Lineup.ai review
Affordable restaurant forecasting with labor controls and optional scheduling.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Lineup.ai is restaurant forecasting and scheduling software for restaurant owners, managers, and multi-location operators. It combines sales forecasting, labor planning, scheduling, and analytics in a platform available on web, iOS, and Android. Its forecasts use historical sales, weather, local events, holidays, and machine learning, while employee tools cover availability, time-off requests, and shift swaps. The product is part of the TimeForge suite.
Pricing is structured around two monthly plans billed per location. Forecasts Only costs $79 per location per month and includes unlimited users and employees, automated AI-generated forecasts, item-level forecasting, a custom labor allowance budget, integrations, and a real-time sales forecast dashboard. Forecasts + Scheduling costs $149 per location per month and adds a schedule builder, automated scheduling, and schedule templates while retaining core forecasting and labor-budget capabilities. Annual plans receive a 10% discount. This makes the lower tier suited to operators focused on planning and cost control, while the higher tier is the relevant choice when scheduling belongs in the same workflow.
Lineup.ai’s main strength is the connection between sales expectations, labor demand, labor targets, and schedules. Managers can forecast labor up to four weeks in advance, monitor sales and labor analytics, and use item-level forecasts for more detailed planning. Integrations include Toast, Brink POS, Square, Clover, Snowflake, Omnivore, Olo, Heartland, Upserve, OpenTable, Tock, Tripleseat, 7shifts, and UKG. Restaurants seeking affordable forecasting with labor controls should consider it, especially if these integrations fit their stack. Businesses that need a free plan or do not want scheduling tied to a paid upgrade should look elsewhere.
Lineup.ai pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Forecasts sales and labor up to four weeks ahead
- Item-level analytics, budgets, and real-time dashboards
- Web, iOS, Android, POS, and data-system integrations
- Where it doesn't
- No free plan
- Scheduling requires the $149 tier
- Monthly pricing is per location
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