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Payroll software for restaurants — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for payroll software for restaurants, date by date. Every ranking we publish is frozen the day it publishes, so this is a record of what was said — not a re-computation of what today's data would say about the past.

Record: 26 dated snapshots · Aug 14, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026

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What changed

Computed by comparing each dated snapshot with the one before it. Share moves smaller than 1pp are treated as noise and left out — the same threshold that suppresses trend arrows on the ranking.

Sep 8, 2026vs Sep 7, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 7, 2026vs Sep 6, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 6, 2026vs Sep 5, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 5, 2026vs Sep 4, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 4, 2026vs Sep 3, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 3, 2026vs Sep 2, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 2, 2026vs Sep 1, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 1, 2026vs Aug 31, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 31, 2026vs Aug 30, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 30, 2026vs Aug 29, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4-7 → 7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲Homebase moved #8 → #7
▼Toast Payroll Suite moved #7 → #8
▲Restaurant365 moved #10 → #9
▼Clover moved #9 → #10
▲Toast +12.5pp (62.5% → 75%)
▲Square +6.7pp (58.3% → 65%)
▲Gusto +5.4pp (52.1% → 57.5%)
▲Restaurant365 +5.4pp (27.1% → 32.5%)
▲7shifts +4.2pp (45.8% → 50%)
▲ADP +4.2pp (45.8% → 50%)
▲Homebase +2.1pp (35.4% → 37.5%)
▼Netchex -1.3pp (43.8% → 42.5%)

Aug 29, 2026vs Aug 28, 2026

▲ INRestaurant365 entered the top 10 (#18 → #10)
▼ OUTPaychex left the top 10 (#10 → #12)
▲Restaurant365 moved #18 → #10
▲Toast moved #6 → #1
▼Paychex moved #10 → #12
▼Square moved #1 → #2
▼Gusto moved #2 → #3
▼7shifts moved #3 → #4
▼ADP moved #4 → #5
▼Netchex moved #5 → #6
▲Homebase moved #9 → #8
▼Clover moved #8 → #9
▲Toast +20.8pp (41.7% → 62.5%)
▲Restaurant365 +9pp (18.1% → 27.1%)
▼Clover -6.9pp (36.1% → 29.2%)
▼7shifts -4.2pp (50% → 45.8%)
▼ADP -4.2pp (50% → 45.8%)
▼Toast Payroll Suite -3.5pp (38.9% → 35.4%)
▲Homebase +2.1pp (33.3% → 35.4%)
▲Square +1.4pp (56.9% → 58.3%)
▼Paychex -1.4pp (26.4% → 25%)

Aug 28, 2026vs Aug 27, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 26, 2026vs Aug 25, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 25, 2026vs Aug 24, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 24, 2026vs Aug 23, 2026

▲ INPaychex entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTSquare Payroll left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲Paychex moved #11 → #10
▼Square Payroll moved #10 → #11
▼Netchex -6.9pp (50% → 43.1%)
▼Square Payroll -6.3pp (31.3% → 25%)
▼Toast -5.8pp (47.5% → 41.7%)
▼Toast Payroll Suite -4.9pp (43.8% → 38.9%)
▼Paychex -4.9pp (31.3% → 26.4%)
▼Gusto -3.5pp (56.3% → 52.8%)
▼7shifts -2.5pp (52.5% → 50%)
▼Square -1.9pp (58.8% → 56.9%)
▼Homebase -1.7pp (35% → 33.3%)
▼ADP -1.3pp (51.3% → 50%)

Aug 23, 2026vs Aug 22, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4 → 4-7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲ INToast entered the top 10 (#13 → #6)
▼ OUTMICROS left the top 10 (#8 → #13)
▲Toast moved #13 → #6
▼MICROS moved #8 → #13
▼Toast Payroll Suite moved #3 → #7
▲Square moved #4 → #1
▼Netchex moved #2 → #5
▲7shifts moved #5 → #3
▲ADP moved #6 → #4
▼Gusto moved #1 → #2
▼Clover moved #7 → #8
▲Toast +22.5pp (25% → 47.5%)
▲Square +8.8pp (50% → 58.8%)
▼Toast Payroll Suite -8.3pp (52.1% → 43.8%)
▼MICROS -6.3pp (31.3% → 25%)
▲7shifts +4.6pp (47.9% → 52.5%)
▲Homebase +3.7pp (31.3% → 35%)
▲ADP +3.4pp (47.9% → 51.3%)
▲Gusto +2.1pp (54.2% → 56.3%)
▼Netchex -2.1pp (52.1% → 50%)
▲Square Payroll +2.1pp (29.2% → 31.3%)
▼Clover -1.2pp (37.5% → 36.3%)

