Schedio vs Homebase: which fits your floor?
Last reviewed: June 2026
- Pick Homebase if you want scheduling bundled with a time clock, hiring tools and an optional payroll add-on†, and a free tier for a single location† is what gets you started.
- Pick Schedio if the thing you actually need is live coverage and clean shift hand-offs — one calm dashboard, one flat price, no upsell ladder.
- Pricing: Homebase prices in tiers per location, free for one location with basics, paid tiers unlock scheduling depth†; Schedio is $49/month per location, everything included.
Side by side
$49/month per location, unlimited team members
Tiered per location; free single-location tier, features unlock by tier†
None — staff logins never cost extra
No per-employee fee on standard tiers; payroll add-on priced separately per employee†
Self-serve: pick a trade template at signup, import your roster from CSV
Self-serve signup with optional add-ons†
Six trades: hotels, restaurants, clinics, security, retail, support desks
General small business — restaurants, retail, services†
Built in — structured hand-over notes attached to every shift
Team messaging and shift notes, depth varies by tier†
Monthly, cancel anytime; data stays exportable for 30 days
Monthly or annual, self-serve cancellation†
Where Homebase is strong
Homebase covers a lot of ground for a small team's admin: scheduling, a time clock with timesheets, hiring posts, and payroll as an add-on†. If you want to consolidate four tools into one vendor and a free tier to start, it earns its popularity.
The free single-location tier† is a genuinely low-risk way to get a first schedule off a spreadsheet, and for a very small crew it may be all you need.
Where Schedio is different
Schedio doesn't try to be your time clock or your payroll. It is the live picture of the floor: who's on, who's covered, what the next shift needs to know. Hand-over notes, swap and cover requests, coverage alerts to the channel your team already watches — that's the whole product, and all of it is in the one $49 plan.
There is no feature ladder. The first location gets the same product as the twentieth, and unlimited staff means a seasonal hiring wave changes nothing about the bill.
Switching
Moving from Homebase is a roster export and an import. Get your people and a typical week into a CSV, and Schedio imports them with a row-by-row preview — nothing lands until you confirm it.
The 14-day trial needs no card, so the usual path is to run Schedio alongside your current tool for a week or two and let the floor decide. If you leave, your data stays exportable for 30 days after cancellation.
† Details about Homebase marked with a dagger are awaiting our routine verification against their current public materials. Spot something out of date? Write to info@schedio.team and we'll fix it.
Common questions
Does Schedio have a free plan like Homebase?+
No. Schedio is $49 a month per location with everything included, after a 14-day free trial with no card. We chose one honest price over a free tier that nudges you up a ladder.
Does Schedio track hours for payroll?+
No — Schedio is scheduling, coverage and hand-offs, not a time clock. Many teams run Schedio for the floor and keep their existing time-tracking or payroll tool for pay.
Can my team swap shifts themselves like in Homebase?+
Yes. Staff can offer a shift to an open pool or propose a direct trade, and you decide whether swaps need manager approval before they take effect. Every change is logged.
See your own floor in it.
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