Shift planning for horeca

The rota, done in minutes. Cover, sorted by the team.

ItaShift is one sheet for your restaurant, café, bar or gelateria: who works when, who can cover, and how many hours everyone made this month. Your staff use it from their phone.

  • 30 days free
  • We set it up with you
  • Cancel any time

Why ItaShift

Three things your WhatsApp group can't do.

A rota in ItaShift is more than names in boxes. Rule breaks show up before you publish, cover sorts itself out, and the hours are ready when the month ends.

  • The whole week on one sheet.

    Days across, roles down, every service of the week. Who works when, and where a place is still empty.

  • Rule breaks, before you publish.

    Shifts that may break Dutch working-time rules are flagged before your team sees the week.

  • Hours ready for your accountant.

    Clock-out times, leave and sickness add up to one monthly report. Nobody retypes anything.

How it works

Plan your week in ItaShift.

From an empty week to a rota your team sees on their phone, and a month closed with one report.

1 · Availability

Plan around who can actually work.

Staff mark the services they can work from their phone, so you're not guessing who's free on Saturday. Running a fixed rota instead? Switch availability off.

2 · Repeat week

Build it once, repeat it for months.

Copy a week into as many following weeks as you like. People on leave and closed days are skipped, so you only fix what really changed.

3 · Cover

Fill gaps without the group chat.

Someone can't make it? They ask for cover, the team gets an e-mail, and the first colleague who takes it gets the shift. You see it on the rota straight away.

4 · Publish

Publish once, and everyone knows when they work.

Staff only see a week once you publish it. Everyone gets an e-mail with their shifts, and can add them to Apple, Google or Outlook Calendar.

5 · Hours and cost

Know what the month costs.

Clock-out times, leave and sickness add up to one report with hours and cost per person, ready for your accountant as a CSV file.

All features

Suggest fill

Let ItaShift fill the empty places.

One click puts people who can work into the empty places of the week, skipping anyone on leave. The new names are outlined in violet, so you check them before you publish. The last word stays yours.

Made for the Netherlands

Dutch horeca rules, built in.

Contracts, minimum wage and working-time rules are checked while you plan, not after.

  • Horeca contracts

    The seven contract types of the Horeca CAO, with their history, and leave counted in hours.

  • Minimum wage by age

    You are warned when an hourly rate is below the legal minimum for the person's age.

  • Working-time warnings

    Before you publish a week, shifts that may break the rules are flagged, like late shifts for minors.

Video

Watch a week go from empty to covered.

A short walk through the app, the way a manager uses it.

Get in touch

Rather ask something first?

Not every question needs a meeting. Ask whether ItaShift fits a team your size, or about the one thing you came here for, including what ItaShift doesn't do.

Talk to Andrea or Francesco

We built ItaShift and we answer ourselves. Call, WhatsApp or e-mail.

Works with

Fits the tools you already use.

The week you plan lands where your team and your accountant already look.

  • Your staff's phones

    In the browser or on the home screen. Nothing to install.

  • Their calendar

    Shifts in Apple, Google or Outlook Calendar, updated every hour.

  • E-mail

    The published week and every cover request arrive by e-mail.

  • Your accountant

    The monthly report as a CSV file, ready for payroll.

Try it for 30 days, then decide.

Plan next week, publish it to your team, and let them ask for cover. If it doesn't earn its place, it costs you nothing.

  • Ready in 24 hours.

    Send us your staff list on WhatsApp or through a short form, and we set up your business for you.

  • No card needed.

    The 30 days are free, and you don't leave any payment details to start.

  • Cancel any time.

    Month by month, no long contract. Cancel by e-mail and it stops at the end of the month.

  • Data stays in Europe.

    Your team's shifts, hours and contracts are stored on servers in Frankfurt, Germany.

Pricing

One price a month, set by the size of your team.

Per location, excluding VAT. We only count the people with at least one shift that month.

