Nowsta 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Pricing and Plans
Features
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User Reviews

Overview

Nowsta

4.9

(283)

FrontRunner 2026

Pricing

Starting at $18,000.00 per year

About Nowsta

Nowsta is a cloud-based workforce management solution designed to help businesses streamline the entire employee lifecycle, from managing work requests to gaining insights into labor costs. The centralized dashboard enables managers to create shift schedules, review conflicts, or overtime issues before assigning tasks and get work request confirmation from employees in real-time.

Key features of Nowsta include employee scheduling, automated attendance tracking, payroll management and labor forecasting. Employees can use a mobile time clock to punch-in on an hourly basis from their field locations and verify individual identities by attaching photos. The system automatically captures working hours, calculates wages and utilizes integration with payroll providers such as ADP or Paychex to export relevant data from within the system.

Managers can rate the staff's performance after each shift and compare projected costs against actual spending to improve resource allocation. Pricing is available on a monthly and annual subscription and support is provided via email and live chat

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Nowsta Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $18,000.00 per year

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$18,000.00

flat rate, per year

No plan information available

Advanced

$30,000.00

flat rate, per year

No plan information available

Pro

$42,000.00

flat rate, per year

No plan information available

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Nowsta Features

Popular features found in Employee Scheduling
Alerts/Notifications
Attendance Management
Calendar Management
Employee Management
Messaging
Mobile Access
Payroll Management
Reporting/Analytics
Schedule Distribution
Self Service Portal
Shift Swapping
Timesheet Management
More features of Nowsta
Activity Dashboard
Appointment Scheduling
Approval Process Control
Attendance Tracking
Automated Scheduling
Automatic Time Capture
Availability Management
Billable & Non-Billable Hours
Budgeting/Forecasting
Candidate Management
Clock In/Out
Customizable Reports
Dashboard
Data Import/Export
Drag & Drop
Email Reminders
Employee Database
Employee Profiles
Employee Scheduling
Employee Time Tracking
Event Calendar
Event Management
For Cloud
Forecasting
For Staffing Agencies
Geofencing
Group Scheduling
Job Posting
Labor Forecasting
Leave Tracking
Mobile Alerts
Mobile App
Multi-Location
Multiple Billing Rates
Online Booking
Online Time Clock
Online Time Tracking
Overtime Calculation
Payroll Integration
Payroll Reporting
Real-Time Data
Real-Time Notifications
Real-Time Reporting
Real-time Scheduling
Real-Time Updates
Reminders
Reporting & Statistics
Resource Allocation
Resource Scheduling
Role-Based Permissions
Scheduling
Search/Filter
Skills Tracking
SMS Messaging
Third-Party Integrations
Time & Attendance
Time Tracking
Vacation/Leave Tracking
Variable Workforce

Nowsta Integrations

Caterease

Integration rated 4.7 from 18 reviews

Total Party Planner

Integration rated 4.7 from 15 reviews

TapGoods Event Rental Software

Nowsta User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.9

Ratings Breakdown

87%

12%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.8

Value for money

4.8

Customer support

4.8

Functionality

4.7

Tim M.

Verified reviewer

Food & Beverages

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed June 2023

Best Option out there!

Great interface, really good customer service! Easy to use as a manager and employee.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Having a system that communicated with our catering software has been crucial. This allows us to keep budgeting / staffing goals in mind when creating the schedule.

Cons:

I wish there was a manager portal / or team portal so that I could login and see who's clocked in, what my labor costs are for that day/period. That is the biggest lack of Nowsta currently. .

Reasons for switching to Nowsta

Communication with catering software, functionality is better suited for our industry vs. restaurant

Clayton P.

Verified reviewer

Hospitality

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2024

Love Nowsta

I have been using Nowsta for nearly 7 years now and I have overall truly enjoyed my time using the system. I recommend the system to all of my friends that have any scheduling needs.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The ease with which I'm able to see staff's allocation and hours throughout the week.

Cons:

The mobile version of the web version could be easier to use. Also I would love if there was a way to organize the staff in the weekly view by confirmed hours instead of just by name.

