Team scheduling and availability
- Drag-and-drop schedule builder
- Templates and copy previous weeks
- Availability
- Trades, covers, and open shifts
- Overtime conflicts
- Live-updating labor cost totals
- Calendar sync to Mac, iOS, and Android
Homebase free plan
Schedule shifts. Track hours. Message your team. All free.
Manage your team’s scheduling, time tracking, timesheets, and messaging in one free app, built for small businesses with hourly teams.
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New customers get 6 months of Payroll and our Plus Plan free once Payroll is activated.
Everything to manage your team in one free app.
Free time clock
Clock hours from most devices for free.
Shifts, breaks, and overtime sync into timesheets for easy payroll prep.
- Your team can clock hours with unique PINs from a tablet, web, or POS device.
- Capture all clock-ins, clock-outs, breaks, and overtime in time cards.
- Turn time cards into payroll-ready timesheets.
- Export timesheets to Excel-compatible CSVs.
- Keep a 90-day timesheet history if questions come up.
Free employee scheduling
Stop rebuilding your schedule from scratch every week.
Manage your shifts and labor costs right from the schedule builder.
- Drag-and-drop shifts for easy, intuitive scheduling.
- Copy previous weeks or use templates to build schedules in minutes.
- See availability to avoid conflicts.
- Let employees self-manage trades, covers, and open shifts with manager approval.
- See overtime alerts and labor cost totals in the scheduler.
- Update the schedule and instantly share with the team right in the app.
Free team messaging
No more missed messages.
Stop chasing your team across texts, emails, calls, and disjointed apps.
- Send messages in the same app as your schedule and time clock.
- Message 1:1 or create groups by roles or departments.
- See read receipts and reply in threads.
- Let your team send each other shout-outs to show appreciation.
- Your data is encrypted and securely stored to SOC 2 Type II standards.
Free team management
Here’s everything you get on the Homebase free plan.
Stay compliant and connected with scheduling, time tracking, messaging, and more. Free forever for one location with up to 10 employees.
Time clock
- Time clocks for tablet, web, and POS devices
- Unique PINs for all employees
- Break and overtime tracking
- Declare cash tips at clock out
Timesheets
- Auto-generated timesheets
- Time card edits
- State-compliant overtime
- Export to CSV/Excel
- 90-day history and storage
Team and roster management
- Team roster with roles and wages
- Employee-managed profiles with contact and banking info
- On-time rate and no-shows for performance
- Termination history and eligibility for rehire
- Bulk import from CSV
- Contact sync from POS and Payroll
Employee mobile app
- Free app for your whole team
- Access schedules and track earnings in one place
- Early wage access with Homebase Cash Out
- Resume builder from profile and work history.
- Individual and group messages
- Shout-outs and birthdays
Reporting, integrations, support
- Web and mobile dashboards
- Track shifts, wages, and labor totals together
- POS integrations (Clover, Square, Toast, and more)
- Email Support
- Free schedules & time clocks
- Free payroll-ready timesheets
- Free early wage access for employees
- Free POS integrations (Clover, Square, Toast)
Free vs. paid Homebase features.
Get started for free, or find a paid plan that fits your team.
| Feature | Free | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Number of locations | 1 | Unlimited |
| Number of employees | Up to 10 | Unlimited |
| Scheduling & availability | Included | Included |
| Shift trades & open shifts | Included | Included |
| PIN-based time clocks | Included | Included |
| Timesheets with CSV exports | Included | Included |
| Overtime flags | Included | Included |
| Break tracking | Included | Included |
| Schedules with labor cost totals | Included | Included |
| Attendance & no-shows | Included | Included |
| Early wage access for employees | Included | Included |
| GPS & photo clock in verification | Not included | Included |
| AI-powered scheduling | Not included | Included |
| Hiring & onboarding | Not included | Included |
| Full-service payroll | Not included | Included |
“My biggest fear was that I was getting into a very complicated business, I had no idea how to manage schedules or deal with payroll. Homebase has made my life very simple.”
Roberto Bustillos
Co-owner of Lombard Doggy Daycare
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