Sling is a free and affordable scheduling platform. Marty is what you add when you need to know exactly what the schedule is costing you — and where you can get the money back.
Sling offers an accessible, affordable scheduling solution for restaurant operators at every size. Its free tier, drag-and-drop scheduling, time tracking, team messaging, and shift reminders solve the core coordination problem without enterprise pricing.
The platform also includes a labor cost estimator in the schedule builder — so managers can see estimated labor costs before publishing. Shift reminders, availability management, and multi-location support make it a practical tool for growing restaurant groups.
Sling shows you estimated labor cost when you're building the schedule. It doesn't tell you what actually happened — which shifts ran over, which employees cost more than budgeted, and what the dollar impact was per location per day.
There's no overnight AI analysis running across your locations. There's no 6 AM email telling Location 2's GM that yesterday's service ran $740 over optimal labor — broken down by shift, employee, and dollar amount. Sling records time. Marty recovers money.
The gap between "we know labor is high" and "$740 available at Location 2 this week, here's exactly where it is" is where Marty lives.
| Feature | Sling | Marty |
|---|---|---|
| Schedule Building | ✓ Core strength | ✗ Not our focus |
| Time Tracking | ✓ Yes | ✗ Not our focus |
| Team Messaging | ✓ Yes | ✗ Not our focus |
| Labor Cost Estimation | ✓ Pre-shift estimate | ✓ Post-shift actual with $ impact |
| Cash Recovery Guarantee | ✗ None | ✓ 8x or pay nothing |
| Morning Receipt (6 AM) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes — exact dollars |
| Post-Shift Dollar Audit | ✗ No | ✓ Yes — per location, per shift |
| Void & Comp Fraud | ✗ No | ✓ Pattern detection + $ |
| Setup Time | Minutes (free tier) | 10 minutes |
Location 2 — Eastside: $740 available
Sling doesn't surface any of this. Marty puts it in the GM's inbox before the morning shift starts.
Sling schedules the team. Marty finds what that team actually cost you. For operators who want affordable scheduling plus daily cash recovery, running both makes sense.
The combination gives you the scheduling infrastructure of Sling and the recovery engine of Marty. One keeps the plan organized. The other ensures it translates into controlled labor costs every day.
We connect to your systems in under 10 minutes. First Morning Receipt by 6 AM.
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