Homebase
Homebase
Payroll and scheduling for hourly teams
Homebase started with free scheduling and a time clock, then added payroll. It fits restaurants and shops where everyone is hourly and tips need to flow into pay.
Cost at your size
Team size
For 6 people: $85 a month.
Homebase costs $1 more than the median payroll & HR tool for 6 people ($84).
Homebase pays for itself if it saves 3 hours a month at $30 an hour, our assumption.
Change assumptions
Figures from the vendor's published prices. How we calculate prices
What Homebase connects to
Accounting
Scheduling
Accounting and scheduling tools in our catalog · found on vendor and marketplace pages, October 2026 · 2 of 2 checked by us
Sources
- QuickBooks Online: support.joinhomebase.com/s/article/Export-to-accounting-software, found 2026-10-12, checked 2026-10-15
- Homebase Scheduling: joinhomebase.com/payroll, found 2026-10-12, checked 2026-10-15
Getting help with Homebase
- How to reach them
- Live chat: every plan · 24/7
- Help center: every plan
- Live chat: every paid plan · 7:00am-7:00pm CST, Mon-Sun (excluding holidays)
- Phone: every paid plan · 7:00am-7:00pm CST, Mon-Sun (excluding holidays)
- Callback: every paid plan
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
A vendor that posts every small issue can show more incidents than one that posts few, so a low count doesn't prove fewer problems.
From Homebase's support and pricing pages, October 2026 · checked by us 2026-10-14 · How we gather this
Sources
- joinhomebase.com/pricing/, read 2026-10-13
- support.joinhomebase.com/s/article/Homebase-Support-Contact-Us, read 2026-10-13
- Live chat: “24/7 AI chat support and Help Center” (joinhomebase.com/pricing/)
- Live chat hours: “24/7 AI chat support and Help Center” (joinhomebase.com/pricing/)
- Help center: “24/7 AI chat support and Help Center” (joinhomebase.com/pricing/)
- Live chat: “Live support (Chat & Phone) is available to customers who use Homebase Payroll, Task Manager, Tip Manager, or who are on the Essentials plan or higher” (support.joinhomebase.com/s/article/Homebase-Support-Contact-Us)
- Live chat hours: “Live Support is available between 7:00am-7:00pm CST, Mon-Sun (excluding holidays).” (support.joinhomebase.com/s/article/Homebase-Support-Contact-Us)
- Phone: “Live support (Chat & Phone) is available to customers who use Homebase Payroll, Task Manager, Tip Manager, or who are on the Essentials plan or higher” (support.joinhomebase.com/s/article/Homebase-Support-Contact-Us)
- Phone hours: “Live Support is available between 7:00am-7:00pm CST, Mon-Sun (excluding holidays).” (support.joinhomebase.com/s/article/Homebase-Support-Contact-Us)
- Callback: “you’ll have the option to continue chatting with a human or request a callback” (support.joinhomebase.com/s/article/Homebase-Support-Contact-Us)
What reviewers say about Homebase
- Capterra4.6 / 5 · 1,157 reviews
- G2See reviews on G2
- US App Store (iPhone app)4.8 / 5 · 96,329 ratings
- Google Play (Android app)4.2 / 5 · 24,820 ratings
Each site has its own reviewers, so we show the scores side by side and never average them. App ratings cover the mobile app only. Scores read Oct 28, 2026. How we show reviews
Why people pick it
- Scheduling, time clock, and payroll together
- Tips handling
Where it falls short
- Weak for salaried teams
- Payroll is newer than Gusto's
Alternatives in payroll & HR
Gusto
From $49/mo + $7/person
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Rippling
From $35/mo + $8/person
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Deel
From $49/person
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QuickBooks Payroll
From $88/mo + $7/person
Payroll inside QuickBooks Online, sold as a bundle
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