Employee Scheduling
Sling
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Sling at a glance
- Vendor
- Sling (Toast Inc.)
- Headquarters
- Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 3 Nov 2026
- Data hosting
- Outside the EU by default source, captured 3 Nov 2026
- Free plan
- Yes, per the vendor’s own page source, captured 3 Nov 2026
- Panel verdict
- The AI panel rates Sling 2/5, the mean of 6 judges. Sling, an employee scheduler from Sling, Inc., a Toast company, is strongest at staff self-service, scoring 6 to 7: Android and iPhone apps deliver the schedule, open-shift applications, manager-approved swaps, clock-in, breaks, timesheets and coworker messaging with a newsfeed. how scores are made
- As of
- Vendor pages captured 3 Nov 2026; evaluated by the panel 3 Nov 2026. all sources
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The panel's verdict
Sling, an employee scheduler from Sling, Inc., a Toast company, is strongest at staff self-service, scoring 6 to 7: Android and iPhone apps deliver the schedule, open-shift applications, manager-approved swaps, clock-in, breaks, timesheets and coworker messaging with a newsfeed. Roster planning scores 5 to 6 — templates scoped by location, position, group and tag, conflicts and gaps flagged — but the only demand signal is Toast POS sales set against labour costs after the fact. Working-time rules score 3 to 4 because the documented law is American: weekly overtime over 40 hours, daily over 8, California double time over 12, and the judges found no public information on rest periods, youth protection or collective-agreement surcharges. Sovereignty is the low point at 0 to 2 — Boston contracting entity, New York governing law, a GDPR FAQ indicating that personal data of EU residents resides outside the EU — and the rationales at both ends of that range, the bench's widest, cite the same captured facts. A free tier and fifteen-day trial are public; Premium and Business prices are not.
Speaks for it
- Android and iPhone apps give staff the full schedule, open-shift applications, manager-approved swaps, clock-in and breaks, timesheets, and coworker messaging with a newsfeed.
- Schedule templates scope by location, position, group and tag and apply as unpublished drafts, with conflicts and gaps flagged during planning.
- Overtime rules are configurable — weekly, daily and double-time triggers with adjustable multiplier rates — and alert the planner the moment a shift is scheduled.
- Inside the Toast ecosystem, employee data syncs and timesheets export directly to Toast Payroll, with POS sales compared against labour costs.
Held against it
- Every documented working-time rule is US overtime law — weekly over 40 hours, daily over 8, California double time over 12 — with no public information on rest periods, youth protection or collective-agreement surcharges.
- The contracting entity is Sling, Inc., a Toast company, at a Boston address under New York law, and the GDPR FAQ indicates personal data of EU residents is hosted outside the EU, with no public information on a data processing agreement or subprocessor list.
- Payroll leaves as a customisable XLS or CSV export, Toast Payroll being the only named payroll integration, with no public information on DATEV or wage-type mapping for surcharges.
- The privacy statement discloses session replay, geolocation when device location services are on, and sharing of personal information for targeted advertising.
- No price is published for the Premium or Business tiers, which surface by name only in help articles gating templates, overtime alerts, shift swaps and time-clock statuses.
Best for
- You run hourly teams in the US and want an overtime-aware scheduler your staff will actually use on their phones.
- You already operate in the Toast ecosystem and want timesheets to export directly to Toast Payroll.
- You schedule across multiple locations and want reusable templates with conflict and gap flagging during planning.
Avoid if
- You must comply with German or EU working-time law — rest periods, youth protection, collective-agreement surcharges — where the documented rules stop at US overtime.
- A works council must approve the tool before rollout: the privacy statement discloses session replay, geolocation collection and sharing of personal information for targeted advertising.
- Your procurement requires EU data residency or an EU contracting entity for employee data: the GDPR FAQ indicates personal data of EU residents is hosted outside the EU, under New York governing law.
- Your payroll depends on a European system such as DATEV or on surcharge wage types: the documented handoff is an XLS or CSV file and timesheets to Toast Payroll.
