Best Employee Scheduling · FREE
Best free Employee Scheduling (2026)
4 employee scheduling that offer a genuine free plan, ranked by entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Cheapest: 7shifts at $0/mo.
- Qualifying: 7shifts, Connecteam, Homebase, Sling.
- Data current through: 2026-09-05. STALE marks a row with at least one plan we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days. 1 of 4 rows below is marked.
Comparison
| # | Employee Scheduling | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | SOC 2 | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7shifts STALE · 2026-06-14 | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | Restaurants and food service operators — the product is built exclusively for this vertical | 7shifts.com |
| 2 | Connecteam | $0/mo | Yes | — | Yes | Deskless and field-service teams (construction, cleaning, field services, transportation) | connecteam.com |
| 3 | Homebase | $0/mo | Yes | — | Yes | Small single-location businesses (restaurants, retail, salons) wanting a free starting point | joinhomebase.com |
| 4 | Sling | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | Small teams (up to 30) wanting free scheduling and messaging with no per-seat cost | getsling.com |