New Auto-fill now balances hours fairly
Every shift covered. Sunday nights back.
Orbit is the shift scheduler for restaurants, cafés, hotels and shops. Build next week in minutes, let your team swap shifts from their phones, and see labor costs before you hit publish.
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Free for teams up to 15
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No card needed
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Set up in an afternoon
4.8 out of 5 from 1,900 managers
Lantern Coffee · Ancoats
Week of 19 October · Front of house
87%
covered
| Team member | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maya 0h | |||||||
| Tomás 0h | |||||||
| Priya 0h | |||||||
| Jonah 0h | |||||||
| Aisha 0h | |||||||
| Needs |
3 open shifts: Fri PM, Sat AM, Sun AM
- AM 7:00–15:00
- PM 14:00–22:00
- Approved time off
- Enter change · drag to move
Running the schedule at 4,200 cafés, kitchens, hotels and shops
The old way
Your schedule shouldn’t live in a group chat.
Spreadsheets don’t know who asked for Saturday off. Group chats bury the one message that mattered. Orbit keeps the plan, the people and the changes in one place.
Before
Twelve tabs, three chats and a Post-it on the fridge
With Orbit
One schedule everyone trusts, on every phone
Everything in one app
Built for the way shift work actually works.
Drag-and-drop schedule builder
Start from last week or a saved template, drag shifts into place and watch coverage, hours and costs update as you go.
Swaps without the chaos
People offer, claim and swap shifts in the app. You approve with one tap, and Orbit checks hours and skills first.
Labor cost, live
Forecast sales from your till sit next to the schedule, so you see labor % before you publish.
Availability and time off
People set when they can work and request leave. Orbit never schedules someone who said no.
Clock in, pay out
Clock in from a phone or tablet, approve timesheets and send hours to payroll in one click.
Product tour
From blank week to paid hours.
Four steps, one app. Pick a step to see it.
Week of 19 Oct
Auto-fill suggested 6 shifts
Timesheets · 12–18 Oct
11 of 12 approved| Person | Scheduled | Clocked | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maya | 40:00 | 40:12 | Approved |
| Tomás | 40:00 | 39:45 | Approved |
| Priya | 40:00 | 41:30 | Overtime |
| Jonah | 32:00 | 32:05 | Approved |
Customers
Managers get their evenings back. Teams stop missing shifts.
−5.5 h
per manager, every week
“We used to build the rota on Sunday night with a spreadsheet and three group chats. Now it takes twenty minutes on Thursday and the team sorts their own swaps.”
Hannah OkaforOps manager, Lantern Coffee · 9 cafés
31%
fewer no-shows
“Reminders and one-tap swaps changed everything. People actually see their shifts, and if they can’t make it, someone picks it up before I even notice.”
Diego MarínGeneral manager, Saltwater Kitchen
4.2 pts
lower labor cost as % of sales
“Seeing labor cost next to forecast sales while I schedule is the feature I didn’t know I needed. We stopped overstaffing quiet Tuesdays.”
Ruth AchterbergArea manager, Juniper & Co · 14 stores
Integrations
Plays nicely with your till, payroll and team chat.
Sales from your POS shape the schedule. Approved hours flow to payroll. Changes land in the chat your team already uses. 20 integrations and an open API.
Publish next week before lunch.
Try every feature free for 14 days. Bring your team, import last month’s rota from a spreadsheet and see the difference by Friday.
Venues on Orbit
4,200
People scheduled
61,000
Shifts swapped last month
38,500