Homebase Scheduling vs Planday

Two scheduling tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	Homebase SchedulingHomebase	PlandayXero
In one line	Shift scheduling and a time clock, free for up to 10 employees	Shift scheduling and time tracking for hourly teams, from $2.99 a user
Starting price	Free up to 10 users	From $2.99/person
Six-person team	$0/mo	$17.94/mo
Plans	Basic free for 1 location, up to 10 employees; per location, unlimited employees, billed annually: Essentials $24/mo, Plus $56/mo (6 months free when you add payroll, limited time), All-in-One $96/mo; payroll add-on extra	Starter $2.99 per user/mo, min. 5 users (scheduling, punch clock and kiosk app, compliance rules, basic payroll reports, 1 department, help centre and chat support); Plus $4.49 per user/mo plus a $15.00 monthly subscription fee, min. 10 users (leave and absence, revenue vs. staff costs, payroll and POS integrations, API, documents and e-signature, 10 departments, email support); Pro by quote (auto-fill schedules, custom planning KPIs and user roles, unlimited departments, call-back phone support); users are billed in bundles of 5, so 23 users are billed as 25; billed monthly or quarterly, no yearly price shown; each SMS costs extra, in-app messaging included; paid onboarding and product training ($150 an hour in the US); 30-day free trial of Plus, no credit card; no free plan; USD prices are the ones shown to US and Canada visitors
Pricing model	Free tier	Free trial
Free trial	—	30 days
Users	Up to 10 free; unlimited on paid plans	Per user; at least 5 on Starter, 10 on Plus
Both connect to	QuickBooks Payroll
Also connects to	Gusto, Rippling, Homebase, Square Payroll	No others on record
Team size	2–10 people · 11–50 people	2–10 people · 11–50 people · 51–200 people
Available in	US · CA	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	Essentials and up	None listed
Live chat	Every plan; Essentials and up	Every plan
Support hours	Live chat: 24/7 · Live chat: 7:00am-7:00pm CST, Mon-Sun (excluding holidays) · Phone: 7:00am-7:00pm CST, Mon-Sun (excluding holidays)	Live chat: 7 days a week with extended hours; an English-speaking team covers evenings and weekends
Incidents posted	2 incidents posted on Homebase's status page, which covers all Homebase products and regions, in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 0 marked major or critical by Homebase. Status page	2 incidents posted on Xero's status page in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 0 marked major or critical by Xero. Status page
Capterra score	4.6 / 5 from 1,157 reviews	Not listed
Fit: Retail shop	90	82
Fit: Restaurant or café	94	92
Fit: Service business	65	60
Fit: Agency or studio	15	15
Fit: Trades or contractor	55	40
Fit: Online store	25	20
Why people pick it	Free for a small team at one location POS integrations pull in sales data	Punch clock, kiosk app and shift swaps on every plan Plus tracks staff costs against POS revenue
Where it falls short	Free plan stops at 10 employees Paid tiers are per location	5-user minimum, billed in bundles of five Leave, payroll integrations and email support need Plus
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Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. How we calculate prices

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