7shifts solves restaurant scheduling. Marty solves the cash that leaks after the schedule is set.
7shifts is purpose-built for restaurant labor management. It handles shift scheduling, time and attendance, tip pooling, labor compliance alerts, and team communication — all with strong mobile UX for staff and managers. For restaurant groups that have struggled with schedule coordination across locations, 7shifts is a genuine operational upgrade.
The platform's integrations with major POS systems give managers real-time labor cost estimates during scheduling. Compliance alerts for overtime thresholds, availability management, and built-in communication tools make it one of the most complete scheduling platforms built specifically for restaurants.
The schedule is built. The shift starts. What happens next? 7shifts tracks time and attendance — but it doesn't tell you whether Tuesday's schedule cost $1,200 more than it should have, or which employees are systematically clocking in early across three locations.
The compliance alerts fire when thresholds are crossed. But they're threshold-based, not dollar-based. You know labor is trending high. You don't know that Location 6 ran $980 over optimal this week, broken down by shift, employee, and dollar amount — with one action to fix each finding.
That's the gap. 7shifts plans the labor. Marty audits what it actually cost — and delivers the recovery opportunity to each GM's inbox by 6 AM.
| Feature | 7shifts | Marty |
|---|---|---|
| Schedule Management | ✓ Core strength | ✗ Not our focus |
| Staff Communication | ✓ Yes | ✗ Not our focus |
| Tip Pooling | ✓ Yes | ✗ Not our focus |
| Labor Compliance Alerts | ✓ Yes | ✓ With dollar impact |
| Cash Recovery Guarantee | ✗ None | ✓ 8x or pay nothing |
| Morning Deposit (6 AM) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes — exact dollars per location |
| Dollar-Level Labor Leak Detection | ✗ Reports only | ✓ Overstaffing + overtime + clock-in drift |
| Void & Comp Fraud | ✗ No | ✓ Pattern detection + $ impact |
| DOL Audit Exposure Flags | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
Location 6 — Harbor View: $980 recoverable
In the GM's inbox before 6 AM. No login. No dashboard. Specific employees, specific shifts, specific dollars, one action each.
7shifts builds and manages the schedule. Marty audits whether that schedule was executed correctly — and what it cost when it wasn't. The best-run restaurant groups use both.
Keep 7shifts for scheduling and compliance management. Add Marty for the daily dollar-level audit that turns execution drift into recoverable cash.
Free 48-hour analysis on 3-5 of your locations. Works with Toast, Square, Clover, Aloha, and every other major POS.
90-minute setup. No contract. No risk.
Marty integrates with Toast, Square, Clover, QuickBooks, R365, and Xero. Read-only connection. Average payback: 3.2 days.