The scores
| Criterion | Panel median |
|---|---|
| Roster building & demand planning | 2.5 of 5 |
| Working-time law & collective agreements | 2 of 5 |
| Mobile self-service for deskless staff | 3.5 of 5 |
| Works council & employee data | 2 of 5 |
| Payroll handoff & integrations | 2 of 5 |
| European sovereignty | 0 of 5 |
Roster building & demand planning
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How this is scored
How a plan gets built across locations, roles and qualifications — templates, staffing requirements, forecasting from sales or occupancy, and whether the product proposes a roster or only draws one.
0 — Not a rostering tool; shifts cannot be planned in the product (a time clock, HR file or messenger only).
3 — A weekly shift grid per location with shift templates and roles attached, and the roster published to staff.
5 — Shift templates with roles or qualifications on shifts, several locations or departments, and open shifts or coverage gaps shown while planning.
8 — Staffing requirements per shift and demand-based planning from a named data source (POS revenue, footfall, occupancy or bookings), automatic roster proposals the planner can accept or adjust, labour cost shown against budget while planning, and cross-location staff sharing.
10 — Planning closes the loop: forecast, proposed roster and actual hours compared in one place, the proposal explains which rule or demand figure drove each assignment, and the vendor documents the forecasting method rather than calling it AI.
The Shift Manager
The web scheduler gives me what I need for a Thursday-night build: saved week templates that load as unpublished drafts, colour-coded positions, multi-location filters and a roster view that flags conflicts and gaps before I publish. I found no public information on staffing requirements per shift, automatic roster proposals or planning from demand figures — the closest is a Toast integration that compares POS sales to labour costs. 1 4 5 8 12
The Operations Director
Schedule templates can be scoped per location, position, group or tag and applied as unpublished drafts, the roster flags conflicts and gaps while planning, and open shifts are there for staff to claim. The demand side never meets the plan, though: the one documented POS link compares Toast sales against labour cost after the fact, and we found no public information on staffing requirements per shift, automatic roster proposals, labour cost against budget while the plan is still editable, or staff shared across sites. 1 4 5 8 12
The Payroll Officer
Schedule templates can be saved scoped by location, position, group or tag and applied to future dates, gaps and conflicts surface in the daily roster view, and open shifts are offered to staff. I found no public information on staffing requirements per shift, demand-based forecasting or automatic roster proposals; the Toast integration compares POS sales to labour cost after the fact rather than driving the plan. 1 4 5 8
The Works Council Advocate
Schedule templates scoped by location, position, group or tag, positions shown in their own colours, multiple work locations and an open-shifts view, with the day overview flagging staffing levels, conflicts and gaps while planning. I found no public information on staffing requirements per shift, demand forecasts or automatic roster proposals; the Toast link compares POS sales to labour cost after the fact rather than driving the plan. 1 4 5 12
The Frontline Employee
Schedule templates can be saved and re-applied scoped to locations, positions, groups or tags, and the roster flags conflicts and gaps while it's being built, with multiple work locations as a headline feature. The only demand signal the captured pages show is Toast POS sales compared against Sling labour costs; we found no public information on staffing requirements per shift, automatic roster proposals, or a documented forecasting method. 1 4 5 12
The Skeptic
Schedule templates scoped by location, position, group and tag, a day view that flags conflicts and gaps, and open shifts employees can apply for — that is genuine mid-level planning. But we found no public information on staffing requirements per shift, demand-based forecasting or automatic roster proposals; the only sales data documented is a comparison of Toast POS revenue against labour costs after the fact, not a figure that drives the plan. 1 4 5 8 12
Working-time law & collective agreements
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How this is scored
Whether the roster knows the rules it is subject to — ArbZG rest periods and maximum hours, youth and maternity protection, Minijob earnings limits, Tarifvertrag and works-agreement rules, surcharges — and whether it enforces them, warns, or leaves them to the export.
0 — No working-time checks: the vendor states or shows that any shift can be planned without a rule check.
3 — Basic checks such as overtime, maximum-hours or break warnings shown to the planner.
5 — Named working-time checks — daily or weekly maximum hours, rest periods between shifts and breaks — shown to the planner before the roster is published, and contract hours or earnings limits tracked per employee.
