Hubstaff vs Worksnaps (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 Worksnaps if

• Fits if you pay remote contractors by the hour and want screenshots as proof
• Works for small teams that like a flat price by headcount

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you are free-only, since the free plan is 1 user and 1 project
• Skip it if you want phone tracking, as only desktop clients are listed
• Not for you if you dislike screenshots, because they are core to the product
• Watch out: charges go through PayPal, paid plans are month to month, and past 30 users it's $3 per extra user

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.

Worksnaps

• The free plan covers one user and one project only.
• Past 30 users each added user costs $3 per month, and plans are priced by user count rather than features.
• Subscriptions are charged through PayPal, and the paid plans are month to month.
• Screenshot capture is core to the product, so staff need to be told.

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.

Worksnaps

Screenshots and activity

A desktop client reports time and computer activity to the server and captures screenshots for managers to review.

Live work view

Managers see what a team is working on as it happens instead of waiting for an end-of-day or end-of-week report.

Reports and invoicing

Reporting and invoicing are included on all plans, with two years of stored screenshots.

Access control

Unlimited observers can be added, with access control over who sees which project and its tracked time.

Project-tool integrations

Connects to project and billing services such as Basecamp, Freshbooks, Harvest and Asana.

API

The site lists an API for connecting Worksnaps data to other systems.

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.

Worksnaps

• Free$0

  One user, the account holder, and one project.

• Starter$20

  per month for up to 4 users, billed monthly

  Unlimited projects and observers; the account owner is not counted against the 4 users.

• Team$40

  per month for up to 10 users, billed monthly

  Unlimited projects and observers, with the account owner free on top of the 10 users.

• Department$70

  per month for up to 20 users, billed monthly

  Unlimited projects and observers, with the account owner free on top of the 20 users.

• Business$90

  per month for up to 30 users, billed monthly

  Unlimited projects and observers; each user past 30 costs $3 per month.

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.

Worksnaps

• Other savings

  Discount for 6, 12 or 18-month terms

  Paying for a 6-month term saves 10%, and 12 and 18-month terms save 15%, applied when the subscription payment is set up.