Deputy is a solid workforce platform. Aedan Rose is the AI-native all-in-one — scheduling, reservations, ordering, CRM, and analytics under one flat, per-location plan, with the agentic Aedan Rose Copilot on the Manager plan.
Unlimited team members · Flat per-location pricing · 30-day trial on paid plans · No per-employee fees
Deputy is a horizontal workforce platform with mature compliance tooling. Aedan Rose is restaurant-first — scheduling, timeclock, and team chat live in the same platform as reservations, ordering, CRM, and AI.
Scheduling, reservations, ordering, floor plan, CRM, inventory and analytics — no stack of point tools.
Add every server, cook and host with no per-user charge on any plan.
Payments and payouts run through Stripe Connect — you keep the relationship.
Free iOS and Android apps for your staff, plus a full web dashboard for you.
Real product, real screens. Deputy stops at the team; Aedan Rose keeps going — the same platform your staff schedule in also books tables, takes orders, and answers guests.
Drag-and-drop scheduling with conflict detection, restaurant-specific roles, and shift trades, swaps, and coverage — designed around servers and line cooks, not a generic org chart.
Capture bookings around the clock with automated confirmations and no-show tracking, then map them onto a visual floor plan you design yourself — tables, sections, and all.
An embeddable ordering widget and a standalone order page take orders directly on your own site, with payments and payouts through your own Stripe account — no marketplace in the middle.
On the Manager plan, the agentic Copilot reads your data and gets work done — it drafts schedules, messages staff, edits the menu, and manages your CRM, executing with your approval on anything that matters. A workforce tool can't do this.
Your managers run the full dashboard on a tablet; your staff carry the free team app in their pocket for shifts, trades, and chat. Same platform, everywhere.
A fair side-by-side. We call out where Deputy leads, too — this isn't a hit piece.
| Capability | Deputy | Aedan Rose |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per user / month | Flat per-location, unlimited team |
| Starting price | Per-user (scales with headcount) | $79/mo · free tier + 30-day trial |
| Restaurant-specific scheduling | General-purpose | FOH/BOH roles & shift types |
| Shift trades / swaps / coverage | Yes | Yes (Online Ordering plan+) |
| Team chat & tasks | Yes | Yes (paid plans) |
| Timeclock | Yes, with photo clock-in | Yes; geofenced on Full House |
| Labor-law / award compliance depth | Mature (multi-region) | Not a compliance-first tool |
| Direct payroll integrations | Multiple live today | Payroll add-on on any plan |
| Reservations & floor plan | No | Included on Full House and up |
| Online ordering + payments | No | Yes (Online Ordering plan+) |
| Guest-facing AI assistant | No | 24/7, 100+ languages |
| CRM, loyalty & branded email | No | Built in (paid plans) |
| Agentic AI operator (builds work for you) | No | Aedan Rose Copilot (Manager) |
Deputy details reflect its publicly described positioning as a dedicated workforce-management platform. Compare current plans on each vendor's site before deciding.
Deputy is capable in its lane. When your scheduling needs to live next to reservations, orders, and guests, Aedan Rose is built around the whole job.
Deputy is industry-agnostic. Aedan Rose is designed around restaurant workflows — FOH/BOH roles and shift types, conflict detection that understands service, plus team chat, tasks, PTO, and shift trades from the Online Ordering plan.
Deputy schedules the team. Aedan Rose schedules the team and handles reservations, online orders, guest questions, loyalty, CRM, and branded email — the whole front of house in one platform.
Deputy charges per user, so the bill grows as you hire. Aedan Rose is one flat fee per location with unlimited team members — predictable cost, no penalty for staffing up.
Aedan Rose is self-serve — sign up, add your staff, and start building the week's schedule within an hour. No mandatory implementation call to get going.
No handwave — Deputy has real strengths. If your priorities map to these, weigh them carefully.
Compliance and labor-law tooling: Deputy has mature features for break tracking, fair-workweek / predictive-scheduling laws, and award interpretation. For multi-state or multi-country operators with complex compliance needs, that depth is real, and it isn't Aedan Rose's focus.
Deep timeclock features: Photo clock-in and detailed audit trails are well-tested in Deputy. Aedan Rose includes a timeclock — geofenced on the Full House plan — but Deputy's workforce-only focus gives it more time-tracking depth today.
Wide payroll & HR integrations: Deputy connects to a broad set of payroll and accounting tools. If your stack is already wired into Deputy, that's a real switching cost worth counting. Aedan Rose offers payroll as an add-on on any plan.
International labor support: Deputy is strong across several regions with localized compliance. Aedan Rose works globally but isn't specifically tuned for non-US labor law.
Every new hire on a per-user tool nudges your bill up. Aedan Rose is one flat plan per location with unlimited team members — and you get reservations, ordering, CRM, and AI in the same price.
Start on the free tier or take the 30-day trial on any paid plan — no credit card, no contract.
You don't have to flip everything overnight. Move at your own pace and keep both running until your team is comfortable.
Create your account, add your team, and build your roles and floor plan — no credit card to begin, unlimited team members.
Keep Deputy for timeclock while you schedule, take reservations, and turn on ordering in Aedan Rose. Nothing breaks in your current setup.
Move to the paid plan that fits — Online Ordering, Full House, or Manager — with a full 30-day trial and no long-term contract.
Once your team is comfortable, retire the point tools and run scheduling, reservations, ordering, CRM, and AI from one platform and one invoice.