NurseTide Enterprise and Nursegrid: what to compare
Nursegrid is a calendar and scheduling app many nurses use for their own shifts. NurseTide is run by the hospital: managers post and approve open shifts, rosters drive who sees what, and leadership sees fill rate and savings.
Who each one fits
Nursegrid may fit when
- Nurses want a personal calendar of their own shifts, across jobs
- You are looking at what nurses already use and like on their own
NurseTide fits when
- The hospital needs to post, approve and track open shifts and swaps
- IT needs roles, single sign-on, provisioning and an audit log
- Leadership wants fill rate, overtime and agency spend avoided by unit
Side by side: what to check
What NurseTide does today, and the question to put to Nursegrid.
Criterion
NurseTide Enterprise
Ask the vendor
- Scheduling
- NurseTideAssign shifts, reuse rotations as templates, or open self-scheduling within each nurse's minimum and maximum. Import an existing schedule from a CSV export (UKG, QGenda or a spreadsheet) with a preview first.
- Ask the vendorAsk whether managers build and publish the schedule in it, or nurses enter their own.
- Filling open shifts
- NurseTidePost a shift, with an optional bonus; the nurses who can work it are notified and ask for it, and a manager approves in one tap. Award order: first come, seniority, fairness or manager's choice. It reaches the unit first, then float, per diem and alumni, and can go to sister facilities or the NurseTide nurse network.
- Ask the vendorAsk whether the hospital can post open shifts and approve pickups in it.
- Hours and fatigue rules
- NurseTideDouble-booking is blocked, and overtime or short rest between shifts is flagged before anything is saved, against limits each hospital sets.
- Ask the vendorAsk whether hospital overtime and rest limits are enforced.
- Nurses' phones
- NurseTideRuns in the browser on any phone and installs to the home screen with notifications. Nurse screens are in English and Spanish. Swaps, time off with balances and a calendar feed are on the phone too.
- Ask the vendorThis is its strength for nurses; ask which features are for the hospital.
- Unit communication
- NurseTideUnit chat and calls, announcements with read receipts, and a policy library with sign-offs, in the same app as the schedule. Chats follow the roster, so people who leave lose access.
- Ask the vendorAsk whether announcements, read receipts and policies are part of it.
- Credentials and attendance
- NurseTideLicenses and certifications tracked with reminders; staff missing a required credential can't claim open shifts or take swaps. Clock-in with a geofence or a shared kiosk.
- Ask the vendorAsk whether it tracks licenses for the hospital and blocks pickups.
- Payroll and HR
- NurseTideHours export as CSV, including an ADP Workforce Now layout, plus an HR roster import. NurseTide doesn't replace your time-and-pay system of record.
- Ask the vendorAsk whether hours can be exported for payroll.
- IT and integrations
- NurseTideSAML single sign-on (Entra ID, Okta, Ping), SCIM 2.0 provisioning, two-factor rules by role, an audit log, API keys and signed webhooks, and a Microsoft Teams tab.
- Ask the vendorAsk about SSO, provisioning and who owns the data: the nurse or the hospital.
- Time to start
- NurseTideOne unit can start the same day: add the unit, share one invite link, import the schedule. A 30-day free trial with every tool, or a 90-day unit pilot with agreed measures.
- Ask the vendorAsk how a hospital rolls it out to a whole unit.
- Pricing model
- NurseTidePer active person per month, with no per-shift fees: free for one unit of up to 15 people, Unit $5, Facility $9, or a health-system contract. 15% off yearly; paid plans bill at least 20 people.
- Ask the vendorAsk whether there is a hospital plan and how it is priced.
What to evaluate first
- 1Who owns the data and access: the nurse or the hospital
- 2Manager tools: posting open shifts, approving swaps, staffing targets, hours rules
- 3Roles, single sign-on and an audit log for IT
- 4Reports on fill rate, overtime and agency spend avoided
Using them together
Nurses can keep any personal calendar they like; NurseTide gives them a private calendar feed of their hospital schedule.
How a unit switches
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Step 1
Export your roster
A CSV of names, emails, roles and units from HR or your current tool. SCIM can keep it in sync later.
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Step 2
Import it and the schedule
The roster import adds people to their units; the schedule import previews every row before saving.
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Step 3
Run one unit in parallel
Keep your current tool for a few weeks while that unit posts open shifts and swaps in NurseTide.
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Step 4
Measure, then decide
Compare fill rate, agency shifts and manager time. The 90-day pilot agrees those measures up front and reports on them at the end.
The 90-day unit pilot · Estimate your savings · Pricing · Book a demo
Questions
- Can nurses keep their personal calendar app?
- Yes. NurseTide gives each nurse a private calendar feed of their hospital schedule, which works with most calendar apps.
- Who owns the data in NurseTide?
- The hospital. Access follows the roster, and the schedule, hours and audit log can all be exported.
- Is there an app to download?
- No app store needed: NurseTide runs in the phone's browser and installs to the home screen with notifications.
- Can managers see who read an update?
- Yes. Announcements show read receipts, and policies can require a sign-off.
Related
The best test is your own unit: run NurseTide next to Nursegrid for a month and compare how fast open shifts fill. Product names belong to their owners; this page describes NurseTide and what to look for, not another company's product in detail. Check current features and prices with each vendor.