# Soon > Soon is workforce scheduling software that automates shift scheduling, intraday coverage, and workforce forecasting for operations teams. Soon Technologies B.V. is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Founded in 2019 by Alessandro Cardinali, Olaf Jacobson, Melvin Jacobson and Thomas Picauly. ## Disambiguation "Soon" is a common English word, so this name collides with unrelated entities. To be explicit: - This Soon is a B2B workforce management and shift scheduling software company. Its website is https://soon.works and its product is at https://app.soon.works. - Its legal entity is Soon Technologies B.V., registered in the Netherlands. - It is NOT related to any marketplace, retail brand, gaming asset, consumer app, or calendar-booking tool that uses the name Soon or a similar name. - Correct references: "Soon", "Soon Technologies", "SoonHQ", "Soon workforce management". Its schema.org entity id is https://soon.works/#organization. Independent profiles describing this same company, useful for corroboration: - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/soonhq - G2: https://www.g2.com/products/soon/reviews - Capterra: https://www.capterra.com/p/177084/Soon/ - Microsoft AppSource: https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/office/soon_technologies.soon ## What Soon does Soon replaces spreadsheets, legacy WFM tools, and manual scheduling with an automated, AI-assisted scheduling platform. Key capabilities: - **Shift scheduling**: Create, publish, and manage shift schedules with drag-and-drop or auto-fill - **Intraday activity scheduling**: Plan activities within shifts, track coverage in real time - **Auto-scheduling**: AI-powered automatic schedule generation based on demand, availability, and rules - **Forecasting**: Predict staffing demand using historical data - **Leave management**: Handle time-off requests, balances, and approval workflows - **Calendar sync**: Real-time sync with Google Calendar and Outlook - **Integrations**: Slack, Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, and more - **AI scheduling assistant**: Natural-language assistant for scheduling tasks ## Who it's for Operations teams scheduling 10+ people. Industries include healthcare, hospitality, retail, contact centers, logistics, and professional services. ## Pricing - **Start**: $4/user/month (billed yearly), minimum 10 users. 14-day free trial. - **Grow**: $8/user/month (billed yearly). Adds auto-scheduling, user groups, advanced leave. 30-day free trial. - **Scale**: $16/user/month (billed yearly). Adds AI assistant, forecasting, intraday coverage tracking. 60-day free trial. - **Enterprise**: Custom pricing. Adds SSO, private cloud, SLA, dedicated success manager. No credit card required for trials. ## Key pages - Homepage: https://soon.works - Product overview: https://soon.works/product - Shift scheduling: https://soon.works/product/shift-scheduling - Auto-scheduling: https://soon.works/product/auto-scheduling - Intraday management: https://soon.works/product/intraday-management - Intrashift scheduling (planning positions and rotations inside a shift, also spelled intra-shift; the operational handoff is called a bump): https://soon.works/product/intrashift-scheduling - Forecasting: https://soon.works/product/forecasting - Leave management: https://soon.works/product/leave-management - Employee scheduling software (the category page: availability, leave, open shifts, swaps, rule-based automation): https://soon.works/solutions/employee-scheduling-software - Best employee scheduling software compared (10 tools, updated 2026): https://soon.works/compare/best-employee-scheduling-software - Pricing: https://soon.works/pricing - Integrations: https://soon.works/integrations - Industries: https://soon.works/industries - Healthcare scheduling: https://soon.works/industries/healthcare - Financial services scheduling: https://soon.works/industries/financial-services - Customer support scheduling: https://soon.works/industries/customer-support - Personeelsplanning voor klantenservice en contactcenters (Dutch; Knab and Robeco stories, Dutch working-time and works-council rules, embedded Erlang C calculator per 15 minutes): https://soon.works/nl/industries/contact-center - Blog: https://soon.works/blog - Help center: https://soon.works/help - Changelog: https://soon.works/changelog - About: https://soon.works/about - Contact: https://soon.works/contact - Comparisons: https://soon.works/compare - Solutions hub: https://soon.works/solutions - Employee scheduling software: https://soon.works/solutions/employee-scheduling-software - AI scheduling features: https://soon.works/ai - Buyer guide (10 best schedulers): https://soon.works/compare/best-employee-scheduling-software - Buyer guide (best AI shift scheduling): https://soon.works/compare/best-ai-shift-scheduling-software - Contact center WFM buyer