Likelihood to Recommend A scenario where it is well suited is determining why a certain task was not accomplished as it shows time spent on certain websites and if the usage was appropriate. I think less appropriate is the idle time as there are some scenarios where a computer is not necessary, and the task may be a manual one
Read full review 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.
Read full review Pros 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. Read full review 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. Read full review Cons We had to really dig to figure out how to find the alarms for the potential mouse jiggler. Had I not really researched, I wouldn't have known that one of my employees was using it. The alerts should be more visable The software is expensive, and I didn't like that I had to pay even more money to get screenshots of my employee who was using a mouse jiggler. While I really appreciate that I had the option, and it gave me the proof I needed, I think it should be included in the upfront cost. Read full review 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. Read full review Likelihood to Renew We are in agreement that the tool is very handy as a security companion. The system collects and retain relevant historical data to be queried when you desire e.g. in security reviews once a week.
Read full review Usability 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
Read full review Reliability and Availability It's never been down.
Read full review Performance Have not received any issues with Activtrak's performance in regard to loading pages, reports, or other systems.
Read full review Support Rating 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.
Read full review 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.
Read full review Implementation Rating There should be a way to automatically implement the system without giving users the opportunity to accept or deny the program on their computers.
Read full review Alternatives Considered We evaluated a few, the only one I remember was Controlio which was a bit easier to use, we just didn't like the name. We went with ActivTrak because another company used it and it seemed to work for them.
Read full review 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.
Read full review Scalability The product's overall scalability is good as our team grows. We would like to see updates to meet market demands.
Read full review Return on Investment It has helped us improve workflows of our team. It has helped us see that we needed to replace underperforming staff even after being coached and having their issues addressed. It helped us know that we had a few ROCKSTARS burning out from overworking. The screen capture has saved our butts when we had processed some things on other websites only to have them come back and say it didn't happen. We had visual proof. While it was a bit nervous to implement because there is a negative about employees being monitored, it has provided us with coaching opportunities to help our team improve. Read full review 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. Read full review ScreenShots