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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Homebase

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AHomebase in San Francisco offers restaurants, hotels, hospitals, and retailers their employee scheduling and time tracking tools with scheduling optimization and team messaging for coordinating shifts; service includes a free time tracking app.

    $14

    per month

    Revel Systems

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ARevel Systems, from the company of the same name headquartered in San Francisco, is a point of sale (POS) system for restaurants, bars, and related businesses (e.g. bakeries, wineries, etc) which can be extended to provide workforce management, menu and table management, and also a customer loyalty program.

    $99

    *per month

    Pricing
    HomebaseRevel Systems
    Editions & Modules
    Essentials
    $14
    per month
    Plus
    $35
    per month
    All-in-one
    $70
    per month
    Basic
    Free
    POS software cost
    $99
    *per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HomebaseRevel Systems
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—*This rate is available to clients billed annually who include a 3-year Revel Advantage contract. Minimum purchase of two terminals required. Implementation Fee: On-boarding is $674.00. Flat rate processing fee.
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    User Ratings
    HomebaseRevel Systems
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    HomebaseRevel Systems
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Homebase
    Homebase is a very cost-effective program that does a good job tracking employee hours as well as what employees are working on. It is extremely easy to use and has a lot of self-service features, which give employees information at their fingertips. Homebase integrates well with our payroll provider.
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    Revel Systems
    It is very well suited for a one or two location operation. When we got up into the 7 venues and the high volume of sales/traffic, is where things started to get a little jumbled up. The scanning functions and UPC generation is very effective when dealing with keeping track of 7 locations. The "open check" feature is a BIG problem for us, as orders would be made, but the system allowed you to go onto the next order without collecting payment for the previous
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    Pros
    Homebase
    • It is very easy to use!
    • It remembers the days employees ask for off when making future schedules.
    • Is amazing at keeping track of employees schedules! Especially in a restaurant/bar setting!
    • The reminders an hour before to remember to go to work are helpful!
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    Revel Systems
    • Revel Systems is a very simple POS to operate for our employees
    • They are constantly improving and updating
    • Revel has integrated with COMO
    • Reporting is very straight forward and easy to use
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    Cons
    Homebase
    • The messaging features in Homebase are not consistent across the platform. In the app you can mass message everyone, however using the website you cannot, at least not at the price point that we are using.
    • The roles for employees and how to navigate them can be confusing especially when trying to schedule one employee in two different departments.
    • The separation of departments is a bit rigid and makes it difficult for universal employees to be scheduled easily.
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    Revel Systems
    • We experienced multiple system failures when first implementing Revel.
    • Occasionally we would have separate orders/tables merge or disappear entirely, which we could not attribute to user error.
    • Some reporting limitations that our finance department needed
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Homebase
    No answers on this topic
    Revel Systems
    We have put an incredible amount of time into the set up, organization and clean up of this product. Now that it is working and flowing a little better, it would be inconvenient and potentially a bad move if we were to go anywhere else now.
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    Usability
    Homebase
    Homebase is very easy to use. Not a lot of training or direction is needed to get it going. Easy feature to track employee hours. Able to use centrally located tablets for employees to clock in and out. A very cost-effective system that also saves time when processing payroll. Employees love its features.
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    Revel Systems
    It can be a bit difficult at the beginning but gets easier as long as you are taking advantage of Revel University, Help, and Customer Service when you get stuck
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    Support Rating
    Homebase
    No answers on this topic
    Revel Systems
    We got excellent support from Revel whenever we needed it. I personally worked with several Revel client support reps, and they were all extremely dedicated and helpful in assisting with any problem we had.
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    Implementation Rating
    Homebase
    No answers on this topic
    Revel Systems
    Not for this one
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    Alternatives Considered
    Homebase
    Homebase is simpler to use. Easier to navigate and is much cheaper than other alternatives! We had trouble when I worked as they were harder to reach our ROI. Deputy was too expensive and it was the reason we decided on Homebase! Employees also find it easy to use on their end!
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    Revel Systems
    • Square - Used Square with our entire menu for over 3 months. Doesn't handle food applications well.
    • Shopkeep - While promising, doesn't offer a delivery management in any way, and online ordering is handled through third-party which is more expensive and more time-consuming to manage.
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    Return on Investment
    Homebase
    • Homebase has made the day to day management of employees easier, freeing up time for management to work on other things that help secure customer satisfaction.
    • It has also made payroll easier since it's implementation and allowed for fewer mistakes than the previous manual method, leading to less monetary mistakes and happier employees.
    • Homebase has made monitoring hours and overtime, as well as completion of internship and volunteer hours, much easier to monitor, leading to less confusion and more satisfied volunteers, interns, and payroll managers
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    Revel Systems
    • Huge ROI, we took time to implement and customize our interface and it now saves us loads of time.
    • We have almost endless data to look back on and help make business decisions
    • It's easy to train, which reduces labor.
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