InShift - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

InShift is a cloud-based shift scheduling platform that consolidates rota planning, time tracking, payroll calculation, shift swaps, leave management, and team communication into a single system. Managers build and publish rotas via a browser-based admin panel with weekly, monthly, and yearly views, shift templates, copy-last-week functionality, draft mode, and real-time conflict and overlap detection. Staff interact through iOS and Android mobile apps to view schedules, claim open shifts, request swaps, and submit time-off or sick leave requests. A tablet placed on-site operates as a dedicated clock-in terminal using camera or PIN verification, with a live board displaying who is on site, on break, or absent. All three interfaces draw from one shared dataset, removing the need for exports or manual reconciliation between systems.

InShift supports shift-based businesses of any size, from teams of three to multi-location groups of 500 or more staff, across hospitality (cafes, pubs, bars, restaurants, hotels), care and health (care homes, dental practices, pharmacies, gyms), retail and services (shops, salons, cleaning firms, garages), and round-the-clock operations (security, warehouses, manufacturing, call centres, delivery). Payroll is calculated automatically from tracked shifts using configurable hourly, per-shift, or monthly salary rates per person, with support for night and holiday multipliers, allowances, Poster POS sales percentage, and payout tracking, plus Excel export. Multi-location management is available from a single login with per-location roles and access rights. Team chat covers org-wide, per-location, and direct messaging without requiring third-party apps. Calendar sync is available for Google, Apple, and Outlook.

InShift also provides an MCP server integration that connects to AI environments including Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex. This allows managers to query schedules, add or move shifts, and retrieve timesheet and pay data using plain-language instructions within an AI chat interface. All actions taken through the AI interface are scoped to the permissions of the API key in use and are logged in history with the key and client name. A free tier is available with no employee or site cap and no trial expiry; the paid plan is priced at $1.99 per active person per month with unlimited locations.