Combo (ex-Snapshift)
HR, scheduling and simplified payroll for restaurants.
Combo (formerly Snapshift) combines HR, scheduling and simplified payroll for restaurants. Scheduling is the easy part. Payroll and labour law need continuous updating, and mistakes are costly. Keep Combo for payroll, or build a schedule alongside it, without mixing in payroll calculations.
What you lose
- Built-in payroll preparation.
- Electronic signature of documents.
- Regulatory updates to the HCR collective agreement.
Existing alternatives to Combo (ex-Snapshift)
- KimaiOpen source
Free time tracking (AGPL-3.0), self-hostable, with a clock-in/clock-out mode; does not handle scheduling.
- PlanestoFree
Free restaurant schedules up to 10 employees, paid version from €9.90 excl. VAT/month; French vendor.
The prompt to build it yourself
Build me an HR and scheduling tool for a restaurant, for my venue, to replace a subscription. Stack: web app (Next.js or Node/Express) with SQLite, hosted on my small server, usable on phone and computer. No mandatory paid service, no telemetry. Core of the tool: - Employee file: contract, position, contacts, documents. - Schedule per shift and working-time tracking, leave and absences. - Export of payroll variables (hours, absences) as CSV for my firm. Requirements: - Weekly schedule by position and by shift, with drag and drop, copy of the previous week and publication to the teams. - Availability and leave requests entered by the employee, approved by the manager. - Configurable alerts: 11 h rest between two shifts, 10 h of work per day, weekly working time. Default values from the French Labour Code, to be adapted to the HCR collective agreement by my accountant. - CSV export of hours per employee and per period, for my accountant. - Employee data: role-based access (manager, employee), password or magic link, change log. Out of scope: payroll calculation, DSN and electronic signature of contracts. README: installation, backup, and a reminder that this tool is not payroll software and calculates no salary, no DSN, no DPAE, and that legal counts remain to be checked by my accountant.
Frequently asked questions
- Can Combo (ex-Snapshift) be replaced by a custom-built tool?
- casevibecode verdict: Partly replaceable. Combo (formerly Snapshift) combines HR, scheduling and simplified payroll for restaurants. Scheduling is the easy part. Payroll and labour law need continuous updating, and mistakes are costly. Keep Combo for payroll, or build a schedule alongside it, without mixing in payroll calculations.
- What is Combo (ex-Snapshift) used for?
- HR, scheduling and simplified payroll for restaurants.
- What alternatives to Combo (ex-Snapshift) already exist?
- Kimai (open source), Planesto (free). Options to compare before committing to a custom build.
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