8 — ArbZG named with the 11-hour rest period and daily maximum checked, the Minijob earnings ceiling warned about, whether a check blocks or only warns stated, and configurable rule sets per contract or employee group covering Tarifvertrag surcharges (night, Sunday, holiday), time accounts, youth-protection limits and works-agreement rules, with the planner's override of a violation recorded and reasoned.
10 — The rules are modelled as law, not as warnings: maintained rule sets for named collective agreements, sector-specific exceptions (care, hospitality) documented with the statute they rely on, every override attributable, and published guidance mapping each feature to the provision it serves.
The Shift Manager
Overtime is handled well for a US shop: daily, weekly and double-time rules with configurable rates, and alerts the moment a scheduled shift crosses the limit, highlighted per employee and for the whole schedule. I found no public information on rest periods between shifts, break enforcement detail, Minijob-style earnings limits or collective-agreement surcharges — nothing German or European is documented. 1 6 7
The Operations Director
Overtime handling is real and configurable — daily, weekly and double-time triggers the planner sets, alerts raised while shifts are scheduled, and overtime highlighted per employee and across the whole schedule. Every documented rule is US-style overtime; we found no public information on rest periods between shifts, youth or maternity protection, Minijob earnings limits or Tarifvertrag surcharges, so the compliance load stays with the planner. 1 6 7
The Payroll Officer
The checks on show are US overtime arithmetic: daily, weekly and California double-time thresholds, configurable in trigger and multiplier, alerted at the moment of scheduling. I found no public information on rest periods between shifts, enforced breaks, youth protection, Minijob earnings limits or Tarifvertrag surcharges for night, Sunday and holiday work, and the vendor disclaims responsibility for errors from missing settings. 1 6 7
The Works Council Advocate
Configurable daily, weekly and double overtime limits with alerts raised the moment a shift is scheduled, and breaks tracked at the time clock. These are US overtime rules: I found no public information on rest periods between shifts, the ArbZG eleven-hour rule, youth protection, earnings ceilings or collective-agreement surcharges, and the vendor expressly disclaims responsibility for errors from missing settings. 1 6 7
The Frontline Employee
Overtime rules are configurable — weekly, daily and California double overtime — and Sling calculates a shift's duration the moment it's scheduled and alerts the planner, with employee breaks listed as a feature. That is US-style overtime law; we found no public information on rest periods between shifts, youth or maternity protection, Minijob earnings limits, or collective-agreement surcharges. 1 6 7
The Skeptic
The documented law is American: weekly overtime above 40 hours, daily above 8, California double time above 12, with alerts raised while scheduling and configurable rates. Whether an alert blocks a violating shift or merely warns is never stated, and we found no public information on rest periods between shifts, ArbZG, youth protection, Minijob earnings limits or Tarifvertrag surcharges. 6 7
Mobile self-service for deskless staff
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How this is scored
What the employee on the shop floor actually gets: a mobile app to read the roster, enter availability, request and accept swaps, claim open shifts and clock in — in their language, on their own device or a shared one.
0 — No employee access; the roster reaches staff only as a printout or PDF.
3 — An app or web view in which employees see their own shifts and are notified of changes.
5 — A mobile app with the roster, availability or absence requests, and shift swaps or open-shift claiming, with push notifications of changes.
8 — Swaps and open shifts resolved under the rule set (qualifications and rest periods checked before approval), clock-in by app or shared terminal with offline handling, a multilingual interface, and team communication that keeps shift talk out of private messengers.
10 — Self-service is designed for people who never open a laptop: swap and cover flows that resolve without a manager where the rules allow, accessibility and language coverage stated, use on a shared or personal device both supported, and employees able to see and export the data held about them.
