Schedio vs Homebase: which one fits your team?
Last reviewed: July 2026
Prices exclude tax – any applicable tax is added at checkout.
- 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, and every feature is included.
- Pricing: Homebase prices in tiers per location, free for one location with basics, paid tiers add 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, higher tiers add features
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
Eleven trades: hotels, restaurants, retail, clinics, security, cleaning, fitness, beauty, logistics, support desks, dispatch centers
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; cancelling never deletes your data and it stays yours to export
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 day: 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 only one plan. 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 your shift leads decide. If you leave, cancelling never deletes your data – it stays yours to export, and a deleted workspace has a 30-day window to undo before it’s erased.
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 a single price with everything included, rather than a free tier with paid upgrades.
Does Schedio track hours for payroll?
No – Schedio is scheduling, coverage and hand-offs, not a time clock. Many teams run Schedio for the working day 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 schedule in it.
14 days free, no card. Import your roster from a CSV and compare mornings.
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