# Page 3 | Nowsta Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 3 - Is Nowsta the right Staffing Agency solution for you? Explore 283 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/172778/Nowsta/reviews --- Nowsta 4.9 (283) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 3 - Reviews of Nowsta ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 51-75 of 283 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use JR Jonathan R. Director of Operations Food & Beverages Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Employee Communication and Coordination at its Finest" December 5, 2023 5.0 Compared to the competition, Nowsta comes out way ahead in ease of use, ability to deliver results, drive efficiency, and track accountability. Pros Ease of use and interface make using Nowsta & training easy. Ease of integrations makes implementation and ROI high. Many workers in our market are familiar with Nowsta. Data and reporting allow deep analytics for management, business strategy, and budgets. Cons Not allowing workers to Opt to share their calendars across multiple employers means that employee calendars are not always up to date. Not being able to see available workers without creating a placeholder shift. Alternatives considered [FoodStorm](https://www.capterra.com/p/124696/FoodStorm-for-Catering/)[Paychex Flex](https://www.capterra.com/p/119841/Paychex-Flex/)[Caterease](https://www.capterra.com/p/2280/Caterease/) Reason for choosing Nowsta Nowsta did better in the critical areas listed above: staff management and tracking, time and attendance, API integrations (payroll & sales software), communication with employees, HR tracking, file sharing, metric tracking & Data (call outs and shift declinations) Switched from [Deputy](https://www.capterra.com/p/167811/Deputy/) Deputy's integration did not work with our software. It also did not deliver in critical areas listed above, where Nowsta does deliver. Review Source Tim M. Founder & General Manager Food & Beverages Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best Option out there!" June 26, 2023 5.0 Great interface, really good customer service! Easy to use as a manager and employee. Pros Having a system that communicated with our catering software has been crucial. This allows us to keep budgeting / staffing goals in mind when creating the schedule. Cons I wish there was a manager portal / or team portal so that I could login and see who's clocked in, what my labor costs are for that day/period. That is the biggest lack of Nowsta currently. . Switched from [7shifts](https://www.capterra.com/p/123038/7shifts-Restaurant-Scheduling/) Communication with catering software, functionality is better suited for our industry vs. restaurant Review Source KM Kt M. Sales & Events Manager Food & Beverages Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Essential for scheduling our catering & event staff! " October 18, 2023 5.0 We have enjoyed Nowsta for the organization and ease of use for our staff! Pros We love the personalization of Nowsta and being able to make it work for our company needs. It is incredibly useful for our staff to use the mobile app to accept or decline shifts, see event and shift details, uniform information, and location parking information in the palm of their hand. We also love that it integrates with our catering system, Total Party Planner. Cons We wish there was a mobile app for managers & administrators! We are often working in the field and assisting with events so when changes need to be made to a shift or information needs to be updated real-time, we have to rush to a wifi zone and make changes from a laptop (if we even have it with us!) at an event. Making changes via mobile would be super helpful! Review Source JM Jared M. Senior Operations Manager Food & Beverages Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Nowsta Lowers My Stress Level" July 11, 2023 5.0 Overall, I am completely impressed with the functionality, ease of use, and practicality of this product. It increases my quality of life because it is so helpful and user friendly that it significantly lowers my stress level. Thanks, again. Pros Nowsta is so intuitive and helpful that I honestly enjoy my time using the program. I am able to visualize and focus on the teams and venues I am staffing rather than stress about difficult logistics of a program (which is common in other programs I use). It is incredibly fluid and simple in use for an aspect of my job that is actually very complicated. I would recommend Nowsta to anyone who spends a significant portion of their day filling any type of employee shifts. Thanks for your hand work, Nowsta! Cons I don't have a good understanding of how to compare employee work/hour allocation relative to specific types of events. Perhaps better illustrative data representation would help. It's also possible that I just don't know how to find or use these already accessible features. Review Source MA Michelle A. Head of Booking Department Hospitality Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Makes my job easier!" May 19, 2023 5.0 I can not gush any mor than I have. It is the best managing software I have ever used. It meets all my staffing needs- and exceeds them with Nowsta Flex. I could not be a happier camper. Pros Nowsta creates a space where I can successfully create and customize events to our companies particular needs. We are also able to more easily evaluate our staff and track hours worked. Communication with our staff is an absolute breeze with the built in announcement feature. Cons I have not bumped into anything that Nowsta has not already changed (adding the "unavailable" feature was a dream come true) Alternatives considered [Google Sheets](https://www.capterra.com/p/169718/Google-Sheets/) Reason for choosing Nowsta I used Nowsta at another company (where I was first introduced to it). When I moved to my new company, they were using email+google sheets to manage events and staff employees. I said there is a better way- let me tell you about Nowsta! We implemented in the off season and have