The Shift Manager
The mobile app does the Saturday-morning work: open shifts to claim, swaps a manager approves with position eligibility checked, clock-in and breaks from the dashboard, and messaging plus a newsfeed that keep shift talk out of private chats. I found no public information on offline handling, a multilingual interface or rest-period checks inside swap approvals. 8 9
The Operations Director
The shop floor gets a genuine app: roster views, applying for open shifts, clock-in and breaks from the dashboard, timesheets, and a fully documented swap flow with notifications, manager approval and automatic reassignment, alongside coworker messaging and a newsfeed that keeps shift talk out of private messengers. Cross-position swaps respect eligibility, but we found no public information on rest or qualification checks before approval, offline clock-in handling, or interface languages. 8 9
The Payroll Officer
The mobile app shows the roster, lets employees claim open shifts, swap with manager approval including cross-position swaps where they are eligible, clock in and out from the dashboard, and keeps shift talk in its own messaging and newsfeed. I found no public information on offline handling, language coverage, or rest-period checks before a swap is approved. 8 9
The Works Council Advocate
The app delivers the roster, open-shift applications, swaps with manager approval and notification on both sides, clock-in and breaks from the dashboard, timesheets, and messaging with a newsfeed that keeps shift talk out of private messengers. I found no public information on availability or absence requests in the app, offline clock-in or language coverage, and staff cannot delete their own conversations — only admins and managers can. 8 9
The Frontline Employee
This is the part built for people like me who never open a laptop at work: Android and iPhone apps with my schedule and open shifts to apply for, a swap flow where my coworker gets a notification to accept or reject and the shift reassigns once approved, clock-in and breaks from the dashboard, my recorded hours in Time Sheets, and team messaging with a newsfeed instead of a group chat. Swaps need a manager's approval, and we found no public information on offline use, language coverage, or entering my own availability from the app. 8 9
The Skeptic
Employees get a full phone experience: their own and the full schedule, open-shift applications, swaps that may cross positions only if they are eligible, manager approval, clock-in from the dashboard, timesheets, newsfeed and coworker messaging. We found no public information on offline clock-in, shared terminals or interface languages, and note that swaps and the time-clock statuses sit in the paid tiers. 8 9
Works council & employee data
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How this is scored
Whether the product can be introduced under co-determination (BetrVG § 87) — role-based visibility, what is logged, which monitoring can be switched off, retention of availability, absence and location data — and whether the vendor supplies what a works agreement needs.
0 — No access control: the vendor's pages show every user seeing all employee data, or tracking of individuals that cannot be switched off.
3 — Admin, manager and employee roles with different rights, and a privacy policy that covers employee data.
5 — Configurable roles and permissions limiting who sees whose data, a data processing agreement offered, and either location tracking stated as optional or a retention or deletion rule for employee data.
8 — Fine-grained visibility (absence reasons hidden from colleagues and line managers where not needed), GPS and similar tracking off by default, an audit log of who viewed and changed an individual's data, configurable deletion periods, and documentation the vendor offers for works-council approval under BetrVG § 87.
10 — Data minimisation is designed in and evidenced: a model works agreement or feature-by-feature data inventory published, no performance or behaviour scoring of individuals, monitoring functions individually deactivatable, and deletion executed automatically per configured period.
The Shift Manager
There are distinct admin, manager and employee system roles and a privacy policy that names employee data such as schedules, wages and positions, with a retention schedule after the contract ends and geolocation only when device location services are on. For a works council I would have nothing to work with — no configurable visibility, no audit log, no works-agreement material — and the policy itself describes session replay, call recordings and ad sharing. 3 8
The Operations Director
The privacy statement names Sling as processor for employee data, keeps a retention schedule after contract end and disables the account unrecoverably on cancellation, and geolocation is only taken where the device has location services switched on. We found no public information on configurable per-role visibility limits, an audit log of who viewed or changed an individual's data, or documentation usable for works-council approval under section 87 of the BetrVG; session replay and third-party advertising would need answers in any works agreement. 2 3 8
The Payroll Officer
Admin, manager and employee roles are separated, a retention schedule removes data after the agreement ends, and geolocation is only collected when device location services are enabled. The privacy statement discloses session replay, third-party targeted advertising and the collection of sensitive personal information, and I found no public information on an audit log, configurable deletion periods, or documentation for works-council approval. 2 3 8
The Works Council Advocate
Admins, managers and employees hold different rights, the privacy statement covers employee data such as shift schedule, wage and date of birth, and a retention schedule for removal after contract end is published. Nothing here supports a works agreement: we found no public information on configurable visibility, an audit log, configurable deletion periods or documentation for co-determination under BetrVG § 87, while geolocation is collected when device location services are on, session replay runs on the websites, managers can watch who is running late, and personal information is sold or shared for targeted advertising. 3 4 8
The Frontline Employee
Employee, manager and admin roles are visibly different — staff cannot edit their assigned locations or positions and only admins and managers can delete conversations — and the privacy statement covers employee data with a retention schedule after the contract ends. We found no public information on configurable permissions, an audit log of who viewed an employee's data, or works-council documentation; the same statement describes session replay and interest-based advertising on the services. 3 8 10
The Skeptic
The privacy statement names Sling as processor for employee data, a retention schedule after the agreement ends, and device geolocation only when the employee's location services are switched on; roles exist, with conversation deletion reserved to admins and managers. We found no public information on configurable visibility of absence reasons, an audit log of access, a data processing agreement or anything aimed at a works council — and the same pages describe session replay and interest-based advertising. 2 3 8 10
Payroll handoff & integrations
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How this is scored
How planned and worked hours, surcharges and absences reach payroll — DATEV, Lohn und Gehalt, the tax adviser — and how the roster connects to the POS, HR and time systems a shift business already runs.
