Humanity Schedule vs Shiftbase (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Shiftbase grades higher than Humanity Schedule: 2.6 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Humanity Schedule grades higher on value for money. Shiftbase grades higher on the free plan and features. They get the same grade on ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Humanity Schedule
Employee scheduling with demand forecasting and compliance rules
Shiftbase
Dutch shift scheduling, time clock and absence app, free to 15 staff
Which one is for you
Pick Humanity Schedule if
- Fits if you schedule hourly staff and want labour cost beside the rota
- Works for a small team that can pay yearly
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want auto-fill or demand-based scheduling on the cheapest plan, as those need Professional
- Watch out: open API access, Shift Tasks and Labor Optimizer are paid add-ons
- Not for you if you need monthly-billing prices, as only annual rates were readable
- Tight if you are large, as Enterprise is a custom quote and Professional discounts are not published
Pick Shiftbase if
- Fits if you pay surcharges for nights, Sundays and public holidays and run payroll through Nmbrs, AFAS or DATEV
- Works for teams of up to 15 who want a free rota instead of a spreadsheet
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you pay in dollars, as prices are in euros or pounds only
- Tight if you stay free and need clock-ins, as the free plan only takes typed hours and has 1 department
- Pricey if you need several integrations, since App Center+ is €20 a month on top outside Enterprise
- Watch out: each staff member past the plan's count adds €3.60 to €5.40 a month, and labor targets need Premium
- Skip it if you might cancel early, as yearly plans are paid up front with no refund and monthly plans need a month's notice
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAHumanity ScheduleFair | 2.6GPAShiftbaseGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | B$2.75 a person a month on yearly billing is the line of the cheapest quarter of the category. Professional is $3.75, still under the $5.65 middle. | CBasic is €27 a month billed yearly for 6 employees, plus €3.60 for each extra, so 15 staff pay €59.40. Prices are in euros or pounds only. That's in the dearer quarter of this category, and most payroll links need App Center+ on top. |
| Free plan and trial | CA card-free trial on Essentials, then paid. There is no free plan. | BFree for up to 15 employees, 1 department and 5 teams, with drag-and-drop scheduling and staff profiles. There's no clock-in, only hours typed in by hand, but a small team can run its rota on it. |
| Features | CShift planning, demand scheduling, compliance rules, labour budgeting and payroll links. Auto-fill and the compliance and budgeting tools need Professional, and the API is an add-on. | BDrag-and-drop schedules, swaps and open shifts, clock-in on phone, desktop or kiosk, leave with balances and surcharges, and payroll exports. Premium adds labor cost targets and skill-based scheduling. That's the whole job. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. Rules and schedules have to be set up before it pays off. | CWe have no App Store rating on record for it. Schedules need departments, teams and surcharge rules set up before they pay off. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb plus iOS and Android apps, with four integrations listed. | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with Nmbrs, AFAS, DATEV, Personio and Lightspeed, though most need the App Center+ add-on at €17.50 a month billed yearly. No desktop app. |
| Best for | shift scheduling by TimeClock Plus | European shift teams with surcharges |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Humanity Schedule and Shiftbase. How we grade
Price against what you get
Humanity Schedule starts at $2.75 a month for each person and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Shiftbase starts at about $30.16 a month and scores 2.7.
Shiftbase scores higher, and starts $27.41 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other shift scheduling apps on the chart, 2 score higher than Humanity Schedule for less, and 5 score higher than Shiftbase for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Shiftbase also covers employee records.
At a glance
| Humanity Schedule | Shiftbase | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $2.75 per employee / month, billed annually | €27 per month for up to 6 employees, billed yearly (Basic) |
| Free plan | None | Free plan for up to 15 employees, 1 department and 5 teams: drag-and-drop scheduling, hours entered by hand and approved by managers, employee profiles and news messages. |
| Free trial | Free trial on the Essentials plan, no credit card required | 14-day free trial of the paid plans, no card details needed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | TimeClock Plus, LLC (TCP Software) | Shiftbase B.V. |
| Price read from | tcpsoftware.com | shiftbase.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Humanity Schedule
- Auto-fill, demand-based scheduling, compliance and labor budgeting need the Professional plan or higher.
- Open API access, Shift Tasks and Labor Optimizer are listed as add-ons.
- The pricing page shows annual-billing rates only; the monthly-billing rates were not readable.
- Enterprise is a custom quote, and Professional volume discounts are not published.
Shiftbase
- Prices are shown in euros or pounds only; there is no dollar price.
