ShiftSee is better if
- You lose money every week to shifts that fall apart
- You want scheduling and emergency fill in one tool
- You work with shifters across multiple businesses or need to access new ones
- You want your staff to have negotiation power
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7shifts is a scheduling tool. ShiftSee is a scheduling tool AND a safety net. Here's what that means.
The gap 7shifts doesn't fill
7shifts is a genuinely good scheduling tool. If your staff is stable, your shifts don't break, and you don't need to reach new people — it works.
But the moment something breaks — and in restaurants something breaks constantly — 7shifts has no answer. It doesn't help you find a replacement. It doesn't connect you to workers outside your existing team. It's just a better calendar.
ShiftSee handles the calendar AND everything that happens when the calendar breaks.
What you get
Can you use both?
Some businesses use 7shifts for scheduling and something like Instawork for emergency fills. That's two tools, two logins, two sets of records. Double the overhead.
ShiftSee was designed to replace that stack. One tool. One login. One set of records. Scheduling, targeted fills, emergency broadcasts, and worker connections — all in one place.
Pricing comparison
7shifts charges a monthly subscription per location, with tiered plans. At the "Entrée" tier it's roughly $30/location/month. For a small restaurant that's $360/year regardless of shift volume.
ShiftSee charges 10% per shift on each side — only when work happens. A small restaurant doing 50 shifts/month at $20/hour × 5 hours averages ~$500/month in ShiftSee fees. On that volume, ShiftSee is more expensive than 7shifts' subscription.
BUT: that comparison assumes you never lose money to a cancellation. If ShiftSee saves you a single Saturday night disaster in a month, it's already more economical than 7shifts' subscription AND the cost of the failed shift combined. That's why we think volume-based pricing is the honest model for this category.