Homebase

What is Homebase?

Homebase is team management software for small businesses with hourly employees, combining scheduling, time clocks, payroll, hiring and team messaging in one app. Restaurants, retailers and other shift-based businesses are its core customers.

Key features of Homebase

• Employee scheduling: Build and share shift schedules; Plus adds an AI scheduling assistant.
• Time clocks and timesheets: Track hours and time off, with basic time tracking on the free plan.
• Payroll: Sold as an add-on with a $49 monthly base plus $6 per employee paid, per the vendor.
• Hiring and onboarding: Job posting, a Hiring Assistant add-on, and employee onboarding on higher plans.
• Team messaging: Included starting with the Essentials plan.
• Labor cost and compliance: The All-in-One plan adds HR and compliance tools, labor cost controls and business insights.
• Add-ons: Tip Manager, Task Manager and background checks are sold separately.

How Homebase works

Managers build a schedule and employees see their shifts and clock in and out from the app or a POS integration. Hours flow into timesheets and, if payroll is added, into pay runs. Each plan includes everything in the plan below it, and pricing is per location per month.

Who uses Homebase?

Homebase is used by small businesses with hourly workers, particularly restaurants and retail. The free Basic plan covers up to 10 employees at a single location, which suits very small shops.

Homebase pricing

The vendor lists Basic at $0 per location per month for up to 10 employees at one location, Essentials at $30, Plus at $70 and All-in-One at $120 per location per month, with a 20 percent saving shown for annual billing. A 14-day free trial of All-in-One needs no credit card. Payroll costs $49 per month plus $6 per employee paid, and promotional periods may change the effective price.

Homebase integrations

Homebase includes a POS integration on its free plan, payroll integrations, and an API for custom integrations. The pricing page does not name specific third-party products.

Homebase alternatives

Deel is built for global hiring and contractor payments rather than hourly shift scheduling. BambooHR is a core HRIS for salaried-style employee records with lighter scheduling tools. Rippling combines HR, IT and payroll for larger and more varied workforces, and costs more per employee than Homebase's per-location model.