Homebase review
A capable scheduling and workforce platform with a useful free plan for small businesses.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Sep 2026
Homebase is workforce management software for hourly, shift-based small businesses, including restaurants, retail, hospitality, beauty and wellness, medical, and home services. It combines employee scheduling with availability and time-off management, open shifts, shift swaps, time tracking, team messaging, payroll, hiring, and HR tools. Managers can administer schedules and payroll through the web application, while employees and managers can use the mobile apps.
The published annual plans start with Basic at $0 per location per month. Essentials costs $24 per location per month and is listed as including unlimited employees. Plus costs $56 per location per month, while All-in-One costs $96 per location per month. Across the product, scheduling tools include a drag-and-drop builder, reusable templates, AI-powered auto-scheduling, availability approvals, PTO management, conflict detection, open-shift claiming, and shift-trade requests. Higher tiers are positioned for broader workforce management, including labor-cost and sales forecasting, overtime alerts, compliance rules, payroll, hiring, and HR tools.
Homebase also supports team messaging and schedule notifications, with integrations including PAR, Square, Wells Fargo, Clover, Paychex, Toast, Shopify, ADP, Gusto, GoDaddy, QuickBooks, Bank of America, Lightspeed, Heartland, and Square Payroll. Its web, iOS, and Android availability suits teams that need employees and managers to access schedules across devices. Small businesses seeking a free starting point and a broad set of scheduling workflows should consider Homebase. Businesses needing only a narrow calendar tool may find its payroll, HR, forecasting, and workforce features more extensive than necessary.
Homebase pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Free Basic plan with scheduling and workforce tools
- AI scheduling, forecasting, compliance, and conflict detection
- Web, iOS, Android, and 15 listed integrations
- Where it doesn't
- Advanced workforce features require paid tiers
- Paid pricing is listed per location per month
- Its feature breadth may exceed simple scheduling needs
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