Axial Shift vs 7shifts: which is right for a multi-unit restaurant group?

What Axial includes

• Scheduling: the Visual Scheduler lays out coverage hour by hour, and Auto-Scheduling builds the schedule from your demand forecast and your rules. A manager reviews it before it goes out.
• AI sales forecasting: a separate model for every store, forecasting sales and guest counts, with optional weather data turned on store by store.
• Time and attendance: Axial is a full time clock, not just a scheduler. Punches run on a store tablet or NFC stickers, geofenced to the store, and managers approve punches before payroll.
• Tip pooling: calculated automatically each day, and employees can see exactly how their share was calculated.
• Daily Guide, checklists and forms for every shift
• Goals, KPIs and sales contests on live POS data

Built for multi-unit groups

• Reports roll up from each store to regions, concepts, brands and the whole company.
• Employees who work at more than one store can't be double-booked, and their overtime counts across every store.
• Single sign-on with all the major SSO providers, at no extra charge.
• The Axial API, with webhooks, is included in the Platform. Any external data source can be piped into Axial, including forecasts.

Pricing

• Platform: $75 per store per month
• Operate Bundle: $110, adds Goals & KPIs, Dynamic Messaging and Custom Forms
• Engage Bundle: $170, adds the Visual Scheduler, Time & Attendance and Tip Pooling
• AI-Based Forecasting (+$25) and Auto-Scheduling (+$35) are add-ons to any plan. Yearly billing saves 10%.

Questions to ask any vendor

• Does it include time and attendance and tip pooling, or only scheduling? Axial includes all three.
• Is the schedule built from a sales forecast? Yes. Axial's forecast drives template selection and auto-scheduling.
• Is it priced per store or per employee? Axial is priced per store, with no per-employee app fees.
• Will it connect to your POS, payroll and HR systems? Axial connects to Toast, NCR Aloha, Oracle Simphony, Dayforce, UKG, Paylocity and Workday, among more than a hundred connections.