been using Nowsta in full force since then! Review Source FT Frankie T. Owner Food & Beverages Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Nowsta is a must have!" November 30, 2023 5.0 Nowsta has enabled us to grow as a company and scale when needed. This is a must have app in our industry. Pros I like the ability to schedule multiple events and include a multitude of details that are important to convey to our teams. Also, the ability to engage temp staff through the same system is a game changer. Cons I would like to be able to receive employee responses through the system making it a one stop shop. Alternatives considered [HotSchedules](https://www.capterra.com/p/52611/HotSchedules/) Reason for choosing Nowsta The format makes so much sense for a company like ours where we may have many events in multiple locations across the state all at the same time. Switched from [When I Work](https://www.capterra.com/p/121248/When-I-Work/) Lack of flexibility for our industry. We felt limited. Review Source MC Melissa C. Manager Food & Beverages Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Nowsta truly transformed our catering companies staffing operations! " August 5, 2019 5.0 Nowsta has eliminated our need for paper/hand written shift times, confusion over who was at what event and for how long, wondering what was the pay for that particular shift and the need to spend countless hours calculating every employees hours/pay come payroll time. Most of all, Nowsta has connected all our employees and with the app, given each the convenance of handheld information. Oh, and Nowsta integrates with our catering software Caterease which was our biggest selling point because we only have to enter event information once and it is transferred over to Nowsta with all the details needed for the employees. From a Caterers view point, I do not think there is anything else out there that can come close to Nowsta for us. So happy we made the move to Nowsta and there's no turning back! Pros From an Admin stand point, I love how Nowsta is so easy to edit; staff information, times, position costs, literally everything! I love the availability checks that can go out as whatever I want, they do not have to be attached to an event. I love the multiple ways that I can inform my staff of shifts available via shifts requests and publishing to a first come first serve deal. It's so easy to make announcements to staff members who are scheduled for event shifts. Staff members get notified instantly of any event changes. I can set preferences to where I receive emails every time a staff member accepts/declines a shift, when new events are entered into Nowsta (we have the Caterease interface), when staff members do not clock into their shifts on time and so on. I could go on and on... From an employees stand point, Nowsta gives me all the information that I need for an event. Its linked with Google Maps and with one click, I get GPS directions to my event. I can get notifications of upcoming events I am scheduled for. I clock in and out with my phone, no company timeclock box needed. I can easily add breaks to my shift. I can clock into an unscheduled shift, like for kitchen/office staff members who work daily yet do not have schedule kitchen or office hours. It is soooo easy! Makes everything soooo easy!! Hands down the BEST Customer service crew I have ever worked with! I love chatting with them even tho I try not to have to. :) Cons The only thing at the moment that I wish Nowsta could do is have flat rate delivery options. I currently use normal staffing hours to calculate deliveries but they should be flat rates that do not affect employees hours but we make it work. Looking forward to the upgrade that includes flat rate fees. Review Source CD Cameron D. Chief of STAFF'd Events Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Nowsta has been GREAT for our company" October 11, 2023 5.0 Nowsta has helped us streamline staffing for our events and allowed us to focus on building the best teams for our clients. Through Nowsta's many features, we're able to manage and communicate better with our clients and our staff, creating better and stronger events teams all around. Pros We love the accessibility and ease of use for each of our team members. Our staff consists of young and old, and everyone seems to understand how to use the app. Getting updated that everyone has clocked in is a great feature, especially when you're running a lot of events daily. The reminders that you have a shift coming up when you're 3 days out, and then again 3 hours out are great too! Lastly, we love being able to see the last time a staff member logged into the app, this helps us manage the teams more accurately. Cons We struggle most with the clock in/out feature. It's likely a user error, but we get the most complaints about this feature. When it does work, it's great! Reason for choosing Nowsta I cannot remember the alternative products that were considered, but overall, we felt the price, the ease of use, the features, and the customer service far outweighed the other options. After several years of using Nowsta, we're still really happy with the product. Review Source JA Jennifer A. Controller Entertainment Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Best Entertainment Crewing Software " February 19, 2022 5.0 This software allows us work with an ever-changing employee pool to staff entertainment events. It is easy to set-up events, add employees to shifts, and be able to customize most aspects of the crewing process to meet our client's needs. It is also very convenient to have timesheets and employee attendance integrated in the same software as our calendar and crewing. Pros Nowsta is great for real-time staffing, planning upcoming events for clients, and for tracking attendance and employee times. I've worked with several different software packages over the past 5 years, and this is the one that I'm going to stick with because it does everything I need it to in a user-friendly way. Cons I would like to be able to add a little more customization