7shifts already lets restaurant staff clock in with its 7punches time clock, syncs those punches to payroll, and gives managers punch audit reports to “catch missed clock-ins and review timesheet edits.” What its published developer documentation does not describe is who made an edit or why: the time punch data model tracks an `approved` status and a free-text `notes` field, with no field recording an editor’s identity and no required reason for a change. Keito is the layer in between: AI-drafted time entries a staff member confirms, a separate reviewer settles payroll status with any change reasoned and recorded, and the reviewed hours become the evidence behind the payroll run.
Illustrative review queue
Illustrative pay period
Hours reviewed
Entries confirmed
42
Shifts reviewed
167
Staff reviewed
19
Hours tied to each shift
Staff member, location, and role on every entry
Reviewed before payroll runs
A separate reviewer confirms hours before the batch closes
Evidence behind the payroll run
Approved hours back payroll and labor-cost reporting
7shifts’ 7punches time clock lets restaurant staff clock in and out by shift, and every punch can carry an `approved` status once a manager reviews it, with punch audit reports available to “catch missed clock-ins and review timesheet edits.” 7shifts’ own developer reference for the time-punch-edited event lists the fields that record: the punch times, an `approved` flag, and a free-text `notes` field — but no field naming which manager made an edit and no required reason for the change. Keito answers the question that leaves open: did a separate reviewer actually confirm each staff member’s hours, with a recorded reason for any change, before those hours became a labor cost and a paycheck.
Set up staff, locations, and reviewers in Keito in days — 7shifts keeps running scheduling, time clock punches, and payroll sync exactly as it does today.
Keito drafts a time entry from the shift a staff member worked, so they confirm hours for that shift instead of relying on a punch record the same access level can also edit with no reason logged.
A separate reviewer approves payroll status before the period closes, then hands the approved hours to payroll or whichever system tracks labor cost.
A punch record 7shifts lets a manager edit, with no recorded reason or editor
7shifts is published as workforce-management software for restaurants — serving more than 55,000 quick- and full-service restaurants, cafes, bars, breweries, pizzerias, and franchises with scheduling, its 7punches time clock, timesheet approval, and payroll sync. Its time clock includes genuine time tracking and review tooling: staff punch in and out by shift, managers can “approve and track timesheets,” and punch audit reports exist specifically to “catch missed clock-ins and review timesheet edits.” What 7shifts’ published developer documentation does not describe, across its time-punch data model, is an editor identity or a reason requirement attached to a change: the documented fields for a time punch include an `approved` status and a free-text `notes` field, with no field recording which manager made an edit and no mandatory reason for the change, and no flag distinguishing a manager-edited punch from the staff member’s original one. Keito’s argument is not that restaurants need a new scheduling or payroll platform — 7shifts already publishes both, at meaningful scale. It is that the hours behind a paycheck deserve a reviewer distinct from whoever holds edit access, with a reason recorded for any change, not an approval status alone. Keito drafts a time entry from the scheduled shift, the staff member confirms it, and a separate reviewer settles payroll status before the hours become evidence for the payroll run. The boundary is deliberate: Keito has no scheduling, no point-of-sale integration, and no shift-swap tooling, and it claims no native 7shifts integration, automatic import, or synchronisation. 7shifts keeps running the floor; Keito is where the hours behind it get an independent, reasoned review.
Choose 7shifts when the restaurant needs scheduling, a punch-based time clock, and payroll sync running from one workforce platform
Choose Keito when the problem is that 7shifts’ punch record can be edited with an approved status but no recorded editor or reason
Prove it in one pay period: Keito runs alongside 7shifts, reviewing staff hours without touching scheduling or punches
Workflow fit
Keito keeps 7shifts alternative connected to client, project, billable status, approval, and invoice context before the work reaches finance.
Choose 7shifts when the restaurant needs scheduling, a punch-based time clock, and payroll sync running from one workforce platform
Choose Keito when the problem is that 7shifts’ punch record can be edited with an approved status but no recorded editor or reason
Prove it in one pay period: Keito runs alongside 7shifts, reviewing staff hours without touching scheduling or punches
Keito drafts a time entry from the scheduled shift a staff member worked; they confirm and correct it instead of relying on a punch record the same access level can also edit with no reason logged.
7shifts documents an approved status and punch audit reports for reviewing edits, but no editor identity or reason field in its published data model; Keito’s reviewer settles payroll status for every entry, with a reason recorded for any change, before the period closes.
