# Connecteam > Employee app for shifts, time clock, chat and HR, free up to 10 users Connecteam is an employee management app for deskless teams, sold as three hubs: Operations (time clock, scheduling, forms and tasks), Communications (chat, updates and a knowledge base) and HR & Skills (time off, training and documents). Each hub has a flat monthly price for the first 30 users, and businesses with up to 10 users can use everything free. - **Category:** Shift Scheduling - **Made by:** Connecteam - **Website:** https://connecteam.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Facts last checked:** Oct 18, 2026 ## Pricing Connecteam has a free plan. Paid plans start at $29 per month for up to 30 users, billed annually (Operations Basic). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Small Business plan, free for up to 10 users, with all three hubs and nearly every feature, though payroll integration is left out. Teams of up to 30 can stay on a free Limited plan with the basics of each hub. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial of the Expert plan, no credit card needed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Small Business | $0 | Free for life for up to 10 users, covering all three hubs. Payroll integration is not included. | | Operations Basic | $29 per month for up to 30 users, billed annually ($35 billed monthly) | GPS time clock, basic scheduling with open shifts, unlimited forms and tasks, payroll integration. Each user past 30 is $0.80 a month ($1 monthly). | | Operations Advanced | $49 per month for up to 30 users, billed annually ($59 billed monthly) | Adds repeating shifts, templates, auto clock-out, up to 10 geofence sites and up to 6 schedules. Each user past 30 is $2.50 a month ($3 monthly). | | Operations Expert | $99 per month for up to 30 users, billed annually ($119 billed monthly) | Adds auto-assigned shifts, unlimited geofences, up to 12 schedules, automatic reports and API access. Each user past 30 is $4.20 a month ($5 monthly). | | Operations Enterprise | Custom | Unlimited time clocks and schedules, SSO, two-factor sign-in and a success manager. Aimed at companies with 201 to 10,000 employees. | Read from https://connecteam.com/pricing/ on Oct 18, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Connecteam before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save 18% with yearly billing** (Annual discount): Yearly billing brings Operations Basic, Advanced and Expert to $29, $49 and $99 a month against $35, $59 and $119 monthly; the FAQ calls it two months free. Source: https://connecteam.com/pricing/ ## Key features - **GPS, NFC and kiosk clock-ins:** Staff clock in from their phones with a GPS stamp, by tapping an NFC tag, or at a shared tablet kiosk. Geofences and on-the-clock location tracking come on higher plans. - **Scheduling with open shifts:** Shifts repeat daily, weekly or monthly, open shifts can be claimed with approval, and reminders go out before work starts. AI auto-scheduling weighs availability, roles and labor rules. - **Timesheets to payroll:** Clock-ins build timesheets that export to payroll services including Gusto, QuickBooks, Xero, Paychex and ADP, with pay periods and pay rates per person. - **Forms, checklists and shift tasks:** Unlimited checklists, forms and tasks on every paid plan, plus tasks and attachments such as photos, mileage and signatures tied to a shift. - **Chat, updates and knowledge base:** The Communications Hub adds one-to-one and group chat, a company feed with surveys and polls, an employee directory and a knowledge base. - **Time off, training and documents:** The HR & Skills Hub covers time-off policies with balances, courses and quizzes, documents with e-signatures, hiring and onboarding. ## Good for - Businesses with up to 10 staff that want a free all-in-one employee app - Field service, cleaning and construction crews clocking in by GPS - Deskless teams that need chat, forms and training beside the schedule ## Worth knowing - Each hub is bought separately: scheduling and time clock sit in the Operations Hub, while chat and HR tools need their own hub plans from $29 a month each. - The flat price covers the first 30 users; every user after that is charged per month on each hub, for example $4.20 on Operations Expert billed yearly. - The free Small Business plan has no payroll integration, and the free Limited plan for up to 30 users drops many features. - Monthly plans are not refunded for prepaid time; annual plans get a prorated refund only if cancelled within the first 30 days. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 3.2 out of 4**, graded Oct 18, 2026. Connecteam is the one to try first if you have 10 people or fewer, because the whole thing is free at that size. Past that, scheduling and the time clock are a flat $29 a month for up to 30 users. The catch is that chat and HR are separate hubs, each with its own price. - **Value for money: B.** Operations Basic is a flat $29 a month for up to 30 users, billed yearly, so 15 staff pay $29. For a team that size that's in the cheapest quarter of this category. Each user past 30 adds $0.80. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free for up to 10 users with all three hubs and nearly every feature, though payroll links are left out. Teams of up to 30 can stay on a free Limited plan with the basics, and there's a 14-day trial of Expert with no card. - **Features: B.** GPS, NFC and kiosk clock-ins, repeating shifts with open shifts, AI auto-scheduling and timesheets to payroll, plus forms, checklists, chat and training. The whole job, though time off and chat live in hubs you buy separately. - **Ease of use: A.** 4.86 from 60,756 App Store ratings, the best score on record in this category. Staff mostly live in the phone app, clocking in and checking shifts. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iPhone and Android, with Gusto, QuickBooks, Xero, Paychex, ADP, BambooHR and Zapier, and an API on Expert. No desktop app, so a B. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Connecteam's own pages on 18 October 2026, and its App Store rating. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among shift scheduling apps - Connecteam's GPA of 3.2 is higher than 11 of the 12 other shift scheduling apps we grade, and level with 1. - It stands best on ease of use (A, above 8 of 12) and worst on platforms and integrations (B, above 1). - Its paid plans start at $29 a month, against a middle price of $5.65 for the category: 10 of the 12 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/shift-scheduling ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Connecteam you would be making chat that a whole team counts on staying up. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.2 is higher than 11 of the 12 other shift scheduling apps we grade. It costs $348 a year. - You could make: Forms and time off: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Chat that a whole team counts on staying up. - You could not: A rota the whole staff sees on their phones, with swaps and alerts. - You could not: Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when. - You could not: A scheduler that rearranges your day as things move. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Gusto, QuickBooks and Xero among them, and has an API. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## What people say - **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.9 out of 5 from 60,756 ratings in the United States, read Oct 18, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1121613912 ## Works with Gusto, QuickBooks, Xero, Paychex Flex, ADP, BambooHR, Square, Zapier **Tags:** Shift scheduling, Time clock, Auto-scheduling, Forms, Team chat, Time off, Public API ## Alternatives - [Homebase](https://toolgpa.com/tools/homebase): Small-business scheduling, time clock and payroll, priced per location. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/connecteam-vs-homebase) - [When I Work](https://toolgpa.com/tools/when-i-work): Staff scheduling with auto-fill, shift trades and an add-on time clock. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/connecteam-vs-when-i-work) - [Sling by Toast](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sling): Free shift scheduling for up to 30 users, with paid time clock tiers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/connecteam-vs-sling) - [Deputy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/deputy): Shift scheduling, time clock and labor-law tools for hourly teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/connecteam-vs-deputy) - [Jibble](https://toolgpa.com/tools/jibble): Free time clock and attendance tracker with GPS and face recognition. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/connecteam-vs-jibble) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 18, 2026: - https://connecteam.com/pricing/ - https://connecteam.com/ - https://connecteam.com/integrations/ - https://connecteam.com/employee-scheduling-app/ - https://connecteam.com/employee-time-clock-app/ - https://help.connecteam.com/en/?q=desktop Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/connecteam Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).