Connecteam is a real frontline platform. The catch is how you buy it. Operations, Communications, and HR & Skills are three hubs sold separately. Chat lives in one. The time clock lives in another. PTO lives in a third. Past the free plan for 10 people, you are shopping a catalog, not buying one employee app.

Pebb is an all-in-one employee app for the floor and the office. You pay per person, not per hub. Basic is $2.50 per user per month for chat, shifts, clock-in, timesheets, and a directory. Premium is $4 and adds calls, a news feed, PTO, tasks, forms, a wiki, analytics, and SSO. Unlimited Spaces on both plans — not billed hubs. Chat is org-wide. No free plan. Full trial, no card.

This comparison is for 11-80 person construction, field, security, warehouse, hospitality, and multi-location teams that outgrew "free for 10" and do not want three invoices to run a Tuesday. Keep Connecteam if you only need one hub, or if LMS and hiring pipelines are load-bearing. This page is for everyone who bought "the employee app" and then discovered chat was a hub.

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At a glance

Pick Pebb if you want chat, shifts, GPS clock-in, timesheets, and (on Premium) calls, PTO, tasks, forms, and a wiki billed per person. Spaces unlimited. Chat org-wide. Full trial, no card. No payroll, LMS, ATS, or live GPS breadcrumbs. Offline does not fully work.

Pick Connecteam if you have 10 or fewer people (Small Business is free, all hubs), if you only need one hub such as a time clock, or if LMS, quizzes, and hiring pipelines are why you opened the app. Expert Operations does live GPS breadcrumbs. Pebb does not.

Pricing and plans

USD. Connecteam first-30-user hub prices below are annual billing, as published in August 2026: Basic $29, Advanced $49, Expert $99 per hub per month. Extra users after 30 bill per hub. Monthly costs more. Re-check Connecteam's pricing page before you sign.

Pebb: no free plan. Basic $2.50/user. Premium $4/user. Full trial, no card. See Pebb pricing. Deeper hubs math: Connecteam pricing and hubs explained.

Ten people

Connecteam Small Business is $0. All three hubs. Stay there until you hire number 11.

Pebb Basic is $25. Chat, shifts, clock-in, timesheets, directory. Pebb Premium is $40. Adds calls, feed, PTO, tasks, forms, wiki, analytics, SSO.

Ten people is Connecteam's home turf. Do not switch for a slogan.

Twenty-five people

Pebb Basic is $62.50. Pebb Premium is $100.

Connecteam, one Advanced hub: $49 (annual, first 30 included). One hub. Time clock *or* chat *or* HR — not all three unless you buy them.

Connecteam, three Advanced hubs: ~$147. Ops + Comms + HR.

If you only need a time clock, one Connecteam hub can be cheaper. Say that out loud. If you need chat, schedule, clock-in, PTO, tasks, forms, and a wiki, Pebb is one line item.

Forty people

Pebb Basic is $100. Pebb Premium is $160.

Connecteam, one Advanced hub: $49 for the first 30, then extra users on that hub. Three Advanced hubs: ~$147 for the first 30, then extra users on every hub. At 40 you are 10 past the first-30 block — three hubs means three extra-user meters.

Pros and cons

Pebb

Pros

• One per-user price. Chat is not a hub. PTO is not a hub.

• Unlimited Spaces on Basic and Premium. A Managers space can be feed plus group chat plus private files. A site space can be shifts plus clock-in plus forms.

• Chat is org-wide, outside Spaces. Time Off is org-wide on Premium.

• Tasks, forms, wiki, analytics, and SSO included on Premium.

• GPS clock-in with optional near-branch validation. Open shifts. Full trial, no card.

Cons

• No free plan. Ten people on Premium is $40, not $0.

• No LMS, courses, quizzes, or hiring ATS.

• GPS is a stamp on clock-in, with optional near-branch validation. Not live breadcrumb tracking.

• Offline does not fully work. The mobile app needs a connection.

• Pebb does not run payroll.

Connecteam

Pros

• Genuinely free for up to 10 users, all hubs.

• One Advanced hub at ~$49 for the first 30 people can beat Pebb if you only need that hub.

• Expert Operations: geofences, live GPS breadcrumbs, specialist field tracking.

• HR & Skills: courses, quizzes, hiring, onboarding packs. Real products. Pebb does not replace them.

Cons

• Three hubs to reconstruct a daily app. Extra users billed per hub.

• Chat, news, and knowledge base sit in Communications. PTO sits in HR. Tasks and forms sit in Operations.

• A one-hub quote is not the daily app. Price Ops + Comms + HR if that is the stack you actually run.

Who each is for

Pebb is for

• 11-80 people, frontline plus a small office.

• Construction crews, field techs, security, warehouses, multi-location ops, cafés and retail floors that outgrew a spreadsheet and a group chat.

• Teams that live on phones, not email, and currently split WhatsApp / a schedule tool / a shared drive.

• Operators who want "who's on," "clock in," and "tell the team" in one login.

Connecteam is for

• 10 or fewer people who should not pay anyone yet.

• A specialist time-clock or training desk: one Operations hub, or HR & Skills for courses and hiring.

• Mobile crews that need live breadcrumbs, a geofence library, and kiosk-style workflows Pebb does not sell.

• Companies that already run Connecteam as the LMS and recruiting desk.

If you want the shorter "switch" angle, read the Connecteam alternative. If per-location pricing is the other quote, read the Homebase alternative. If the other desk is a compliance scheduler, read the Deputy alternative. For how rooms work without hub SKUs, read What are Pebb Spaces?.

Feature by feature

Clock-in and GPS

Winner: Connecteam if you need live tracking. Pebb if you need a punch next to chat.