0 — No payroll path: the product offers no export of hours and no integration.
3 — An export of worked hours and absences (CSV or Excel) intended for payroll.
5 — A named payroll integration or payroll export (DATEV Lohn und Gehalt or LODAS, or another named payroll system) covering hours and absences, plus several named HR, POS or accounting integrations.
8 — Vendor-maintained payroll integrations with a lock step before transmission, wage types mapped per surcharge, POS integrations feeding forecasting, an HR master-data sync, and a documented API.
10 — Payroll is designed for, not exported to: several named payroll systems maintained, retro corrections after the close handled, the tax adviser given scoped access, and a versioned public API with webhooks and a deprecation policy.
The Shift Manager
Hours reach payroll as a customisable XLS or CSV export built from time-clock punches, and the Toast integration syncs employee data and pushes timesheets straight to Toast Payroll while comparing POS sales against labour costs. A public API exists, but I found no public information on other named payroll or HR systems, surcharge wage-type mapping or a lock step before transmission. 2 11 12
The Operations Director
Worked hours leave as a customisable XLS or CSV payroll export for any date range, built from time-clock punches, and inside the Toast ecosystem there is a proper hand-off: employee master data synced in, timesheets exported directly to Toast Payroll, and POS sales set against labour cost. Every named integration is Toast; we found no public information on DATEV or other European payroll systems, wage-type mapping for surcharges, or API documentation beyond a terms-of-service mention. 1 2 11 12
The Payroll Officer
The payroll handoff is an XLS or CSV upload to the buyer's own payroll service, plus timesheet export into Toast Payroll and an API mentioned in the terms of use. I found no public information on a European payroll integration, wage types mapped per surcharge, or a lock step before transmission, so surcharges are left to whoever re-keys the file. 2 11 12
The Works Council Advocate
Time-clock hours export as XLS or CSV for any date range to a payroll service, and timesheets export directly to Toast Payroll alongside an employee-data sync and a POS-sales-versus-labour-cost comparison. I found no public information on European payroll systems such as DATEV, surcharge wage types or a lock step before transmission; an API to read account data exists but is documented only as available. 2 11 12
The Frontline Employee
Payroll reports export as a customisable XLS or CSV built from time-clock punches for any date range, and the one named payroll integration is Toast Payroll, alongside employee-data sync and POS sales-versus-labour comparison inside the Toast stack. The terms mention general API access to account data, but we found no public information on other named payroll or HR systems, DATEV, wage-type mapping for surcharges, or a lock step before transmission. 2 11 12
The Skeptic
The payroll path is an XLS or CSV export to be uploaded to your payroll service, plus a timesheet export to Toast Payroll with employee sync and a POS sales comparison — the one named integration being the parent company's own ecosystem. We found no public information on a lock step before transmission, wage-type mapping per surcharge or DATEV; an API exists, with terms threatening suspension for excessive use. 2 11 12
European sovereignty
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How this is scored
Where the employee data lives, who the contracting entity is, who the subprocessors are, and whether that is documented rather than assumed. Independently sourced by the sovereignty pipeline; weighted seriously here, because a scheduling tool holds availability, absence and often location data about employees who had no say in the vendor.
