Emburse SpringAhead vs QuickBooks Time (formerly TSheets)

Likelihood to Recommend

It's definitely well suited for all organizations with knowledge workers who use computers to do their work and are able to log in and enter their time on a regular basis. I've always had access to it as part of my job and love using SpringAhead. It may be less appropriate in a role where the worker does not have regular access to a computer to enter their hours digitally.

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Ambrish Kochikar

Talent Acquisition Consultant

Objective ParadigmInformation Technology & Services, 51-200 employees

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It would be very useful for certain remote jobs that require a high level of presence, as in the case of web development, or remote maintenance sessions, so that when reviewing the work data it is possible to ensure that there will be no failures. By being able to include files in the management, from the equipment tab, it is possible to fully control the hours in which each change in these files were made.

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Jim Livingston

Law Clerk

LAWYERBESLegal Services, 201-500 employees

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Pros

Allows for tracking of time very easily. Users can add all their project's time in one place instead of drilling into each project.
Managers can approve their team's time all in one place. We do not need to drill down to find the info and approve. Users who don't report to the manager but are part of the project can still be approved by the project manager.
Reports are easy to read when looking at historical information. Reports can be run with multiple parameters that the user needs.

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Massimo Emilione

Systems Analyst

Avaap Inc.Computer Software, 51-200 employees

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Support (their help desk team is incredibly helpful and always quick to respond).
Ease of access and use (the app is user-friendly an intuitive, and the desktop version is equally as approachable).
Manager functionality (it's useful to be able to clock employees in and out at multiple events on the same day by sorting them into different groups by manager/event).

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Gigi Greene

Event Sales Manager

Team Play EventsEvents Services, 1-10 employees

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Cons

Automated reminders to employees would be great
A more modern and up-to-date user interface
The approvals system for projects vs. users could use some work

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Ashley Haylett

Operations Manager

OtherlabResearch, 11-50 employees

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The desktop version of the TSheets schedule does not have a search feature. This makes it challenging to find things you are looking for without extra work
The app can be a bit buggy. Though it is a great app, there are many reasons that the app will stop syncing and can cause problems with staff scheduling

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Kristin Cole

Owner

Sound Wave EventsEvents Services, 11-50 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

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QuickBooks Time (formerly TSheets) 10.0

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TSheets tech support people, like Shawn Sommer, from Tsheets. She has been instrumental, after terminating the person in charge of TSheets I was left with a learning curve too high to climb but after 10 mins of her instructions I was able to make payroll in no time. She cleared all errors that nobody had fixed before.
TSheets is not a vendor for me, TSheets is my partner in business. Thank you TSheets.

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Carolina Bellino

Founder

ServiceMax Appliance RepairConstruction, 11-50 employees

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Usability

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QuickBooks Time (formerly TSheets) 10.0

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Our employees find TSheets easy to use and spend minimal time at reporting hours using it. As an administrator and user of the TSheets "data and information" I am extremely positive on the functionality and reporting that it has provided me. From its ease of set-up to training to reporting, TSheets has made us so much more efficient from an administration standpoint

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Verified User

Vice-President in Finance and Accounting

Hospital & Health Care Company, 11-50 employees

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Support Rating

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QuickBooks Time (formerly TSheets) 8.0

Based on 57 answers

I have never failed to have an issue resolved within minutes of contacting Support. Jen D recently assisted my with an export issue and I was back on track in less the 10 minutes. She was knowledgable and thought about the current and future contexts of the issue and assured there would be no recurrence next payroll.

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Curtis Bobsin

Chief Executive Officer

C. Bobsin OrgansMusic, 1-10 employees

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Implementation Rating

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QuickBooks Time (formerly TSheets) 6.0

Based on 1 answer

I wasn't originally helping with the implementation so not sure.

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Sara Ryal

Senior Accounting Associate

Lewis & Knopf CPAsAccounting, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

We selected SpringAhead because of price and usability. This tool is easy to set up and configure. It is a cloud application allowing access from anywhere. There were no training requirements. When you have a small use case this tool is the way to go. We moved off SpringAhead to get more functionality and it has required a lot more training and effort to maintain and utilize

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Massimo Emilione

Systems Analyst

Avaap Inc.Computer Software, 51-200 employees

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Besides Intuit Payroll (Sage), the only program I've used is WorkBrain through Menards, and it's more as a scheduling guideline for management, employees don't use it to punch in or out or record hours. However, WorkBrain does show scheduling and it matches with a punch clock to record those hours. Every other place I've used has used either punch clocks or handwritten time cards. I think the TSheets is modern, user-friendly, convenient, accessible, and cost-effective for the owners. It also streamlines payroll for the Accountant instead of manually entering all hours for multiple employees by hand into a software program like Sage.

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Heather Urban

Office Manager

Birwood Property ManagementReal Estate, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

Positive - tracking return on project investments
Positive - being able to plan on future projects
Positive - being able to manage costs and attendance

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Ambrish Kochikar

Talent Acquisition Consultant

Objective ParadigmInformation Technology & Services, 51-200 employees

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As a Microsoft Access software development shop, Help4Access could have built ourselves a time tracking system, but why reinvent the wheel?
tSheets got us out of spreadsheets and into the cloud in days not months.
The ROI the first year is over $5,000.

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Sasha Froyland

Founder / Enterprise Architect

Help4Access (Microsoft Access Consulting Services)Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Emburse SpringAhead Editions & Modules

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

QuickBooks Time (formerly TSheets) Editions & Modules

Edition

Free	$0¹
Premium	$8²
Elite	$10³

1 user, unlimited projects
per user/month + $20 base fee/month (paid annually)
per user/month + $40 base fee/month (paid annually)

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Emburse SpringAhead vs QuickBooks Time (formerly TSheets)