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7shifts vs Nory

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7shifts

Restaurants

Restaurant team management made easy

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Nory logo

Nory

Restaurants

Forecast driven scheduling, inventory and purchasing for multi site hospitality groups

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only 7shifts has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: 7shifts pro plan pricing not published on the website; Nory the forecasting that justifies the product needs several months of clean point of sale history, so new openings and recently reopened sites get little value at first.
  • They diverge on capability: 7shifts covers Employee scheduling, Nory covers Demand forecasting.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which 7shifts and Nory actually diverge.

Attributes where 7shifts and Nory differ
Attribute7shiftsNory
Starting priceFreeOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
Free tierYesNo
Founded2014Unknown

Identical on both: platforms (Web, Ios, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Restaurants).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in 7shifts

  • Employee scheduling
  • Time clocking
  • Team communication
  • Tip pooling
  • Labor compliance
  • Hiring
  • Toast
  • Square

Only in Nory

  • Demand forecasting
  • Forecast driven rotas
  • Inventory and purchasing
  • Profit and loss reporting
  • Compliance and rota rules
  • Team app

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

7shifts

  • Point of Salenot Nory
  • Order Managementnot Nory
  • Inventory Controlnot Nory
  • Staff Schedulingnot Nory

Nory

  • A group of ten to thirty sites where rotas are built on gut feel and labour percentage is discovered after the factnot 7shifts
  • An operator who wants purchase orders sized against forecast covers rather than last week actualsnot 7shifts
  • A finance team that needs site level profit and loss without waiting for month end accountsnot 7shifts
  • A hospitality group replacing a scheduling app, a stock spreadsheet and a reporting deck with one systemnot 7shifts

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

7shifts

  • Pro plan pricing not published on the website
  • No feature comparison details between free and Pro tiers shown

Nory

  • The forecasting that justifies the product needs several months of clean point of sale history, so new openings and recently reopened sites get little value at first.
  • It replaces scheduling, stock and reporting together, which makes adoption an all or nothing project rather than a tool a single manager can trial.
  • Employment rules and rota compliance are built for the United Kingdom and Ireland, so groups with United States or continental European sites will find gaps.
  • The vendor is young and its integration list is short, so an operator on a less common point of sale or payroll provider may be waiting on a build.
  • Pricing is per site, which means small satellite units and kiosks cost the same as flagship venues despite far simpler operations.

Pricing, plan by plan

7shifts

Free
  • CompFree
    • Basic scheduling
    • 1 location
  • Appetizer$29.99/month
    • Scheduling
    • Time clocking
  • Entree$69.99/month
    • Tip pooling
    • Labor compliance
  • The Works$135/month
    • Full features
    • Task management

Nory

On request
  • Nory$undefined/year
    • Quoted per site per month
    • Modules for labour, inventory and reporting sold as one platform
    • Onboarding includes point of sale history import and recipe setup

Which should you pick?

Choose 7shifts if

  • You need employee scheduling.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want time clocking.
7shifts review

Choose Nory if

  • You need demand forecasting.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want forecast driven rotas.
Nory review

Questions people ask

Is 7shifts or Nory better?
Neither clearly leads. 7shifts starts at Free and Nory at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, 7shifts or Nory?
7shifts has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for 7shifts and On request for Nory.
Does 7shifts or Nory run on more platforms?
7shifts runs on Web, Ios, Android. Nory runs on Web, iOS, Android.
Can I use 7shifts for free?
Yes. 7shifts has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Nory starts at On request.
What is 7shifts best used for?
7shifts is most often used for point of sale, order management, inventory control, staff scheduling. Of those, point of sale and order management are not what Nory is typically brought in for.
What can 7shifts do that Nory cannot?
7shifts covers Employee scheduling, Time clocking, Team communication, Tip pooling. Nory covers Demand forecasting, Forecast driven rotas, Inventory and purchasing, Profit and loss reporting.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

7shifts: What does 7shifts' free plan include?

The free plan includes basic scheduling and communication features. No credit card is required, and users can trial all features free for 14 days with no upfront commitment.

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Nory: How much sales history does it need to forecast well?

Several months at minimum. With less than that the forecast is not reliable enough to size rotas or orders against.

7shifts: Is there flexibility in billing between monthly and annual plans on 7shifts?

Yes, 7shifts allows you to choose between monthly and annual plans with no up-front commitment required. You can switch between billing frequencies as your business needs change.

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Nory: Does it do payroll?

No. It produces the rota, hours and labour cost, and exports to payroll rather than running it.

7shifts: How do I upgrade from the free plan to the Pro plan?

7shifts offers a Pro plan as an upgrade from the free version, but specific pricing and features are not published on the main website. Contact their sales team or book a demo to learn about Pro plan costs and capabilities.

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Nory: Is it usable outside the United Kingdom and Ireland?

It can be, but the employment rules, compliance logic and integration coverage are built around those markets.

Nory: Does it replace my point of sale?

No. It reads sales from the point of sale and sits above it as the operations and reporting layer.

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