7shifts Reduces Free Plan Employee Limit from 30 to 20, Impacting Smaller Businesses
What happened
Between the Oct 1, 2024 and May 9, 2025 captures of 7shifts's pricing page, Pulse recorded 3 changes: Comp (Free) plan employee limit decreased from 30 to 20 employees; Operations Overview add-on removed ($6.99/month/location); Tip Payouts transaction fee increased from $0.75 to $1.00 per transaction. Pulse files it as a packaging change (limit decrease, add-on removed, add-on change) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 5, 2026) lists Essentials at $39.99, Pro at $79.99, Premium at $134.99, Employee Onboarding at $2.99 per onboarding package sent and Task Management at $12.99.
7shifts's previous recorded change was "7shifts Introduces 17% Discount on Entrée Plan, Now Available for $29.99 from Original Price of $34.99" (Q3 2024). 7shifts has been tracked since 2023-12-01.
In the same window Deputy and TouchBistro also changed their Workforce Management pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Comp · Limit−33%3020 employees
- — · Add-onAdd-on removed
Operations Overview add-on removed ($6.99/month/location)
- — · Add-on+33%$0.75$1.00 per transaction
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comp | Limit | 30 | 20 employees | −33% |
| — | Add-on | Operations Overview add-on removed ($6.99/month/location) | Add-on removed | |
| — | Add-on | $0.75 | $1.00 per transaction | +33% |
Values as written on 7shifts's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of 7shifts's pricing page (7shifts.com) from Oct 1, 2024 and May 9, 2025; the change is marked near the top of the page, where comp limit reads 30 and then 20 employees.
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7shifts, the last 90 days
Full history- Jan 10, 2026improved7shifts Limits Pro Plan to 60 Employees While Expanding Wage Tracking Features to Essentials Tier
- Week 1, 2026improved7shifts Removes Pro Plan Employee Cap, Now Offers Unlimited
- Jun 2025packaging7shifts Introduces Per-Employee Pricing in Premium Plan, Reducing Flat Rate While Increasing Costs for Essentials and Pro Plans
- Q1 2025packaging7shifts Reduces Free Plan Employee Limit from 30 to 20, Impacting Smaller Businesses · this change
- Q3 2024packaging7shifts Introduces 17% Discount on Entrée Plan, Now Available for $29.99 from Original Price of $34.99
Across Workforce Management in the same window
All Workforce Management changes- DeputyOct 19Deputy doubles promo to 6 months free on WFM and Payroll bundles until Nov 30
- DeputySep 21Deputy adds AI to every plan, revamps compare-plans with new Reporting & Anal...
- DeputySep 14Deputy offers 3 free months on WFM + Payroll before Nov 30
- TouchBistroAug 31TouchBistro moves 24/7 support and POS integration badges into plan features
- TouchBistroAug 24TouchBistro clarifies bundle pricing with fully itemized feature lists
Questions about this change
Did 7shifts raise prices in May 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 1, 2024 and May 9, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: limit decrease, add-on removed, add-on change.
What changed on 7shifts's pricing page between Oct 1, 2024 and May 9, 2025?
Comp limit: 30 → 20 employees (−33%); Operations Overview add-on removed ($6.99/month/location); add-on: $0.75 → $1.00 per transaction (+33%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 1, 2024 and May 9, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does 7shifts change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for 7shifts in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "7shifts Introduces 17% Discount on Entrée Plan, Now Available for $29.99 from Original Price of $34.99" in Q3 2024; 7shifts has been tracked since 2023-12-01.