Reviewers approve staff hours and hand the evidence to payroll or whichever system tracks labor cost, through exports the team designs and tests itself.
The difference is not just recording time. It is whether the record can support billing, project decisions, and client conversations.
Product shape
A standalone workspace for reviewed, payroll-ready staff hours and labor-cost evidence.
7shifts publishes a restaurant workforce-management platform — scheduling, a 7punches time clock, timesheet approval, and payroll sync for more than 55,000 restaurants.
How time is captured
AI drafts a shift-specific entry from the work that happened; the staff member confirms it, and a separate reviewer approves before it becomes a labor cost or paycheck.
7shifts’ 7punches time clock records staff punches by shift and syncs them to payroll, with managers able to edit punches and review changes through punch audit reports.
Review before payroll
A reviewer distinct from the editor settles payroll status per entry, with any change reasoned and recorded, before the period closes.
7shifts’ documented time-punch fields include an `approved` status and a free-text `notes` field, but its developer reference does not document a field for which manager made an edit or a required reason for the change.
Labor cost fit
Built for confirming the specific hours behind a staff member’s shift before they become a labor cost or a paycheck.
Built around scheduling, punches, and payroll sync for a restaurant’s hourly workforce, with punch audit reports as a review tool, not a payroll gate requiring a recorded reason.
Pricing and adoption
Published flat team pricing and a setup measured in days, run alongside 7shifts.
7shifts publishes a free single-location plan and paid plans priced per location rather than per employee, with a 14-day trial of its top tier and no credit card required.
Data movement
Team-designed, tested exports and API handoffs moved in deliberate stages.
No native Keito-7shifts import or automatic synchronisation is assumed in either direction; 7shifts’ own scheduling and payroll sync cover shift assignment and wage export, not independent hours review.
It is software a restaurant, cafe, bar, or multi-location food-service group adopts instead of, or alongside, 7shifts, which runs scheduling, time clock punches, and payroll sync for hourly restaurant staff. Because 7shifts already covers that much of the operation, an alternative rarely replaces all of it at once. Keito is the alternative for the review gap behind 7shifts’ punch record: AI-drafted entries the staff member confirms, approved by a separate reviewer before those hours become a paycheck.
It does both. 7shifts’ 7punches time clock lets hourly staff clock in and out by shift, and punches sync to payroll. Managers can “approve and track timesheets,” and punch audit reports exist to “catch missed clock-ins and review timesheet edits.” What 7shifts’ published developer documentation does not describe is who made an edit or why: the time-punch data model records an `approved` status and a free-text `notes` field, with no field naming the editor and no required reason for a change.
The gap is a recorded reviewer and reason, not capture. 7shifts already logs a punch for each shift and syncs it to payroll, with an approved status once a manager reviews it. But its own developer reference for edited punches does not document an editor identity or a mandatory reason for the change — only the punch times, the approved flag, and an open notes field. Keito adds that layer: it drafts a time entry from the scheduled shift, the staff member confirms it, and a separate reviewer settles payroll status, with a reason recorded for any change, before the hours become evidence for the payroll run. 7shifts still owns scheduling, punches, and payroll sync; Keito owns the independently reviewed hours record.
Choose 7shifts when the business needs scheduling, a punch-based time clock, and payroll sync running from one restaurant workforce platform — it already serves more than 55,000 restaurants at that scale. Keito does not reproduce any of it: no scheduling, no shift-swap tooling, no point-of-sale integration. It is the wrong choice if the immediate need is a restaurant scheduling and payroll platform rather than an independently reviewed record of staff hours.
Each reviewed record keeps the staff member, location, shift, duration, description, payroll status, reviewer, approval state, and pay period, tied to the specific shift a staff member worked rather than a punch that carries an approved flag with no recorded editor or reason. That package backs the payroll run and gives an owner a reviewed answer when a staff member’s hours are questioned.
No. Keito claims no native 7shifts integration, automatic import, or two-way synchronisation — 7shifts’ own scheduling, 7punches time clock, and payroll sync belong to its platform, not Keito’s. Capture in Keito is its own workflow: AI-drafted, typed, timed, and manually entered records that pass review before becoming payroll evidence. A restaurant can keep 7shifts for scheduling and punches and run Keito alongside it as the independent review layer for staff hours, with any transfer between them designed and tested by the team.
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