Reasons for choosing Nowsta

We chose to go with Nowsta for a number of factors including its cost per user and its ease of use for the administrators and the general team members.

Katie S.

Verified reviewer

Hospitality

501-1000 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed July 2022

Pier Sixty

Previously 5

I really do love this software compared to the excel spreadsheet we used to use for the almost 200 servers that we have. Additionally, the implementation of the Nowsta Labor Market has been huge for our team!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I love the ease of scheduling - I can assign people to shifts for an entire month and send their monthly schedule all at once. Bulk actions is my favorite feature!

Cons:

I wish that I could schedule people on my phone via the app - hate that I can only use a computer!

Reasons for choosing Nowsta

Price & ease of use & overall look

Graham H.

Verified reviewer

Entertainment

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2025

Love Nowsta!

Wonderful, we love Nowsta and the support we've received.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Love the event layout and the ability to move people to different events easily.

Cons:

There is no app for admin log in. This could help us a lot when we are editing events from our phones.

Reasons for switching to Nowsta

it was not setup for scheduling, we were growing.

Pablo M.

Verified reviewer

Staffing and Recruiting

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2024

Great system for staffing companies

I love it. Adp, paychex, ubeya, connect team not even close. You guys are the best in the industry

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It fits our industry. Bill pay vs pay rate reports, all in great

Cons:

We cannot communicate 2 way with staff and cannot create a group chats with the team per event. Since we are here, also a section where you can have documents to give team. Onboarding, training, etc Check out connecteam, i almost get them instead of you. Add some of those features and you will be perfect. I am serious

Reasons for choosing Nowsta

Knowledge, features and because we were offer a nice Deal

Reasons for switching to Nowsta

Loved Nowsta and the bill vs pay feature. You focus on events vs Employees. That is how I need to see our jobs, not by ppl but by day and event

Lee B.

Verified reviewer

Food & Beverages

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2024

We Love NOWSTA!!!

Nowsta's platform is so intuitive it has been a lifesaver for staffing our catering events. The ease of use for our team and the communication tools built into the platform save us hours of work each week.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The time it saves our team every week as we juggle staffing each week. It's especially helpful when changes happen (as we all know they do). The built in communication tools are great for alerting our team to changes quickly.

Cons:

We also have restaurants and just haven't been able to figure out how to use if for that staffing as well.

Reasons for switching to Nowsta

We had recently signed up with StaffSmart when it was bought by Nowsta

Keiry D.

Verified reviewer

Hospitality

201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed January 2025

Saves Time, So Easy To Use, and Love the app!

Use to do labor calls for catering teams and its a great resource!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

So easy to use! The best platform to fill open positions for mass labor calls and keep track of people requests.

Cons:

Transfer of Data to HRIS, timeclock punch connectivity

Reasons for switching to Nowsta

mass scheduling was essential to making the swich

Rosemary A.

Verified reviewer

Hospitality

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2024

Great Staffing tool

Excellent, it is also a timesaver for scheduling when i have other operational duties

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Quick, easy to see availability of front of house staff and schedule accordingly Love the ability to note on individual staffing when they worked shifts. We use it as a tool to document what a new staff member learned on shift and if they need to improve. Great tool overall communication from event staff to record growth or needs

Cons:

Nothing that i can think about at this time

Reasons for choosing Nowsta

Ease of use including the administrative set up, it has been super easy for event staff to navigate

Reasons for switching to Nowsta

I think they were being blended in with Nowsta

Vanessa N.

Verified reviewer

Events Services

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2024

Makes my scheduling and payroll so easy

Investing in Nowsta is definitely one of the best decisions I have made. It is so easy to use, transfer events from my event platform and see my staff availability as well as tracking their time and attendance.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

How easy it is for us to schedule and message staff, as well as how easy it is for staff to clock in and clock out and put their availability all from their mobile devices.

Cons:

I have not encountered anything that I don't like.

Reasons for choosing Nowsta

I chose Nowsta because I could export my events into it and my staff could use mobile clocking

Verified

Reviewer

Sports

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2025

Good for a mid sized team