€45a month

€35 a month for your first 12 months if you sign up by 31 Dec 2026

ItaShift monthly price per location, excluding VAT
People with a shiftPer monthSign up by 31 Dec 2026
1–10€35€25
11–20€45€35
21–30€55€45
31–40€65€55
41–50€75€65
51–60€85€75
61–70€95€85
Over 70+€10 per 10 people€10 less

Launch offer

€10 less a month, for your first 12 months.

For every business that signs up by 31 December 2026. The free month can start as late as 28 February 2027 and you keep the offer. From 1 January 2027 new sign-ups pay the full price.

  • The first 30 days are free, with no card.
  • Every feature, whatever your band.
  • Month by month: cancel any time.
  • Your price stays the same for 24 months.
  • You move up a band only after two months in a row over its limit.

Features

Everything to run your team's week.

  • The week on one sheet

    Roles you name yourself, up to ten services a day, closed days greyed out.

  • Your staff, on their phone

    Their shifts, the team's week and their availability, from the browser.

  • Cover without phone calls

    The first colleague who takes a shift gets it, and the rota updates itself.

  • Hours, leave and sickness

    Clock-out with the break, leave balance in hours, sickness in one place.

  • Contracts and Dutch rules

    Horeca CAO contract types, minimum wage by age, working-time warnings.

  • One report a month

    Hours, leave and cost per person and per contract group, as CSV.

See every feature

Partners

Know horeca owners? Grow with every business you bring.

Introduce ItaShift to the restaurants, cafés and bars you already work with. When they become customers, you earn a share of their monthly payments.

  • A share every month.

    For every business you bring, you get a share of what it pays each month, for the years set in your agreement.

  • We do the demo with you.

    We join your first calls or visits, set the business up and answer its questions.

  • Agreed in writing.

    Your share and when it is paid are set in a short written agreement before you start.

  • Alongside your own work.

    A collaboration, not a job: no targets, no minimum, and no customers needed to start.

Who it's for

  • Accountants and payroll offices

    Your horeca clients already send you their hours.

  • Suppliers and consultants

    You visit restaurants, cafés and bars every week.

  • Marketing agencies

    You already help horeca owners run their business.

  • People in horeca

    Managers, chefs and staff who know other owners.

How it works

  1. 1Write to usOn WhatsApp or by e-mail, with a line about who you know.
  2. 2A short callWe get to know each other and see if it fits.
  3. 3The agreementWe put your share in writing and show you the app.
  4. 4Introduce businessesWe sign with them and set them up. Your share starts with their first payment.

FAQ

Got questions?

If your question isn't here, call or write to us.

ContactFeatures

What is ItaShift?

Shift planning for restaurants, cafés, bars and gelaterias. You build the week's rota on one sheet, your staff see their shifts and ask for cover from their phone, and at the end of the month you get one report of hours, leave and cost per person.

How does my team see the rota?

On their phone, in the browser or from the home screen, with nothing to install. They only see a week once you publish it, they get an e-mail with their shifts, and they can add them to their own calendar.

What happens when someone can't work a shift?

They ask for cover in the app and the team gets an e-mail. The first colleague who takes the shift gets it, the rota updates by itself, and whoever asked gets an e-mail saying who took it. You see every open request.

Does ItaShift follow the Dutch horeca rules?

It knows the seven contract types of the Horeca CAO, warns you when an hourly rate is below the legal minimum for the person's age, and flags shifts that may break working-time rules before you publish, like late shifts for minors. These are warnings: the decision stays yours.

Do the hours carry over to payroll?

Staff send their clock-out time and you approve it, with the break. Hours, leave and cost add up in one monthly report, which you export as a CSV file for your accountant or payroll.

How do I move from Excel or a WhatsApp group?

Send us your staff list and how your week runs, on WhatsApp or through a short form, and we set up your business for you. Then you repeat your usual week for as many weeks as you like and only change what's different.

How much does it cost?

From €35 a month per location for up to 10 people, excluding VAT. The price depends on how many people have at least one shift in the month, and every feature is included. The first 30 days are free and need no card. Sign up by 31 December 2026 and you pay €10 less a month for your first 12 months, even if your free month starts later.