About Homebase
Homebase is an employee scheduling, time tracking and communications tool for businesses and their employees within industries such as retail, hospitality and health and beauty. The platform aims to automate and streamline employee scheduling and time tracking by providing features such as team calendars, time clocks, automatic notifications and budget forecasting.
In order to assist users in building interactive and flexible team schedules, Homebase provides a Gantt chart calendar view with a drag and drop interface. Employers can view the schedule by role, time period or employee to ensure that there are no errors and that costs add up. Once complete, the schedule can be put on autopilot mode to automatically carry over to the following weeks or months, taking into account staff availability and holidays. Schedules can be sent out to employees within the Homebase app and synced with mobile calendars so that reminders can be sent.
Using Homebase’s time tracking tools, users can track hours worked and integrate with their payroll system for automatic timesheet export and wage calculation. The time clock feature allows employees to clock in and out of shifts, as well as track breaks and overtime by signing in with a secure PIN number from their mobile device. Managers automatically receive alerts for absences or lateness, and are able to write notes to inform other managers of incidents or daily summaries via the manager log.
With Homebase hiring, you can find quality candidates fast. Post to the top online job boards for free in under a minute with direct integrations and pre-written job descriptions.
Pricing starting from:
$19.95/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Key benefits of Homebase
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Canada, United Kingdom, United States
Supported Languages
English, Spanish
Pricing starting from:
$19.95/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
Top 5 alternatives to Homebase
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Total features of Homebase: 89
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- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 1,001-5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Great system for employee time tracking.
Reviewed on 03/01/2019
Great experience! US-based representative whom were very kind, understanding and WILLING AND READY...
Great experience! US-based representative whom were very kind, understanding and WILLING AND READY to resolve any and all issues when I needed to call to resolve the only issue I’ve ever had.
Pros
Homebase is extremely easy to set up employee time clock which happens to be free if your business has a single location and with a single location you may set it up for unlimited employees. For a small business owner where every dollar and cent matters, it’s a no brainer. A business owner may assign or allow the employee to set up their clock in and out code. Also, it may be set to take a photo of the employee during the clock in and out sessions to help or eliminate other employees from clocking in and out for them. Homebase offers an iPad, iPhone and an android app. You may also use your device's browser. We downloaded the app, installed it on an iPad for our employees to clock in and out on. The administrator has 100% access via web browser login. There’s also a feature which allows employees to clock in and out in the field which would geo-tag the location of the clocking activities.
Cons
Not a lot a negative things to say. This software is best if you have multiple employees who may have a staggered schedule. Example: an employee opens, then you have a mid day shift, then a closer. You also have many employees that may be out in the field. geo-tag is not the best choice for a single entrepreneur who’s trying to track their time, set up easier ways to do so.
- Industry: Food & Beverages
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Excellent Scheduling Software for Restaurants/Bars
Reviewed on 16/05/2022
This is great way to track hospitality staff for clocking in and out, as well as recording some key...
This is great way to track hospitality staff for clocking in and out, as well as recording some key data for payroll processing even if you do payroll outside of Homebase.
Pros
This makes scheduling our bar staff extremely easy and helps to track other payroll accounting data like start dates, hours, etc. It also helps to communicate with staff and provides a good source of applicants from a tailored database of hospitality industry applicants.
Cons
It could have more features for team communication and collaboration. The dashboard navigation is pretty straightforward but could be improved.
- Industry: Fine Art
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 3.0 /10
Possible Fraudelent Sales and Practices
Reviewed on 30/06/2022
in the begin great, Now it seem like any other places with horrible don't care attitudes towards...
in the begin great, Now it seem like any other places with horrible don't care attitudes towards clients
Pros
all the features in one place. easy of communication with my teams
Cons
Getting sold a introductory rate, for full service plus HR and as long as i kept the plan i would be grandfathered in! Well it seem like home base tried to renew 4 months early and cause an issue with my teams permission and for what ever reason, i am no longer having HR. Now even though it wasn't past my renewal date yet! they won't honor my Original agreement nor give my services till the end of term!
2nd they are also supposed to charge one account for their subscription services and another to pull wages for payroll yet they continue to draft the wrong account fraud!
Shady practices all around excusess
- Industry: Financial Services Software
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Excellent product
Reviewed on 12/03/2022
Excellent for time tracking and keeping up with the team's schedule.
Excellent for time tracking and keeping up with the team's schedule.
Pros
I like that it is user friendly and it has a mobile application. Everything works seamlessly and have not experienced any downtime or glitches at all. It streamlines our timekeeping tasks and helps us save a lot of time. We all like it!
Cons
I haven't thought about anything that I do not like
Reasons for Switching to Homebase
Easy to use and not too many bells and whistles that complicate things
- Industry: Hospitality
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Good product with too much fluff and mediocre UX
Reviewed on 30/11/2020
Overall, we are still with homebase because everyone is now used to it and our system is setup this...
Overall, we are still with homebase because everyone is now used to it and our system is setup this way. Writing this review though, it is certainly about time i checked the timeclock-scheduling-team market again. Because the product is quite slow and features are being added which i don't need.
Pros
We decided to go for Homebase because it mostly resembled what i was doing in as spreadsheet before. The timeclock is rather solid, we have set up a dedicated tablet to clock in and out. This is the main reason i got homebase for my team - so that they would have a schedule and be able to clock in and out. Also nice is the fact that custom national holidays can be setup and automatically be shown in the schedule. The Homebase team has over the years implemented a few nifty features to save me time as an admin.
Next is checking timesheets and correcting them when it comes to payroll - however this is where we stop with using homebase. We don't use any other features.
Cons
We don't utilize the payroll feature at all - everything can only be set in dollars. Overall, the software feels like it is made for the US market - not internationally. I have feature requested over a year ago that custom currencies should be implemented and even the way time is displayed (24h instead of am-pm). To no avail. Even from their content marketing strategy it is clear that Homebase is only focusing on the US market, with no interesting content for me as a hotelier on the other side of the world.
It is also sad to see that they have recently started adding a lot of fluff to their product like hiring, instead of making the core experience easier and faster to use. The new timesheets section looks nice, but i am 5 times faster with the old one (which could be faster still). I would love to see much more emphasis on a fast and easy to use product, with lots of features to get my work done quicker. Homebase is a classic example of software which gets better the less i have to use it. I would like to see the product move in this direction.
Homebase FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Homebase.Q. What type of pricing plans does Homebase offer?
Homebase offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: $19.95/month
- Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Basic: Free Essentials: $19.95/month/location or $14/month/location (billed annually). Plus: $49.95/month/location or $35/month/location (billed annually). All-in-One: $99.95/month/location or $70/month/location (billed annually). Full-service payroll: Add payroll to any plan for $35/month + $5/active employee.
Q. Who are the typical users of Homebase?
Homebase has the following typical customers:
2-10, 11-50, 51-200, 201-500, 501-1,000, 1,001-5,000
Q. What languages does Homebase support?
Homebase supports the following languages:
English, Spanish
Q. Does Homebase support mobile devices?
Homebase supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Homebase integrate with?
Homebase integrates with the following applications:
ADP Workforce Now, Clover, Gusto, Gusto, Lightspeed, Lightspeed Retail, QuickBooks, QuickBooks Online Advanced, Revel Systems, Square Payroll, Square Point of Sale, SurePayroll, Toast POS, Upserve, ZipRecruiter, talech, toast CRM
Q. What level of support does Homebase offer?
Homebase offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base Software, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat
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