Homebase is tuned for the small hourly employer: build the week's schedule, run the time clock from a tablet, post an opening, run payroll from the same place. For a shop or cafe that is the whole stack, and Homebase publishes payroll as a first-class product. A production org's week looks different: the workplace is a site that did not exist last month, the roster surges and shrinks per show, and the valuable record is not just hours but what happened, the incident, the punch item closed at 02:00, the case that left the truck. Compass is built around that record.
See how Compass handles the field work.
Last updated June 18, 2026
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| Feature | Atlas | Homebase |
|---|---|---|
Shift scheduling + time clock | ||
Built-in payroll Homebase publishes payroll as a product | Via export + API | |
Hiring and applicant tracking | Not in the field app | |
Team messaging | ||
GPS/geofenced punches | ||
Offline-first field PWA | Not published | |
Ticket/credential gate scan (offline, sub-100ms) | ||
Incident reports with anonymous filing + manager sign-off | Not published | |
Asset custody, GTIN scan-to-fulfil, chain of custody | ||
Per-org pricing, unlimited users Homebase prices per location in published tiers |
Homebase assumes a location; its published pricing is shaped around one. Compass assumes a site that changes per production, with the shifts, gates, custody and incidents scoped to it.
When the site is struck, the daily logs, incidents, punch history and custody chain stay on the org record the console reads. That is the part a time clock cannot give you.
Invite or org code, install the PWA, punch. Organizations themselves are set up once in Legend on the web, so the field app stays simple.
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