Sling

Sling is a scheduling and workforce management tool built for restaurants, retail, and other shift-based businesses. It lets managers create and share schedules, manage availability and time-off, track labor costs against budgets, and communicate with the whole team from one app. Employees can view shifts, swap with coworkers, and clock in from their phones, cutting down on the confusion of spreadsheets and group texts.

Sling stands out with a free plan that covers core scheduling and messaging for smaller teams, plus affordable paid tiers that add time tracking, labor cost controls, and advanced features. Now part of Toast, it integrates with POS and payroll for a connected workforce workflow. Sling is designed for small and midsize shift-based businesses, especially restaurants, that want easy, affordable scheduling and team communication.