2026 buyer's guide
The best restaurant scheduling software for Toast
If your restaurant runs on Toast POS, your scheduler should run on your Toast data — real employees, real clock-ins, real sales. Here's how the four serious options compare, from a team that operates a Toast restaurant every day.
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What actually matters in a Toast scheduler
Sync depth, not just a connection
Employees, roles, time entries, and sales should flow from Toast automatically — that's what makes no-show detection, tip math, and labor projections trustworthy.
Does it act, or just display?
Every tool shows you a schedule grid. The real time savings come from software that drafts the week, messages your team to fill open shifts, and publishes on its own.
Pricing that survives growth
Per-user plans climb as you hire; tiered plans gate the useful features. A flat per-location price is the only number you can budget years ahead.
Employees actually use it
Schedules, shift swaps, tip earnings, and availability on a good mobile app — adoption by your team is what makes the automation stick.
The four options, ranked for Toast restaurants
1. AnchOps
Top pick for ToastBest for Toast restaurants that want scheduling handled, not just displayed
- Built exclusively for Toast — employees, time entries, sales, and tips sync deeply
- AI scheduling manager: drafts the week, fills open shifts by messaging your team, publishes autonomously when you allow it
- Per-employee reliability scoring from real clock-in data — the schedule leans on people who show up
- Flat $59.99/location, unlimited employees, free plan, no credit card to start
Full disclosure: this is our product — built by a Toast restaurant owner, running his own location.
2. 7shifts
Best broad restaurant platform across many POS systems
- Restaurant-focused with a wide feature set: scheduling, engagement, task management
- Supports many POS systems beyond Toast
- Tiered per-location plans — advanced scheduling, labor tools, and tip pooling sit on higher tiers or add-ons
3. Homebase
Best all-in-one SMB suite beyond restaurants
- Scheduling plus time clock, hiring, HR, and payroll for small businesses of all kinds
- Restaurant scheduling is one feature among many rather than the focus
- Tiered per-location plans with the deeper tools on higher tiers
4. Sling
Best lightweight free tier for simple shift planning
- Generous free tier and a clean, simple shift planner
- POS-agnostic and industry-agnostic — Toast is one integration among many
- Paid plans priced per user, so the bill grows with your roster
Competitor details reflect publicly available information and can change — check each vendor's site for current features and pricing. If you're not on Toast, the other three are strong choices; AnchOps is deliberately Toast-only.
Common questions
- What is the best scheduling software for Toast restaurants?
- It depends on what you want handled. AnchOps is built exclusively for Toast and is the only option that drafts, fills, and publishes schedules autonomously, at a flat $59.99 per location with unlimited employees. 7shifts, Homebase, and Sling are capable general-purpose schedulers that connect to Toast among many POS systems, with tiered or per-user pricing.
- Why does Toast-specific scheduling software matter?
- The scheduler is only as good as its POS data. A deep Toast sync means employees, roles, time entries, and sales flow in automatically — so schedules reflect who actually works there, no-shows are detected from real clock-ins, tips calculate from real sales, and labor cost projections use your actual numbers. Integrations built for many POS systems tend to sync a lowest common denominator.
- Does Toast have built-in scheduling?
- Toast offers basic scheduling through Toast Labor / Sling integration, but restaurants that want automated schedule building, shift-fill outreach, reliability scoring, or automatic tip pooling typically add a dedicated scheduling tool on top of Toast.
- How much does restaurant scheduling software for Toast cost?
- AnchOps is a flat $59.99 per location per month with unlimited employees and a free plan (no credit card to start). Most alternatives price per location in tiers with advanced features on higher plans, or per user so the bill grows with your roster. Check each vendor's site for current pricing.
Built only for Toast — try it on your real schedule
Connect Toast and AnchOps drafts your first week from your actual history. Flat $59.99 per location, unlimited employees.
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