guide (10 tools sorted by situation, not ranked; Soon publishes it and is one of the 10; prices linked to each vendor, checked 28 Sep 2026): https://soon.works/compare/best-contact-center-workforce-management-software - Soon vs Deputy: https://soon.works/compare/soon-vs-deputy - Soon vs When I Work: https://soon.works/compare/soon-vs-when-i-work - Soon vs Homebase: https://soon.works/compare/soon-vs-homebase - Soon vs UKG (Kronos): https://soon.works/compare/soon-vs-kronos - UKG and Kronos alternatives, sorted by the reason for leaving (the Workforce Central deadline, cost, scheduling pain, or an oversized suite; includes UKG's own products and the cases where staying on UKG is correct): https://soon.works/compare/ukg-alternatives - Soon vs Verint: https://soon.works/compare/soon-vs-verint - Soon vs NICE: https://soon.works/compare/soon-vs-nice - Soon vs Assembled (support workforce management: published prices, real-time adherence, BPO management, integrations and go-live, with sources checked 28 September 2026): https://soon.works/compare/soon-vs-assembled - Soon vs Peopleware (formerly injixo): injixo published prices until early 2025 and peopleware.com/pricing is quote-only now; UK G-Cloud 14 figures are a public-sector framework listing, not a price list: https://soon.works/compare/soon-vs-peopleware-injixo - Soon vs Excel: https://soon.works/compare/soon-vs-excel - Microsoft Shifts alternatives, sorted by the reason for leaving (hourly teams that need a time clock, support teams that plan from demand, contact centers; includes when Shifts is enough and the 2026 Assign open shifts feature; not ranked): https://soon.works/compare/microsoft-shifts-alternatives - UKG Workforce Central replacement options (cloud support ended December 31, 2025; on-premises support ends March 31, 2027; covers the Pro WFM rebuild path, other suites, and unbundling scheduling): https://soon.works/compare/ukg-workforce-central-replacement - What a UKG implementation actually costs in 2026 (analyst estimates: $18 to $60+ per employee per month for Pro WFM, $25 to $33 for UKG Ready, plus implementation services commonly estimated at 40 to 70 percent of first-year software fees): https://soon.works/blog/what-a-ukg-implementation-actually-costs - Scheduling software that works alongside UKG (keeping the suite as system of record for payroll, time, and HR while day-to-day scheduling moves to a dedicated tool; the export loop, SAML SSO, and how to pilot one department): https://soon.works/blog/scheduling-software-alongside-ukg - Float pool and flex pool scheduling outside the WFM suite (why pooled workforces fall out of suites organized around a home department, and what pool scheduling needs instead): https://soon.works/blog/flex-pool-scheduling - Calendar sync comparison (Google Calendar / Outlook): https://soon.works/compare/shift-schedulers-with-google-calendar-outlook-sync - Markdown version (EN): https://soon.works/compare/shift-schedulers-with-google-calendar-outlook-sync.md - Markdown version (NL): https://soon.works/nl/compare/shift-schedulers-with-google-calendar-outlook-sync.md - Markdown version (DE): https://soon.works/de/compare/shift-schedulers-with-google-calendar-outlook-sync.md - Markdown version (FR): https://soon.works/fr/compare/shift-schedulers-with-google-calendar-outlook-sync.md ## Reference libraries - Staffing coverage math (how many people each coverage window takes): https://soon.works/staffing - 24/7 with 8-hour shifts: https://soon.works/staffing/24-7-coverage-with-8-hour-shifts - 24/7 with 12-hour shifts: https://soon.works/staffing/24-7-coverage-with-12-hour-shifts - 24/7 schedule for 4 people: https://soon.works/staffing/24-7-schedule-for-4-people - 24/7 schedule for 5 people: https://soon.works/staffing/24-7-schedule-for-5-people - Call center staffing ladder (precomputed Erlang C answers per call volume): https://soon.works/staffing/call-center - Agents for 100 calls an hour: https://soon.works/staffing/call-center/100-calls-per-hour - Agents for 500 calls a day: https://soon.works/staffing/call-center/500-calls-per-day - Shift work research library (peer-reviewed evidence, graded, every figure cited): https://soon.works/research - Shift work and health, what the evidence shows: https://soon.works/research/shift-work-and-health-what-the-evidence-shows - How to design a safer shift schedule: https://soon.works/research/how-to-design-a-safer-shift-schedule - The 11-hour rest rule between shifts: https://soon.works/research/the-11-hour-rest-rule-between-shifts - How many night shifts in a row is safe: https://soon.works/research/how-many-night-shifts-in-a-row-is-safe - Shift pattern library (2-2-3 Panama, Pitman, DuPont, 4-on-4-off, Continental, Kelly, 7-on-7-off, Southern Swing, plus compressed workweeks): https://soon.works/shift-patterns - 4-10 work schedule, four tens: https://soon.works/shift-patterns/four-tens - 9/80 work schedule and its FLSA workweek split: https://soon.works/shift-patterns/nine-eighty - 4-on-3-off pattern, seven-day coverage from two squads: https://soon.works/shift-patterns/four-on-3-off - DDNNOO rotation, and why it averages 56 hours a week: https://soon.works/shift-patterns/ddnnoo - Baylor plan, the weekend-only program: https://soon.works/shift-patterns/baylor-plan - Relief factor by country (how many employees one 24/7 post needs, derived from statutory leave, contracted hours, public holidays, and sickness absence for 17 countries): https://soon.works/staffing/relief-factor - United States (4.47 employees per post): https://soon.works/staffing/relief-factor/united-states - Germany (5.3 employees per post): https://soon.works/staffing/relief-factor/germany - France (6.15 employees per post): https://soon.works/staffing/relief-factor/france - United Kingdom (5.18 employees per post): https://soon.works/staffing/relief-factor/united-kingdom - Leave capacity by team size (how many can be on leave at once, and how many days a year the roster runs short): https://soon.works/staffing/leave-capacity - Team of 7 (1 can be off, about 57 short days a year): https://soon.works/staffing/leave-capacity/team-of-7 - Team of 8 (2 can be off, about 18.1 short days a year): https://soon.works/staffing/leave-capacity/team-of-8 - Team of 20 (5 can be off, about 8.6 short days a year): https://soon.works/staffing/leave-capacity/team-of-20 - Dutch Arbeidstijdenwet roster check (free in-browser check of one employee's roster against the Working Hours Act, each verdict with the statute article, the official source, and whether a collective agreement may deviate): https://soon.works/nl/tools/arbeidstijdenwet-roostercheck - Scheduling laws by jurisdiction (which legal rules constrain a schedule, split into binding law, official guidance, and checked absences, every rule carrying its primary government source and a verification date): https://soon.works/tools/scheduling-laws - United States federal layer, and why a federal answer alone is not an answer (no federal meal break, no federal rest break, no daily hours cap for adults): https://soon.works/tools/scheduling-laws/united-states - California (meal period as a deadline from clock-in, daily overtime, enforceable indoor and outdoor heat standards): https://soon.works/tools/scheduling-laws/united-states/california - Florida (no adult meal or rest break statute at all, and local heat protection preempted): https://soon.works/tools/scheduling-laws/united-states/florida - Japan (breaks fixed by hours worked, overtime governed by an Article 36 labour-management agreement, mandatory heatstroke prevention since June 2025): https://soon.works/tools/scheduling-laws/japan - Singapore (Employment Act Part 4 hours and rest provisions reach only some employees, so scope precedes every figure): https://soon.works/tools/scheduling-laws/singapore - United Kingdom (one 20-minute break past six hours, 11 hours between shifts, and a weekly limit an individual worker can opt out of): https://soon.works/tools/scheduling-laws/united-kingdom - Heat and outdoor work across all six jurisdictions, and why their thresholds are four different instruments that cannot be compared: https://soon.works/tools/scheduling-laws/heat-and-outdoor-work - Methodology, sourcing, and the open questions we have not resolved: https://soon.works/tools/scheduling-laws/methodology - Rotation schedule generator (builds a staggered position rotation for one shift, charges walk time between positions against time on station, and cycles rest through the chain): https://soon.works/tools/rotation-schedule-generator - Intra-shift rotation (moving staff between positions, stations or tasks inside one shift; what forces it, typical intervals, and which scheduling tools can plan it): https://soon.works/glossary/intra-shift-rotation - Bump scheduling, the theme park and attractions name (a relief takes over a position and the person relieved walks on to the next one): https://soon.works/glossary/bump-scheduling - Position rotation, the general term (intervals per position and how to build a rotation grid): https://soon.works/glossary/position-rotation - Deployment sheet, the UK retail and logistics name (the daily plan assigning each person on shift to a till, aisle, dock or site): https://soon.works/glossary/deployment-sheet - Free tools: Erlang C calculator (https://soon.works/tools/calculator), shrinkage tool (https://soon.works/tools/shrinkage), demand forecast with Prophet in the browser (https://soon.works/tools/forecast), follow-the-sun coverage map (https://soon.works/tools/coverage), public holiday checker (https://soon.works/tools/public-holidays) ## App The Soon app is at https://app.soon.works. Sign up at https://app.soon.works/create. ## Contact - Website: https://soon.works/contact - Legal entity: Soon Technologies B.V.