7shifts Payroll review

7shifts Payroll is the pick for restaurants that want restaurant-specific payroll without being tied to one POS. It sits on top of 7shifts scheduling and time clocking, so the hours managers approve are the hours that get paid, and 7shifts calculates wages and tips automatically. The Tip Management module calculates and distributes tips, prompts staff to declare cash tips and sends the totals to payroll for payment or taxation. Pricing is $39.99 a month per location plus $6 per employee paid, with unlimited regular and off-cycle runs and free implementation. The cost adds up in layers, though: payroll has to sit on a paid 7shifts plan, and tip management is either a separate module or part of the top plan. Payroll also works only for US restaurants. For a group already scheduling in 7shifts, keeping schedules, punches, tips and pay in one app removes the export step that causes most tip errors.

Who it is for

US restaurants that schedule with 7shifts and use a POS other than Toast.

Price

$39.99 a month per location plus $6 per employee paid, added to a paid 7shifts plan.

It’s $39.99/month per location, plus $6/month per employee paid, and can be added to any 7shifts paid plan.
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 10, 2026.

Key features

• Automatic wage and tip calculations from 7shifts time clocking
• Tip Management that calculates, distributes and sends tips to payroll
• Scheduling, time clocking, labor compliance and payroll in one app
• Unlimited regular and off-cycle payroll runs
• Free implementation and employee onboarding

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Works alongside the scheduling and tip tools many restaurants already use
• Strength: Per-location pricing is published
• Strength: Employees can be onboarded to payroll within 10 minutes, per 7shifts
• Weakness: Requires a paid 7shifts scheduling plan on top of the payroll fee
• Weakness: Tip Management is sold as its own module or in the top plan
• Weakness: Payroll is available only to restaurants in the US

Key facts

• Payroll price: $39.99 per location a month plus $6 per employee paid
• Payroll runs: Unlimited regular and off-cycle
• Setup: Implementation and employee onboarding free
• Availability: US restaurants only

Where it ranks

7shifts Payroll is No. 1 in our Best Payroll Software for Restaurants verdict.