ZoomShift
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Free Work Schedule Maker & Time Clock App
How to Replace ZoomShiftOverview
Features
51 features across 17 categories
Administration(3)
Customize permissions for different manager and supervisor roles
Organize employees into groups for easier scheduling and communication
Manage schedules and staff across unlimited locations
Analytics & Optimization(2)
Compare static budget in real-time and alert for costly conflicts between employee shifts and overtime
Reduce labor costs by making instant schedule changes to accommodate busy and slow days
Analytics & Reports(1)
Compare scheduled hours with actual hours worked
Audit & Compliance(1)
Track and view all changes made to schedules and timesheets
Communication(4)
Automatically remind team members before their shift starts
Share schedules through text, push, and email messaging
Confirm employee shift acknowledgment
Send announcements, share shift swap details, and facilitate private, group, or company-wide messaging with support for images, PDFs, and GIFs
Compliance(1)
Alert managers when overtime conflicts are detected
Core Scheduling(4)
Drag and drop shifts in place on the calendar for easy schedule management
Use pre-built templates to build work schedules faster
Pre-built templates for common scheduling scenarios
Create employee schedules in minutes with drag and drop functionality and schedule templates
Documentation(2)
Add private notes visible only to managers
Add notes to shifts and timesheets
Hiring & Recruitment(1)
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Integrations(1)
Sync schedules with calendar applications
Mobile(1)
Free iOS and Android apps for managing schedules, timesheets, and team communication on the go
Payroll & Reports(2)
Export timesheets easily for payroll processing
Customize and export payroll reports with all necessary information
Scheduling(3)
Set and track employee availability preferences
Prevent overlaps between shifts, availability, and time-offs
Create unlimited job positions or roles
Shift Management(5)
Automatically generate schedules based on employee availability and requirements
Assign multiple shifts to individual employees
Enable employees to request shift coverage from teammates
Share schedules from anywhere and notify team of changes via email, text, and push notifications
Allow team members to swap shifts without manual calling
Support(6)
Custom training for employee onboarding
Training for managers and supervisors
Assistance migrating from other scheduling systems
Personalized onboarding service for new users
Priority customer support for Premium tier users
Video training resources for using the platform
Time Off Management(4)
Manage and track employee time off and PTO requests
Track PTO balances for team members with support for annual allowances or accrual rates
Set minimum days' notice and restrict time off requests on busy days with automatic approval options
Employees can submit time-off requests through web and mobile app that managers can approve or deny
Time Tracking(10)
Prevent employees from clocking in early
Prevent employees from working overtime
Track employee breaks during shifts
Restrict time clock usage to specific geographic locations
Track GPS location when employees clock in
Whitelist IP addresses to restrict clock-ins from specific locations
Fix missed time clock punches easily
Prevent employees from clocking in too early or too late
Track employee attendance and work hours in real-time with web and mobile time clocks
Create, manage, and track timesheets online with easy export functionality
Pricing
Essentials
- ✓Employee Schedule
- ✓Team communication
- ✓Automatic Reminders
- ✓Shifts Notes & Private Manager Notes
- ✓Shift Confirmation
- ✓Unlimited Positions
- ✓Schedule employees up to 2 weeks in advance
- ✓Schedule for 1 location
Starter
- ✓All Essentials Features
- ✓Unlimited users
- ✓Unlimited scheduling
- ✓Shift & Scheduling Templates
- ✓Availability & Time Offs
- ✓Shift Cover Requests & Swaps
- ✓Timesheets & Time Clock
- ✓Payroll Report
- ✓Calendar App Sync
- ✓PTO tracking
- ✓Breaks tracking
- ✓Shifts & Timesheets Notes
- ✓Private Manager Notes
- ✓Groups
- ✓Multi-Shift Assignment
- ✓Unlimited Locations
Premium
- ✓All Starter Features
- ✓Auto-scheduling
- ✓Overtime Warnings
- ✓Custom Individual Overtime
- ✓Prevent Overlaps between Shifts, Availability & Time Offs
- ✓Prevent Early/Late Clock ins
- ✓Geofence Time Clock
- ✓Schedule vs. Timesheets
- ✓View History & Changes
- ✓Report
- ✓Customize Role Permissions
- ✓Priority Support & Migrating Assistance
- ✓Personalized Onboarding
- ✓Manager & Supervisor Training
- ✓Call Custom Employee Training
- ✓Video
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Estimates based on 51 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.