Homebase
Homebase puts scheduling, time tracking, payroll, and hiring in one app for hourly teams.
Independent overview by new Mantra · updated July 14, 2026
- Category
- HR
- Pricing
- Free (Basic, 1 location/up to 10 employees); $24–$30/location/mo (Essentials); $56–$70/location/mo (Plus); $96–$120/location/mo (All-in-One); Payroll add-on $49/mo + $6/employee/mo
- Implementation
- Under 1 week
- Adoption risk
- Low
- Integrates with
- Point-of-sale integration, Payroll integrations, ZipRecruiter, Craigslist
What Homebase does
Homebase is a workforce management platform built around the needs of small businesses that employ hourly workers. It combines employee scheduling, time clocks, timesheets, payroll, hiring, and HR compliance into a single app, so managers are not jumping between separate systems to handle routine tasks.
Day to day, managers use it to build and share shift schedules, let employees clock in and out from any device, and move approved hours into payroll with minimal manual entry. The platform includes AI assistants for scheduling, hiring, and payroll that handle tasks like posting jobs, screening candidates, booking interviews, flagging timecard errors, and drafting schedules based on availability.
Homebase integrates with point-of-sale systems, payroll providers, ZipRecruiter, and Craigslist, which helps it fit into workflows that many retail, food-service, and service businesses already use. A free tier covers one location and up to ten employees, making it accessible for very small operations before any budget is committed.
Key capabilities
Automated Shift Scheduling
Managers set team availability and the scheduling assistant builds shift plans from that input. Completed schedules are shared with the team through the app.
Device-Flexible Time Clocks
Employees clock in and out from any device, and the system automatically feeds hours, breaks, and overtime into payroll-ready timesheets.
Streamlined Payroll Processing
Approved timesheets move to payroll with wages, taxes, and tips calculated automatically. The payroll assistant also flags timecard errors before a run is processed.
Hiring and Onboarding Assistance
The hiring assistant handles job posting to multiple channels, candidate screening, and interview scheduling. Onboarding is also managed within the same platform.
HR and Compliance Solutions
Built-in HR and compliance features help hourly-team businesses stay organized around employment requirements without needing a separate HR system.
Team Communication and Tasks
A messaging layer and task manager let managers and staff coordinate shift coverage, share updates, and track operational tasks inside the same app.
Best for
- Small businesses with hourly workforces — retail, food service, healthcare, or services — managing shift-based schedules across one or a few locations.
- Owner-operators who currently handle scheduling, time tracking, and payroll across separate solutions or on paper and want to consolidate into one system.
- Teams where shift coverage, last-minute substitutions, and clocking accuracy are frequent pain points for managers.
- Businesses hiring regularly for hourly roles who want job posting, screening, and interview booking handled without a dedicated recruiter.
- Operations that need a low-risk starting point: the free tier allows a single location with up to ten employees to use core features before spending anything.
Worth knowing
- Pricing is per location, so costs scale as you add sites. A multi-location business should calculate the per-location fee against its full footprint before comparing with flat-rate alternatives.
- Payroll is an add-on ($49/month base plus $6 per employee per month) on top of the subscription tier, so the all-in cost for businesses that want payroll will be higher than the base plan price suggests.
- The platform is designed specifically for hourly and shift-based teams. Businesses with primarily salaried or project-based workforces will likely find the feature set a poor match.
- Implementation is listed as under one week, which is reasonable for a cloud-based solution, but getting value from payroll and POS integrations will depend on how cleanly your existing systems connect.
- If your needs extend well beyond hourly workforce management — for example, complex multi-department HR, benefits administration, or enterprise compliance — a broader HR platform may be a better fit than Homebase.
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