For cafés & restaurants
Know what every service is costing, as it happens
Split shifts, last-minute cover and a wage bill that swings with the weather. WagePilot gives you the rota, the clock-in and a live labour-cost board, so you staff the rush without over-paying the lull.
- One site free forever
- Never per head
- From £29/site as you grow
- No card to start
Live board
Everyone on shift, costing in real time.
£41.50 /hr
£312 spent today so far
22% labour of £1,420 takings today
Who's in
3 on shift · 1 on break · 1 late
Today projected
£486
£312 so far + scheduled
This week
est. £2,140
£1,284
- Live cost as the rush builds. Watch the £/hr climb and send someone home before 2pm, not regret it on payday.
- On-site clock-in only. GPS confirms staff are actually in the café when they clock on. QR fallback by the till.
- Split shifts in minutes. Copy last week, drop in the breakfast and dinner cover, publish to phones.
The bits that make shift work hard
The same leaks show up week after week — and most of them only surface on the payroll run, long after you could have done anything about it. Here's where the hours and the money usually slip.
Wage % creeps up unseen
You only find out the floor was over-staffed when payroll lands a week later.
Paper timesheets & guesswork
Hours scribbled on a pad, then keyed in by hand on a Sunday night.
Buddy-punching
Mates clocking each other in adds minutes that quietly become real money.
How WagePilot helps
The same building blocks — rota, clock-in, audited timesheets — tuned to the way Cafés & restaurants actually run.
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Live cost as the rush builds
Watch the £/hr climb and send someone home before 2pm, not regret it on payday.
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On-site clock-in only
GPS confirms staff are actually in the café when they clock on. QR fallback by the till.
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Split shifts in minutes
Copy last week, drop in the breakfast and dinner cover, publish to phones.
Hire anyone you like. The bill never moves
No per-head fees means you can grow the team without watching a meter: one site stays at £29 whether you're 3 people or 25. Open another venue and it's a flat £29 more, never per person.
| Your team | Typical per-seat tool | WagePilot |
|---|---|---|
| 5 staff | ~£20/mo | Free · 1 site |
| 25 staff | ~£100/mo | £29 · 1 site |
| 50 staff | ~£200/mo | £29 · 1 site |
| 80 staff | ~£320/mo | £58 · 2 sites |
| 150 staff | ~£600/mo | £87 · 3 sites |
| 200 staff | ~£800/mo | £145 · 5 sites |
Per-seat figures assume a typical ~£4/user/month all-in rate (many tools sit £3–£6/user). Indicative, for illustration.
Other trades we're built for
The features that matter here
Cafés & restaurants: common questions
Can WagePilot handle split shifts and breaks for a restaurant?
Does it stop staff clocking in before they are actually in the café?
How does the live labour-cost board help a café?
What does WagePilot cost for a single café?
Start running shifts on autopilot
Set up your first site this afternoon and watch the first shift tick up live. Free to start, never per head — flat per site as you grow.
Free forever on one site · no card to start · cancel anytime