Volunteer scheduling software
Volunteer scheduling software for programs that don't have a software budget.
For food banks, shelters, reuse centers, PTAs, churches and teams that need shifts filled every week. Every shift on one link, volunteers sign up without an account, reminders and check-in are built in, and it costs $9 a month instead of a contract.
Send us your shift pattern and a person builds your first page for you, free.
Every shift on one link
A week of shifts, a season of games, or a whole school year of events, each as its own card. One link for the newsletter, the website and the group chat.
Sign-up in a minute, no account
Volunteers tick what they can do and enter a name and email. Nothing to download, nothing to remember.
Reminders on your schedule
The day before, two days, three days or a week ahead. One email per shift day, never a pile.
Cancellation locks
Let people cancel freely until a window you choose, then send them to you. The spot reopens and the waitlist moves up.
See the gaps at a glance
Your dashboard shows what's coming up and what's still open. Copy a ready-made "still needed" message for the group chat.
Check-in and real hours
Tap people in at the door and out when they leave. Hours reports and verification letters for schools, courts and employers.
Assign from availability
Or flip it around: volunteers say when they're free, and auto-fill builds the schedule and emails everyone theirs.
Hand it to the next coordinator
When the role changes hands, the page and every volunteer on it move to the new person in one step.
Compared with the platforms
If you're weighing a full volunteer management platform, here is an honest side-by-side with the ones coordinators ask us about.
Who uses it
- Weekly shift schedules for food banks, thrift and reuse stores, shelters
- The whole PTA year on one link
- Church volunteer rotations, nursery and kids ministry
- Food pantry shifts and distribution days
Questions coordinators ask
- What is volunteer scheduling software?
- A place where you post the shifts you need covered, volunteers pick the ones they can do, and the software keeps the count, sends confirmations and reminders, handles cancellations and waitlists, and records who showed up. It replaces the spreadsheet, the group text and the sign-up sheet on the door.
- Do volunteers need to create an account?
- No. They open your link, tick the shifts they want, and enter a name and email. They get one confirmation with a link to change or cancel, and a reminder before each shift.
- How is this different from a volunteer management platform?
- Platforms like VolunteerHub, Volgistics and Better Impact add a volunteer database, applications, screening and training records, priced from roughly $100 to several hundred dollars a month on annual contracts. JustSignup covers the weekly work, scheduling, reminders, check-in and hours, at a published monthly price with no contract. Many small and mid-size programs never use the rest.
- Can more than one coordinator manage the schedule?
- Yes. Pro includes co-organizers: invite the other leaders by email and they can edit, assign people, check volunteers in and email everyone.
- Can we stop people dropping a shift at the last minute?
- Yes. You choose a window, from 12 hours to a week, inside which volunteers can't cancel themselves and are asked to contact you instead.
- What does it cost?
- Your first page is free with up to 30 volunteers. Pro is $9 a month or $79 a year for every page you run, unlimited volunteers, co-organizers, hours reports and no branding. Cancel anytime.