An honest comparison
roster vs 7shifts
7shifts is a restaurant-first scheduling product from Canada, with a free tier and per-location plans. It is a fair comparison because both products price per location. The differences are whose law is built in, the payroll handoff in Ireland, and what happens when a shift drops.
| roster | 7shifts | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | €29.99 a month per venue, flat, unlimited staff. Public at roster.ie/pricing. | A free tier with limits, then per-location plans in tiers on their public pricing page, priced in dollars. |
| Starting out | Seven days free, no card to start, cancel any time. | Free tier or trial, then a per-location plan. |
| A dropped shift | The schedule posts the gap as a paid shift and a vetted, rated worker fills it. Built in. | Shift pool for your own staff. Filling from outside is your phone. |
| Irish rules | Sunday premium, public holidays, statutory sick pay and tips under the 2022 Act are built in, in euro. | Built around North American labour rules and tip pooling; Irish specifics are configured by you. |
| Clock-in | Any phone or tablet is the clock terminal (roster.ie/kiosk), PIN plus optional photo per punch. | Time clock app on a tablet, with POS integrations for North American systems. |
| Hiring | Permanent job posts included, free. Applicants land in the same account. | A hiring module on higher tiers, aimed at the North American market. |
| Payroll handoff | One payroll-ready CSV with Sunday and public holiday hours broken out, for whatever software your accountant runs. | Payroll integrations and its own payroll product, North America first. |
| Switching cost | Import your team from a 7shifts CSV export in an afternoon. | n/a |
7shifts details reflect their public positioning and product as of September 2026. If something here is out of date, tell us at hello@roster.ie and we will correct it: honesty is the whole point of this page.
Credit where due
Where 7shifts is strong
7shifts understands restaurants: sales-based scheduling, tip management for the North American model and deep POS integrations there. In Ireland those integrations mostly do not apply, and the price is in dollars, but the restaurant focus is real.
Switching
An afternoon, not a project.
Export your employees from 7shifts, import into roster, and the week is ready to build.
Seven days free · no contracts · cancel any time · no card to start
Built in Ireland
Built for Irish employment law, with support based in Ireland.
Seven days free
No card to start, no contract, cancel any time.
Payments by Stripe
Card details never touch roster. Shift payments are held and released by Stripe.
ID-verified workers
Every marketplace worker has had their identity and right to work checked.
