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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    7shifts

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/A7shifts is a restaurant workforce and scheduling management application, which also features collaboration features, from the Canadian company of the same name.

    $0

    Harpoon

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AHarpoon is a web-hosted accounting and finance app that helps freelancers and consultants set and meet their financial goals. In addition, Harpoon provides useful tools to help users collect revenue and manage finances. Features include time tracking, invoicing, expense tracking, project scheduling and more.  The vendor’s value proposition is that their solution that helps users boost their freelancing career.

    $19

    per month

    Sling

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/ASling, from the company of the same name in Brooklyn, is presented by the vendor as an easy way to schedule and communicate with non-desk employees. It allows users to organize, communicate, and administer all aspects of a business, to stay on top of things and keep everything in one place without juggling multiple platforms.

    $2

    per month

    Pricing
    7shiftsHarpoonSling
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0.00
    Appetizer
    $19.99
    per location/per month
    Entree
    $43.99
    per location/per month
    The Works
    $74.97
    per location/per month
    Gourmet
    Contact sales team
    Single User - Unlimited Everything
    $19
    per month
    Premium
    $2.00
    per user, per month
    Business
    $4.00
    per user, per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    7shiftsHarpoonSling
    Free Trial
    YesYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    7shiftsHarpoonSling
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    Medium-sized Companies
    When I Work
    Score6.5 out of 10
    Toggl Track
    Score9 out of 10
    When I Work
    Score6.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    TimeCamp
    Score7.1 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    7shiftsHarpoonSling
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    7shiftsHarpoonSling
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7shifts
    7Shifts is ideal for a broad number of restaurant clients, whether it is a single unit, independent location or multi-unit, multi-jurisdiction group like ours. Pricing is very reasonable, and as mentioned earlier, a lightweight and intuitive platform makes it easy to implement and maintain, and scalable for growth
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    Harpoon
    I think Harpoon works best for freelancers, consultants, self employed people and smaller companies with less client to bill. For larger enterprises with hundreds or thousands of clients, there are larger, more intricate platforms in the market that are better suited for those needs.
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    Sling, Inc
    Sling offers enough customization I can see it working in most any scheduling scenarios. The ability to build job types into each employee gives you the control to match employee skills with the need for any particular position. Time of day templates makes it easy to select various shift times.
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    Pros
    7shifts
    • Staff can easily access fellow team members' contact info (phone & email).
    • Staff can easily enter availability or time off.
    • Managers have a log book to share issues or updates from the days’ shift so quick action can be completed easily if needed.
    • Being able to communicate with managers only, with a specific department, or with the entire staff easily is very helpful.
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    Harpoon
    • Makes Sending Invoices & Collecting Payment Easy, for Freelancers
    • Tracking Financial Goals (Monthly & Annual) & Projecting Future Results
    • Provides Insights On AR, Earned Income, Top Clients, and other helpful but highly relevant data points.
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    Sling, Inc
    • Ease of access for managers & employees alike.
    • Sling staff always reply almost right away when I have had questions in the past.
    • We love utilizing the different colors for the schedule, so it's easier to see who's what and where/when.
    • Easy for staff to apply for shifts.
    • Free version does everything we need it to!
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    Cons
    7shifts
    • When creating schedules I wish there was a way to remember the last schedule you were on instead of ordering them in alphabetical order.
    • When working on a schedule, again when you revisit it, it alphabetizes the employees instead of keeping them in the order you add them. This is pertinent for our business because we're reservation-based and work off of a rotating schedule where the lowest ones are called off if there are not enough reservations.
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    Harpoon
    • Sometimes expense reporting bring up duplicate transactions, which may be more of a fault of the API that connects my account, which is Plaid
    • Would be nice if in the future, they can offer ACH as one of the payment options for invoices
    • There are some redundancies that pop up when setting time frames for client work and the projects attached to them. If they aren't aligned, it can cause inaccurate reporting. If it just sent it once and it took care of both functions, it would be easier
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    Sling, Inc
    • Notification system is weird
    • Limited features for free
    • Confusing layout at first
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    Support Rating
    7shifts
    I would say everyone at our store really appreciates the fact that we have 7shifts. We would be lost with out it. It would be hard to find anyone that does not support the software.
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    Harpoon
    The few times I've needed help or had questions about the platform, the founder got back to me. And fairly fast. The extra effort resonated well with me
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    Sling, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    7shifts
    For me, 7Shifts has the same amount of functionality, but for a much better price. The app functionality of 7shifts was easier to navigate and allowed me to do more than HotSchedules. I've recommended it to several other local businesses who have implemented it as well and had great luck.
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    Harpoon
    I've used Less Accounting and & Quickbooks Online. After Less Accounting was acquired, its development was mostly stopped. While the tool was a simple way to manage invoices and expenses, its directional philosophy changed with the new owners. Quickbooks Online was a solid tool, but the company support was unhelpful and hard to work with at times. Harpoon provides a great tool, with a company that cares about its users.
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    Sling, Inc
    (it has been 3+ years since I evaluated other programs, I don't recall the names)
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    Return on Investment
    7shifts
    • Positive: Less call outs/ and missed communication due to internal conversations that were never communicated. For example, employees tell manager A they are not coming but Manager A does not tell manage B and C.
    • Positive: Manager log book has helped multiple departments stay in touch and on the pulse of the floor operation. Departments like HR, events, reservations, AP/ AR, etc. are not empowered to be more proactive
    • Labor and sales are tracked and can be forecasted which has helps us schedule SMARTER
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    Harpoon
    • Clear and precise visibility of my financial status.
    • Projections of how I'm doing today, this month, and this year.
    • Clarity on what needs to happen with client development to reach my goals.
    • It shrinks the amount of time I spend on getting clients to pay my invoices.
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    Sling, Inc
    • It has been much easier to fill shifts faster
    • It's easy to train new staff on with ease
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    ScreenShots

    Harpoon Screenshots

    Screenshot of Harpoon's Dashboard showcases over a dozen crucial metrics to help you understand the health of your business. Enjoy the big picture view of your freelancing finances.Screenshot of Every business has expenses and Harpoon is the perfect place to track them. Assign expenses to your projects and easily add those expenses to invoices for reimbursement.Screenshot of You'll appreciate how simple it is to create invoices, and your clients will appreciate the one-click ease of making payments online. Harpoon's invoices are clean and beautiful, a perfect complement to the professional services and products you provide.Screenshot of All of a project's invoices, expenses, and recorded hours are grouped and organized in one convenient place ready for you to take action, or simply there for historical reference. Handy!Screenshot of Harpoon gives you powerful tools to track and organize your time. Simple one-click timers combined with flexible reporting puts you in total control of your business's tracked time.

    Sling Screenshots

    Screenshot of Sling Employee and Shift Scheduling for Businesses of All SizesScreenshot of Sling with Mobile Management of Employees Shifts and Tasks