The problem we lived
Shared spreadsheets, group chats, and a printout that was wrong by Thursday. Every Sunday night was a rebuild; every swap at 4 PM was another message thread.
We built this because we needed it — then our friends asked for it.
InShifts was not a pitch deck or a market gap slide. It started with our own schedules falling apart: shared spreadsheets, group chats, and a printout that was wrong by Thursday. We wanted one board we could trust — so we built it.
Our path
From a broken spreadsheet to a board we trust
InShifts did not start as a startup idea. It started because our own weeks kept falling apart — then friends running real floors asked for the same thing.
2022–23 Internal Built for ourselves first
We wanted one screen: drag the week, see the whole crew, stop re-explaining the plan. InShifts began as our own tool — not a pitch deck.
Friends Then our friends asked
Managers at bars and neighborhood restaurants had the same chaos — too much for Excel, not enough people for enterprise HR. We opened it to people we knew and listened.
Jan 2024 First public release
Drag-and-drop week board, roster with roles and team colors, shift times you could nudge in place. Rough around the edges, but faster than another tab for one manager.
2024–25 Answers from real floors
“Can staff see this without an account?” “Can I copy last Friday?” Publish links, the employee portal, cloud sync — we shipped because we lived those questions.
Public Opened to everyone
Same product, wider circle: free while you are small, templates and coverage when you need depth — not a corporate suite dressed up as simple.
TodayNow Still one calm weekly board
Multi-venue overview, optional compliance metrics, print-friendly weeks — toggles, not a mandatory rollout on day one. The goal never changed: one truth for the week.
What drains you before the doors even open?
Small venues need one coherent week plan — not another tool that takes a month to configure.
Last-minute changes
Someone calls in sick and the floor gap stays uncertain until you rebuild the sheet or chase replies.
Spreadsheets, paper, side chats
Everyone sees a different version. You explain the schedule instead of running service.
Part-timers and weekend spikes
Mixing full-time, contractors, and doubles without a clear week view makes mistakes easy.
Closing stress
Nobody is sure who has keys and who stays for breakdown — because the plan lived in too many places.
One board, one link — so the floor stops asking and you stop rebuilding. See how it works
Simple by default. Powerful when you choose.
We ran shifts on spreadsheets too. InShifts exists so you can start fast, stay in control of how much you configure, and never pay for HR modules you will not open.
Free up to 10 staff — always
Not a trial. Not a countdown. Teams up to 10 stay on Free with the full week board, publish link, and export — no card required.
Configure only what you use
Coverage, templates, hour targets, rest rules, overtime hints — each is a toggle, not a mandatory setup step. Skip everything you do not need this week.
Cheaper than the all-in-ones
All-in-one schedulers run $200–400+/mo because you pay for payroll, clock-in, and HR you may never touch. InShifts is one focused board — flat price when you outgrow ten people.
Easy to start. Optional to go deeper.
No training deck, no quarter-long rollout — just a board that stays as simple as you want it.
Fewer after-hours pings
One weekly board instead of guesswork — the team knows who is in and who is out.
Coverage before the rush
See schedule holes on the board before Friday hits the rail.
Settings you can ignore
Coverage rules, templates, hour limits — there when your venue needs them, invisible when you do not. You decide how much to turn on.
Print and share without logins
Publish a read-only week link or post a printout — servers stop asking who closes tonight.
Excel, all-in-one HR suites, or one board you configure your way
Enterprise schedulers bundle payroll, clock-in, and HR modules you may never open. InShifts does the weekly board — simple by default, deep only when you choose.
vs InShiftsBuilt for small venues
Getting a schedule the team trusts
Hours each weekMinutesCustomization
Manual cells, version chaosOptional toggles — venue defaults + per-person overridesSetup before the first week
Rebuild the sheet every SundayRoster + drag — live in minutesCost for a team of eight
“Free” — your time is not$0 on FreeCrew sees the same plan
Screenshots and DMsPublish link + staff portalWhat you are really buying
Your Sunday nightOne weekly board that stays current
Your roster stays yours
We collect what's needed to run the week board and your account. See our Privacy Policy for what we store and how we protect it.
Privacy and your data
Our Privacy Policy and Terms describe what we collect, how we use it, and your rights.
Security
Encrypted connections, workspace roles, and tokenized staff links — outlined in our Privacy Policy.
What we believe
One week, one truth
The same plan on your laptop, a staff link, and a printout — not three versions floating around.
Small teams deserve good tools
Free for up to 10 people. You should not need a procurement process to stop losing hours to scheduling.
Depth when you ask for it
Templates, coverage rules, optional compliance metrics — toggles, not a mandatory compliance rollout on day one.
Your roster stays yours
Tokenized publish links, scoped visibility, no selling shift data. You control who sees what.
Who it is for
Independent restaurants, neighborhood bars, cafes with part-time crews, and operators with a handful of locations who are tired of scheduling chaos. If you have ever said "let me send the updated sheet" ten minutes before doors open — that is who we built this for. Including ourselves.