ActivTrak vs. Hubstaff

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ActivTrak
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
ActivTrak is a cloud-native workforce intelligence platform that transforms work activity data into actionable insights for employee monitoring, productivity and performance management, and workforce planning capabilities. Deployment enables organizations to start collecting data in minutes.
$0
per year (maximum of 3 users)
Hubstaff
Score 9.2 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Hubstaff is a workforce analytics software tailored to boost productivity in remote, hybrid, and in-house teams while fostering a positive employee experience. Integrating with over 30 apps, Hubstaff's key features include time tracking, screenshots, activity tracking, URL and app monitoring, workforce analytics, automatic payroll and invoicing, scheduling, GPS and location monitoring, and timesheets. Hubstaff is compatible with Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome, iOS, and…
$14
per month 2 seats (minimum)
Pricing
ActivTrakHubstaff
Editions & Modules
Free
$0
3 max users
Essentials
$10 (pricing based on annual billing)
per month per user
Essentials Plus
$15 (pricing based on annual billing)
per month per user
Professional
$19 (pricing based on annual billing)
per month per user
Starter
$7
per month per user (2 seat minimum)
Grow
$9
per month per user (2 seat minimum)
Team
$12
per month per user (2 seat minimum)
Enterprise
$300
per year per seat
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ActivTrakHubstaff
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
ActivTrakHubstaff
Considered Both Products
ActivTrak
Chose ActivTrak
I would have preferred Hubstaff, as it offers a much more user-friendly experience, superior screenshot capabilities, and significantly better integrations. Compared to ActivTrak, the difference is like night and day in terms of usability and functionality. However, I opted for …
Chose ActivTrak
For us, we liked the ease of getting set up with a free plan on ActivTrak to make sure it would have the features we needed. Then we were able to easily scale up using GPO deployment and gain insightful data on groups of employees. While the other solutions are fine, ActivTrak …
Chose ActivTrak
We chose ActivTrak because it struck the right balance between powerful productivity analytics and user-friendly, ethical monitoring. It was more insightful than basic time trackers, but less invasive than surveillance-heavy tools. Its focus on focus time, workload balance, and …
Chose ActivTrak
Very few services are able to measure duration the way ActivTrak does. We were also impressed by ActivTrak's ability to get us the data in a convenient, SQL ready format.
Chose ActivTrak
The ActivTrak's ability of logging and seeng in real time the screenshot activity of the users was the feature that helped us to decide.
Chose ActivTrak
We just really liked the ActivTrak product from top to bottom. Our ActivTrak sales team was very helpful in getting the product off the ground. ActivTrak pre-sales was able to answer all of our questions in a timely manner and their support was able to get our tech questions …
Hubstaff

