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Homebase logo

Homebase.

Scheduling, time clock, team messaging and hiring for hourly teams, with AI-assisted scheduling and payroll add-on.

FreemiumFree planby Homebase
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68Avg fit

Best fit

Workflow automation

80/100

Category
HR and Recruiting
Pricing
Freemium, from $30/mo
Popularity
75/100
Setup
Moderate
Listing
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Overview

What it does.

Homebase is a team management app for restaurants, retail stores, salons and other businesses with hourly staff. It covers shift scheduling, a time clock that runs on tablets and phones, timesheets that export to payroll, team messaging, hiring with free job postings to major boards, and employee onboarding documents. The Plus plan adds AI-assisted scheduling that builds shifts from availability, sales forecasts and labor targets, along with PTO policies and departmental permissions. All-in-One adds labor cost analytics, compliance resources and HR advisor access. Pricing is per location rather than per employee, which keeps costs predictable for a single shop with a large crew. Integrations include Square, Clover, Toast, Shopify POS, Lightspeed, QuickBooks, Gusto and ADP. A pilot would start on the free plan with one location, publish two weeks of schedules, and have staff clock in on a tablet before adding paid features. Caveat: the free tier caps at ten team members and one location, and multi-location businesses pay for each site.

Pricing
Basic free for 1 location and up to 10 employees; Essentials $30/month per location; Plus $70/month per location with AI scheduling; All-in-One $120/month per location; payroll add-on $49/month plus $6 per employee (Oct 2026).
Works with
SquareCloverToastShopify POSLightspeedQuickBooks OnlineGustoADP
Features
Candidate schedulingForecastingIntegrationsPolicy enforcementTeam workspaceTemplates
Checked
October 2026

Fit

Where it fitsbest.

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Use caseFitEffortRisk
  • Workflow automation

    Auto-building schedules, sending shift reminders and turning timesheets into payroll.

    2-4 weeks to value · Medium effort · Medium risk · low

    80Strong
    MediumMedium
  • Recruiting automation

    Posting hourly jobs to multiple boards and screening applicants with built-in questions.

    2-5 weeks to value · Medium effort · Medium risk · low

    70Review
    MediumMedium
  • Learning and enablement

    Onboarding paperwork and policy acknowledgments for new hourly hires.

    3-6 weeks to value · Medium effort · Medium risk · low

    55Review
    MediumMedium

Verdict

Who it suits.Who it doesn’t.

Best for

  • Single-location shops and restaurants with hourly staff that want free scheduling and time tracking with an upgrade path.
  • Onboarding paperwork and policy acknowledgments for new hourly hires.
  • Posting hourly jobs to multiple boards and screening applicants with built-in questions.
  • Auto-building schedules, sending shift reminders and turning timesheets into payroll.

Not ideal for

  • Salaried office teams or businesses with many locations, where per-location pricing adds up.
  • No training content beyond document sign-off.
  • No structured interviewing or scorecards.
  • AI scheduling needs the Plus plan and some weeks of history to be useful.

Pays back on

Relatedopportunities.

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  • 01Improve employee learning and enablement
  • 02Speed recruiting coordination and screening admin
  • 03Improve workforce planning with talent intelligence
  • 04Automate intake and routing
  • 05Build reusable workflow templates
  • 06Categorize invoices and receipts

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Alternatives.

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ToolCategoryPricingScore
  • Gusto logo

    Gusto

    Payroll, benefits and HR for small businesses with automated tax filing, onboarding and an AI assistant for HR questions.

    HR and RecruitingPaid
    88
  • Deputy logo

    Deputy

    Employee scheduling and time tracking with AI auto-scheduling and demand forecasting for hospitality, retail and healthcare teams.

    HR and RecruitingPaid
    72

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