Head to head

Flip vs Sling

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

Flip

€4950/year

Desk and frontline intranet for shop-floor teams. Growth is from EUR 4950 per year for up to 300 employees. There is no USD rate card.

Where Flip fits

  • Retail, manufacturing, and logistics employers with shift workers on phones
  • Companies under 300 employees that can take the printed Growth package
  • HR ops that want shifts, absences, and payslips as Mini Apps later
  • European frontline comms buyers comparing Flip to Staffbase

Sling

$1.70/user/mo Free tier

Sling is SMB shift scheduling and team messaging with a Free plan for up to 30 users. Paid starts at $1.70/user/mo on annual Premium ($2/user/mo monthly). Business is $3.40/$4. Toast-owned since 2022.

Where Sling fits

  • Restaurants, retail, and hospitality teams under 30 people that want free scheduling
  • Managers who need labor-cost and overtime tracking on Premium at $1.70/user/mo annual
  • Shops already on Toast, Square, Gusto, QuickBooks, ADP, or Paychex
  • Multi-location SMBs that will message and swap shifts in the same app

At a glance

DetailFlipSling
Starting price€4950/year$1.70/user/mo
Free tier–No✓Yes
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underInternal communicationsWorkforce management
Capterra4.6 from 55 reviews4.6 from 212 reviews

Where they pull apart

Flip

Stands out: Growth is a fixed package up to 300 employees (newsfeed, chat, voice and video, live translation, knowledge base, signage, polls). Enterprise adds Ask AI, Mini Apps, and identity.

Watch out: getflip.com/pricing prints euro prices only. Larger than 300 employees is a custom Enterprise quote, and AI Agents, HR Mini Apps, and Flip Flows are add-on modules.

Not the right fit for

  • US teams that will only sign a USD rate card
  • Knowledge-worker companies that already standardized on Slack

Sling

Stands out: Free includes shift scheduling, time-off requests, available shifts, news, and private messaging. Premium adds mobile time tracking, labor cost, and overtime. Business adds a kiosk clock, no-show tracking, and PTO.

Watch out: Free stops at 30 users. Kiosk time clock, payroll reports, and PTO management wait for Business at $4/user/mo ($3.40 annual). Toast customers can buy through Toast Shop instead of getsling.com.

Not the right fit for

  • Enterprises that need AI forecasting and FLSA rule engines (see UKG Dimensions)
  • Teams over the Free 30-user cap that also need advanced WFM analytics

Pros and cons

Flip

  • Printed Growth package from EUR 4950/year up to 300 employees
  • Live translation and a phone-first app for shift workers
  • Capterra 4.6 from 55 reviews on the matched Flip employee-app page
  • No USD rate card on the English pricing page
  • Over 300 employees, and all AI/HR modules, go back to a quote
  • Desktop web is often a ported mobile view, a recurring reviewer complaint

Sling

  • Free plan for up to 30 users with real scheduling and messaging
  • Published Premium at $1.70/user/mo annual or $2 monthly
  • Integrations: Square, Gusto, QuickBooks, ADP, Paychex, Google Calendar
  • Free cap of 30 users. The 31st forces Premium or Business
  • Kiosk clock and PTO sit on Business, not Premium
  • Not built for enterprise forecasting or union rules

What each one costs

Flip

€4950/year

No USD rate card. Growth is from EUR 4950 per year for up to 300 employees and includes the core intranet and employee app (newsfeed, chat, calls, live translation, knowledge base, signage, polls). Enterprise is custom for larger organizations and adds AI and HR Mini Apps. Module packs are quoted on top of the platform. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

Sling

$1.70/user/mo

Free covers up to 30 users (shift scheduling, time-off, messaging). Premium is $2/user/mo monthly or $1.70/user/mo billed annually. Business is $4/user/mo monthly or $3.40/user/mo billed annually. Annual billing saves 15%. Toast customers can view plans in Toast Shop. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 19 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?