Homebase handles the logistics of hourly work — schedules, time clocks, payroll, hiring. GlassCard handles what Homebase can't see: who's actually contributing, who deserves the raise, and who's about to quit.
Homebase is an operations platform for hourly SMB teams: scheduling, time clocks, payroll, hiring, and team messaging, priced per location with a free plan for a single location of up to 20 employees. GlassCard is workforce intelligence: it captures real work product, scores it with AI, surfaces invisible work, flags retention risk, and gives every employee a portable Career Health Score — free for employees, flat-rate for employers. Homebase answers 'who is working Tuesday and what do I owe them.' GlassCard answers 'who is doing great work, and how do I keep them.' They're complementary, and the honest comparison reflects that.
| GlassCard | Homebase | |
|---|---|---|
| Core model | Verified work record + workforce intelligence | Scheduling, time clock, payroll & hiring |
| Free for employees | Yes | Free plan: 1 location, up to 20 employees |
| Pricing model | Flat per account, no per-seat fees | Per location, tiered plans; payroll add-on |
| AI win scoring & approval | Yes | No |
| Invisible-work detection | Yes | No |
| Portable record employee owns | Yes | Data stays with employer |
| Retention & risk analytics | Yes | No |
| Shift scheduling & time tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Payroll processing | No | Yes |
| Hiring & applicant tracking | No | Yes |
| Anti-bias controls (no protected attributes stored) | Yes | Not a stated focus |
Homebase is one of the most widely used tools for running hourly teams: build the schedule, run the time clock, process payroll, post the job, message the team. It's operational plumbing, and good plumbing matters.
GlassCard sits on top of the operational layer. It captures what people actually accomplish — wins logged by photo or quick note, goals, sales, covered shifts — and an AI engine scores each win against a fixed 100-point rubric before a human approves it. The output is contribution and retention intelligence no time clock can produce: who consistently steps up, whose work goes unrecorded, and which good people are drifting toward the exit.
A timesheet proves someone was present. It says nothing about the server who defused the angry table, the closer who trained two new hires, or the cashier who quietly fixed the inventory count. That's the invisible work GlassCard is built to detect and credit — and it's usually exactly the work that predicts who deserves the promotion.
For employees, that record is portable: a Career Health Score (300–850) built from their own approved work, which follows them rather than staying locked in an employer's system.
Homebase prices per location with tiered plans — a free plan covers a single location with up to 20 employees, and paid tiers add advanced scheduling, HR, and compliance features, with payroll as an add-on. For multi-location businesses, cost scales with locations.
GlassCard is free forever for every employee and flat-rate for employers ($20–$30/month per account, no per-seat fees). Plenty of teams run Homebase for payroll and scheduling and add GlassCard for performance, recognition, and retention — the two don't compete for the same budget line.
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Not exactly — they're complementary. Homebase runs the logistics of hourly work: scheduling, time clocks, payroll, and hiring. GlassCard is workforce intelligence: it captures and AI-scores real work product, detects invisible contributions, and flags retention risk. Many teams run Homebase for operations and GlassCard for performance and recognition.
GlassCard includes shift scheduling and time tracking on the Gold plan, which covers many SMB teams. It does not process payroll or run hiring pipelines — if you need those, Homebase or a payroll provider still owns that layer.
A verified record of contribution. GlassCard captures wins, goals, and sales as they happen, scores each win with AI against a fixed rubric, surfaces invisible work, gives every employee a portable 300–850 Career Health Score, and flags turnover risk with root causes — none of which a scheduling and payroll platform is built to do.
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