Homebase alternative
Homebase is built for hourly teams of every kind. Gid is built for restaurants: schedule, tasks, chat, training and Google reviews in one app.
No credit card. No commitment.
It’s on us to show you what Gid can do and earn its place in your daily operations.
What
Homebase
Gid
Task manager
Add-on$13 USD per month per location
Included
Training
Not listed on its pricing page
Included
Google reviews
Not listed on its pricing page
Included
Onboarding
All-in-One planOnboarding packets
Plan and mentor, included
Price model
Per location, by plan, in USD
$29 USD per location, whole team
From their public pages, checked September 24, 2026. Prices change. See the full comparison
Tasks
Every task gets an owner, a due time and the steps to do it right, with proof where it matters and a reminder before it's late.
The schedule
Forecast, labor targets and confirmations in the same view. Publish it, and every teammate has it live in their pocket, never on a printed sheet.
Learning map
Each teammate opens My Training on the phone and finds the next recommended step under their learning map.
$29 $89 USD per location per month
Your whole team in. Adding people never raises your bill.
Try Gid for freeNo credit card. No commitment.
First 250 worldwide • rate locked, no contract
Lock the Founders rateIncluded in Gid
Also in every Gid plan
Gid POS and Gid Reservations are separate add-ons.
Gid is $29 USD per location per month at the Founders rate, $89 USD at the public rate, with your whole team included.
On its own pricing page, read September 24, 2026, Homebase lists a free Basic plan for 1 location up to 10 employees, then Essentials at $30, Plus at $70 and All-in-One at $120 USD per location per month billed monthly, or $24, $56 and $96 billed annually. Its Task Manager is an add-on at $13 per month per location.
Yes. Create a workspace and try every part of Gid on your own. No card, no commitment, cancel anytime. The free workspace brings you plus one helper; the rest of the team rides on a paid location.
No. Gid runs on iOS, Android and the web, so the schedule, the tasks and the training live in the pocket of everyone at work. Nothing depends on the office computer.
Everything on this topic, in detail.
Side by side
Every Homebase line below was read on Homebase's own pricing page on September 24, 2026. Where we could not confirm something there, the cell says "to verify" instead of guessing.
| What you are buying | Gid | Homebase |
|---|---|---|
| Published price | $29 USD per location per month at the Founders rate, $89 USD public. | Basic: free for 1 location, up to 10 employees. Essentials: $30. Plus: $70. All-in-One: $120. Each per location per month, billed monthly, in USD; billed annually, they show as $24, $56 and $96. |
| People included | Your whole team. Adding people never raises your bill. | "Up to 10" employees on Basic, "Unlimited" on Essentials, Plus and All-in-One. |
| Scheduling | Build the week on each person's availability and weekly hours; each person confirms their own shifts on the phone. In the Shift Marketplace, a shift can be handed to a teammate, opened to the team, covered or picked up. | "Build your weekly schedule" on every plan; "Manage availability & time off requests" and "Allow employees to trade, cover and claim open shifts" from Essentials. |
| Time clock | Clock in, start a break and clock out with Gid on the phone. | "Clock in on tablets, computers & POS Devices" on every plan; "location-based clock in with the mobile time clock" from Essentials. |
| Team chat | Included. Tasks, shifts and documents travel inside the conversation, and announcements show who read them. | "Message with your team in real-time" on every plan; "Create custom messenger channels & share announcements" and "Get confirmation when employees view schedules & read messages" from Essentials. |
| Tasks | Included. Checklists with photos, readings, sign-offs and a manager's review. | Task Manager, an add-on at "$13/month per location". |
| Training | Included. Build training from your menu, assign it by department, and see who has finished. | Not listed on its pricing page. To verify. |
| Onboarding | Invitations, a first-login setup card and a seven-day integration plan with a supervisor and a mentor. | On All-in-One: "Send onboarding packets to new-hires and contractors" and "Automate paperwork with W-4, W-9, I-9 and Direct Deposit Forms". |
| Recognition and staff reviews | The Pass, for thanks between teammates, and onboarding, quarterly, half-year and annual reviews. | From Plus: "Celebrate employee milestones & birthdays" and "Keep performance notes for employees". |
| Google reviews | Included. Reply drafts, recurring themes, lessons for the team. | Not listed on its pricing page. To verify. |
| Phones | iOS and Android apps, plus the web app. | "Manage your team & stay connected on our mobile app" on every plan. |
Verified on September 24, 2026. Source, Homebase's own public pricing page: joinhomebase.com/pricing. Homebase publishes its prices in USD, like Gid, so these figures compare directly. The page offers monthly and annual billing, and the table says which is which. Gid's own figures come from gidai.ca/#pricing and gidai.ca/founders. Anything we could not read on that page is marked "to verify" rather than filled in.
Who this is for
If one of these is your week, read on.
Restaurant work
Checklists with photos and readings, menu training and Google reviews are daily restaurant work. In Gid they come with the location.
A growing team
Getting a new server ready for a Friday is the hard part. Gid puts the training next to the schedule, assigned by department, with a roster of who has finished.
Several tools already
Homebase lists its Task Manager as an add-on. In Gid, tasks and training are part of the same app and the same price.
Where Gid differs
Tasks attach to shifts, reviews become tasks and training, and the chat knows the shift, on iOS, Android and the web.
No add-on for tasks and no separate price for training. You hire, you train, you schedule, and the bill stays where it was.
Build training from your menu or start from the Gid Library, assign it by department, and see who has finished.
250 operations worldwide lock the Founders rate for as long as they run on Gid. When what you need is useful and responsible, our team ships it free of charge. See what shipped this week in the changelog.
A real week
An example of one new hire, from the invitation to a Friday on the floor.
Before day one
The new host joins from an invitation, and a first-login setup card walks them through their availability and their first training.
Day three
Their seven-day integration plan with a supervisor and a mentor brings a check-in on day three.
Friday
Their menu training was assigned by department, and the manager sees who has finished before the Friday rush.
The stack you have today
Nothing here is a knock on any specific tool. It is what happens when the schedule, the tasks, the training, the chat, the documents and the guest reviews were never built to know about each other.
6 apps 6 logins 6 bills
One app on iOS, Android and the web
1 app 1 login 1 price
$29 USD per location per monthWhole team included
First 250 worldwide • rate locked, no contract
Switching
Nobody should move a live restaurant onto a new tool in one Sunday. Four steps, in this order.
Step 1
No card, no commitment. You are not cancelling anything yet. Set it up on your own and look at it with a manager's eyes.
Step 2
They are where Gid differs most. Run your opening and closing lists and one training in Gid while the schedule stays where it is.
Step 3
Rebuild next week's schedule in Gid next to the one you already have. Publish it to two or three people who will tell you the truth.
Step 4
When the schedule, the tasks and the chat run in Gid, bring the rest of the team. If Gid has not earned its place on your floor, close the workspace. Cancel anytime.
In the app
About this page
Members of the Gid team owned and operated restaurants before building software. Every Homebase line on this page comes from Homebase's own pricing page, dated where it appears. If one has changed, tell us at contact@gidai.ca and we will correct it.
One connected operations app for restaurant teams: scheduling, tasks, team chat, continuous training, onboarding, performance evaluations and an AI assistant grounded in your own documents. One price per location, whole team included.
Set up your workspace and try every part of Gid on your own. When you know it earns its place, your team rides in next.
No credit card. No commitment.
It’s on us to show you what Gid can do and earn its place in your daily operations.
Last updated October 25, 2026