Fourth vs Legion (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Fourth if

• Fits if you run restaurants and want labor cost compared with POS sales
• Works for groups that also buy payroll, tips and inventory from the same vendor

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want to see a price before talking to sales, as none is published
• Not for you if you're outside restaurants and hospitality, which is all it targets
• Watch out: the free first year on the scheduling page has no terms shown
• Watch out: products are split between the Fourth and HotSchedules names, with separate US, UK and APAC regions

Pick Legion if

• Fits if you run a large hourly workforce across many sites
• Works for a business that will go through a demo and a sales process

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you run one small site, as the site is built for large hourly workforces
• Not for you if you want a price list, as none is published
• Watch out: on-demand pay runs through a partner, Stream
• Too light for anyone who needs to know the phone platforms, as iOS and Android are not named

Fourth

• No prices are published; every product page routes to a demo.
• The scheduling page advertises 1 year of HotSchedules free, but its terms are not shown there.
• Built for restaurants and hospitality; other industries are not the target.
• Product names are split between Fourth and HotSchedules, with separate US, UK and APAC regions.

Legion

• No prices or plans are published; the site sends visitors to schedule a demo.
• It is described as built for enterprise teams managing large hourly workforces, not small single-site businesses.
• The site mentions a mobile app and a desktop browser but does not name iOS or Android, so only the web version is listed.
• On-demand pay (Legion InstantPay) runs through a partner, Stream.

Fourth

Demand-based scheduling

Labor rules and an AI demand forecast generate house shifts, and auto-schedule assigns staff by availability, skill and labor law.

Shift swaps in the app

Employees request swaps, drops or pickups in the mobile app; managers approve with compliance warnings shown.

Labor compliance

Built-in checks for predictive-scheduling and labor-law rules, with overtime alerts while a schedule is built.

POS integration

Syncs sales and labor data with systems including PAR POS, Toast, Oracle Micros and NCR Aloha.

Team messaging

Text, message or email staff by department or company-wide, and sync schedules to Google Calendar.

Wider hospitality suite

Payroll, tip management, earned wage access, recruiting and inventory are sold alongside scheduling.

Legion

Labor planning

Forecast demand and plan, allocate and model labor against budgets, adjusting when conditions change.

Schedule optimization

Automatically balances demand, budgets, workforce rules, availability and employee preferences so managers review a schedule rather than build one.

Time and attendance

Connects schedules and timekeeping from punch to payroll and surfaces exceptions. Partner time clocks from Accu-Time Systems, GT Clocks and Synel integrate.

Employee app

One app for schedules, availability, time off, shift pickup, swaps, messaging and Legion InstantPay on-demand pay.

Agentic AI

AI agents take approved actions within rules and guardrails that the customer sets, such as managed scheduling and assistants for managers.

Control Center

Staffing rules, operating requirements and policies can be updated by the customer without an IT ticket or a consultant project.

Fourth

Pricing could not be confirmed. See fourth.com.

Legion

Pricing could not be confirmed. See legion.co.