Lineup.ai
Restaurant-focused AI software for demand forecasting, employee scheduling, and labor analysis.
Lineup.ai is now part of the TimeForge suite of labor management products.
About Lineup.ai
Lineup.ai is restaurant operations software that combines machine-learning demand forecasts with labor planning and employee scheduling. It builds location-specific sales and labor forecasts from historical performance plus signals such as weather, events, traffic, and holidays, and presents the results in real-time planning dashboards. The Forecasts Only plan focuses on automated forecasts, labor allowance budgets, integrations, and item-level forecasting. The Forecasts + Scheduling plan adds a schedule builder, automated scheduling, reusable templates, employee mobile apps, and insights analytics. Managers can compare scheduled and actual labor, review sales across locations, monitor labor targets, and communicate schedule changes through mobile, SMS, or email notifications. The product is designed for restaurants that need hourly planning across one or many locations. Pricing is charged per location, so total cost rises with the restaurant footprint; annual commitment receives a 10% discount. Teams that only need forecasting can choose the lower-priced plan, while teams seeking scheduling and employee communication need the higher-priced plan.
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Best use cases
Create an hourly sales forecast before setting the next labor schedule for a restaurant location.
Compare scheduled hours with actual labor after a shift to identify cost variances.
Publish a revised schedule and notify employees through mobile, SMS, or email updates.
Compare before choosing
The $79 plan fits forecasting needs, while the $149 plan is required for scheduling and employee mobile workflows.
Per-location pricing is straightforward for one site but increases directly as a restaurant group adds locations.
Lineup.ai combines restaurant-specific forecasts and scheduling, while teams needing only generic workforce scheduling may not use its demand intelligence depth.
Features
Forecast restaurant demand by location
Generate hourly sales and labor forecasts for each restaurant location using historical results and local demand signals.
Build and adjust employee schedules
Turn forecast demand into schedules with a schedule builder, automated scheduling, reusable templates, and labor allowance budgets.
Monitor labor and sales performance
Compare scheduled and actual labor, track sales trends across locations, and review labor targets through operational dashboards.
Pros
- Location-specific hourly forecasts connect restaurant demand signals directly to labor planning.
- The scheduling plan combines forecasts, schedule automation, employee mobile access, and operational analytics.
- Unlimited users and employees reduce seat-count friction for restaurant teams at each paid location.
Cons
- Pricing is charged per location, so a growing restaurant group incurs a higher total subscription cost.
- The $79 plan does not include the schedule builder, automated scheduling, employee mobile apps, or insights analytics.
- The workflow is tailored to restaurants, which makes it less suitable for organizations seeking general-purpose workforce scheduling.
Pricing Plans
Forecasts Only
- Unlimited users and employees
- Automated, AI-generated forecasts
- Custom Labor Allowance Budget
- Integrations
- Real-time sales forecast dashboard
- Item-level forecasting
Forecasts + Scheduling
- Unlimited users and employees
- Automated, AI-generated forecasts
- Schedule builder
- Automated scheduling
- Schedule templates
- Custom Labor Allowance Budget
- Mobile apps for employees
- Integrations
- Real-time sales forecast dashboard
- Item-level forecasting
- Insights analytics
* Pricing information is for reference only. Please refer to the latest announcement on Lineup.ai's official website.