Compare HotSchedules and Setster - Jul 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - HotSchedules or Setster?

Setster is more expensive to implement (TCO) than HotSchedules, and HotSchedules is rated higher (88/100) than Setster (82/100). HotSchedules offers users more features (16) than Setster (3). 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. Setster 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...

Setster Inc.: Setster is an elite team of special forces who develop innovative scheduling solutions used by thousands of businesses around the world. Our team has led the online scheduling industry by creating the first ever embedded booking widget, the first booking overlay, the fist online scheduling tool with payment options, the first map of all locations a...

Who is more expensive? HotSchedules or Setster?

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 Setster.

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. Setster price starts at $48 per month , When comparing Setster to its competitors, the software is rated 10 - much higher than the average Booking and scheduling software cost.

Bottom line: Setster is more expensive than HotSchedules.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared HotSchedules Vs. Setster 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.

Setster: 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 Setster's target customer size include: Small, medium and large size businesses.