0 — Vendor, contracting entity and hosting of employee data all shown to be outside the EU, with no transfer safeguard stated.
3 — A named contracting entity and a privacy policy or data processing agreement; EU hosting offered as an option or claimed without a provider, or the hosting location not stated.
5 — EU hosting stated as standard, together with an EU contracting entity or a published subprocessor list, and a data processing agreement offered.
8 — EU or DACH hosting with a named data-centre provider, EU contracting entity, full subprocessor list published, and any non-EU processing — push notification services included — named with its legal basis.
10 — Sovereign end to end and evidenced: vendor, entity, hosting and every subprocessor in the EU, certification published, and a DPA that covers the employee data the app collects on personal devices.
The Shift Manager
Sling, Inc. is a Toast company with a Boston address, the terms run under New York law, and the only hosting statement sits in the GDPR FAQ and indicates processing outside the EU for EU residents' personal data. I found no public information on an EU contracting entity, a data processing agreement or a published subprocessor list. 2 3 10
The Operations Director
The contracting entity is Sling, Inc., a Toast company with a Boston address, the terms are governed by New York law, and the vendor's own GDPR FAQ places processing of EU residents' personal data outside the EU. We found no public information on EU hosting, an EU contracting entity, a published subprocessor list, or a data processing agreement covering the employee data the app collects — with availability and absence data across thirty sites, that is a question for the deal, not a footnote. 2 3 10
The Payroll Officer
Sling, Inc. is a Toast company with its privacy office at a Boston address, the terms run under New York law, and the GDPR FAQ places data residency outside the EU for EU residents' personal data. I found no public information on a subprocessor list, a data processing agreement, or any transfer safeguard for employee data held outside the EU. 2 3 10
The Works Council Advocate
The contracting entity and vendor are Sling, Inc. and Toast, Inc. of Boston under New York law, and the GDPR FAQ states that personal data of EU residents is hosted outside the EU, with no transfer safeguard named. We found no public information on an EU hosting option, a data processing agreement or a subprocessor list — for a tool holding availability, wages, dates of birth and geolocation, that is not something I could co-sign. 2 3 10
The Frontline Employee
Everything the captured pages show points across the Atlantic: Sling, Inc. is a Toast company at a Boston address, the terms are governed by New York law, and the single hosting-related statement sits in a GDPR FAQ scoped to personal data of EU residents. We found no public information on EU hosting, a subprocessor list, or a data processing agreement. 2 3 10
The Skeptic
The contracting entity is Sling, Inc., a Toast company at a Boston address, under New York governing law; the only hosting statement found sits in the GDPR FAQ and indicates that personal data of EU residents resides outside the EU. We found no public information on a transfer safeguard, a subprocessor list or a data processing agreement covering the availability and location data this tool holds about employees. 2 3 10
Pricing transparency
not rated — the vendor publishes no price
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How this is scored
Whether a buyer can compute the real annual invoice for their headcount and locations — including the time clock, payroll export, forecasting and other modules sold as add-ons — from public pages alone.
0 — No public prices at all; every tier is a sales conversation.
3 — A public per-employee "from" price, a free tier or one priced tier, while the other tiers or what they include are not stated.
5 — Per-employee or per-location prices public for each tier with the billing period stated; add-on modules (time clock, payroll export, forecasting, terminal hardware) may still be unpriced.
8 — Every tier and add-on priced publicly with the per-employee maths, how inactive or seasonal staff are counted, minimum term and VAT treatment stated; only genuinely custom work lacks a number.
10 — Complete price computability: a calculator or table producing the annual invoice for a given headcount, location count and module selection, including hardware, onboarding and renewal terms.
