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Compare pricing, features, AI scheduling, free plans, employee limits, and real-world costs across the most popular employee scheduling platforms.
Free (1 location, 10 employees) · $30 / $70 / $120 per location/mo
Per-location billing with PTO and AI locked behind higher tiers. Every location you add costs another $30–$120/mo. Cloxbi is one flat price — every feature, unlimited locations included.
Free (1 location, 15 employees) · $44.99 / $89.99 / $149.99 per location/mo
Restaurant-only with per-location billing and employee caps per tier. Cloxbi costs the same whether you have 1 location or 10, and works for any hourly team — not just restaurants.
No free plan · $2.50/user/mo (single location) · $5/user/mo (multi-location)
Per-user pricing that scales fast. A 30-person multi-location team pays $150/mo. Same team on Cloxbi Growth: $49/mo flat. No free plan, no snap-to-schedule, no AI scheduling.
Free up to 30 users (no time tracking) · $2/user/mo Premium · $4/user/mo Business
Sling's free plan is genuinely useful for basic scheduling. Where Cloxbi pulls ahead: AI scheduling, snap-to-schedule photo import, and time tracking included on all paid plans.
Free up to 10 users · $35/mo per hub (up to 30 users) · 3 hubs = $105/mo
Powerful platform, but each hub (scheduling, chat, HR) is billed separately. Need all three? That's $105/mo. Cloxbi does scheduling right in one flat price — no hub math required.
No free plan · $5/user/mo Lite · $6.50/user/mo Core · $30/mo minimum
Enterprise compliance stack with demand forecasting and labor budgeting. For a small team that just needs scheduling without a $30 minimum or per-user treadmill, Cloxbi is the focused fix.
Free up to 15 employees (1 location) · $4/employee/mo on paid plans
Per-employee billing that compounds fast. 30 employees = $120/mo minimum. Cloxbi Growth covers up to 75 users for $49/mo flat — with unlimited locations and no headcount math.
No free plan · $30/mo flat (up to 100 members) · $24/mo billed annually
Both flat-rate, no feature gating. At $30/mo monthly, Breakroom costs less than Cloxbi Growth ($49/mo). But pay annually and Cloxbi Growth is $39/mo vs Breakroom's $24/mo — and Cloxbi adds AI and snap-to-schedule.
"Free" — but your time isn't
No conflict detection, no PTO tracking, no mobile access, no AI. Just a grid and a prayer nobody calls in sick. At $20/hr, 3 hrs/wk of manager time = ~$260/mo in hidden labor costs.
How Cloxbi compares to the top employee scheduling alternatives.
| Feature | Cloxbi | Homebase | When I Work | Sling | Deputy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free forever plan | ✓ Up to 10 users | 10 employees, 1 location | ✗ No free plan | Up to 30 users | ✗ No free plan |
| Unlimited locations | ✓ All plans incl. free | +$$ per location | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Photo-to-schedule import | ✓ All plans | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| AI scheduling assistant | ✓ All plans | Higher tiers only | ✗ | ✗ | Core+ only |
| First-party hosted MCP | ✓ app.cloxbi.com/mcp | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Claude Coworker / Desktop MCP | ✓ All plans | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| ChatGPT MCP connector | ✓ All plans | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| All features on every plan | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Flat monthly pricing | ✓ By team size | Per location | Per user | Per user | Per user |
| Time off management | ✓ All plans | Plus+ only | ✓ | Business only | ✓ |
| Clone-week scheduling | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mobile app (iOS & Android) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 14-day free trial, no card | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | 15-day trial | 31-day trial |
Monthly billing, apples to apples. No annual discounts applied.
| Cloxbi | Homebase | 7shifts | When I Work | Deputy | Sling | Breakroom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat/month | Per location | Per location | Per user | Per user | Per user | Flat/month |
| 30 employees, 1 location | $49 | $30–$120 | $44.99–$149.99 | $75–$150 | $150–$195 | $60–$120 | $30 |
| 30 employees, 2 locations | $49 | $60–$240 | $89.98–$299.98 | $75–$150 | $150–$195 | $60–$120 | $30 |
| All features included | Yes ✓ | No ✗ | No ✗ | No ✗ | No ✗ | No ✗ | Yes ✓ |
| Free forever plan | Yes — up to 10 users | 10 employees, 1 location | 15 employees, 1 location | No ✗ | No ✗ | Up to 30 users | No ✗ |
| Photo-to-schedule import | Yes ✓ | No ✗ | No ✗ | No ✗ | No ✗ | No ✗ | No ✗ |
All prices shown are publicly listed monthly billing rates as of June 2026. Annual billing discounts (10–20% depending on vendor), enterprise pricing, and optional add-ons not included. Per-user costs calculated at 30 users. Per-location costs shown as lowest–highest published tier. Costs vary by location count, features enabled, and billing frequency.
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