No answer on this topic

Features
ActivTrakHubstaff
Workforce Analytics
Comparison of Workforce Analytics features of Product A and Product B
ActivTrak
7.8
191 Ratings
8% below category average
Hubstaff
-
Ratings
Automated data collection8.5188 Ratings00 Ratings
Data analysis7.9185 Ratings00 Ratings
Data integration7.744 Ratings00 Ratings
Benchmarking7.8139 Ratings00 Ratings
Report designer7.442 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built content7.7168 Ratings00 Ratings
Data management7.8174 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-service insights7.7166 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
ActivTrakHubstaff
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(195 ratings)
9.3
(24 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.4
(8 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
6.0
(31 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(29 ratings)
10.0
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
ActivTrakHubstaff
Likelihood to Recommend
ActivTrak
ActivTrak is useful to help keep track of your employees, and set up flags where they may occasionally go awry. I find the number of features to be adequate for monitoring our business, but would be better served if I spent time tailoring it for our unique needs. I don't think ActivTrak is great for live-views.
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Hubstaff
It enables you to monitor workers' time on every project. It monitors productivity even if an internet connection is not available. It provides a customizable interface. Every task is customizable to suit project requirements. It allows you to track time from anywhere in the world. In this way, it provides powerful insights to determine how many hours are required to do a project.
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Pros
ActivTrak
  • ActivTrak gives me a breakdown of hours during which my employees were actively working, when they were active online but unproductive, when they were inactive, and when they were not online.
  • ActivTrak gives me a detailed breakdown of the software, platforms, and programs my employees worked on/in during each block of the day.
  • ActivTrak provides a detailed breakdown of how I spend my time each day to help me improve my productivity.
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Hubstaff
  • Its interface is also quite easy to handle and is designed in a user friendly way.
  • Overall, I feel that Hubstaff is a very useful invention that has the ability to attract and fascinate users.
  • Hubstaff offers a customizable and easily tailored according to your requirements user interface where with the help of just one click you can start or even stop tracking your daily project activities.
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Cons
ActivTrak
  • A more detailed explanation is required when updating specific titles within the system. For instance, total time has recently become "screen time". An email notification of this change and its implications would have gone a long way.
  • Easier to read the Activity Log in reporting. Sometimes, when downloading large amounts of reports, it can be cumbersome and challenging to navigate through them.
  • Customized reports feature.
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Hubstaff
  • I am having a problem with its customer support. [I feel it is] one of the worst customer service I have gone through for the longest time. They did not even know about their own platform, response time is late and there is no such name of help from their side what so ever which makes it a very difficult platform to use.
  • [I believe it] needs a lot of upgrades in customer support system.
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Likelihood to Renew
ActivTrak
We have been using it for several years and find the benefits are quite excellent for the cost so we will renew again next year.
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Hubstaff
Because it's easy to implement and use. It does not disrupt your work.
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Usability
ActivTrak
ActivTrak is a great product that just keeps growing. Having used it for quite some time, we have been able to see ActivTrak grow and evolve as a product. The ActivTrak webinars are also helpful to get to know and learn the product. ActivTrak really just works with little effort needed after the initial installation
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Hubstaff
I give it 9 because it is really good for time tracking and managing remote teams. It helps me to manage my team very efficiently. Still, prices are high, so don't give 10. I need more discounts to add more team. Also need more accuracy as users are now fooling the tools with various cheats. Overall it is good and helfull
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Reliability and Availability
ActivTrak
It's never been down.
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Hubstaff
I've never had any issues and always received proper support. They let you know in advance when they'll be in maintenance and it's always in odd hours, so it's good. You still can use it when they are maintaining it.
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Performance
ActivTrak
Have not received any issues with Activtrak's performance in regard to loading pages, reports, or other systems.
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Hubstaff
I've never had any issues. It loads correctly and works like a charm.
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Support Rating
ActivTrak
Support is always fast and the agents are ready at all times to help when an issue arises, if the tier 1 agent isn't able to provide a solution to the issue they're asked about they quickly escalate the issue to tier 2 or 3 to ensure that the appropriate support is given to the issue at hand to have it quickly solved. No issue we've had so far has taken more than two days to be solved.
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Hubstaff
Hubstaff has always responded to support requests in a timely manner and has kept me in the loop of changes. When contacting them about future changes/features they've always been upfront on whether that is a change they are looking to make and when that change may occur. Finally, if the person I have communicated with was unable to resolve, they always escalated to the next best person who can answer/resolve.
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Implementation Rating
ActivTrak
There should be a way to automatically implement the system without giving users the opportunity to accept or deny the program on their computers.
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Hubstaff
None, everything went smoothly.
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Alternatives Considered
ActivTrak
I am unsure, to be honest. I have not had much exposure to different productivity software. I lucked out by using Active Trak first. I do not feel the need to investigate or review other productivity software. I would recommend ActiveTrak to other companies, users, or those searching for productivity software.
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Hubstaff
Hubstaff keeps interesting and smart features and functions. The most interesting feature is the reporting feature that has brought much convenience
to me. It is no doubt a great tool for planning budgets, managing workflows,
tracking time, and best supervision capabilities.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
ActivTrak
No answers on this topic
Hubstaff
I didn't help purchase this product. We just implement it.
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Scalability
ActivTrak
The product's overall scalability is good as our team grows. We would like to see updates to meet market demands.
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Hubstaff
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
ActivTrak
No answers on this topic
Hubstaff
Not sure we used the professional service.
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Return on Investment
ActivTrak
  • Real-time productivity metrics and detailed workforce analytics have allowed us to better understand our workforce and make adjustments for better productivity.
  • Because we were able to curb bad habits, team behavior is at an optimal level.
  • Since our productivity level has gone up, the return on our investment in staffing has risen.
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Hubstaff
  • Hubstaff has enabled us to identify the most productive workers which enables us to maximize profitability.
  • Hubstaff has enabled us to quickly identify drops in engagement or output, or just poor performance due to not caring so we can move on instead of trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.
  • HubStaff lets us actively measure retainers vs delivered hours and adjust contracts to what we really need based on our time expenditures.
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ScreenShots

ActivTrak Screenshots

Screenshot of DashboardScreenshot of Team PulseScreenshot of Benchmarks & GoalsScreenshot of Executive SummaryScreenshot of Team ComparisonScreenshot of Technology Usage

Hubstaff Screenshots

Screenshot of the time tracking interface, with screenshotsScreenshot of the remote work dashboardScreenshot of Hubstaff's 30 project management integrations