The Homebase alternative priced per business, not per location.
Homebase grew up in restaurants and retail: scheduling, a shift time clock and team messaging, with pricing that scales by location and tier. PunchPro is one plan for any business that pays by the hour — GPS-verified punches, scheduling, PTO, hiring and payroll review — with a price that stays the same whether you run one site or six.
14 days freeNo credit card requiredEvery feature included
Two different ideas of what a time clock should come with.
Choose PunchPro if…
- You operate across job sites, routes or multiple locations and don't want to pay per location
- You want hiring, onboarding, handbook and employee records in the same app
- You need cost codes or job-level labor tracking for payroll
- You want every feature on a published price with no upgrade tier
Stay with Homebase if…
- You run a single restaurant or store and the free tier covers you
- Team messaging and shift swapping are your main use case
- You use Homebase payroll or its POS integrations
- Your schedule is the product; everything else is secondary
Either works if…
- You schedule hourly staff and want them to clock in from a phone
- You export hours to QuickBooks, ADP or Paychex
- You want a free trial before you commit
PunchPro vs Homebase: what you get on one plan.
Homebase sells scheduling and time tracking in tiers priced per location; HR and hiring sit in higher tiers or add-ons. PunchPro is one price with everything.
| Feature | PunchPro | Homebase |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | $39.99/business + $7 per active user | Tiered, per location |
| Price shown for full feature set | Yes | Top tier only |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| GPS at the punch | Yes | Yes |
| Continuous location tracking | No (by design) | No |
| Employee scheduling | Yes | Yes |
| Shift swapping / open shifts | No | Yes |
| Team messaging | No | Yes |
| Time off & accrual policies | Yes | Higher tiers |
| Cost codes & job labor tracking | Yes | No |
| Offer letters & e-signature | Yes | Hiring add-on / higher tier |
| Onboarding checklists & handbook | Yes | Higher tier |
| Certification & license expiry alerts | Yes | No |
| Payroll review with guardrails | Yes | Timesheet approval |
| Built-in payroll processing | No — exports instead | Add-on |
| Payroll exports | QuickBooks, ADP, Paychex, Paycom | QuickBooks, Gusto, ADP and others |
| Free trial | 14 days, no card | Free tier / trial on paid plans |
Homebase is a trademark of its owner; PunchPro is not affiliated with or endorsed by it. Competitor details reflect their public materials as of October 2026 and may change; confirm plan details on the vendor's site.
Why hourly teams leave Homebase for PunchPro.
Hiring, onboarding and records live next to the time clock.
PunchPro keeps one employee record from offer letter to final paycheck: offers signed on a phone, onboarding checklists, handbook e-signatures, licenses with expiry alerts, then scheduling, punches, PTO and payroll prep on the same person.
- Offer letters and e-signature; the employee profile is created on signing
- Handbook, I-9/W-4 status and certification tracking with alerts
- Same record for schedule, punches, PTO and payroll review
Location at clock-in and clock-out. Nothing in between.
PunchPro records where a punch happened so you can confirm someone was at the site, the store or the client's home. It does not follow employees between punches, which keeps the privacy conversation with your crew short.
- Location captured at punch-in and punch-out only
- Punches shown against the assigned job site or location
- Clear privacy story for your crew and your handbook
Guardrails before you approve. Export to the payroll you already run.
Timecards with missed punches, unexpected overtime or edits are flagged before the period locks, with one-tap fixes and an audit trail. Approved hours export to QuickBooks, ADP, Paychex or Paycom, so nothing changes on the payroll side.
- Configurable guardrails: Off / Warn / Block
- Flagged timecards surfaced first, bulk approval for the rest
- Export to QuickBooks, ADP, Paychex, Paycom
One price on the page. No tiers to decode.
PunchPro is $39.99 per month per business plus $7 per active user, every feature included, month to month, no implementation fee. Homebase publishes a free tier for a single location and then prices paid tiers per location, so a second site or a feature in a higher tier changes the bill. PunchPro's price moves only with headcount.
- Every feature on every account — no modules or add-ons
- Active users only: seasonal dips cost less
- 14-day free trial, no credit card, cancel anytime
Moving from Homebase to PunchPro takes an afternoon.
No implementation project. Most teams run one pay period on both and then turn the old one off.
Import your people
Export your employee list from Homebase as a CSV and import it, or add employees as you send offers. Pay rates, roles and job codes come along.
Run a pay period in parallel
Your team clocks in on PunchPro while Homebase keeps running. Compare the two timesheets at the end of the period; the 14-day trial covers it.
Point payroll at PunchPro
Approve hours in payroll review and export to QuickBooks, ADP, Paychex or Paycom. Cancel Homebase when the numbers match.
PunchPro as a Homebase alternative, answered plainly.
Is PunchPro cheaper than Homebase?
It depends on how many locations and which tier you'd need. Homebase has a free single-location tier; paid tiers are priced per location. PunchPro is $39.99 per business plus $7 per active user with every feature included, so multi-location teams and teams that need HR features usually pay less on PunchPro. Confirm current Homebase pricing on their site.
Does PunchPro have a free plan like Homebase?
No. PunchPro has a 14-day free trial with every feature and no credit card, then one paid plan. There is no feature-limited free tier.
Does PunchPro do team messaging or shift swapping?
No. PunchPro publishes schedules to each employee's phone and notifies them of changes, but it does not include a chat feed or employee-to-employee shift trades. If messaging is central to how you run shifts, Homebase is the stronger fit there.
Does PunchPro track GPS all day?
No. Location is captured at clock-in and clock-out only. It is not continuous tracking.
Can I move my team from Homebase to PunchPro?
Yes. Export your employee list from Homebase, import it into PunchPro, and run one pay period on both during the trial before switching payroll over.
Does PunchPro run payroll?
No. PunchPro prepares payroll — review, guardrails, approval — and exports approved hours to QuickBooks, ADP, Paychex or Paycom. You keep your payroll provider.
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Every feature, no credit card. Run one pay period and compare the timesheets yourself.
14 days freeNo credit card requiredEvery feature included