Hubstaff vs TimeCamp

Hubstaff

• Remote teams whose managers want screenshots and activity data as proof of work
• Companies that pay contractors from tracked hours
• Field teams that need mobile location tracking and geofenced job sites

TimeCamp

• Teams of any size that want free timesheets with no user limit
• Companies that keep attendance, overtime and time-off records with time tracking
• Agencies that bill clients and watch project budgets
• Larger organizations that need a self-hosted or private cloud deployment

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.

TimeCamp

• Integrations are not part of Free or Starter: Premium includes one and Ultimate removes the limit.
• The AI Time Tracker is billed by token usage on top of the plan price.
• Timesheet approvals, expenses, billing rates, screenshots and SSO login need the Ultimate plan.
• Self-hosted and private cloud setups are offered to customers with 50 or more users on annual Ultimate.

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.

TimeCamp

Timesheets and automatic tracking

Time is logged with a timer, manual entries or a weekly timesheet, and the desktop app can track computer activity automatically. Apps and websites tracking starts on Premium.

AI Time Tracker

A separate app for macOS and Windows that suggests time entries. It is billed by token usage on top of the plan, which TimeCamp estimates at about $6 per user a month.

Attendance and time off

From Starter, an attendance calendar records working days alongside time-off and overtime tracking, with reports for each.

Billing and budgets

Invoicing starts on Starter, and billable time and budgets with alerts on Premium. Billing rates, expenses, labor costs and fixed fee projects need Ultimate.

Reports

More than 10 time tracking reports with PDF export. Excel export starts on Starter, scheduled email reports on Premium and the pivot table report on Ultimate.

Approvals and monitoring

Ultimate adds timesheet approvals, screenshots, unusual activity detection, remote work detection and a history of changes to time entries.

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.

TimeCamp

• Free$0

  Unlimited users and projects with timesheets, the web, desktop and mobile apps and 2-factor authentication.

• Starter$3.99

  per user / month, billed annually ($5.49 month-to-month)

  Adds invoicing, attendance and an attendance calendar, time off, overtime tracking, Excel report export and unlimited tasks.

• Premium$6.99

  per user / month, billed annually ($9.99 month-to-month)

  Adds one integration, billable time, budgets and estimates, apps and websites tracking, a resource planner and scheduled email reports.

• Ultimate$9.99

  per user / month, billed annually ($13.99 month-to-month)

  Adds unlimited integrations, timesheet approvals, billing rates, expenses, labor costs, screenshots, custom fields and SSO login.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Price on request. Adds self-hosted or private cloud deployment, custom integrations, an audit log, data warehouse access and an SLA.

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.

TimeCamp

• Annual discount

  Lower rate with annual billing

  Annual billing costs roughly 27% to 30% less than month-to-month: Starter is $3.99 per user a month against $5.49, and Ultimate is $9.99 against $13.99.

• Nonprofit

  30% off for nonprofits

  TimeCamp's pricing FAQ offers an additional 30% discount to non-profit organizations that email support with a copy of their 501(c)(3) paperwork.

• Education

  30% off for universities, schools and students

  The same pricing FAQ extends the additional 30% discount to universities, students and schools, arranged by contacting TimeCamp support.