Connecteam stamps GPS on paid Operations, adds geofencing from Advanced, and runs breadcrumb trails on Expert — location history while someone is on the clock. That is built for crews that move.

Pebb clock-in can GPS-stamp the punch and optionally require the person near a branch. It is not live tracking. It is not telematics. Most warehouses, job sites, and shops need "they punched at the place," not a map of the afternoon. If you need the map, stay on Expert Ops.

Shift scheduling

Winner: Pebb for a roster that lives next to chat. Connecteam if Operations is already the desk that builds the week.

Both do shifts. Pebb includes shift scheduling and open shifts on Basic and Premium. People pick up work in the same app they message the lead.

Connecteam scheduling sits in Operations. If building the roster under rules is the hard problem, their Operations hub is the specialist. If the hard problem is "the closer never saw the swap," Pebb is the daily app.

Chat and calls

Winner: Pebb.

Connecteam chat is the Communications hub. Limited access if you only bought another hub. You do not get org-wide conversation as a free side effect of the time clock.

Pebb chat is on Basic, org-wide, outside Spaces. Premium adds voice and video calls and a news feed on the same plan. Not an add-on. Not a second hub. Not a reason to keep WhatsApp as the real OS.

PTO, tasks, forms, wiki

Winner: Pebb Premium for the bundle. Connecteam if you want the whole HR hub or already live in Operations forms plus a Communications knowledge base.

Connecteam time off is HR & Skills. Tasks and digital forms sit in Operations. The knowledge base sits in Communications. You do not get PTO "included" with the time clock.

Pebb Time Off, tasks, forms, and wiki sit on Premium at $4. Time Off is org-wide. You do not buy a third product to let someone take Thursday.

Payroll, LMS, and hiring

Winner: Connecteam if LMS and hiring are load-bearing. Neither as "Pebb payroll."

Pebb does not run payroll. Timesheets leave the building. Your payroll system still runs payroll.

Pebb does not include courses, quizzes, or a hiring ATS. Connecteam's HR & Skills hub does. Do not migrate and then hunt for a training tool you just turned off.

Spaces vs hubs

Winner: Pebb.

Connecteam's model is products: Operations, Communications, HR & Skills. Each is a bill. Each has Basic / Advanced / Expert. Extra users stack per hub.

Pebb's model is Spaces, not SKUs. Unlimited dynamic Spaces on Basic and Premium:

• A Managers space: feed + group chat + private files.

• A Downtown space: shifts + clock-in + forms.

Turn on the tools that site needs. Do not buy a hub to unlock chat. Chat is already org-wide on Basic. Time Off is already org-wide on Premium. A second warehouse is another space, not another subscription. More detail: What are Pebb Spaces?.

What a week looks like on Pebb

Monday the superintendent drops next week's roster in the job-site space; open shifts sit there for pickup. Tuesday a lead clocks in with a GPS stamp and optional near-branch check. Wednesday an incident form lands in the site space — photos, submit, no forms hub. Thursday Time Off on Premium shows against the roster. Friday timesheets close; chat never left the app, and a Premium GM can call from the thread instead of WhatsApp.

Setup and switching

Create a workspace. Invite with a link. Make a space per site or crew. Shifts and clock-in on the floor spaces; a Managers space for people who should see everything. Chat is already org-wide.

Run one week in parallel if you want a clean cutover. Leave historical timesheets where they are. Keep Connecteam if LMS and hiring still own that desk — move the daily work. Stop paying a Communications hub so people can message each other. Trial is the full product. No credit card.

Who should stay put

Stay at 10 people — Small Business is free, all hubs, better than Pebb's $25-$40.

Stay if you only need a time clock. One Advanced Operations hub at ~$49 for the first 30 can beat Pebb Premium at $100 for 25.

Stay if courses, quizzes, and hiring pipelines are why you opened the app. Pebb has no LMS or ATS.

Stay if live breadcrumbs, a big geofence library, or full offline clock-in are non-negotiable. Pebb GPS is a stamp plus optional near-branch checks. Offline does not fully work.

Everyone else who bought Connecteam as "the employee app" and then discovered chat was a hub — this is the one-price version of that job. Switch angle: Connecteam alternative. Quote math: Connecteam pricing and hubs.

FAQ

Is Pebb cheaper than Connecteam?

Depends what you buy. One Advanced hub is about $49/month for up to 30 users (annual). Three Advanced hubs are about $147. Pebb Premium is $4 per user — $100 for 25, $160 for 40. If you only need the clock, Connecteam can win.

Does Pebb have a free plan like Connecteam's 10-user plan?

No. Basic $2.50/user/month. Premium $4/user/month. Full trial, no card.

Can we keep Connecteam for the clock and Pebb for chat?

You can. Most teams that do that ignore one of them. The point of Pebb is one app.

Do we need Premium?

Basic covers chat, shifts, clock-in, timesheets, and a directory. Premium adds calls, feed, PTO, tasks, forms, wiki, analytics, and SSO.

Does Pebb track people live?

No. GPS stamp plus optional near-branch. Connecteam Expert Operations does breadcrumbs.

Does Pebb work offline?

Not fully. Mobile needs a connection. If that is a deal-breaker, stay on a product that caches a full shift.

Does Pebb include courses or hiring?

No. Connecteam's HR & Skills hub does LMS, quizzes, and hiring. Do not move if that desk is load-bearing.

Does Pebb do payroll?

No. Timesheets leave the building. Payroll stays in payroll.

How are Spaces different from hubs?

Spaces are unlimited rooms on Basic and Premium — not billed products. Hubs are Connecteam's capability packs. See What are Pebb Spaces?.

How fast can we switch?

Invite link, Spaces per crew, run a week in parallel. See pricing, then Start full trial — no card.

One app. Not three hubs.

Twenty-five people. One price. Chat that isn't a hub.

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