Compare HotSchedules and BookedIN - May 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - HotSchedules or BookedIN?

BookedIN is more expensive to implement (TCO) than HotSchedules, and BookedIN is rated with the same score (88/100) as HotSchedules (88/100). HotSchedules offers users more features (16) than BookedIN (4). 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:

HotSchedules Vs. Coldwin Software Inc.

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...

Coldwin Software Inc.: Coldwin's main business is custom software design and development, analysis and project management specializing in large scale, widely distributed web applications. A typical client engagement involves designing solution architecture, software development, mentoring and training of internal staff members. Additional responsibilities often include ...

Who is more expensive? HotSchedules or BookedIN?

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 HotSchedules and BookedIN.

HotSchedules price starts at $49 per month , On a scale between 1 to 10 HotSchedules is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Booking and scheduling software. BookedIN price starts at $24 per month , When comparing BookedIN to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Booking and scheduling software cost.

Bottom line: HotSchedules cost is around the same cost of BookedIN.

Which software includes more/better features?

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

HotSchedules: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Benefits Administration, Employee Self-Service, HR Management, Timesheet, Automated Scheduling, Document Templates, Email Integration, Employee Database.

BookedIN: Mobile Access, Billing & Invoicing, Payroll Scheduling, Email Marketing.

Target customer size

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