Scheduling the crew: a free app, or the one you already run.
The schedule lives in a group text and your head. Somebody turns up at the wrong address on Tuesday, and you rebuild the week on Sunday night.
The short answer
Ten people or fewer who need shifts and a time clock: Connecteam's free plan covers it, and so does Homebase's if you work from one location1,2.
- If your jobs, quotes and invoices already live in Jobber, schedule there.
- But crew scheduling is listed on its Plus plan: US$449 a month billed yearly for 10 users3.
- A shared spreadsheet is enough while one person makes every change.
Which one, by how your week runs
Pick Connecteam if the crew is out on sites and you want the schedule, a GPS time clock, forms and chat in one app.
Its Small Business Plan is free for up to 10 users1.
Pick Homebase if you run one shop with shifts, and the headcount moves around.
Basic is free for one location and up to 10 employees2.
Pick Jobber's scheduling if the job, the quote and the invoice already live in Jobber.
Jobber lets you group people into named crews and assign a job to the whole crew in one action4.
Keep the spreadsheet if one person writes the week and nobody swaps shifts.
It costs nothing and nobody needs training.
The detail
It stops working when changes come from three people by text and nobody knows which version is current.
Prices, in the currency each one states
| Plan | Who it covers | Billed yearly, a month | Month to month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecteam Small Business1 | Up to 10 users1 | US$01 | US$01 |
| Connecteam Operations Basic1 | First 30 users1 | US$291 | US$351 |
| Connecteam Operations Advanced (repeating shifts, templates)1 | First 30 users1 | US$491 | US$591 |
| Homebase Basic2 | 1 location, up to 10 employees2 | $02 | $02 |
| Homebase Essentials2 | Per location, unlimited employees2 | $24, currency not stated2 | $30, currency not stated2 |
| Jobber Connect3 | 10 users3 | US$2293 | — |
| Jobber Plus, with crew scheduling3 | 10 users3 | US$4493 | — |
Connecteam's monthly plans cancel any time with no refund of what's prepaid; yearly plans get a prorated refund if you cancel in the first 30 days1.
A year for an eight-person crew
Example
- Eight people, one yard, billed yearly.
- Connecteam: 8 users fits the free Small Business Plan, so US$01.
The detail
Homebase: Basic is $0; Essentials is $24 × 12 = $288 a year, in a currency the page doesn't name2. Jobber Connect for 10 users: US$229 × 12 = US$2,748, and at the Bank of Canada's 1.4038 for 27 October 2026, US$2,748 × 1.4038 = C$3,857.643,5. Jobber Plus: US$449 × 12 = US$5,388, and US$5,388 × 1.4038 = C$7,563.673,5. All before tax and your card's conversion fee.
The free tiers are real. What they don't do is know about the job: the address, the quote, what the customer asked for.
The detail
If someone retypes that into a second app every morning, count their time before you count the plan.
Leaving later
- Connecteam exports timesheets and payroll totals as Excel files or PDFs6.
The detail
Its exports come with ready-made templates for QuickBooks Desktop and ADP6.
- Homebase's free Basic plan keeps timesheets for up to 90 days; paid plans keep them 4 years or more2.
The detail
Export before you drop a plan.
- Leaving Jobber is its own job, with its own page.
Where we fit
The third route is a system built around your week, with the crew's day in the same place as the quote and the invoice, run for you in your name by people who answer for it.
The detail
We don't publish a price, because every system is scoped to the business it runs. If one of these apps would serve you better, we'll tell you.
Sources
- Pricing, Connecteam. Read 2026-10-27.
- Pricing, Homebase. Read 2026-10-27.
- Pricing (team-size views), Jobber. Read 2026-10-27.
- Scheduling, Jobber. Read 2026-10-27.
- Daily exchange rates: USD/CAD (Valet), Bank of Canada, 2026-10-27. Read 2026-10-27.
- Time Clock Export Options, Connecteam Help Center. Read 2026-10-27.
Checked on 2026-10-27.
