About Hubstaff
Hubstaff is a commercial time tracking and workforce management platform for teams across devices. It turns tracked time into timesheets automatically, supports project and task tracking, and adds attendance, shift and time-off tracking, with GPS job sites that clock people in and out.
Its productivity monitoring features include employee activity tracking, time tracking with screenshots, idle time detection and app and URL usage, which the vendor describes as built for transparency. Workforce analytics add benchmarks, comparisons of remote and in-office performance, capacity planning and reporting, while payments and costs tools turn approved hours into payments.
Hubstaff is hosted software with downloadable apps, integrations and a pricing page. It suits agencies, field teams and remote companies that pay by the hour or need clear records of how work time is spent.
Key features
- Automated timesheets from tracked time
- GPS job sites with automatic clock-in
- Activity tracking and optional screenshots
- Idle time and app usage insights
- Attendance, shifts and time-off tracking
- Workforce analytics and capacity planning
- Payments based on approved hours
Good fit for
- →Paying remote contractors by tracked hours
- →Field teams clocking in by location
- →Comparing remote and office productivity
- Tags
- time-tracking
- workforce-management
- employee-monitoring
- timesheets
- gps
- payroll
- saas
Hubstaff: questions and answers
- What is Hubstaff used for?
- Hubstaff is time tracking and workforce management software with automated timesheets, activity monitoring, GPS clock-in, analytics and payments. It is a good fit for paying remote contractors by tracked hours, field teams clocking in by location, and comparing remote and office productivity.
- How much does Hubstaff cost?
- Paid plans for Hubstaff start at $4.99 per seat per month, and there is no free plan. A free trial is available.
- Is Hubstaff open source?
- No. Hubstaff is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Hubstaff include Solidtime, ActivityWatch and Ever Teams.
- What are some alternatives to Hubstaff?
- Hubstaff competes with Time Doctor, Clockify and Harvest. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Hubstaff alternatives.
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Time Doctor
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Employee time tracking with screenshots and productivity reports
SaaS
Clockify
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Time tracker and timesheet software with reporting
SaaS
Harvest
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Time tracking with expenses and invoicing for client work
SaaS
RescueTime
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Paymo
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Toggl Track
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