 alternatives to Sling

Ranked by how well each tool replaces Sling: shared features, audience, price and popularity.

  1. Work schedule maker for hourly employees with time tracking and time-off management

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    Free plan
    66 out of 100 match$2/mo
  2. Refreshingly simple online employee scheduling.

    Covers 1 of 15 key features.

    65 out of 100 matchContact sales
  3. Workforce management platform for shift-based businesses

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    61 out of 100 matchContact sales
  4. Employee scheduling, HR & payroll software

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    61 out of 100 match$5/mo
  5. Workforce management platform for shift-based teams with scheduling and time tracking.

    Covers 1 of 15 key features.

    61 out of 100 match$2.50/mo
  6. People First Employee Scheduling Software.

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    61 out of 100 matchContact sales
  7. Digital shift scheduling tool for teams to organise shift plans and working hours.

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    Free plan
    60 out of 100 matchFree
  8. Restaurant team management: hiring, training, scheduling, payroll.

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    Free plan
    59 out of 100 match$36/mo
  9. Online workforce management for shift managers

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    59 out of 100 match$3.25/mo
  10. Scheduling & team management platform for hospitality businesses

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    58 out of 100 match—
  11. Workforce Scheduling Software for Shift-Based Teams

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    58 out of 100 matchContact sales
  12. Nooit meer puzzelen met je planning.

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    58 out of 100 matchFree