Hubstaff vs Time Champ (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Hubstaff if

• Fits if you manage a remote team and want screenshots and activity data as proof of work
• Works for companies that pay contractors from their tracked hours

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a free plan, as free use ends with the 14-day trial
• Pricey if you need integrations, app and URL tracking or payroll, because those mean Team at $10 a seat
• Not for you if you work alone, since the plans have a 2-seat minimum
• Watch out: Insights, Tasks, Locations and the silent app cost $1.67 to $3.33 a seat extra on lower plans
• Tight if you're on Starter, with 500 screenshots a seat a month, limited reports and no integrations

Pick Time Champ if

• Fits if you want attendance and app tracking at the lowest seat price
• Works for field teams that need GPS check-ins

Look elsewhere if

• Watch out: a $4 per licence implementation charge, $62.50 minimum, is added on top
• Tight if you want screenshots, which start at Professional at $6.90
• Pricey if you add screen recording from $3 a user, or keystroke data and DLP, as they are separate
• Watch out: live video, alerts and phone support need Enterprise, and supported desktop systems aren't stated

Hubstaff

• No free plan: Hubstaff's FAQ says free use is limited to the 14-day trial.
• Starter, Grow and Team have a 2-seat minimum, and Enterprise is listed as billed annually.
• Starter includes no integrations and Grow includes 1; unlimited integrations need Team.
• Insights, Tasks, Locations and the silent app cost extra on lower plans: $1.67 to $3.33 per seat a month on annual billing.

Time Champ

• An implementation and training charge of $4 per user license, with a $62.50 minimum, is added on top of the plan price.
• Screen recording ($3 and up per user a month), project management, keystroke data and DLP are add-ons priced separately.
• Screenshots start at Professional; live video, real-time alerts and phone support need Enterprise.
• The pages read do not say which desktop operating systems or mobile platforms the agent and app support.

Hubstaff

Timer and timesheets

A timer on desktop, web and mobile produces timesheets on every plan. Timesheet approvals, scheduling and attendance, time off and overtime start on Team.

Screenshots and activity levels

Captures screenshots, activity levels and the apps and URLs used during tracked time. Starter allows 500 screenshots per seat a month, Grow 1,500, and Team is unlimited.

Insights

A workforce analytics add-on from $2.50 per seat a month that classifies work time, reports focus and meeting time and flags unusual activity. Included with Enterprise.

Payments and payroll

Team members can be paid from their tracked hours. Payments are limited on Starter and Grow and open up on Team, with integrations such as PayPal, Wise, Deel and Gusto.

Clients, invoices and budgets

Client invoices are part of every plan, with Starter capped at 5 clients. Project budgets and expense tracking start on Grow.

Locations

Mobile location tracking with geofenced job sites and work orders. It is a $3.33 per seat a month add-on for Team, included with Enterprise and not offered on Starter or Grow.

Time Champ

Automatic time and attendance

Logs hours as employees start work, with automatic login and logout, attendance and daily and monthly timesheet reports.

App and website tracking

Classifies applications and sites as productive, neutral or unproductive and reports idle time, with screenshots from the Professional plan.

Project and task tracking

A project management add-on provides Kanban boards, task assignment, timesheet submission and approval, and reports linked to tracked time.

Field staff and GPS

A field-tracking add-on adds live location, geofenced attendance, location history and expense management, using a mobile app.

Data loss prevention

A paid add-on blocks USB devices and sites, monitors file transfers and clipboard use, and sends alerts on policy violations.

Integrations

The vendor lists 78 integrations covering project tools, calendars, help desks and identity providers such as Jira, Slack and Azure Active Directory.

Hubstaff

• Starter$4.99

  per seat / month, billed annually ($7 billed monthly); 2-seat minimum

  Time tracking, timesheets, activity levels, clients and invoices, limited reports and payments, and 500 screenshots per seat a month.

• Grow$7.50

  per seat / month, billed annually ($9 billed monthly); 2-seat minimum

  Adds full reports, 1 integration, idle timeout, project budgets, expenses and the Tasks add-on, with 1,500 screenshots per seat a month.

• Team$10

  per seat / month, billed annually ($12 billed monthly); 2-seat minimum

  Adds unlimited screenshots and app and URL tracking, teams, payments and payroll, unlimited integrations and a 3-month Insights trial.

• Enterprise$25

  per seat / month, billed annually

  Adds the silent app, Locations and Insights, higher public API limits, ACH payment, HIPAA and SOC 2 Type II compliance, and SCIM provisioning.

Time Champ

• Starter$3.90

  per user / month, billed annually ($5.90 billed quarterly)

  Automatic attendance, app and website tracking, productivity classifications, offline tracking, daily and monthly timesheet reports, 2 teams.

• Professional$6.90

  per user / month, billed annually ($10.90 billed quarterly)

  Adds silent tracking, idle timeout, screenshots, a task timer, multiple shifts, intensity graphs, 1 week of detailed activity and 10 teams.

• Enterprise$13.90

  per user / month, billed annually ($22.90 billed quarterly)

  Adds live video, real-time alerts and statuses, custom and suspicious-activity reports, Azure single sign-on, phone support and 50 teams.

Hubstaff

• Annual discount

  2 months free with annual billing

  The pricing page labels annual billing "2 months free": Team is $10 per seat a month annually against $12 monthly, and Starter is $4.99 against $7.

• Other savings

  Small Business Essentials flat-fee plan

  Hubstaff's support site describes a special-offer plan for new organizations at $144 a year, billed annually, with 3 paid seats plus a free owner seat and no add-ons.

Time Champ

No public discounts listed.