Connecteam

Connecteam charges a flat fee per hub that covers your first 30 users, so a 25-person team pays the same as a 5-person one. The HR and Skills Hub starts at $35/mo on the Basic tier, and a per-user fee only applies from the 31st user. Annual billing saves 18 percent, and there is a 14-day free trial with full Expert-tier access.

Yes, for small teams. The Small Business plan is free for life for up to 10 employees, and teams of 11 to 30 can use the feature-limited Limited plan free of charge. Both are genuinely usable rather than trials, though they cap things like time clocks and document storage. Above that, or for the full feature set, you move to a paid tier.

Connecteam splits its product into three hubs that are bought separately: Operations (time clock, scheduling, tasks), Communications (chat, updates, surveys) and HR and Skills (onboarding, documents, training, recognition). This matters when comparing prices, because the time clock and scheduling most businesses come to Connecteam for sit in the Operations Hub, not the HR Hub. Buying one hub gives you free limited access to the other two, but a full subscription to all three is three separate fees.

No. Connecteam has no native payroll, so it does not file payroll taxes. It exports timesheets to a payroll provider and integrates with QuickBooks, Gusto, ADP and Paychex, and that provider handles tax filing. Connecteam does not state I-9, E-Verify or ACA reporting support on its site, so if any of those are a requirement, treat them as unconfirmed. Gusto, Rippling, BambooHR and Justworks all state explicit coverage.

Deskless and shift-based teams: restaurants, retail, trades, healthcare and cleaning, where staff work from a phone rather than a desk. The flat first-30-users pricing suits a growing crew, and the mobile-first design suits staff with no company email address. It overlaps with Homebase, which is also built for hourly teams but prices per location instead. It is a weak fit for a salaried office team, where BambooHR or Gusto are better shaped.