About Homebase

Homebase is a comprehensive platform designed to simplify the management of hourly work for small to medium-sized businesses. Through its deployment, Homebase addresses critical operational facets such as employee scheduling, time tracking, payroll processing, hiring, onboarding, and team communication, among others. This all-in-one approach converges towards enhancing operational efficiency and compliance, greatly reducing the administrative burden on managers and business owners. At the core of Homebase's offerings is its intuitive employee scheduling system, aimed at eliminating the chaos often associated with managing work schedules. By providing an online, always-up-to-date schedule, Homebase allows for adjustments to be made from anywhere, instantly sharing updates with the team with a single tap. This flexibility is further extended through its time clock feature, which transforms any device into a time clock for tracking hours, breaks, and overtime, thus moving away from paper-based systems and spreadsheets. Central to leveraging Homebase's capabilities is its payroll feature. It notably simplifies the payroll process by automatically converting timesheets into wages, calculating taxes, and processing paychecks. This automation not only saves time but also reduces the potential for errors. Direct deposits to employees and filing payroll taxes further exemplify the convenience Homebase brings to payroll administration. Enhancing internal communication, Homebase integrates built-in messaging systems designed to streamline workforce communication. This feature intends to replace disparate group texts and emails, ensuring that messages reach the entire team, including any new additions, thereby fostering better coordination and collaboration. Furthermore, Homebase enriches the employee management process through its hiring and onboarding features. The platform enables business owners to post job openings to top boards, manage applicants efficiently, and facilitate new hires' self-onboarding processes by electronically signing their forms. Additionally, it organizes all employee information in one place, easing the maintenance and access of necessary records. Addressing employee satisfaction and retention, Homebase incorporates management capabilities for time-off requests, availabilities, and paid-time-off policies. It also provides tools and perks aimed at boosting employee happiness and monitors performance for insights into punctuality and engagement. Moreover, Homebase equips businesses with tools for labor cost control, offering the ability to manage costs, build forecasts, and adapt quickly. This is complemented by HR and compliance features that include modern tools, certified HR advisors, and expert guides to help businesses stay compliant with relevant labor laws. For businesses seeking a cohesive platform that simplifies the management of hourly work through features that address scheduling, time tracking, payroll, communication, and compliance, Homebase stands out as a comprehensive solution. It is dedicated to reducing the administrative load, enabling businesses to focus more on growth and less on paperwork, thereby fostering a more efficient and compliant workplace.
Homebase Software - Homebase Group Messaging
Homebase Software - Homebase All-in-one Employee Scheduling, Time Sheet, Payroll and more.
Homebase Software - Homebase Payroll Management for wages, texes and paychecks.
Homebase Software - Homebase Employee Scheduling
Homebase Software - Homebase Time Clock to track overtime hours and breaks.
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Homebase pricing

Homebase has a free version and offers a free trial. Homebase paid version starts at US$24.95/month.

Starting Price:
US$24.95/month
Free Version:
Yes
Free trial:
Yes

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Homebase Reviews

Feature rating

Value for Money
4.6
Functionality
4.5
Ease of Use
4.6
Customer Support
4.5
5 reviews of 1,057 View all reviews
Maxwell
Maxwell
  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 24/11/2020

Scheduling & Labor Costing

Years of working with Homebase have shown that they constantly improve their product, and make it easier to use with integrations with common applications (via API access).

Pros

Quite honestly, one of the first things I recommend to businesses that want to schedule employees and know their labor costs that are up to the minute.

Cons

The one feature that I do wish was available, would be a calendar view that showed the entire department or business, so that it could be displayed on a monitor or web-based application.

Alternatives Considered

When I Work, HotSchedules and MySchedule

Reasons for Choosing Homebase

The integration with Square POS and ease of use made it a reasonable switch. After years of use, I don't know if I would go back.

Switched From

HotSchedules

Reasons for Switching to Homebase

Homebase seemed to offer a solid free version, that makes it easier to implement with a client before showing them the added advantages of a premium plan.
Tom
  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 30/10/2024

Save time and money. Scheduling & payroll integrated!!

10 out of 10. I'm the owner, i love it. my manager loves it.

Pros

Integrating time cards/house with payroll. best customer service for anyone who provide scheduling and payroll.

Cons

Don't know..i dont fully understand all the different plans.

Alternatives Considered

When I Work

Reasons for Switching to Homebase

better price, better customer service. payroll
Della K
  • Industry: Security & Investigations
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
0
Features
1
Ease of Use
3
Customer Support
0

1
Reviewed on 29/9/2022

Honeymoon phase is definitely over........contemplating a "divorce".

Heartbroken, disgusted....and anything else I didn't mention above.

Pros

In 2018 everything was so great and at an incredible price, by my second year as a monthly subscriber I upgraded my plan, in spite of the problem integrating homebase timecards with my QuickBooks payroll, and had to manually enter the data personally. I loved being able to see the total hours per employee when creating a schedule, until one day it disappeared. Still undeterred, I loved the ability to access the app from any mobile device and desktop. Only androids & Desktops access the app easily and iphones or ipads come with headaches. I fell in love with the ease, simplicity and it's sexy platform look of this time tracking/management app, until one day everything changed and I lost my ability to view time cards all on one screen. Little issues were just an alert in the far upper right corner like a nudge. Now they scream in double size that takes up half the monitor, leaving only an inch or two to view time cards accompanied with a lot of scrolling. Nowadays I'm afraid to login and be greeted by a scowling dashboard with a list of issues nagging to be resolved. Issues caused by employees that can't log in or out and got tired of uninstalling and reinstalling the app as a temporary fix. I knew my relationship with homebase was reaching a bitter end when without so much as a "heads up" warning there would be an increase to my subscription (almost $20.00 more). When I said "Oh h#!! NO!" and lowered it to essentials...

Cons

I was denied the ability to manage my PTO mandated sick leave pay feature that never matched QuickBooks anyway, and the feature to assign different roles/rate of pay for different jobs among my existing employees. I now have a default pay rate/role homebase deems as "fitting". After a 5 year relationship with all the little things I loved, I can have back if I pay $20.00 more a month. Out of some "disturbed" sense I felt I owed to Homebase, I emailed support with an offer to pay a small increase but not at their ridiculous price with it's 15 features included that I would never use. If they can't find my request reasonable and let me pay only for what I use, I will fly into the arms of another app that gives me the basic features for free. The email was sent last week and long past the "24 hour" promise to respond. I never called out their promised "money back guarantee" after 5 years and the inability to integrate their application with my payroll system......Seriously? How much alimony is it worth? No, it's too late now. I'm divorcing homebase from my company forever.

Jennifer
  • Industry: Retail
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
4
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 24/7/2024

Homebase is one of the best business tools we have

Having scheduling, time tracking, payroll, tax filing, workers comp insurance and audits all in one place is a lifesaver.

Pros

It's been a valuable tool for being able to use historical sales data to decide how many employees to schedule on any given day. It helps me budget wages accurately.

Cons

Some functionality is clunky with too many steps, occasionally we have problems with the time clock, geolocation doesn't work.

Todd
  • Industry: Consumer Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 5/10/2024

Owner/President

From onboarding to daily use very easy and undemanding if you are a busy business owner.

Pros

Great services and very user friendly interfaces. Far superior to anything recommended by my fanchisor!

Cons

Would like the messaging to have an option to enlarge the "message board" when its being used. Would like to see an easier option/path to temporarily add or reduce an individual's pay or salary

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