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Homebase

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Staff scheduling, a time clock, team chat and payroll for small businesses with hourly workers.

Best for a single restaurant, cafe or shop with a team of hourly staff

Facts checked November 4, 2026

The short answer

Homebase gives a small business the weekly schedule, a time clock on a tablet or phone, team messages and, if you add it, payroll that runs from the hours people clocked. The free Basic plan covers one location with up to 10 employees, and paid plans charge per location with no cap on staff, so a busy site with 40 people on the schedule pays the same as one with 12. The catch is the location count: every extra address is billed as a full plan, live chat and phone support start on Essentials, and labor cost controls such as blocking early clock-ins sit on the $120 All-in-One plan.

Choose it if

  • You run one location with 10 or fewer staff and want a free schedule and time clock
  • You have a large hourly team at one or two addresses, where per-location pricing costs less than per-user pricing
  • You use Square, Clover, Toast, Lightspeed or Shopify at the till and want labor and sales in the same reports
  • You want payroll for US staff to run straight from the hours clocked, without exporting timesheets
  • Your servers share tips and you want the pool worked out from POS data and added to timesheets

Main features

  • Time clock

    Staff clock in and out on a tablet by the door, a computer, a POS device or their phone, and their hours and breaks land on the timesheet. The free plan includes it, with 90 days of timesheet history; paid plans keep four years or more.

  • Geofencing and clock-in photos

    On Essentials and up, the mobile time clock only lets people clock in when they are at the job site, and a tablet or POS clock-in takes a photo of the person. Both make it harder for one employee to clock in for another.

  • Scheduling

    Build the week's schedule from templates or copy last week, and staff see it on their phones as soon as you publish. From Essentials, employees set their availability, request time off and trade or claim open shifts, with a manager approving the swap.

  • AI Scheduling Assistant

    On Plus and All-in-One, Homebase drafts a schedule from your team's history, availability and time off, which a manager reviews before publishing. Homebase also says the assistant can turn a photo of a paper schedule into a digital one.

  • Team messaging

    Every plan has real-time chat with your staff. Essentials adds announcement channels, shift notes and read receipts, so you can see who has looked at the new schedule.

  • Payroll

    The add-on calculates wages, taxes and tips from the timesheets, pays people by direct deposit or printable check, and files payroll taxes, W-2s and 1099s. It covers the 50 states and Washington, DC.

  • Tip Manager

    For $25 a location a month, Homebase pulls tips from your POS, works out the tip pool and adds each person's share to their timesheet.

  • POS and payroll integrations

    The integrations page lists 17 connections, including Square, Clover, Toast, Lightspeed, Shopify and PAR at the till, Gusto, ADP and Paychex for payroll, and QuickBooks Online Plus.

  • Labor cost controls

    All-in-One warns you when someone nears overtime, stops early clock-ins and early returns from break, clocks people out when the shift ends, and builds schedules against forecast sales and labor targets.

  • Onboarding and HR help

    All-in-One sends new hires a packet with W-4, I-9 and direct deposit forms to e-sign, stores their documents, and gives you certified HR advisors who can review your policies and write a handbook.

Pricing

Prices checked November 4, 2026 on Homebase's pricing page. Plans are charged per location, and Homebase counts each separate physical address as a location, even within one city. A limited-time offer gave six months of payroll and the Plus plan free when you add payroll. Other add-ons: Tip Manager $25 a location a month, Task Manager $13 a location a month, background checks $30 each, job post boosts from $50 a post and the Hiring Assistant from $99 a month. Plan changes take effect at the start of the next billing cycle.

Basic

$0

One location, up to 10 employees: basic scheduling, time clock on tablets, computers and POS devices, POS integration, 90 days of timesheets

Essentials

$30 / location a month billed monthly, or $24 billed yearly

Unlimited employees, shift trades, availability and time-off requests, geofenced mobile clock-in, clock-in photos, 4+ years of timesheets, live chat and phone support

Plus

$70 / location a month billed monthly, or $56 billed yearly

Everything in Essentials plus the AI Scheduling Assistant, attendance reports and late alerts, PTO policies with accruals, break waivers and manager permissions

All-in-One

$120 / location a month billed monthly, or $96 billed yearly

Everything in Plus plus onboarding paperwork and e-signatures, HR advisors and a custom handbook, overtime alerts, early clock-in blocks, automatic clock-out, sales-based scheduling and API access

Payroll add-on

$49 / month, plus $6 per employee paid

Works with any plan, including Basic: tax calculation, filing and payment, W-2s and 1099s, direct deposit, unlimited payroll runs; US only

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Questions people ask

Is Homebase free?

Yes, for one location with up to 10 employees. The Basic plan includes scheduling, the time clock, team chat and a POS integration, and keeps timesheets for 90 days. A second location or an 11th employee means moving to a paid plan.

How much does Homebase cost?

On November 4, 2026, Essentials cost $30, Plus $70 and All-in-One $120 per location a month billed monthly. Billed yearly they cost $24, $56 and $96. Every paid plan allows unlimited employees, and payroll is extra at $49 a month plus $6 per employee paid.

What does Homebase count as a location?

A location is a physical address where you run the business. Two restaurants at different addresses in the same city count as two locations, while an online business with one office counts as one.

What happens when the Homebase free trial ends?

The trial gives you All-in-One for 14 days without a credit card. If you don't pick a plan, the account moves to the free Basic plan. Teams with more than 10 employees or more than one location are asked to choose Essentials, Plus or All-in-One.

Does Homebase do payroll?

Yes, as an add-on on any plan, including the free one. It runs payroll from the timesheets, files payroll taxes, W-2s and 1099s, and pays by direct deposit or check. It is available to US businesses in all 50 states and Washington, DC.

Does Homebase work with Square and Toast?

Yes. Homebase lists integrations with Square, Toast, Clover, Lightspeed, Shopify, GoDaddy and PAR point-of-sale systems. Staff can clock in on the POS device, and sales data feeds the labor reports and, on All-in-One, sales-based scheduling.

Is there a Homebase app for employees?

Yes. Homebase has apps for iPhone and Android, and the employee app is included on the free plan. Staff use it to see their schedule, clock in, swap shifts and message the team.

Sources we checked 10
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  2. joinhomebase.com for product areas, 150,000+ small businesses, iOS and Android apps, legal entity checked November 4, 2026
  3. joinhomebase.com/integrations for 17 integrations listed, POS and payroll partners, QuickBooks Online Plus checked November 4, 2026
  4. joinhomebase.com/payroll for payroll coverage (50 states and DC), tax filing, W-2s and 1099s, direct deposit, price, support hours checked November 4, 2026
  5. joinhomebase.com/time-clock for devices, geofencing, clock-in photos, break tracking, offline mode checked November 4, 2026
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