Homebase alternative: ScheduleSolve compared
Homebase prices by location, has a free plan for 1 location with up to 10 employees, and lists time tracking, team chat, hiring, payroll and HR. ScheduleSolve prices by person, $0.50 per month with a $10 minimum, and does one job: it drafts the schedule from your rules, explains its choices and tells only the people a change affects. It has no time clock, payroll or hiring.
Written by Maren Vellory, Operations Manager · Updated October 19, 2026
Prices checked October 19, 2026 from joinhomebase.com. Prices change; check their page for today’s price.
Price for 10, 25 and 50 people
One location, paid monthly, before tax, in USD. For Homebase, each row uses the cheapest plan on their pricing page that fits the team.
| Team | ScheduleSolve | Homebase | Homebase plan and formula |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 people | $10.00 | $0.00 | Basic: Free |
| 25 people | $12.50 | $30.00 | Essentials: $30 per location per month |
| 50 people | $25.00 | $30.00 | Essentials: $30 per location per month |
- ScheduleSolve: $0.50 per person per month, with a $10 minimum that covers up to 20 people (USD). Every feature is included. Paid yearly, it is 25% less. See pricing.
- Homebase, as printed: Basic: “$0 / location / month for 1 location, up to 10 employees”; Essentials: “$30 / location / month”.
- Homebase prices by location, not by person. Paid yearly, Essentials is $24 a location per month.
- Plus is $70 and All-in-One $120 a location per month, paid monthly. Plus lists “AI-powered Scheduling”.
- Payroll is an add-on: “$49/month base fee + $6/month per employee paid”, with the first 6 months free on the day we checked. Homebase offers a 14-day free trial of All-in-One with no credit card.
Features
Only rows we could check on the Homebase pricing page. Where a feature is on some plans only, the note says which.
| Feature | ScheduleSolve | Homebase | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Builds the schedule for you | Yes | Yes | “AI-powered Scheduling” on Plus |
| Time clock | No | Yes | “Basic time tracking” on the free plan |
| Shift swaps and open shifts | Yes | Yes | On Essentials |
| Team messaging | No | Yes | “Team communication” |
| Payroll | No | Add-on | $49 a month + $6 per employee paid |
| Hiring | No | Add-on | “Hiring Assistant”, from $99 a month |
| POS integrations | No | Yes | “Point-of-sale integration” |
| Tip management | No | Add-on | $25 a month per location |
| Onboarding and HR documents | No | Yes | On All-in-One |
Homebase has features ScheduleSolve does not have: a free plan for 1 location with up to 10 employees, a time clock, from the free plan, payroll, hiring and tip management as add-ons, and onboarding documents and HR tools on All-in-One.
What ScheduleSolve does differently
Your rules drive the draft
You write rules in two words: a Must rule always holds, a Try to rule holds when it can. “Must: at least 11 hours of rest between shifts.” “Try to: weekends are shared fairly over 12 weeks.” Press Draft and ScheduleSolve fills every shift it can by those rules. If the needs cannot be met, it leaves a gap with the reason, not a broken rule.
It explains its choices
Tap Why? on any cell to see why that person is there, or why a shift is open. Ask “Who is working Tuesday?” and the grid shows them. Each of these also works without AI, and nothing changes until a person taps to confirm.
Only the people affected are told
Post once and each person gets their shifts by email and in the staff app. After a change, only the people whose shifts changed are told, with what changed. Nobody gets a new copy of the whole schedule for one swap.
Timesheets by pay code
At the end of each pay period, ScheduleSolve shows the hours by pay code and exports them, with layouts for UKG Pro WFM (Dimensions) and Workforce Central (Kronos) and a generic CSV. It does not run payroll and has no time clock.
Which one fits your team
When ScheduleSolve fits better
- You want a draft built from your rules, such as rest between shifts, skills by area and fair weekends, with every Must rule kept.
- You have one large location: ScheduleSolve’s price grows with people, not with locations, and every feature is in the one price.
- You want only the people affected told when the schedule changes, and a plain answer to “Why is Sam on this shift?”.
- You export hours by pay code to a time system such as UKG or Kronos.
When Homebase fits better
- You have one location with up to 10 employees and want a free plan.
- You want the time clock, payroll and hiring in one app.
- You want tip management or a POS connection.
How to switch
- Export your schedule from Homebase as a spreadsheet, or copy it into Excel.
- Upload the file to ScheduleSolve. It reads the people and shifts, and asks about anything it cannot work out.
- Set your rules, press Draft, check it and post. Your team gets their shifts by email and in the staff app.
Not ready to switch? Try the free schedule maker with your own people and shifts first, with no account.
Questions
Homebase has a free plan. Why pay for ScheduleSolve?
If one location with up to 10 people and the Basic features meet your needs, Homebase’s free plan may be enough. ScheduleSolve is for teams that want the schedule drafted from their rules and explained, for $0.50 per person per month with a $10 minimum.
How do the prices compare for one location?
At the prices we checked, Homebase Essentials is $30 a location per month, paid monthly, for any number of employees. ScheduleSolve is $10 a month up to 20 people, $12.50 for 25 and $25 for 50. With more than 60 people at one location, Homebase Essentials costs less.
Does ScheduleSolve do payroll?
No. It shows the hours each person was scheduled by pay code and exports a file for your payroll or time system.
Is there a free trial?
Yes, 7 days with no card. The free schedule maker needs no account at all.
Homebase is a trademark of its owner. ScheduleSolve is not affiliated with it.
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