# Sling: how AI models rank it, October 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 31 judge labels across 5 categories by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/vendors/sling/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workforce scheduling | 24% | 2 | 0% | 19 |
| Frontline employee apps | 2% | 9 | 0% | 6 |
| Workforce management suites | 2% | 16 | 0% | 2 |
| Workforce planning | 0% | 29 | 0% | 3 |
| Time and attendance | 0% | 48 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Sling – best small-budget free tier for scheduling … The author's preference is Sling "because it lets you create schedules for up to 30 users."" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Workforce scheduling)
- "The best employee scheduling software for a company with a limited budget is Sling, which is free and has below-average costs on paid plans." (Llama 4 Maverick, Workforce scheduling)
- "Sling is the strongest overall pick because it is repeatedly identified as the best for small budgets" (Perplexity Sonar, Workforce scheduling)
- "For most budget-conscious companies, starting with a free option like Sling or Connecteam is ideal" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Workforce scheduling)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- Workforce scheduling: 15% to 24%, +8. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 3 → 2 of 108.
- Frontline employee apps: 2% to 2%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 7 → 9 of 106.
- Workforce management suites: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 20 → 16 of 78.
- Workforce planning: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 36 → 29 of 98.
- Time and attendance: 0% to 0%, ±0. New · not ranked in September 2026 · rank 48 of 86.

## In its own words

What Sling's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Free Employee Scheduling And Shift Planning Made Easy (https://getsling.com/)
- For: businesses (https://getsling.com/)
- Price stated: For free (https://getsling.com/)
- Starting price: Free (https://getsling.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: free (https://getsling.com/)
- Integrations claimed: 6 (https://getsling.com/)
- Customers named: Sunday in Brooklyn, Vessel NOLA, Expeditors, The Arches, ILoveKickboxing, Larry's II, The Musket Room, The Market Line

## What it publishes

Every page getsling.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 789 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 403 pages, 7 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-01
- case study: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 9 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-03-18
- template or tool: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-01-15
- Recent: 2026-09-01 blog: Restaurant accounting https://getsling.com/blog/restaurant-accounting
- Recent: 2026-08-31 blog: How To Deal With No Call, No Show Employees https://getsling.com/blog/no-call-no-show
- Recent: 2026-08-21 blog: 17715 https://getsling.com/blog/17715
- Recent: 2026-08-21 blog: New toast sling deactivation update https://getsling.com/blog/new-toast-sling-deactivation-update
- Recent: 2026-08-01 blog: Areas of improvement for employees https://getsling.com/blog/areas-of-improvement-for-employees
- Recent: 2026-07-16 blog: Shift differential https://getsling.com/blog/shift-differential

## Record

- Method: https://hr-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://hr-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, hr-ai-index.com.