Compare eTime Xpress and HotSchedules - Jun 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - eTime Xpress or HotSchedules?

eTime Xpress is more expensive to implement (TCO) than HotSchedules, and HotSchedules is rated higher (88/100) than eTime Xpress (83/100). HotSchedules offers users more features (16) than eTime Xpress (9). There is a clear winner in this case and it is HotSchedules!

Looking for the right Booking and scheduling solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Celayix, Inc. Vs. HotSchedules

Celayix, Inc.: Celayix, Inc. is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia with regional office locations in Bellevue, Washington and Peachtree City, Georgia. Since 2000 Celayix Software has been delivering the best-of-breed employee scheduling software and workforce management solutions to a broad range of organizations. Celayix products are designed to hel...

HotSchedules: Our Co-Founders, Ray Pawlikowski and David Cantu came up with the idea for HotSchedules while working at PF Chang’s together. Ray was the bartender and David was the manager. When a college project had Ray building a web site, he decided to use it to address one of the restaurant’s primary pain points – communicating the employee schedule. Manager...

Who is more expensive? eTime Xpress or HotSchedules?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Booking and scheduling software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for eTime Xpress and HotSchedules.

eTime Xpress price starts at $2 per employee/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 eTime Xpress is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Booking and scheduling software. HotSchedules price starts at $49 per month , When comparing HotSchedules to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Booking and scheduling software cost.

Bottom line: eTime Xpress cost is around the same cost of HotSchedules.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared eTime Xpress Vs. HotSchedules based on some of the most important and required Booking and scheduling features.

eTime Xpress: Employee Onboarding, Workforce Management, Time Tracking, Scheduling, Automated Scheduling, Employee Database, Employee Scheduling, Time Tracking.

HotSchedules: Benefits Administration, Employee Self-Service, HR Management, Timesheet, Automated Scheduling.

Target customer size

Customers of the software mainly include small and medium businesses. The product is focused on the restaurant industry addressing both large franchises as well as single restaurants.