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Lineup.ai
What Lineup.ai is
Lineup.ai provides restaurant sales, labor, and menu-item forecasting alongside scheduling tools. Its sales forecasts use historical, weather, and local data to estimate demand by the hour, while labor forecasts provide staffing guidance for each location and shift. Managers can generate schedules automatically, use templates, or create them manually. Employees can check schedules, submit availability, request time off, and swap shifts through the mobile app. Reporting dashboards track store sales, labor demand against scheduled employees, and performance against labor targets. Restaurants can use Lineup.ai’s sales forecasts without adopting its scheduling features. Listed integrations include Snowflake, Olo, Brink POS, Clover, Square, Toast, OpenTable, Tock, 7shifts, and UKG. Lineup.ai serves multi-location restaurants, franchises, quick-service restaurants, restaurant groups, fast-casual restaurants, and cafes or coffee shops; the site says it is now part of the TimeForge suite of labor-management products. Forecasts cost $79 a month per location, while forecasts plus scheduling cost $149 a month per location. There is no free plan, but a free trial is available.
Who it suits
Lineup.ai may suit restaurants that need sales or labor forecasts, including multi-location operators and restaurant groups. Forecasts can be used without adopting its scheduling tools.
What it does well
- Hourly sales forecasts use historical, weather, and local data
- Forecasts available without built-in scheduling
- Employee app supports shift swaps and time-off requests
- No implementation fee
What to know first
- No free plan
- Forecasts start at $79 a month per location
- Forecasts plus scheduling cost $149 a month per location
Limits
There is no free plan. The lowest listed plan, Forecasts Only at $79 a month per location, includes forecasts and integrations; scheduling is in the $149 a month per location Forecasts + Scheduling plan.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Forecasts + Scheduling | per location/month; annual commitment gets 10% discount · unlimited users and employees · AI forecasts · schedule builder · automated scheduling · templates · labor budget · employee mobile apps · integrations · dashboard · item forecasting · analytics | $149 a month |
| Forecasts Only | per location/month; annual commitment gets 10% discount · unlimited users and employees · AI forecasts · custom labor budget · integrations · real-time dashboard · item-level forecasting | $79 a month |
As lineup.ai lists them, read 15 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Visit https://www.lineup.ai/ to learn about the service.
- Choose whether to use forecasts alone or forecasts with scheduling.
- Start a free trial.
- Connect relevant POS or data systems from the listed integrations.
- Use web, Android, or iOS access.
Verdict
Lineup.ai combines restaurant forecasting with optional scheduling and employee tools. A free trial is available, but there is no free plan; compare the per-location forecast and scheduling prices with the features you need.
Questions
How much does Lineup.ai cost?
Forecasts Only costs $79 a month per location. Forecasts + Scheduling costs $149 a month per location.
Does Lineup.ai have a free plan or trial?
There is no free plan. A free trial is available.
Can I use Lineup.ai forecasts without its scheduling tools?
Yes. Customers can access sales forecasts without using Lineup.ai’s built-in scheduling features.
Which platforms does Lineup.ai support?
Lineup.ai is available on Android, iOS, and the web.
Which systems does Lineup.ai integrate with?
Listed integrations include Snowflake, Olo, Omnivore, Brink POS, Clover, Heartland, Square, Toast, Upserve, OpenTable, Tock, Tripleseat, 7shifts, and UKG.
Who is Lineup.ai for?
Its target customers include multi-location restaurants, U.S. franchises, quick-service restaurants, local and regional restaurant groups, fast-casual restaurants, cafes, and coffee shops.
Facts from Lineup.ai's own pages
- Accuracy claim
- The homepage claims forecasts are 35% more accurate than traditional forecasting methods. · lineup.ai, 15 Oct 2026
- Acquisition
- TimeForge announced on August 6, 2024 that Lineup.ai had become part of its product suite. · timeforge.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Analytics
- Reporting dashboards track store sales, labor demand versus scheduled employees, and performance against labor targets. · lineup.ai, 30 Sept 2026
- API and extensibility
- The terms define the service as including connectivity APIs and data integrations, but no separate public developer documentation or SDK is identified there. · lineup.ai, 15 Oct 2026
- Automated scheduling
- Managers can build schedules manually, from templates, by copying prior schedules or through automatic generation. · lineup.ai, 15 Oct 2026
- Company status
- The site says Lineup.ai is now part of the TimeForge suite of labor-management products. · lineup.ai, 30 Sept 2026
- Data sales
- The privacy policy states that the company does not sell personal data. · lineup.ai, 30 Sept 2026
- Employee app
- Employees can view schedules, submit availability, request time off, and swap shifts through the mobile app. · lineup.ai, 30 Sept 2026
- Employee self-service
- Employees can view schedules, submit availability and time-off requests, release shifts and request shift swaps through the mobile app. · lineup.ai, 15 Oct 2026
- Forecast data inputs
- Forecast models use historical sales plus weather, events, traffic and holiday data, with a separate prediction model for each location. · lineup.ai, 15 Oct 2026
- Forecast-only use
- Customers do not need to use Lineup.ai’s built-in scheduling features to access its sales forecasts. · lineup.ai, 30 Sept 2026
- Founded
- TimeForge's acquisition announcement says Lineup.ai was created in 2020. · timeforge.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Lubbock, Texas, United States · lineup.ai, 28 Sept 2026
- Implementation
- The FAQ says there is no implementation fee and that the company will get customers running at no additional cost. · lineup.ai, 30 Sept 2026
- Integration operation
- POS and data systems provide continuous historical and real-time sales, employee-hour and channel data to the forecasting system. · lineup.ai, 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The published integration directory lists Snowflake, Olo, Omnivore, Brink POS, Clover, Heartland, Square, Toast, Upserve, OpenTable, Tock, Tripleseat, 7shifts and UKG. · lineup.ai, 15 Oct 2026
- Labor forecasting
- Labor-demand forecasts help restaurants set staffing levels and labor-cost targets by shift and location. · lineup.ai, 15 Oct 2026
- License model
- The terms grant access to a hosted service and prohibit copying, reverse engineering, decompiling and deriving source code, indicating proprietary software. · lineup.ai, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: integration coverage
- RestaurantTools.ai says the native POS list is short and US-focused, citing missing Lightspeed, Revel and SpotOn unless routed through Omnivore. · restauranttools.ai, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: price
- RestaurantTools.ai characterizes the $79-$149 per-location monthly range as expensive compared with lower-priced scheduling competitors. · restauranttools.ai, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: sparse independent evidence
- RestaurantTools.ai says public independent reviews were absent on G2, Capterra, GetApp and Software Advice as of July 2026, leaving mainly vendor-curated testimonials. · restauranttools.ai, 15 Oct 2026
- Maker legal name
- Crunchbase identifies the legal name as Lineup, LLC and operating status as active. · crunchbase.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Maker size and headquarters
- Crunchbase lists Lineup.ai as a private Chicago, Illinois company with 11-50 employees. · crunchbase.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Menu-item forecasting
- Item-level forecasting is intended to guide preparation and purchasing and reduce waste. · lineup.ai, 15 Oct 2026