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Overview

Synthesised from 17 reviews | Last Published May 27, 2026

ActivTrak is primarily used by organizations to monitor employee productivity and activity, particularly for remote and hybrid workforces. It provides comprehensive visibility into computer usage, including application and website activity, active/passive time, and screenshots, which all 17 reviewers highlighted as a core functionality. Reviewers leverage the platform to track working hours, assess performance, and ensure compliance. In TrustRadius reviews, users value its robust monitoring and reporting capabilities, alongside its ease of setup and use.

The platform is also appreciated for its ability to categorize activities and offer content control features like site whitelisting. However, some users report issues with data accuracy and express dissatisfaction with customer support response times. Reviewers also frequently request more robust and flexible reporting options, improved user management, and a more intuitive interface. Overall, ActivTrak is seen as an effective tool for workforce monitoring, though technical and usability enhancements are desired.

Pros

Comprehensive monitoring of employee computer usage and activity
Detailed reporting features providing actionable insights into productivity
Ability to categorize activities as productive or unproductive
Ease of setup and user-friendliness for managers and IT teams
Screenshot and alert capabilities for deeper analysis and risk mitigation

Cons

Inaccurate tracking data reported by some users
Slow customer support response times and unresolved technical issues
Limited flexibility and customization in reporting and data export
Challenges with user management, including duplication and cumbersome deletion
Unintuitive interface and navigation

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205 Reviews

ActivTrak is clear and powerful for team data usage insights

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

June 5, 2026

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We were seeking clarity around software usage habits and project management to help assess tools and asset allocation. As a people manager and internal team "hr" person, my role is to support the full team and this tool is one way we do so.

Pros

Clear oversight
Undeniable dashboards
Simple setup
Always on
Alerts

Cons

Some functions too detailed
Somewhat busy interface
Alerts occasionally unreliable

Likelihood to Recommend

ActivTrak does exactly what it's designed to do. There are use cases that my team did not use, but the basic functions work well and suited our needs. It might be less appropriate for much larger teams, we are just 16.

Verified User

Manager in Marketing (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

ActivTrak gives peace of mind with remote employees and real life data of your company superstars.

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

April 7, 2026

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use ActivTrak in our organization to track performance and review the accuracy of hours. It is primarily focused on new employees and our out-of-country staff members. We also use it in the Key Performance Indicators, as a certain percentage is standard and a certain percentage is above-average job performance.

Pros

Easy to use dashboard and portal.
Quick generating reports.
Customizable productive & unproductive labeling.

Cons

Sometimes switching between employees delays the data from being generated..
It duplicates users quite often.
Deleting a user is ineffective. You have to put it as "Do Not Track".

Likelihood to Recommend

It's well-suited for offices with a mid- to large-sized employee base. I often review ActivTrak first before going to the employee with performance questions. We have 35+ people, and it is hard to keep track of them without a regularly updated performance tracking system. I do think that a small office might be offended by the tracking.

Verified User

Director in Human Resources (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Small Business ActivTrak Review

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

March 27, 2026

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use ActivTrak to track productivity of our teams. We also use it to ensure that during work from home days, our employees are working during the proper times. It also helps flag when work computers are being used for non-work purposes.

Pros

Easily provides real time tracking of employee computers
Tracks the amount of usage per application. This helps us determine that applications value.
Host monthly training sessions and showcases new updates. Makes it easy to stay informed.

Cons

Simplification of labels - it can be difficult to navigate due labels having confusing names.
I have teams in two time zones and I wish it was easier to navigate between the two.
It would be nice to have different logins for team managers that just show them their team vs the entire org.

Likelihood to Recommend

Overall, I recommend ActivTrak. I think the pricing is very reasonable for all that you get. I like the monthly calls, they are well done and informative. I think there is a bit of a learning curve, due to so many tabs and confusing names for things. If it was a bit easier to navigate I'd recommend them more.

Verified User

Manager in Human Resources (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Great Tool to monitor Employee Activity

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

March 27, 2026

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Track activity of employees on work computer, including time spent on productive and unproductive work. It helps the company ensure that employees are spending the required effort and doing productive work while working from home. It allows us to continue to offer work from home option to all our employees.

