Food & Restaurant · head to head
Sling vs BentoBox
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BentoBox
Food & Restaurant
Restaurant websites and marketing platform
- From
- $99/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Sling has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Sling the free plan is limited to 30 users; BentoBox bentoBox is now Clover, and its own site states that BentoBox products and services are only available to Clover POS customers
- They diverge on capability: Sling covers Employee scheduling, BentoBox covers Website builder.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Sling and BentoBox actually diverge.
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Food & Restaurant).
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 Sling
- Employee scheduling
- Time tracking
- Team messaging
- Task management
- Shift swapping
- Labor cost tracking
- Gusto
- Ios support
Only in BentoBox
- Website builder
- Online ordering
- Email marketing
- Gift cards
- Catering
- Event management
- OpenTable
- Resy
Both cover
- Toast
- Square
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Sling
- Building and publishing shift schedules for hourly staffnot BentoBox
- Tracking clock in and clock out and labour costnot BentoBox
- Messaging and announcements across a shift based teamnot BentoBox
BentoBox
- Restaurant websites with integrated online orderingnot Sling
- Gift cards, events and catering enquiries from a restaurant's own sitenot Sling
- Marketing and customer data capture for restaurants on Clover POSnot Sling
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Sling
- The free plan is limited to 30 users
- Time tracking on mobile, labour cost tracking and overtime analysis require the Premium plan
- Kiosk time clock, hours and wages reporting, no show tracking, sick leave and PTO tracking require the Business plan
- The lowest advertised per user rates of $1.70 and $3.40 require annual billing
BentoBox
- BentoBox is now Clover, and its own site states that BentoBox products and services are only available to Clover POS customers
- The pricing page publishes no plan price, setup fee, online ordering commission or contract length
- Existing customers wanting to add services are directed to a customer success manager or an email address rather than a self serve price
Pricing, plan by plan
Sling
Free- FreeFree
- Scheduling
- Messaging
- Basic features
- Premium$2/user/month
- Time tracking
- Overtime alerts
- Business$4/user/month
- Labor costs
- Reporting
BentoBox
$99/month- Starter$99/month
- Website
- Basic features
- Essential$199/month
- Online ordering
- Marketing
- Pro$399/month
- Full features
- Catering
Which should you pick?
Choose Sling if
- You need employee scheduling.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want time tracking.
Questions people ask
- Is Sling or BentoBox better?
- Neither clearly leads. Sling starts at Free and BentoBox at $99/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Sling or BentoBox?
- Sling has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Sling and $99/month for BentoBox.
- Does Sling or BentoBox run on more platforms?
- Sling runs on Web, Ios, Android. BentoBox runs on Web.
- Can I use Sling for free?
- Yes. Sling has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. BentoBox starts at $99/month.
- What is Sling best used for?
- Sling is most often used for building and publishing shift schedules for hourly staff, tracking clock in and clock out and labour cost, messaging and announcements across a shift based team. Of those, building and publishing shift schedules for hourly staff and tracking clock in and clock out and labour cost are not what BentoBox is typically brought in for.
- What can Sling do that BentoBox cannot?
- Sling covers Employee scheduling, Time tracking, Team messaging, Task management. BentoBox covers Website builder, Online ordering, Email marketing, Gift cards. Both handle Toast, Square, Web support.