to employee pay rates (not only by position, but by client as well). It would also be helpful to be able to customize overtime rules a little more. Review Source Response from Nowsta February 22, 2022 Hi Jennifer, Just following up here to let you know that you can create custom pay rates on a per client basis. Here is a link to an article that explains how to set these up. https://community.nowsta.com/en/articles/3038105-how-to-add-custom-client-pay-rates-and-bill-rates If you have any questions - please let us know at support@nowsta.com LD Lisa D. Staffing Coordinator Hospitality Used the software for: 2+ years ### "I've threatened to quit if I can't have Nowsta" May 15, 2023 5.0 I was with another company before the pandemic in the same role, and used Nowsta there. So I pushed hard to get it at my new job, and it has made scaling up our post-pandemic operations much easier. I've also found that the Nowsta gnomes are great about integrating feedback and working out new features. Pros I love how fast I can work with Nowsta--building events, assigning staff, sending out information, moving people around from event to event, duplicating events, attaching pdfs with information that my teams will need. The mobile app is much easier for my team to use than our old system. The different kinds of reports I can generate are useful. And it's fun, compared to the alternatives I've worked with or researched. Other products may have the same functionality, but are harder to navigate or require more keystrokes to do basic things. Nowsta is responsive, robust, and clear. Cons Our one big challenge is that Nowsta can't export to the .iif format that our particular version of QuickBooks needs, and we're still looking for a workaround. But it works with a lot of other systems, our experience shouldn't put you off. Review Source TB Timothy B. Production Specialist Broadcast Media Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Nowsta is everything you need and more." October 4, 2023 5.0 Outstanding program. More than worth its price. Incredible app and mobile integration. Pros Extremely easy to integrate into our organization. We had gone from 4 different programs for 4 years and now we've stuck with Nowsta for almost 3. It does everything we need simply and effectively, the ease of use is the most I like about Nowsta. Cons Only thing is I wish it paired with apple calendar. Reason for choosing Nowsta Once we heard about it and saw what it could do, we went to it. No other options. Review Source LH Laura H. Owner Food & Beverages Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great Employee Scheduling Software" June 1, 2023 4.0 Nowsta has been fairly responsive to our requests to improve the product and their customer service is fantastic and quick to respond (and troubleshoot issues). Pros Nowsta is an essential scheduling and timeclock tool in our catering company. Employees in the field can easily get shift information including GPS directions, times, and uniform requirements They also can log breaks and timeclock info. Shift requests are easy and simple to respond to for employees. We have been using Nowsta for many years and are very happy with it. Cons I wish that Nowsta was a little easier to use for scheduling full time employees with somewhat regular shifts. They have a weekly scheduler in beta mode, but it is still clunky and doesn't allow you to schedule employees without entering individual daily shifts. Other programs we have used allowed us to Enter a shift and then click a box for which days of the week that shift applied to. Review Source MH Michael H. Fleet Logistics Manager/ Lead driver Entertainment Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Nowsta user review" August 18, 2023 5.0 It has been very useful and easy to use and understand Pros It is a great tool for me as far as tracking upcoming shows and seeing at a glance what shows still need the positions filled Cons Occasionally when using my mobile and I try and put in a shift request I have to turn my phone sideways in order to get to the list of employees that I'm trying to request Reason for choosing Nowsta It was not my decision Review Source SH Scott H. Studio Manager Broadcast Media Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Nowsta works for a large on-call list of employees and contractors" March 17, 2024 5.0 Great! We've implemented it quickly and the employees and contractors have all adopted it and use it regularly. Pros So easy to implement and use, and just as easy for our employees and contractors. It has made a lot of our scheduling nightmares disappear. Cons I love most of it. I wish I could copy and paste certain elements between jobs rather than having to use drop down menus in those instances. Switched from [Microsoft Excel](https://www.capterra.com/p/176574/Excel/) How easy it was to use across platforms and especially on mobile. Review Source CB Christine B. CEO/Founder Hospitality Used the software for: 2+ years ### "I refer Nowsta to everyone that would benefit from using it! " March 11, 2022 5.0 I can not say enough how much I love Nowsta! I am very picky with my software and systems I have in place for my business. Nowsta along with Tave (another software system) work perfect for me! The Nowsta team is wonderful! Always there to help if I have a question. Nowst is a definite game changer for me and my business! Pros This software keeps me organized, keeps the associates organized. I love the systems, I love the real time notifications ~ I just love everything about it! Cons It took me a little while to get use to the software, but it was a small learning curve for me. When I send out a message to the team ~ and then go look at the announcement in my announcement tabs, it's difficult for me to find it after I've read it, doesn't seem to be in chronological order once a message, or announcement is read. ~ Also it's very difficult to get on my nowsta page as an administrator on my phone when i'm out of my office ~ this is very frustrating and hope to find a solution for this. Review Source MC Monica