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026

▲ INSquare Payroll entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTToast left the top 10 (#8 → #13)
▼Toast moved #8 → #13
▼Toast Payroll Suite moved #1 → #3
▲MICROS moved #10 → #8
▲Gusto moved #2 → #1
▲Netchex moved #3 → #2
▲Square Payroll moved #11 → #10
▲ADP +6.8pp (41.1% → 47.9%)
▲Gusto +6pp (48.2% → 54.2%)
▲Netchex +5.7pp (46.4% → 52.1%)
▲Clover +5.4pp (32.1% → 37.5%)
▼Toast -5.4pp (30.4% → 25%)
▲MICROS +4.5pp (26.8% → 31.3%)
▲Square +3.6pp (46.4% → 50%)
▲7shifts +3.3pp (44.6% → 47.9%)
▲Homebase +2.7pp (28.6% → 31.3%)
▲Square Payroll +2.4pp (26.8% → 29.2%)
▼Toast Payroll Suite -1.5pp (53.6% → 52.1%)

Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026

▲ INHomebase entered the top 10 (#12 → #9)
▲ INMICROS entered the top 10 (#14 → #10)
▼ OUTPaycor left the top 10 (#9 → #12)
▼ OUTPaychex left the top 10 (#10 → #15)
▼Paychex moved #10 → #15
▲MICROS moved #14 → #10
▲Toast Payroll Suite moved #4 → #1
▲Homebase moved #12 → #9
▼Paycor moved #9 → #12
▼Gusto moved #1 → #2
▼Netchex moved #2 → #3
▼Square moved #3 → #4
▲7shifts moved #6 → #5
▼ADP moved #5 → #6
▲Clover moved #8 → #7
▼Toast moved #7 → #8
▼Paycor -8.7pp (31.9% → 23.2%)
▼Paychex -8.7pp (31.9% → 23.2%)
▼Toast -8.5pp (38.9% → 30.4%)
▼Gusto -6pp (54.2% → 48.2%)
▼Netchex -5pp (51.4% → 46.4%)
▼Square -5pp (51.4% → 46.4%)
▼ADP -4.7pp (45.8% → 41.1%)
▲Toast Payroll Suite +3.6pp (50% → 53.6%)
▼Clover -1.2pp (33.3% → 32.1%)

Aug 19, 2026vs Aug 18, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 18, 2026vs Aug 17, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 17, 2026vs Aug 16, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 16, 2026vs Aug 15, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 15, 2026vs Aug 14, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

The ranking, date by date

Top 10 on each archived date, exactly as published. Cite a date and it stays true: snapshots are append-only, and a correction appends a new revision rather than overwriting the original.

Sep 8, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v7

#1Toast75%
#2Square65%
#3Gusto57.5%
#47shifts50%
#5ADP50%
#6Netchex42.5%
#7Homebase37.5%
#8Toast Payroll Suite35%
#9Restaurant36532.5%
#10Clover30%

Sep 7, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v7

#1Toast75%
#2Square65%
#3Gusto57.5%
#47shifts50%
#5ADP50%
#6Netchex42.5%
#7Homebase37.5%
#8Toast Payroll Suite35%
#9Restaurant36532.5%
#10Clover30%

Sep 6, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v7

#1Toast75%
#2Square65%
#3Gusto57.5%
#47shifts50%
#5ADP50%
#6Netchex42.5%
#7Homebase37.5%
#8Toast Payroll Suite35%
#9Restaurant36532.5%
#10Clover30%

Sep 5, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v7

#1Toast75%
#2Square65%
#3Gusto57.5%
#47shifts50%
#5ADP50%
#6Netchex42.5%
#7Homebase37.5%
#8Toast Payroll Suite35%
#9Restaurant36532.5%
#10Clover30%

Sep 4, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v7

#1Toast75%
#2Square65%
#3Gusto57.5%
#47shifts50%
#5ADP50%
#6Netchex42.5%
#7Homebase37.5%
#8Toast Payroll Suite35%
#9Restaurant36532.5%
#10Clover30%

Sep 3, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v7

#1Toast75%
#2Square65%
#3Gusto57.5%
#47shifts50%
#5ADP50%
#6Netchex42.5%
#7Homebase37.5%
#8Toast Payroll Suite35%
#9Restaurant36532.5%
#10Clover30%

Sep 2, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v7

#1Toast75%
#2Square65%
#3Gusto57.5%
#47shifts50%
#5ADP50%
#6Netchex42.5%
#7Homebase37.5%
#8Toast Payroll Suite35%
#9Restaurant36532.5%
#10Clover30%

Sep 1, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v7

#1Toast75%
#2Square65%
#3Gusto57.5%
#47shifts50%
#5ADP50%
#6Netchex42.5%
#7Homebase37.5%
#8Toast Payroll Suite35%
#9Restaurant36532.5%
#10Clover30%

Aug 31, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v7

#1Toast75%
#2Square65%
#3Gusto57.5%
#47shifts50%
#5ADP50%
#6Netchex42.5%
#7Homebase37.5%
#8Toast Payroll Suite35%
#9Restaurant36532.5%
#10Clover30%

Aug 30, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v7

#1Toast75%
#2Square65%
#3Gusto57.5%
#47shifts50%
#5ADP50%
#6Netchex42.5%
#7Homebase37.5%
#8Toast Payroll Suite35%
#9Restaurant36532.5%
#10Clover30%

