Push Operations vs Sling by Toast (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Push Operations if

• Fits if you run a restaurant of up to 15 staff and want payroll and HR in the same tool
• Works for operators who want POS-linked scheduling and are fine with a quote

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you have a small team, because $200 a month per location is the floor
• Skip it if you need auto scheduling, as it is on the Supreme plan
• Not for you if you have over 50 staff and want a published price
• Watch out: plans can't be customised, and no trial is named

Pick Sling by Toast if

• Fits if you have up to 30 staff and want scheduling for nothing
• Works for restaurants already on Toast or Square that build schedules weeks ahead

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you need a time clock on the free plan, as clocking in starts on Premium
• Skip it if your payroll isn't Toast, since that's the only payroll link it names
• Pricey if you want the shared kiosk clock, PTO or wage reports, which need Business at $3.40 a user
• Too light for teams past 30 on the free plan, which stops at 30 users
• Watch out: Sling is owned by Toast, and Toast customers buy it through the Toast Shop, not Sling's pricing page

Push Operations

• Only the Essentials price is published; Signature, Supreme and Enterprise prices come from a quote, and teams over 50 employees are asked to request one.
• The $200 starting price is per location per month, and goes up with plan and employee count.
• Push bills on the day of signing and monthly after that; the page names no free trial.
• Add-ons can be bought, but the services in each plan cannot be customized.

Sling by Toast

• The Free plan stops at 30 users and has no time clock; time tracking, labor costs and overtime tracking start on Premium.
• The kiosk clock, PTO tracking and payroll-ready hours and wage reports need the Business plan.
• Integrations are mostly restaurant point-of-sale systems: Toast, Square, Harbortouch, Restaurant Manager and POSiTouch, with timesheet export to Toast Payroll.
• Sling is now owned by Toast, and Toast customers buy it through the Toast Shop rather than on Sling's pricing page.

Push Operations

Team scheduling

Scheduling with labor forecasting, labor cost controls, shift swapping and compliance alerts; auto scheduling is on the Supreme plan.

POS integrations

Connects to POS systems so sales and labor data feed forecasts and reports, including sales versus labor.

Time tracking

Time tracking with photo capture to prevent buddy punching, and e-sign for forms.

Payroll

Payroll including multi-province and multi-location management and a full-service migration, on Signature and above.

Hiring and HR

Paperless digital onboarding, an applicant tracking system, turnover reporting and license and visa expiry tracking.

Reporting

Workforce costing, employee statistics and sales versus labor reports.

Sling by Toast

Schedules and templates

Managers build schedules months ahead from shift and weekly templates, around staff unavailability, with day parts, custom tags and several slots per shift.

Auto-assigning shifts

Sling can assign open shifts automatically, and mandatory meal and rest breaks are added to the shifts they apply to.

Shift offers, swaps and alarms

Employees offer shifts to coworkers, swap shifts and pick up available ones, and alarms remind them of upcoming shifts by push or SMS.

Time clock and labor costs

Paid plans add clock-in from phones, and Business adds a shared kiosk. Labor costs and overtime are tracked as the schedule is built and compared with sales.

Messaging and newsfeed

Private and group messages, announcements and newsfeed pages aimed at chosen groups of staff.

Task management

Tasks can be assigned to a shift or to an employee and tracked from the app.

Push Operations

• Essentials$200

  per month for up to 15 employees, per location

  Recommended for a single location with 15 employees or fewer.

• SignatureCustom

  Adds payroll, HR and onboarding, scheduling with POS integrations, time tracking, reporting and leave management as an add-on.

• SupremeCustom

  Signature plus auto scheduling, comprehensive leave management and multi-location employee linking.

• EnterpriseCustom

  For larger and multi-location operators; the page gives no price or feature list for it.

Sling by Toast

• Free$0

  Up to 30 users: shift scheduling, time-off requests, available shifts, long-term scheduling, news sharing and private messaging.

• Premium$1.70

  per user / month, billed annually ($2 billed monthly)

  Adds mobile time tracking, labor costs compared against sales, overtime tracking, group messaging and calendar sync.

• Business$3.40

  per user / month, billed annually ($4 billed monthly)

  Adds a shared-device kiosk time clock, hours and wage reports, no-show and sick call-out tracking, and PTO management. Recommended.

Push Operations

No public discounts listed.

Sling by Toast

• Annual discount

  Save 15% with annual billing

  Annual billing brings Premium to $1.70 and Business to $3.40 per user a month, against $2 and $4 billed monthly.