Sling vs When I Work
No leader: the top candidate Sling has only 0.26 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for employee scheduling. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Sling
A workforce management solution that helps businesses create schedules, track employee hours, manage labor costs, communicate with teams, and handle shift management across single or multiple locations.
When I Work
Cloud-based workforce management solution combining employee scheduling with GPS-enabled time tracking and built-in team messaging, designed for businesses managing hourly workers across multiple locations.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Sling
Free tier for up to 30 users. Premium from $2.00/user/month. Business from $4.00/user/month. 15% discount for annual billing. 15-day free trial.
- FreeFree
- Shift scheduling
- Time-off requests
- Available shifts
- News sharing
- Long-term scheduling
- +1 more
- Premium$2.00/user/month ($1.70/user/month annually)
- Mobile time tracking
- Labor cost management
- Overtime tracking
- Private and group messaging
- Calendar synchronization
- +2 more
- Business$4.00/user/month ($3.40/user/month annually)
- Kiosk time tracking
- No-shows tracking
- Sick call-outs tracking
- PTO management
- Mobile time tracking
- +3 more
When I Work
From $2.50/user/month. 14-day free trial. Flexible monthly or annual billing.
- Essentials$2.50/user/month
- OpenShifts and shift swapping
- Help Center and live chat
- Payroll and POS integrations
- Pro$5/user/month
- OpenShifts and shift swapping
- Help Center and live chat
- Payroll and POS integrations
- Multi-timezone support
- Premium$8/user/month
- OpenShifts and shift swapping
- Help Center and live chat
- Payroll and POS integrations
- Multi-timezone support
- API key access
- +2 more
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Sling
- Harbortouch
- Payroll systems
- Calendar applications
When I Work
- Rippling
- Square
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.