Pros

Track active and passive time spent on computer
Label productive and unproductive time
Provide detailed activity log and screenshots enabling deeper analysis

Cons

Ability to group consecutive activities with the same title, website, etc as one activity if there is only passive time activity in between

Likelihood to Recommend

good in tracking active and passive time
good in productive and unproductive classification

Verified User

Director in Information Technology (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

8 years of experience

Mostly a great product

Rating: 6 out of 10

Incentivized

March 27, 2026

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Watching staff to ensure they're active while working from home and not using websites that malicious. We also aim to track if sensitive data is being mishandled.

Pros

Generally watches if someone is working or not
Generally watches what websites are being used

Cons

Way to establish passive time as non-productive
Way to tie users together instead of automatically creating new users when people log in via a local account
Reduce seats on a monthly bases vs annual basis

Likelihood to Recommend

Every 2 months we have to delete users who aren't real users because someone logs into a local account or be faced to buy an annual seat. We also are forced to delete users on a short timeframe or face penalty of needing to buy an annual seat when someone logs into a local account.

Stephen Santi

Owner in Corporate at Auto Mate (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

ActiveTrak rocks.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 6, 2026

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

AtivTrak has been a great addition to our company. We can successfully track the information we need. It is as easy as deploying the client to users' computers, and their computers appear in the admin console. This has allowed us to have a successful remote work experience.

Pros

I created an Intune deployment for installing agents based on group membership. All I do is add users to this group. After the software is installed, they show up in ActivTrak very easily!
I can uninstall the agents through the admin console.
I can add users to DO NOT TRACK. If I want to suspend tracking for some time, then remove them from there when I am ready to track again, without going through the agent reinstallation process.

Cons

Agents take too long to be uninstalled.

Likelihood to Recommend

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Solid Simple Tracking Software

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

December 31, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

ActivTrak helps us understand our resource usage across our team and where we can optimize our team. It gives us aircover of data to see if there are team members that need help in their bandwidth / resource management. Managers use it to better understand their team and needs. Its not meant to replace good management but an auxiliary tool to enhance their management capabilities

Pros

Tracking the teams active time on their computers
Providing the data to managers to see if there is anything to double click into. If an employee is underperforming and ActivTrak gives us data that shows bandwidth issues, we can address that with the employee quickly

Cons

often times an employee questions the validity of the data or the categories of Active or Inactive. More clarity around how the monitoring works would be helpful
The name of the program that is being installed should be more vague. We've had employees panic and start researching what is being installed. More discrete branding would be helpful

Likelihood to Recommend

It's great for remote employees where the manager cannot physically see their team or employee, especially in this new world of AI, to understand how much effort they are putting into their output/deliverables. If someone is working in office, its probably less useful since they can physically be seen working.

Verified User

C-Level Executive (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Great software for monitoring employees activity while not overreaching

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

December 18, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use ActivTrak to verify the working hours of our remote employees. It also is a good insight to what apps or webpages they may be using that should be deployed as a company resource.

Pros

Active and productive hour monitoring
Grouping users for detailed management view
Easy to digest graphics based on your company's data

Cons

License rotations
Detailed activity breakdown (showing inactive periods between active and passive records.

Likelihood to Recommend

Verifying user's active hours based on submitted hours from clients.

Verified User

Technician in Information Technology (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

ActivTrak should be your only choice

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

December 18, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We mainly use this to determine if workers are productive or not. It has helped significantly identifying the "Houdini workers" who appear to be busy but are either playing games or doing personal tasks during work hours. The system is very easy to use.

Pros

Tracks whether applications or websites are business or personal related
Capturing screenshots of users desktops for review
User friendly interface, easy to teach non-tech managers

Cons

Pricing module, sometimes for our use case having a minimum of 5 is too many.
Live view, unless I have missed it, of the users screen in real time
Email alerts

Likelihood to Recommend

This is our go to product and has been for several years now. This has helped our organization determine which users are working and which ones are not. Several times it has identified that an employee who was suspected of doing personal items was indeed doing work related tasks and was struggling. We were able to provide further training to help the end user.

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

24 years of experience

ActivTrak - YES

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

December 11, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I monitor employees' daily activities and use it as a training tool. This helps me to see what areas are needed for improvement. We have issues with employees not utilizing time management correctly. As well as using the computer for personal use. This has helped our organization greatly. I would recommend.

Pros

Monitor computer usage
differentiate between productive and unproductive
allow a live view

Cons

a better filter for tracking screenshots

Likelihood to Recommend

It helps to make sure employees are doing what they are suppose to. It also serves as a training tool

Verified User

Executive in Corporate (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

20 years of experience

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