Compare PlaceFull and HotSchedules - May 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - PlaceFull or HotSchedules?

PlaceFull is more expensive to implement (TCO) than HotSchedules, and HotSchedules is rated higher (88/100) than PlaceFull (55/100). HotSchedules offers users more features (16) than PlaceFull (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:

PlaceFull Vs. HotSchedules

PlaceFull: Our founder was frustrated by the difficulty of renting a court for his 4 sons' basketball practices. He began exploring the idea of building a facility from the ground up replete with simple booking options and easy scheduling. An epic idea, but was it the real solution? What if there was a way to search for any and all available gyms? And thro...

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? PlaceFull 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 PlaceFull and HotSchedules.

PlaceFull price starts at $49 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 PlaceFull is rated 6, which is similar to 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: PlaceFull is more expensive than HotSchedules.

Which software includes more/better features?

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

PlaceFull: We are still working to collect the list of features for PlaceFull.

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

Target customer size

PlaceFull's typical customers include: Small, medium and large size businesses, The product is focused on the restaurant industry addressing both large franchises as well as single restaurants.