Ospelia vs 7shifts
7shifts is restaurant scheduling and team management: schedules, time clocking, team messaging, labor compliance, tip management and a payroll add-on.
$249–$399/location/mo by package, less at 2+
Free plan; paid tiers
Where 7shifts fits better
If scheduling, time clocking, tip pooling and payroll are the whole job, 7shifts goes deeper on those than Ospelia does.
Where Ospelia is different
Ospelia builds the schedule against a sales forecast and then keeps going: inventory, recipes, menu engineering, catering, marketing and a daily P&L in the same login, with unlimited team members.
What you'd add with Ospelia.
Included in Ospelia (Operations, Marketing, or both), and not listed on 7shifts's published pages.
Feature by feature
| What you get | Ospelia | 7shifts |
|---|---|---|
| Sales reporting & dayparts | Operations | — |
| Sales forecast | Operations | Included |
| Scheduling | Operations | Included |
| Labor % tracking | Operations | Included |
| Inventory & par levels | Operations | — |
| Ordering & purchase orders | Operations | — |
| Recipe costing | Operations | — |
| Menu engineering | Operations | — |
| Catering & events | Operations + Marketing | — |
| Marketing, reviews & guests | Marketing | — |
| Daily P&L / prime cost | Operations | — |
| Checklists, tasks & repairs | Operations | Included |
| Training, certifications & HR docs | Operations | — |
| Invoice processing | Not offered | — |
| Payroll | Not offered | Add-on |
| General ledger accounting | Not offered | — |
| Published pricing | $249–$399/location/mo by package, less at 2+ | Free plan; paid tiers |
Source: 7shifts pricing — checked 23 Sep 2026. Products change; tell us if something here is out of date and we'll fix it.
Questions
Does Ospelia do payroll or tip pooling?
No. If scheduling, time clocking, tip pooling and payroll are the whole job, 7shifts goes deeper on those than Ospelia does. Ospelia doesn't do payroll.
Can I try Ospelia alongside 7shifts?
Yes. Seven days free, unlimited users. Run it alongside 7shifts for a week and keep whichever earns its place.
Try it next to what you use now.
Seven days free, unlimited users. Run it alongside 7shifts for a week and keep whichever earns its place.
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