From ‘Can you do Saturday?’ to everyone’s shifts — automatically.
Batch replaces the whole process — the availability chat, the agreements, the rota build, and the send. Staff set their own availability. Requests are agreed in-app. AI builds the rota in 90 seconds. Everyone gets notified automatically. £19/month. Unlimited team.
Sound familiar?
It's not just the rota that's broken. It's the whole process around it.
The availability chase
Texting 8 people to see who can work Saturday. Some reply in 3 days. Someone says yes, then messages at 9pm to cancel.
The agreement limbo
Swap requests via WhatsApp. Holiday via text. Sick cover via a missed call. Nothing's in writing. Everything's disputed later.
The rota lottery
You post the schedule to the group. Did they see it? Did they scroll past it? "I never got that." Now you're chasing again.
Batch handles every step
From the first availability question to the moment everyone knows their shifts.
Staff share their availability
Once, from their phone. Days, time slots, preferences. The system remembers it — no chasing every week.
Requests and agreements in-app
Holiday, swaps, sick days — formally requested, formally approved. Everything tracked. Nothing lost in a chat thread.
AI builds the rota in seconds
Tell it what you need in plain English. It uses your team's availability and UK working time rules to build the full rota — done in 90 seconds.
Everyone gets notified instantly
Publish once. Every team member gets an email with their shifts. Change anything? They're notified again automatically.
"I used to spend Sunday afternoons on the rota. Now I type what I need and it's done in two minutes — and everyone already has it."
— Kate M., Pub Manager, Manchester
“The bit that surprised me was how much time I was wasting just checking who was free. Now staff set their own availability, I can see it all in one place, and the AI just handles the rest. It's not just the rota — it's everything around it.”
The most capable — and the least expensive
Rotaready starts at £89/month. Deputy charges per person. Batch is £19 flat — with AI scheduling that none of them have.
| Feature | Batch £19/mo flat | Rotaready from £89/mo | Deputy ~£3.50/user/mo | 7shifts from £29/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI schedule builder | ||||
| Unlimited staff | ||||
| Shift swap marketplace | ||||
| Time-off management | ||||
| UK compliance checks | ||||
| No per-user pricing | ||||
| Free 30-day trial, no card | ||||
| Monthly cost — 15 staff | £19 | £89+ | £52+ | £29+ |
* Competitor pricing based on published rates, March 2026. Per-user tools cost more as your team grows.
One price. Everything included.
No tiers, no add-ons, no per-seat fees.
Per Location
Unlimited staff. Everything included.
- AI schedule builder — full rota in 90 seconds
- Unlimited staff, unlimited rotas
- Time-off, swaps & sick cover — all in-app
- Auto notifications + UK compliance built in
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A note from the founder
I built Batch because I watched a friend manage a busy pub on WhatsApp group chats and Excel files — spending his Sunday afternoons on something that should take ten minutes. The scheduling tools that existed were either too expensive, too complicated, or not built for how hospitality actually works.
Batch is built for the managers who are doing everything themselves. AI does the hard work. You just make the calls.
— The Batch Team
Your next rota takes 90 seconds.
Join hospitality managers who stopped arguing with spreadsheets and started finishing Sundays on time.