Shlomi Lavi /
May 26, 2022
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Bottom Line: Which is Better - HotSchedules or Full Slate?
Full Slate is more expensive to implement (TCO) than HotSchedules, and Full Slate is rated higher (89/100) than HotSchedules (88/100). HotSchedules offers users more features (16) than Full Slate (3).
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. Full Slate
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...
Full Slate: Full Slate offers comprehensive software-as-a-service (SaaS) scheduling. SMB’s do not need to download or maintain software and can access it from any Internet-connected computer, tablet, iPhone or Android phone. Businesses pay a monthly subscription starting at $29.95 for a single practitioner for unlimited clients and unlimited appointments. Key ...
Who is more expensive? HotSchedules or Full Slate?
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 Full Slate.
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. Full Slate price starts at $29.95 per user/month , When comparing Full Slate to its competitors, the software is rated 6 - similar to the average Booking and scheduling software cost.
Bottom line: Full Slate is more expensive than HotSchedules.
Which software includes more/better features?
We've compared HotSchedules Vs. Full Slate 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.
Full Slate: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.
Target customer size
The product is focused on the restaurant industry addressing both large franchises as well as single restaurants. and Full Slate's target customer size include: Medium and large size businesses.