Push Operations
Push Operations is a restaurant workforce platform for payroll, HR, scheduling, and related staff management.
What Push Operations is
Push Operations is a restaurant workforce platform for payroll, HR, scheduling, and related staff management. It automates hourly pay, holiday pay, and tax calculations, and advertises one-click payroll processing in under 10 minutes. Scheduling tools include auto-generated schedules, shift swaps and releases, and time-off requests. Time can be tracked with mobile or tablet photo capture and facial recognition to help prevent buddy punching. The Signature package lists digital onboarding, applicant tracking, turnover reporting, and license and visa expiration tracking. Push offers Manager, Employee, and Time apps for Apple and Android devices, plus web access. Its listed POS integrations include Micros Systems, Squirrel Systems, PosiTouch, PixelPoint, Silverware, Aloha, Clover, Lightspeed, and Square. Push says it was designed for restaurant owners and managers and serves restaurants in the United States and Canada. It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Starter plan is $6 a month, billed monthly, with a five-employee minimum; customers with more than 50 employees can request a quote for an exact price.
Good
- Automates hourly, holiday, and tax calculations
- Includes shift swaps and time-off requests
- Mobile and tablet time capture
- Offers Manager, Employee, and Time apps
- Lists multiple POS integrations
Watch out
- No free plan
- Starter requires at least five employees
- Exact pricing for larger teams requires a quote
- API tokens are limited to approved partners
Who it suits
Push Operations is aimed at restaurant owners and managers coordinating payroll, HR, and shifts. Its mobile apps and scheduling tools may suit teams managing staff across locations.
Verdict
Push Operations brings restaurant payroll and workforce scheduling into one platform, with mobile apps and listed POS integrations. The Starter plan has a five-employee minimum, and the product does not offer a free plan.
Plans and prices
From Push Operations's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $6 a month | unlimited employees · unlimited administrators · unlimited locations · single-state payroll · monthly per employee; $30 monthly minimum for 5 employees |
| Signature | Priced on request | unlimited employees · unlimited administrators · unlimited locations · multi-state and multi-location payroll · scheduling · ATS · onboarding |
| Supreme | Priced on request | unlimited employees · unlimited administrators · unlimited locations · auto-scheduling · advanced forecasting · facial-recognition time tracking · enterprise dashboard |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | unlimited employees · unlimited administrators · unlimited locations · BI Insights · employee engagement · portable retirement plans |
| Essentials | $200 a month | 15 employees and under · single-location recommended · Starting price; billed monthly per location |
The facts
Each one read from Push Operations's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- Push publishes a REST API covering clocks, companies, departments, employees, labor, sales, schedules, payroll, revenue centers and job postings.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API authentication
- API calls require HTTPS bearer tokens, and tokens are issued only to approved partners.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API limits
- The API documents pagination up to 100 records, a 50-requests-per-minute limit and a 600-requests-per-hour limit.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Push says it was designed for restaurant owners and managers and serves restaurants in the United States and Canada.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Capterra rating
- Push Operations scores 4.6 out of 5 from 48 reviews on Capterra.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation access
- The help center requires a logged-in Push account for help documents.checked 15 Oct 2026
- G2 rating
- Push Operations scores 4.4 out of 5 from 158 reviews on G2.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Hiring and HR
- The Signature package lists digital onboarding, applicant tracking, turnover reporting, and license and visa expiration tracking.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Hiring and onboarding
- Push provides applicant tracking, digital hiring and paperless onboarding workflows.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Hosting
- Terms state that the service is hosted in the United States for worldwide users and in Canada for Canadian users.checked 15 Oct 2026
- HR compliance
- Higher plans include license and visa expiry tracking, HR experts, state-specific handbooks, harassment training and compliance alerts.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The partner directory lists integrations including Aloha Cloud, Auphan, Clearview, Clover, Cluster POS, Deliverect, Employee Navigator, Givex and Globe POS.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Legal entity
- The privacy policy identifies the operating entity as Push Technologies, also referred to as Push Operations.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence
- Push terms describe the service as confidential and proprietary software for the client's internal business use.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: accounting depth
- A G2 financial-controller review says accounting controls and reporting are less robust than accountants may expect in large multi-location operations.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: mobile administration
- A Capterra reviewer requested more complete and advanced mobile-app capabilities for administrators.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: performance and reporting
- G2 reviewers mention slow loading, difficult printing or reporting, confusing terminology and occasional support delays.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limits
- The pricing page says customers with more than 50 employees can request a quote for an exact price.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Limit: scheduling and updates
- GetApp reviewers report that scheduling could be more user-friendly and that some product updates arrive slowly.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company founded
- Push says it was founded in 2012 after a chartered accountant sought to simplify payroll and tax complexity for hospitality businesses.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company ownership and size
- LinkedIn lists Push Operations as privately held, headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, with 51–200 employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- Push says it was founded in 2012.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canadachecked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- GetApp rating
- Push Operations scores 4.6 out of 5 from 48 reviews on GetApp.checked 15 Oct 2026
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