The Shift Manager
A free tier and a fifteen-day trial are public, billing is monthly in advance with taxes on top, but the Premium and Business prices never appear — you only learn which features sit behind them, such as templates, overtime alerts and shift swaps. I cannot compute an annual invoice from these pages. 1 2 5 7 9
The Operations Director
A free tier is public and the terms spell out the mechanics — monthly billing in advance on a credit card, non-refundable, tax-exclusive, thirty days' notice on fee changes, no cancellation fee. We found no public information on prices for the Premium or Business tiers, whose names surface only in help articles gating templates, overtime calculators, shift swaps and time-clock statuses, so no annual invoice can be computed from public pages. 1 2 5 7
The Payroll Officer
A free tier is advertised on the homepage and the terms state monthly advance billing, non-refundability and fees exclusive of taxes, but Premium and Business are only named in help articles with templates, overtime and swaps gated to them. No public price is stated for any paid tier, so the real annual invoice cannot be computed from these pages. 1 2 5 7
The Works Council Advocate
A free tier is public and the terms state monthly advance billing on a credit card, a fifteen-day trial, non-refundability and fees exclusive of taxes. The paid Premium and Business tiers appear only through feature gates such as schedule templates, overtime alerts and swaps; we found no public per-employee price on the captured pages, so the real annual invoice cannot be computed. 1 2 5 7
The Frontline Employee
A free tier and a fifteen-day free trial are public, and the terms state monthly advance billing, non-refundable fees exclusive of taxes, thirty days' notice for fee changes, and no cancellation fee. The paid plans surface by name only through help articles — Premium and Business gate schedule templates, shift swaps and overtime — and we found no public prices for any paid tier or add-on. 1 2 5
The Skeptic
Public information confirms a free tier, a fifteen-day free trial, monthly advance billing, fees exclusive of taxes, no cancellation fee and thirty days' notice of fee changes — but we found no public price for the Premium or Business tiers, only statements of which features (templates, overtime, swaps, time-clock statuses) require them. A buyer cannot compute the annual invoice from these pages. 1 2 5 7 9
European sovereignty — proven facts
1 of 6 dimensions provenBuilt only from facts shown on the vendor's own pages. A dimension we could not prove is left open, not scored as zero.
| Legal entity | Not determined | — | uncited Report an error |
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| Hosting location | Outside the EU ⚠ unverified | 0/4 pts | 10 Report an error |
| Hosting options | Not determined | — | uncited Report an error |
| Open source | Not determined | — | uncited Report an error |
| Data processing agreement | Not determined | — | uncited Report an error |
| Transfer impact assessment | Not determined | — | uncited Report an error |
Questions about Sling
Is Sling European?
Not determined: the vendor’s pages as captured do not say where Sling is based.
Where does Sling store data?
Sling stores customer data outside the EU by default, per the vendor’s page captured 3 Nov 2026.
Does Sling have a free plan?
Yes. Sling has a free plan, per the vendor’s page captured 3 Nov 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Sling?
As of 3 Nov 2026, the panel rates Ordio (3/5), Shiftbase (3/5) and gastromatic (3/5) highest among the other 27 Employee Scheduling products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is Ordio (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: how scores are made. The full list, with European products first: Sling alternatives.
Where this could be wrong
- Evidence ages. The oldest capture behind this page is from 3 Nov 2026. Vendors change pricing and policies without notice; every fact reflects its source as of the capture date shown in the registry.
- Weak sourcing — Hosting location. The statement sits only in the GDPR FAQ and is scoped to personal data of EU residents; no other page gives hosting details.
- AI can misread a source. Extraction and judgement are automated; a citation guarantees traceability, not infallibility. If something here is wrong, say so — no account needed, every report is decided within 5 business days, and accepted corrections are published.
What we left out
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Sources (12)
The pages every claim on this page was read from — each one checked, dated, and kept verifiable.
- 1 Vendor page getsling.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →
- 2 Terms of service — found from the homepage getsling.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →
- 3 Privacy policy — found from the homepage getsling.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →
- 4 Roster building & demand planning — found from sitemap support.getsling.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →
- 5 Roster building & demand planning — found from sitemap support.getsling.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →
- 6 Working-time law & collective agreements — found from sitemap support.getsling.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →
- 7 Working-time law & collective agreements — found from sitemap support.getsling.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →
- 8 Mobile self-service for deskless staff — found from sitemap support.getsling.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →
- 9 Mobile self-service for deskless staff — found from sitemap support.getsling.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →
- 10 Works council & employee data — found from sitemap getsling.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →
- 11 Payroll handoff & integrations — found from sitemap support.getsling.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →
- 12 Payroll handoff & integrations — found from sitemap getsling.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →