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HotSchedules pricing
HotSchedules publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, HotSchedules pricing is $2/employee/month across 2 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $2/employee/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Not on record
HotSchedules plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | Free | 2 | Entry tier |
| Scheduling | $2/employee/month | 2 | +$2/employee/month, 2 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Enterprise
FreeThe entry tier. It covers custom pricing, full platform.
Scheduling
$2/employee/monthOver Enterprise, this tier adds:
- Scheduling
- Communication
Where HotSchedules stops being free
Enterprise, Free
- Custom pricing
- Full platform
Scheduling, $2/employee/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Scheduling
- Communication
What the product covers
The full HotSchedules feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Employee scheduling
- Time tracking
- Team messaging
- Labor forecasting
- Shift swapping
- Compliance
Integrations
- All major POS
- Payroll systems
Platform
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
People bring HotSchedules in for employee scheduling for restaurants and retail, labor cost management and optimization, shift coordination for multiple locations. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to HotSchedules are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Restaurants
Too few restaurants tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HotSchedules (this page) | $2/employee/month | subscription | - | |
| Deliveroo | Free | Free to download; delivery and service fees per order, optional subscription for reduced fees | - | vs HotSchedules |
| Swiggy | Free | Free to download; delivery and platform fees per order, optional paid membership | - | vs HotSchedules |
| Zomato | Free | Free to download; delivery and platform fees per order, optional paid membership | - | vs HotSchedules |
| Just Eat | Free | Free to download; delivery and service fees per order, set by restaurant and market | - | vs HotSchedules |
| Flipdish | On request | quote | - | vs HotSchedules |
| Nory | On request | quote | - | vs HotSchedules |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the HotSchedules badges page.
Before you pay for HotSchedules
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between Free and $2/employee/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare HotSchedules against the tools that do have one before committing.
HotSchedules runs on web, ios, android, and is published by Fourth (HotSchedules) of Austin, Texas. The full record is on the HotSchedules review, and the rest of the category is under best restaurants tools.
HotSchedules pricing questions
- How much does HotSchedules cost?
- HotSchedules publishes 2 tiers, from Free for Enterprise up to $2/employee/month for Scheduling. The cheapest paid tier is Free.
- Does HotSchedules have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: HotSchedules is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Enterprise and Scheduling on HotSchedules?
- Scheduling costs $2/employee/month against Free, and adds scheduling, communication.
- Which restaurants tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 restaurants tools listed alongside HotSchedules have a free tier: Deliveroo, Swiggy, Zomato, Just Eat.
- What am I actually paying for with HotSchedules?
- The record lists 11 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for employee scheduling for restaurants and retail, labor cost management and optimization, shift coordination for multiple locations.
- Does HotSchedules charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these HotSchedules prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare HotSchedules against before paying?
- The closest restaurants tools in this directory are Deliveroo, Swiggy, Zomato, Just Eat. Each has a side-by-side comparison with HotSchedules covering price, platforms and features.