C. Catering Staff Director Hospitality Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Makes my job easy" August 5, 2023 5.0 Great was first a user and found it very beneficial and now the administrator and it is essential Pros Nowsta is essential in Staffing our events. Provides easy communication tools. Cons Custom reports and scheduled reports would help automate processes and keep groups in the know. And reporting for published shifts replies (nowsta tells me that someone declined direct requests, would be nice to know about published ones too when Staffing various shifts and events in a day) Reason for choosing Nowsta Was not involved in scheduling prior to Nowsta with company Review Source MC Meg C. Founder and CEO Legal Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Nowsta helped me expand my business" December 3, 2021 5.0 Because I am not spending hours trying to schedule multiple jobs, this has freed up time for me to source more business, hire and train more people. Pros I like the weekly view to see who is available when scheduling and the Events page to see if we have any days open to schedule new projects. Cons I really wish on the Weekly View that there was a way that the team could put in when they can not work as well as when they can. My team and our work are flexible but I always have to call the team member to see if they could possibly make it an hour earlier to meet a vendor or if we can switch the days they want off and they can tell me if they have no flexibility on certain days. Review Source VS Victoria S. Event Manager Hospitality Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Nowsta Review" June 23, 2023 4.0 I've been using NOWSTA for over a year now, and definitely recommend it to all. It is super important for our company because everyone (front of house and back) use it for scheduling. Pros I love NOWSTA because it is super user friendly to all staff that uses the application. The real time updates are so helpful as things typically change in the event industry. Cons I do not like how sometimes NOWSTA lags in time and I do not like how sometimes NOWSTA glitches and removes data from already inputted info. Review Source JM Joe M. Manager Food & Beverages Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great resource" March 7, 2024 5.0 Pros This is a great product for our catering and events management team. I am able to change schedules easy, and update details in real time. Cons I wished there was a few less "clicks" to navigate the pages. Review Source KJ Katie J. Office Admin Food & Beverages Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Nowsta for Catering" July 17, 2023 5.0 Our experience with is lovely! We love using the mobile app. It makes it so easy for everyone! Pros The thing that I like most about Nowsta is how easy it is to use. Our employees love using the app to track their hours & earnings. It is also easy for us to keep track of them as well! The mobile app is a life saver for catering! The employees can easily clock in and out of their shifts by phone! Cons I do not really have any cons for Nowsta! I have always had a great experience with it. Review Source JD Jim D. President Food & Beverages Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Outstanding product" August 2, 2023 5.0 Outstanding Pros Easy access you can make changes on the Fly works well with cell phones Cons Would be great if you could highlight certain key points so employees can see that it is a focus area once putting notes in Review Source cB carlos B. CDC Hospitality Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Honest opinion " October 4, 2023 4.0 Just Great and very usefull for a daily usage. Pros How easy makes control a whole system for companies like our. Cons Some times its kind of too slow to load but it can also be part of the internet. Review Source KM Kim M. Events Coordinator Events Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great Scheduling App" March 10, 2024 5.0 My overall experience with NOWSTA is great!! Pros NOWSTA is very easy to use from scheduling to our staff accepting shifts. Cons I have not come across anything I don’t like about NOWSTA. Review Source PH Pj H. Co-Owner Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "We Love Nowsta" October 22, 2023 5.0 Overall Nowsta has solved our core scheduling needs. It has also made it simple to know when our team is on site for events by them clocking in. Pros Nowsta is the tool we use to schedule and staff our events. Our life has been easier since using the app and our team loves it as well. Cons We don't like that we can't see if a team member has read our messages. Our team also cannot communicate/respond to us in the app. Reason for choosing Nowsta Their team made us seem as important as their larger clients, the pricing was within our budget and the platform meets most of our needs. Review Source TB Tammy B. Catering Coordinator Events Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "We Love Nowsta" May 12, 2023 4.0 Nowsta has been very beneficial in saving time scheduling staffing and keeping track of staffing as per event. Pros We love how easy it is to assign team members to events and how easy it is for team members to accept or decline, based on their personal schedules. We love how Nowsta integrates with our Curate software! We appreciate all of the information that we are able to plug-into each event! Cons We do not at all appreciate that Nowsta does not offer any phone support whatsoever. Nowsta is impossible to integrate with ADP and this is a huge disappointment, as had been told that this would be an easy process. We are having to hire yet another software in order to run our payroll, again a huge disappointment, because we were hoping that using Nowsta would streamline our payroll process. Review Source Response from Nowsta May 15, 2023 Hello Tammy, We do offer custom payroll files that will import directly into ADP. Please contact us at support@nowsta.com and we can assist you in getting this set up. Talk to a Capterra advisor for free and get results within 15 minutes.