Shlomi Lavi /
May 26, 2022
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Bottom Line: Which is Better - HotSchedules or eSoft Planner?
eSoft Planner is more expensive to implement (TCO) than HotSchedules, and HotSchedules is rated higher (88/100) than eSoft Planner (62/100). HotSchedules offers users more features (16) than eSoft Planner (0). 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. PPC Communications
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...
PPC Communications: Mike Meszaros started PPC as a print marketing company in 1998. We expanded into web development and design over the years to meet demand from our clients.
In 2007, we created a custom, web-based scheduling system for one of our local web site clients, SWOBAT Sports Complex. (Mike played baseball growing up and at Wittenberg University, so he al...
Who is more expensive? HotSchedules or eSoft Planner Software?
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 eSoft Planner Software.
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. eSoft Planner Software price starts at $59 per user/month , When comparing eSoft Planner Software to its competitors, the software is rated 6 - similar to the average Booking and scheduling software cost.
Bottom line: eSoft Planner Software is more expensive than HotSchedules.
Which software includes more/better features?
We've compared HotSchedules Vs. eSoft Planner 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.
eSoft Planner Software: We are still working to collect the list of features for eSoft Planner Software.
Target customer size
The product is focused on the restaurant industry addressing both large franchises as well as single restaurants. and eSoft Planner Software's target customer size include: Small, medium and large size businesses.