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Homebase
Scheduling, time tracking and HR for hourly teams
As of 29 August 2026, Homebase is free to use. Homebase is a workforce management platform for small business teams, covering scheduling, time tracking, payroll, hiring, onboarding and HR compliance. Softwr lists it under HR.
Overview
What Homebase does
Homebase is a workforce management platform for small business teams, covering scheduling, time tracking, payroll, hiring, onboarding and HR compliance.
What people use it for
- Managing shift schedules across restaurant locations
- Automating tip pool calculations and distribution
- Processing payroll directly from time tracking
- Onboarding and verifying hourly employees
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Homebase.
- Free Basic plan is capped at 10 employees and a single location
- Paid plans are billed per location per month ($30, $70 or $120), so a multi-location business pays the rate again for each site
- Payroll is a separate add-on at $39 per month plus $6 per month per employee paid
- Tip Manager and Task Manager are further add-ons billed per location per month on top of the base plan
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What people choose instead of Homebase
Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.
- HomebasevsWorkday
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- HomebasevsCulture Amp
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- HomebasevsFreshteam
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Pricing
What Homebase costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Basic
Free
- Up to 10 employees per location
- Basic scheduling
- Time tracking
- POS integration
Essentials
$24 /mo
- Unlimited employees per location
- Advanced scheduling
- Time tracking
- Team communication
Plus
$56 /mo
- Unlimited employees per location
- AI-powered scheduling
- PTO controls
- Departments and permissions
All-in-One
$96 /mo
- Unlimited employees per location
- Employee onboarding
- Labor cost management
- HR compliance
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Does Homebase offer annual billing discounts?
Yes, Homebase annual billing offers savings: Essentials saves $72/year, Plus saves $168/year, All-in-One saves $288/year compared to monthly billing.
SourceIs there a free trial for Homebase?
Homebase offers a free 14-day trial of the All-in-One plan with no credit card required.
SourceWhat does Homebase Payroll cost?
Homebase Payroll costs $39 per month base plus $6 per employee per month, with add-ons available for Tip Manager ($25/month) and Background Checks ($30 each).
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- Workday
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- Officevibe
- People HR
- Recruiterbox
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- SmartHR
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