Getting started

Create your workspace

Setting up Schedio takes a few minutes: sign up with your email or a Google/Microsoft account, answer five short questions about your business, and you arrive at a workspace that's already pre-filled for your industry.

Sign up

On the signup page you have two options:

Enter your work email and click Email me a verification link. The link in the email is valid for one hour.
Or use Sign up with Google / Sign up with Microsoft to skip the email step.

As soon as you verify your email, you go straight into the setup wizard – there's no waiting list and no approval step.

The setup wizard

Once you're in, a 5-step wizard sets up your workspace:

What should we call you? – your name, the way your team will see it in notes and logs.
Tell us about your business – your business name and an industry picker with 11 options (Hospitality, Restaurant, Retail, Clinic, Beauty & spa, Fitness, Support desk, Security, Cleaning, Logistics, Other).
Your first location – give it a short, recognizable name like "Northside Inn", not the street address. The timezone is auto-detected, and the country you pick sets your public-holiday calendar (you can change it later in Settings).
Your role – the checkbox I work shifts here – add me to the schedule is on by default. If you work shifts yourself, pick your department and job title – "Other (type your own)" is always an option. If you only manage, just untick the box.
Ready to go – review everything and click Create my workspace.

What you get from the start

Schedio pre-seeds your workspace based on your industry, so you don't start from a blank page:

Departments – a hotel, for example, gets Front Desk, Concierge, Housekeeping and Manager.
Shift templates and scheduling rules.
Public holidays for your country and region.
A Default season for coverage targets.

You start on the Live dashboard.

Your trial

Every new workspace gets a 14-day trial with every feature included – no card required. When you're ready, see Billing.

Next steps

Add your team so people show up on the schedule.
Import your schedule if you already have one in a spreadsheet, PDF or even a photo.
Set up coverage so Schedio knows how many people you need each day.