- Each paid plan includes a set number of employees; every extra one costs €3.60 to €5.40 a month billed yearly (€4 to €6 monthly).
- Most payroll, POS and HR integrations and API tokens need the App Center+ add-on at €20 a month (€17.50 yearly), except on Enterprise. Basic includes three free integrations.
- The Free plan has no clock-in, only hours typed in by hand. Yearly plans are paid up front and not refunded; monthly plans have one month's notice.
Key features
Humanity Schedule
- Shift planning
- Drag-and-drop schedule building across multiple locations, with shift swaps, availability and time-off requests handled by employees.
- Demand Scheduler
- AI forecasting predicts busy periods so the schedule can be staffed to expected demand. Demand-based scheduling is a Professional feature.
- Compliance rules
- Scheduling rules can be customized to catch conflicts with labor laws, collective bargaining agreements and shift rules before they become violations.
- Labor cost and budgeting
- Reports show how scheduling affects budgets and labor cost, with adjustments possible in real time.
- Mobile app
- Managers post open shifts and approve requests; employees view schedules, trade shifts and request time off. The app also works on Apple Watch.
- Payroll and HR connections
- Connects to payroll, ERP and HCM systems such as ADP, Oracle, Workday and BambooHR, with an open API available as an add-on.
Shiftbase
- Drag-and-drop scheduling
- Shifts are dragged onto employees, staff share availability, swap shifts and claim open ones, and Premium adds skill-based scheduling, required shifts and a flexpool.
- Clock-in and kiosks
- From Basic, staff clock in on mobile, desktop or a shared tablet kiosk; Premium allows unlimited kiosks and limits clock-ins to a GPS radius.
- Absence and leave
- Leave requests, approvals, sickness and balances are handled in the app, with surcharges for Sundays, public holidays and, on Premium, night rates.
- Labor cost targets
- Premium sets labor cost or hours budgets per team and day, shows whether the schedule stays inside them, and has a KPI dashboard and AI revenue forecasts.
- Payroll export
- Contract versus worked hours, surcharges and leave payouts export as Excel or CSV, or go to payroll systems such as Nmbrs, AFAS and DATEV through the App Center.
- Employee records and news
- One profile per person with contact and emergency details, plus news messages to the whole team; the HR Pro add-on generates and e-signs contracts.
Plans
Humanity Schedule
Essentials$2.75
per employee / month, billed annually
Up to 250 employees: drag-and-drop scheduling, swaps, availability, time off, geofenced clock in/out, basic reporting.
Professional$3.75
per employee / month, billed annually
Starting price; volume discounts may apply. Adds auto-fill and demand-based scheduling, compliance, labor budgeting and SSO/SAML.
EnterpriseCustom
Quote only, for complex operations with IT, security or cross-functional scheduling needs.
Shiftbase
Free€0
Up to 15 employees, 1 department and 5 teams: scheduling, manual time entry, employee profiles and team news.
Basic€27
per month for up to 6 employees, billed yearly (€30 billed monthly)
Adds availability, swaps and open shifts, clock-in on phone, desktop or one kiosk, absence management and payroll export. Extra staff €3.60 each (€4 monthly).
Premium€64.80
per month for up to 12 employees, billed yearly (€72 billed monthly)
Adds labor cost targets and budgets, skill-based scheduling, geofenced clock-in and unlimited kiosks. Extra staff €4.50 each (€5 monthly).
Enterprise€302.40
per month for up to 48 employees, billed yearly (€336 billed monthly)
Adds App Center+, API access, custom integrations and a success manager. Sold through a demo. Extra staff €5.40 each (€6 monthly).
Ways to pay less
Humanity Schedule
- Annual discount
Save 20% with annual billing
TCP's pricing page has a Monthly/Annually switch labeled "Save 20%", and shows the annual per-employee rates.
Shiftbase
- Annual discount
Save 10% with yearly billing
Yearly billing takes 10% off every paid plan and extra employee, for example Basic at €27 instead of €30 a month.
- Nonprofit
Discount for charities and non-profits
Charities and non-profits get a discount that depends on team size and plan, through a proposal from the sales team.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Humanity Schedule or Shiftbase?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Humanity Schedule starts at $2.75 per employee / month, billed annually, and Shiftbase starts at €27 per month for up to 6 employees, billed yearly (Basic). One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, Humanity Schedule or Shiftbase?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Shiftbase has a free plan. Humanity Schedule does not, though it has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.