How Much Does Homebase Cost in 2026?

Homebase's per-location pricing model is perfectly aligned with SMB retail, hospitality, and restaurant operators — you know how many locations you have, and 'unlimited employees per location' eliminates per-seat anxiety. A 5-location chain with 40 employees total pays Essentials × 5 = $120/month annual regardless of whether you hire 10 or 100 people per location. That predictability matters. The Basic free tier (1 location, 10 employees, basic features) is the best free offering in the category for genuinely small operators — a 5-person coffee shop can run Homebase free indefinitely. Essentials at $24/location annual adds advanced scheduling and time tracking plus team communication — the tier most small businesses will outgrow Basic into. Plus at $56 unlocks AI-powered scheduling (reads historical sales + labor patterns to suggest optimal shifts) and departments/permissions. All-in-One at $96 is the employer-of-record tier: employee onboarding, labor cost management, HR & compliance — covers what would otherwise need BambooHR + Deputy. Payroll add-on at $39 + $6/employee is integrated well but more expensive than standalone Gusto ($40 + $6 for Simple). Where it wins: per-location pricing is clean for SMB multi-location brands, free tier genuinely useful for very small operators, AI scheduling (Plus+) is mature and valuable, All-in-One replaces HR + scheduling + time clock + payroll in one subscription. Where it loses: per-location math gets expensive for low-employee-per-location operations, free tier's 10-employee cap is tight, add-on economy (Tip Manager, Task Manager, Hiring Assistant) adds up fast, US-centric (limited international support).