HotSchedules vs. Harri: Comparing Scheduling Platforms

Before you onboard a scheduling solution, take into account your business's needs and whether a solution will fulfill or exacerbate those needs.

Leveraging Scheduling Solutions: Comparing HotSchedules and Harri

Your staff is the backbone of your business. They help execute day-to-day operations, from greeting guests to taking customer orders to maintaining clean working environments and everything in between.

To ensure your staff has their marching orders set, your schedule is key. A schedule should clearly communicate who is working, which date and time they should come in, and the shift type they’re covering.

Understanding your business needs is an important consideration when setting up your schedule. To take a data-driven approach to your schedule, you’ll want to take into account your peak business hours, slower days of the week, and seasonality.

In this blog, we’ll delve into two major players in the scheduling platform space – HotSchedules and Harri. Let’s get started!

HotSchedules Overview

HotSchedules is an employee scheduling platform that allows businesses to manage their staff schedules and communicate with team members.

With HotSchedules, businesses can optimize their workforce, reduce labor costs, forecast scheduling needs, and be in compliance with labor and wage regulations. According to HotSchedules, the scheduling platform reduces manager administrative time by 75% and reduces labor budgets by 5%

HotSchedules is trusted by leading organizations such as Outback Steakhouse, TGIFriday’s, TopGolf, Noodles & Company, and more.

Harri Overview

Harri is an employee experience platform that drives operational and financial success for service-based businesses by empowering them to focus on their workers.

Harri allows businesses to leverage templated schedules, drag-and-drop schedule editing, and demand-based scheduling to enable efficient scheduling practices. Additionally, Harri’s labor-compliant scheduling software notifies businesses of critical compliance regulations such as minor hour restrictions, break requirements, overtime tracking, and more.

Harri is trusted by leading organizations such as Dunkin’, Buffalo Wild Winds, Radisson Hotel Group, Jersey Mike’s Subs, and more.

Associated Costs

HotSchedules

Pricing data for HotSchedules is not publicly available on the website; however, businesses may opt into a 30-day free trial of the platform.

Harri

Plan	Price	Benefits
Silver	$70/month	One job post per month, 20 Candidate Connections, SpeedyScreen, Talent Pool, notes on candidates, one additional user
Gold	$168/month	Three job posts per month, 80 Candidate Connections, SpeedyScreen, Talent Pool, notes on candidates, two additional users
Platinum	$240/month	Five job posts per month, 120 Candidate Connections, SpeedyScreen, Talent Pool, notes on candidates, three additional users

HotSchedules vs. Harri: Features Comparison

Feature	HotSchedules	Harri
Integrations	Integrates with Aireus, Brink POS, CBS NorthStar, Digital Dining, Focus POS, Future POS, Hunger Rush, Lucas, NCR Aloha, OnePOS, Oracle Micros, Ordyx, POSitouch, PDQ POS, Restaurant Manager, Revel Systems, rPower, Silverware POS, SpotOn, Squirrel Systems, Toast, Upserve POS, XPIENT, Xenial IRIS	Integrates with Toast, Revel, NCR, PAR, Micros, POSitouch, Squirrel Systems, Omnivore, Tevalis
Mobile Accessibility	Mobile app is available to download for $2.99.	Mobile app is available to download for free.
Add-Ons	HotSchedules is limited to scheduling. Additional capabilities are available through its parent company’s product suite, including human capital management, workforce management, inventory management, and analytics.	Harri’s product suite includes talent acquisition and workforce management with solutions for talent acquisition, applicant tracking, onboarding, scheduling, time and attendance, engagement, communications, and analytics.
Customer Support	HotSchedules offers a Customer Success Portal with answers to frequently asked questions. Users may also submit a support request, access a live chat 24/7, or call the support phone line between 8am to 8pm Monday through Friday.	Harri offers online support that is accessible through a customer’s login portal.
Free-Trial	HotSchedules offers a 30-day free trial.	Harri does not currently offer a free trial.
Pricing	Offers a custom pricing plan that takes into account a business’s specific needs.	Offers a subscription-based pricing plan.
Audience	HotSchedules’ target audience is hospitality business managers.	Targets HR, operations, technology, and financial professionals across the hospitality industry, including restaurants, hotels, and retailers.
Customer Demographics	HotSchedules serves small, medium, and large-sized businesses.	Harri primarily caters to small and medium-sized businesses.

Fulfilling Your Scheduling Needs

In this blog, we’ve explored the unique features and capabilities of two scheduling solutions, HotSchedules and Harri.

When researching scheduling platforms, it’s crucial to understand the distinct needs of your business and whether a solution with fulfill or exacerbate those needs.

You’ll also want to take into account other factors such as the size of your business, the type of business you manage (ie. hospitality), your technology budget, integrations, and the customer support that’s available to you and your team.

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