Aug 29, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v4-7

#1Toast62.5%
#2Square58.3%
#3Gusto52.1%
#47shifts45.8%
#5ADP45.8%
#6Netchex43.8%
#7Toast Payroll Suite35.4%
#8Homebase35.4%
#9Clover29.2%
#10Restaurant36527.1%

Aug 28, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v4-7

#1Square56.9%
#2Gusto52.8%
#37shifts50%
#4ADP50%
#5Netchex43.1%
#6Toast41.7%
#7Toast Payroll Suite38.9%
#8Clover36.1%
#9Homebase33.3%
#10Paychex26.4%

Aug 27, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v4-7

#1Square56.9%
#2Gusto52.8%
#37shifts50%
#4ADP50%
#5Netchex43.1%
#6Toast41.7%
#7Toast Payroll Suite38.9%
#8Clover36.1%
#9Homebase33.3%
#10Paychex26.4%

Aug 26, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-7

#1Square56.9%
#2Gusto52.8%
#37shifts50%
#4ADP50%
#5Netchex43.1%
#6Toast41.7%
#7Toast Payroll Suite38.9%
#8Clover36.1%
#9Homebase33.3%
#10Paychex26.4%

Aug 25, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-7

#1Square56.9%
#2Gusto52.8%
#37shifts50%
#4ADP50%
#5Netchex43.1%
#6Toast41.7%
#7Toast Payroll Suite38.9%
#8Clover36.1%
#9Homebase33.3%
#10Paychex26.4%

Aug 24, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-7

#1Square56.9%
#2Gusto52.8%
#37shifts50%
#4ADP50%
#5Netchex43.1%
#6Toast41.7%
#7Toast Payroll Suite38.9%
#8Clover36.1%
#9Homebase33.3%
#10Paychex26.4%

Aug 23, 202680 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4-7

#1Square58.8%
#2Gusto56.3%
#37shifts52.5%
#4ADP51.3%
#5Netchex50%
#6Toast47.5%
#7Toast Payroll Suite43.8%
#8Clover36.3%
#9Homebase35%
#10Square Payroll31.3%

Aug 22, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4

#1Gusto54.2%
#2Netchex52.1%
#3Toast Payroll Suite52.1%
#4Square50%
#57shifts47.9%
#6ADP47.9%
#7Clover37.5%
#8MICROS31.3%
#9Homebase31.3%
#10Square Payroll29.2%

Aug 21, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4

#1Toast Payroll Suite53.6%
#2Gusto48.2%
#3Netchex46.4%
#4Square46.4%
#57shifts44.6%
#6ADP41.1%
#7Clover32.1%
#8Toast30.4%
#9Homebase28.6%
#10MICROS26.8%

Aug 20, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4

#1Toast Payroll Suite53.6%
#2Gusto48.2%
#3Netchex46.4%
#4Square46.4%
#57shifts44.6%
#6ADP41.1%
#7Clover32.1%
#8Toast30.4%
#9Homebase28.6%
#10MICROS26.8%

Aug 19, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4

#1Gusto54.2%
#2Netchex51.4%
#3Square51.4%
#4Toast Payroll Suite50%
#5ADP45.8%
#67shifts44.4%
#7Toast38.9%
#8Clover33.3%
#9Paycor31.9%
#10Paychex31.9%

Aug 18, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4

#1Gusto54.2%
#2Netchex51.4%
#3Square51.4%
#4Toast Payroll Suite50%
#5ADP45.8%
#67shifts44.4%
#7Toast38.9%
#8Clover33.3%
#9Paycor31.9%
#10Paychex31.9%

Aug 17, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4

#1Gusto54.2%
#2Netchex51.4%
#3Square51.4%
#4Toast Payroll Suite50%
#5ADP45.8%
#67shifts44.4%
#7Toast38.9%
#8Clover33.3%
#9Paycor31.9%
#10Paychex31.9%

Aug 16, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4

#1Gusto54.2%
#2Netchex51.4%
#3Square51.4%
#4Toast Payroll Suite50%
#5ADP45.8%
#67shifts44.4%
#7Toast38.9%
#8Clover33.3%
#9Paycor31.9%
#10Paychex31.9%

Aug 15, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4

#1Gusto54.2%
#2Netchex51.4%
#3Square51.4%
#4Toast Payroll Suite50%
#5ADP45.8%
#67shifts44.4%
#7Toast38.9%
#8Clover33.3%
#9Paycor31.9%
#10Paychex31.9%

Aug 14, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4

#1Gusto54.2%
#2Netchex51.4%
#3Square51.4%
#4Toast Payroll Suite50%
#5ADP45.8%
#67shifts44.4%
#7Toast38.9%
#8Clover33.3%
#9Paycor31.9%
#10Paychex31.9%

Read any date directly

Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/payroll-software-for-restaurants/as-of/<YYYY-MM-DD>, which returns the ranking as it stood, with the extraction version and revision it was published under. Dates before the record begins return no_record rather than a recomputation — we do not reconstruct history on demand and present it as what we said. See what the engines actually said.

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