Homebase vs StaffAny (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Homebase if

• Fits if you run one shop or restaurant with 10 staff or fewer
• Works for owners who want labor costs next to the sales from their till

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you add payroll, which is $49 a month plus $6 per employee paid on every plan
• Tight if you have several sites, as each address needs its own plan
• Skip it if you need PTO accruals on the $24 plan, since they start on Plus at $56
• Watch out: Tip Manager is $25 and Task Manager $13 a month per location, background checks $30 each, Hiring Assistant from $99
• Watch out: the free plan keeps timesheets for 90 days, and onboarding paperwork and the API need All-in-One at $96

Pick StaffAny if

• Fits if you run a restaurant or cafe and want rotas, a clock and timesheets together
• Works for businesses that bill in Singapore dollars

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you have over 10 staff and want the Start Up plan, which stops there
• Not for you if you need a plan price before you talk to them
• Pricey if you add extras: PayrollAny is $6 a user a month and EngageAny $5
• Watch out: reports are $299 each and SMS is $0.20 each

Homebase

• Plans are priced per location: each separate address needs its own plan, and the free Basic plan covers only one location and up to 10 employees.
• Payroll is an add-on on every plan at $49 a month plus $6 per employee paid.
• Other add-ons cost extra: Tip Manager $25 and Task Manager $13 a month per location, background checks $30 each, Hiring Assistant from $99 a month.
• PTO accrual policies need Plus; onboarding paperwork, HR advisors and API access need All-in-One.

StaffAny

• The per-staff price of the Start Up, Growth and Scale plans could not be read from the pricing page, so no plan price is listed here.
• The Start Up plan is limited to 10 staff; the Enterprise plan is for businesses above 100 staff.
• Billing is in Singapore dollars for clients worldwide. Add-ons cost $0.20 per SMS, $299 per custom report, $6 per user a month for PayrollAny and $5 for EngageAny.
• The pricing page offers 30% off annual billing, but the base monthly figures are not shown.

Homebase

Weekly schedule builder

Managers build the week around availability and time-off requests, and staff trade, cover or claim open shifts. Plus adds an AI scheduling assistant.

Time clock on any device

Staff clock in on tablets, computers, POS terminals such as Clover and GoDaddy, or the mobile app with location checks, and tablets can take a photo at each clock-in.

Timesheets to payroll

Timesheets follow your overtime and break rules and sync to Gusto, ADP RUN, QuickBooks Online or Square Payroll, or feed Homebase's own payroll add-on.

Team messaging

Messenger channels, announcements and shift notes, with confirmation when employees have seen the schedule or read a message.

Hiring and onboarding

Job openings go out to online job boards, and All-in-One sends onboarding packets with W-4, I-9 and direct deposit forms for e-signature.

Labor cost controls

All-in-One alerts managers before overtime, blocks early clock-ins, clocks staff out at shift end and reports labor against sales pulled from the POS.

StaffAny

Shift scheduling

Drag-and-drop shifts, shift templates, staff availabilities and copying shifts across weeks. Multi-outlet scheduling starts on the Growth plan.

Auto-scheduling

The Scale plan adds auto-scheduling, sales per labor hour (SPLH) and target manpower figures.

Time clock

Geofenced and QR clock-in, GPS with a photo, and a web time clock on every plan; WiFi clock-in begins on Growth.

Smart timesheets

Timesheets are consolidated automatically with configurable rounding; auto clock-out, timesheet lock and early clock-in prevention are on higher plans.

Leave and reports

Leave accrual and approval, plus reports; sales versus labor cost reports are on Scale.

Add-ons

PayrollAny, EngageAny rewards, an applicant tracking system billed per SMS, and custom reports are priced separately.

Homebase

• Basic$0

  One location and up to 10 employees: basic scheduling and time tracking, a POS integration, timesheets kept 90 days.

• Essentials$24

  per location / month, billed annually ($30 billed monthly)

  Unlimited employees. Adds shift trades and open shifts, availability, location-based mobile clock-in, payroll integrations and team messaging.

• Plus$56

  per location / month, billed annually ($70 billed monthly)

  Adds an AI scheduling assistant, PTO policies with accruals, departments and manager permissions. Shown at $0 for 6 months with the payroll offer.

• All-in-One$96

  per location / month, billed annually ($120 billed monthly)

  Adds onboarding paperwork with e-signatures, HR advisors and a custom handbook, overtime alerts, sales-based scheduling and API access.

StaffAny

Pricing could not be confirmed. See staffany.com.

Homebase

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with annual billing

  Annual billing brings Essentials, Plus and All-in-One to $24, $56 and $96 per location a month against $30, $70 and $120 monthly, or $72 to $288 a year saved.

• Other savings

  6 months free on Plus and Payroll for new customers

  New customers who set up payroll by December 15, 2026 and run it by January 20, 2027 get Plus free for 6 months and payroll free for 6 months for up to 50 employees.

• Other savings

  Payroll at $29 a month for teams of 5 or fewer

  Teams of up to 5 who start payroll in the same window get 6 months free, then $29 a month plus $6 per employee paid instead of $49, while they stay at 5 or fewer.

StaffAny

• Annual discount

  30% off with annual billing

  The pricing page states a saving of 30% when billing annually; it does not show the monthly figures it is measured against.

• Other savings

  Singapore EDGE Grant support

  StaffAny Schedule and HRMS Core may qualify for up to 50% support under Enterprise Singapore's EDGE Grant, subject to eligibility and approval.