Availability changes constantly
Time off, sickness, and shift swaps mean the rota is moving every week.
We build rotas that work for you.
Our Shifto tool turns your needs, rules, preferences and experience into work rotas that plan around how your team really works, not the other way round.
Built for teams juggling availability, skills, fairness, and last-minute changes.
Rota planning is hard
Managers have to balance people, skills, time off, fairness, cost, and compliance all at once. One small change in the rota can ripple through everything else.
Coverage is crucialt
Every shift needs the right number of people, with the right skills, at the right time.
Fairness matters
Hours, opportunity and unpopular shifts must be shared in a way teams trust.
Our tool
Generates rotas in seconds
Build a first draft quickly, then refine based on your needs
Respects skills and availability
Keep assignments aligned with who can work, and who is qualified.
Balances fairness and costs
Support practical decisions that work for the team and the business.
Planning rotas is not just filling shifts. Shifto helps turn your needs, rules, preferences and experience into a tool you can use. You set your rules, then generate and update rotas that hold up week to week and are easy to adjust when plans change.
Weekly rota preview
Example view with assignments, conflicts, and open slots.
| Team member | Mon 10 | Tue 11 | Wed 12 | Thu 13 | Fri 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex P. | Early | Late | + | Late | Early |
| Mina R. | + | Early | Conflict | Early | + |
| Jon K. | Late | + | Late | Late | Overtime |
Assigned
Flagged
Open slot
Set up is simple
Explore our easy setup, then generate rotas quickly, with easy editing.
Add your team and rules
Set roles, availability, shift requirements, and key constraints for your business.
Generate your rota
Create a rota built around your priorities, coverage needs, and fairness goals.
Adjust and download
Make quick edits, resolve issues, and export a rota your team can use immediately.
Try the rota planner
We are currently working with a small number of teams to test and improve the tool. During this phase, the software is free to use.
Getting started is simple. Create an account, add your business information, and generate your first rota.
Who we are
Electric Gap is a two-person team. We met five years ago and quickly realised we wanted to build something together, combining deep technical problem-solving with a strong understanding of how organisations actually work. Our shared focus is on tackling real-world problems carefully, one at a time, starting with rota planning.
Bruno works on designing optimisation algorithms and building reliable software for complex decision-making. His experience comes from academic research and applied engineering, including work at UCL and doctoral research at Imperial College London, where translating messy, real-world requirements into usable systems is a daily concern.
Christina brings experience from marketing and strategy, including time at McKinsey, and now works in government policy. Her focus is on how ideas become tools people actually use, balancing ambition with practicality, and making sure systems fit the organisations they are built for.
Help shape the tool
We are working closely with a small number of teams to improve the product quickly. If you want to help shape the next version, we would like to hear from you.
Contact: [email protected]