# Push Operations review (2026): is it worth $200 a month? > Scheduling, time tracking, payroll and HR for restaurant teams Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Push is workforce software aimed at restaurants and other hospitality businesses. It combines team scheduling, time tracking with photo capture, payroll, hiring and onboarding, and labor reporting. Scheduling connects to POS systems for sales and labor forecasts, and staff handle shifts and swaps from a mobile app. - **Category:** Shift Scheduling - **Made by:** Push Operations - **Website:** https://www.pushoperations.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you have a small team, because $200 a month per location is the floor. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Push Operations is a paid product, starting at $200 per month per location for up to 15 employees. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Essentials | $200 per month for up to 15 employees, per location | Recommended for a single location with 15 employees or fewer. | | Signature | Custom | Adds payroll, HR and onboarding, scheduling with POS integrations, time tracking, reporting and leave management as an add-on. | | Supreme | Custom | Signature plus auto scheduling, comprehensive leave management and multi-location employee linking. | | Enterprise | Custom | For larger and multi-location operators; the page gives no price or feature list for it. | Read from https://www.pushoperations.com/pushpricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Push Operations before buying. ## Key features - **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. ## Good for - Restaurant groups wanting scheduling and payroll in one system - Single-location restaurants with up to 15 staff - Operators who compare labor cost against POS sales ## Worth knowing - 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Push covers scheduling, time tracking, payroll and HR for restaurants. But the entry price is $200 a month per location, and the other plans are quote-only. - **Value for money: D.** $200 a month per location for up to 15 employees. For one person or a team of five that is far above the category's middle of $24. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan, and the page names no trial; billing starts on the day you sign. - **Features: B.** Scheduling, POS integrations, time tracking, payroll, hiring and reporting. Nothing in the listing is missing from the job. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Payroll and POS links need setup. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only on the listing, with no integrations named, though POS links are mentioned. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Push Operations's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among shift scheduling apps - Push Operations's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 0 of the 49 other shift scheduling apps we grade, and level with 3. - It stands best on features (B, above 23 of 49) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $200 a month, against a middle price of $16.76 for the category: 28 of the 28 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 12 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/shift-scheduling ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Push Operations you would be making payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 46 of the 49 other shift scheduling apps grade higher. It costs $2,400 a year. - You could make: Applicant tracking, time off and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you. - You could not: A rota the whole staff sees on their phones, with swaps and alerts. - You could not: Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Shift scheduling, Time clock, Payroll, Applicant tracking, Time off, Reports ## Alternatives - [7shifts](https://toolgpa.com/tools/7shifts): Restaurant scheduling, time clock, tips and payroll, per location. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/7shifts-vs-pushoperations) - [Homebase](https://toolgpa.com/tools/homebase): Small-business scheduling, time clock and payroll, priced per location. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/homebase-vs-pushoperations) - [When I Work](https://toolgpa.com/tools/when-i-work): Staff scheduling with auto-fill, shift trades and an add-on time clock. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pushoperations-vs-when-i-work) - [Deputy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/deputy): Shift scheduling, time clock and labor-law tools for hourly teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/deputy-vs-pushoperations) - [Sling by Toast](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sling): Free shift scheduling for up to 30 users, with paid time clock tiers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pushoperations-vs-sling) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.pushoperations.com/pushpricing - https://www.pushoperations.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/pushoperations Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).