Make scheduling the easy part
Keep the week organized while ShiftSideKick helps you see coverage, availability, conflicts, and the details that deserve your attention.
Less chasing. Less second-guessing. More time to lead.
When the plan changes
From call-out to covered without the chaos in between.
When a shift opens up, ShiftSideKick helps you look beyond who is simply available, bringing forward stronger options based on the details around the shift.
Less scrambling. More confidence when plans change.
Staffing intelligence, built in
More than a schedule. A second pair of eyes on every staffing decision.
ShiftSideKick considers availability, qualifications, conflicts, rest, overtime exposure, and the surrounding schedule to help surface stronger staffing options.
See the recommendation. Understand the reasoning. You make the call.
ShiftSideKick helps shift managers lead their team, recover from call-outs with stronger staffing options in view, and make informed decisions without carrying every detail. Product screens appear farther down this page.
You still have a team to lead, customers to take care of, and a business to keep moving. But now there’s an empty shift that needs an answer.
A few texts become a few more. You’re checking who’s available, waiting for replies, trying someone else, and figuring out how to cover the shift without creating another problem.
Meanwhile, everything else still needs you.
The call-out still happens. The difference is what happens next.
See who can realistically step in. Make the decision. Keep the schedule moving.
Then get back to your day.
ShiftSideKick brings the important part forward, so you can spend less time figuring out what changed and more time deciding what to do about it.
See what changed.
Coverage that needs attention comes forward.
See who can help.
Relevant options without all the back-and-forth.
Stay in control.
You decide what works for your team.
ShiftSideKick helps you see the options. You make the call.
THE INTERACTIVE TIMELINE
High-performance shift creation and editing
ShiftSideKick turns your schedule into a visual map of your shifts. See who's working, which shift they're working, when shifts overlap, and where coverage still needs attention.
Marketing demonstration of the Northstar Café Main Street Timeline for the current week. Thursday is shown first. Two open shifts still need coverage: Cashier 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM, and Prep Cook 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM. This visual does not load live workplace data.
TRY THE TIMELINE
TRY THE TIMELINE
Grab a shift. Move it between roles, change its hours, or switch views.
Scroll sideways to explore the week.
Tap a shift to explore it. Swipe sideways to move through the week.
Keyboard controls
Front of House
Barista
Cashier
Shift Lead
Kitchen
Prep Cook
SEE THE WORK.
Organize the schedule by job and see how the operation comes together.
SEE THE PEOPLE.
Switch perspectives and see the same schedule around the people working it.
SEE WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION.
Open coverage stands apart from the rest of the schedule, so problems don't disappear inside it.
AI-assisted staffing intelligence
ShiftSideKick’s staffing intelligence looks beyond an open spot on the schedule. It weighs availability, qualifications, existing shifts, approved time off, rest, overtime exposure, and the surrounding schedule to bring the strongest options forward.
Make the staffing decision faster, with more of the details already checked.
Shift to cover Cashier
Employee fit
Schedule fit
Strongest fit
Sarah Morales
Why Sarah? Covers the full shift, is qualified for Cashier, and has no conflicting shift.
Other options
Jamie Cole Available until 7 PM
Riley Brooks Available starting at 5 PM
More confidence in the decision. Less time cross-checking the details.
One schedule. Multiple views.
The Timeline is one way to look at the week ahead. Calendar, Agenda, By Employee, and Coverage give you other ways to understand the same schedule.
Different managers think about the week differently, and different questions call for different views. ShiftSideKick lets you change perspective without losing the bigger picture.
Choose the view that fits how you think and what you need to see.
Featured view · By Employee
How is the week distributed across your team?
1 open · 5 people · 173.0 hrs
| Employee |
Mon
7
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Tue
8
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Wed
9
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Thu
10
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Fri
11
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Sat
12
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Sun
13
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Hours |
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| Maya R. Cashier | 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM | 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM | 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM | 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM | 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM |
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35.0 |
| Jordan K. Cashier | 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM | 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM | 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM | 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM | 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM |
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40.0 |
| Open shift Cashier |
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4:00 PM – 8:00 PM |
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4.0 |
| Alex R. Supervisor | 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM | 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM | 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM | 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM | 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM |
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40.0 |
| Priya S. Barista | 6:00 AM – 1:00 PM | 6:00 AM – 1:00 PM | 6:00 AM – 1:00 PM | 6:00 AM – 1:00 PM | 6:00 AM – 1:00 PM | 6:00 AM – 1:00 PM |
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42.0 |
| Sarah M. Cashier | 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM | 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM |
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4:00 PM – 8:00 PM | 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM |
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16.0 |
More ways to see the schedule. More clarity, more confidence, and a week that feels under control.
Illustrative week from Northstar Cafe.
Flexibility
Every team organizes work differently. Set up the roles, people, availability, coverage needs, and scheduling patterns that match the way your operation actually runs.
Spend less time adapting to your scheduling software, and more time running your business.
Same foundation People Roles Availability Coverage
Cafe
Barista · Cashier · Shift Lead
Retail
Associate · Cashier · Supervisor
Clinic
Reception · Technician · Nurse
Warehouse
Picker · Packer · Team Lead
Hospitality
Front Desk · Housekeeping · Guest Services
Service
Technician · Dispatcher · Field Lead
Your workflow stays yours. ShiftSideKick simply makes it easier to manage.
SideKick intelligence
ShiftSideKick brings the details around your schedule together, helping you spot what needs attention and understand stronger staffing options before you act.
Connects the dots
Availability, qualifications, existing shifts, time off, rest, workload, overtime exposure, and coverage can be considered together, not checked one screen at a time.
Brings attention to what matters
Coverage gaps, potential conflicts, and stronger staffing options can rise to the surface before they become tomorrow’s problem.
Explains the reasoning
See why an option stands out instead of being handed a mysterious answer.
ShiftSideKick does the checking. You make the decision.
Explore SideKickIntelligence you can understand
ShiftSideKick helps you make sense of the details behind a staffing decision. Instead of simply presenting an answer, it can surface what matters and help explain why an option deserves attention.
You get intelligent assistance without giving up the judgment that belongs to you.
Less cross-checking. More confidence.
Finding someone who is free is easy. Knowing whether that person is qualified, already scheduled, on approved time off, approaching overtime, in need of rest, or creating another coverage problem takes more context.
ShiftSideKick brings those details together so you can make a better-informed decision without piecing the week together in your head.
Make the call with the bigger picture already in view.
For the whole team
When employees can see when they work, what changed, and what they need to do, everyone spends less time chasing answers. Your team stays informed, and you spend less time repeating the schedule.
Fewer surprises. Fewer schedule questions. A team that knows what’s happening.
From schedule to hours
ShiftSideKick keeps scheduled work and recorded time connected, so managers can review the week, confirm the hours, and prepare clean time data without rebuilding it somewhere else.
Less end-of-week cleanup. More confidence in the hours you’re sending forward.
From the first scheduled shift to the final review, the week stays connected.
Clock in by phone or kiosk PIN. Export clean hours data for tools like Gusto and QuickBooks. ShiftSideKick prepares the time data; payroll stays with your payroll provider.
Explore time clock & hoursThe difference you feel
A good schedule should make the week feel clearer, not give you more things to remember. ShiftSideKick keeps the details around the schedule close so you can see what needs attention and spend less time piecing the week together yourself.
Build with confidence
Make scheduling decisions with the details you need already in view.
Catch problems sooner
See coverage gaps and conflicts while there is still time to solve them.
Spend less time cross-checking
Keep the context around the schedule instead of piecing it together yourself.
Handle changes calmly
When plans change, understand your options without starting over.
Protect your attention
Let the exceptions stand out instead of searching the whole week for problems.
Stay in control
Get useful recommendations and clear reasoning while the final decision remains yours.
A calmer way to run the week — because you shouldn’t have to carry the whole schedule in your head.
Built for shift work
ShiftSideKick is built for the realities of shift work — different roles, different hours, different coverage needs, and different ways of running a team. Set up the operation that fits your business instead of forcing your business into someone else’s template.
However your team works, start with your operation — not the software’s assumptions.
The best tools don’t make managers think like software. They make complicated work easier to understand.
Clarity over complexity
See what matters without digging for it.
Attention over information
Know what needs you now — and what can wait.
Guide, never judge
Get useful guidance without giving up your judgment.
People first
Build the schedule around the people doing the work.
Explain, don’t obscure
Understand why something deserves your attention.
A better way forward
Spreadsheets can hold a schedule. Basic scheduling tools can make it easier to publish one. ShiftSideKick is designed to help you understand the week around it — availability, coverage, qualifications, recorded time, and the decisions that need your attention.
Spreadsheet / paper
You keep the context in your head.
Availability, changes, coverage, and exceptions are pieced together manually.
Basic scheduling
The schedule gets easier to publish.
But managers can still be left cross-checking the details around it.
ShiftSideKick
The week becomes easier to understand.
The schedule and its context stay together, with clearer signals and reasoning when something needs attention.
Less piecing things together. More confidence that you understand the week in front of you.
See the product for yourself
ShiftSideKick keeps the schedule and the context around it in the same view, so coverage problems are easier to spot and easier to understand.
See the gap
An uncovered shift stands out in the week.
Understand the context
See the role, timing, and coverage around it.
Decide what happens next
Move from noticing the problem to solving it.
1 open · 5 people · 173.0 hrs
1 cashier shift still needs coverage.
Wednesday 4:00–8:00 PM · required 1 · scheduled 0Needs 1 open shift filled
2 required · 2 scheduled · 91.0 hrs
Simple pricing
Start free with everything you need to run the day. When your team grows, move up for more capacity — not a confusing maze of feature gates.
Every paid plan includes unlimited locations.
Start today. Paid self-serve activation is being rolled out.
Getting organized
A serious starting point — without the subscription.
Run the day with a real scheduling and time-tracking system instead of spreadsheets, group texts, and last-minute guesswork. Free gives smaller teams room to get organized, build better routines, and see what ShiftSideKick can do before spending a dollar.
$0 Forever
Up to
10
active team members
1 location
Scaling the operation
Most popular
For the team that’s becoming a real operation.
When schedules get busier, more people need answers, and one location becomes several, Plus gives your operation room to grow without turning your software bill into another thing you have to constantly calculate.
$49 / month
Up to
25
active team members
Unlimited locations
Growing the team
Built for the point where “small team” stops feeling accurate.
More employees create more moving parts — more schedules, more changes, more questions, and more opportunities for things to fall through the cracks. Growth gives a busy operation the capacity to keep everyone moving together without making the system more complicated.
$79 / month
Up to
50
active team members
Unlimited locations
Established operations
More people. More moving parts. Still one clear way to run the day.
Ultimate is for established teams that need serious capacity without unnecessary complexity. Keep a larger workforce organized across as many locations as you need while maintaining the simplicity that made ShiftSideKick useful in the first place.
$119 / month
Up to
100
active team members
Unlimited locations
Custom pricing
If you have more than 100 active team members, unusual rollout requirements, or need a commercial arrangement built around the way your organization operates, we’ll work with you directly.
Before you get started
Clear answers to the things that matter most before you start.
Ready when you are
Start free for one location and up to 10 active team members. Build the schedule, see what needs attention, and let ShiftSideKick help you make sense of the decisions around it.
Less second-guessing. More confidence in the week ahead.
