Hubstaff vs Yaware.TimeTracker (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 Yaware.TimeTracker if

• Fits if you want automatic hours on staff computers for a few dollars a user
• Works for managers who want lateness and idle reports

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you want screenshots, which start on the $8 plan
• Skip it if you want long history, since data is kept 3 months and only while subscribed
• Not for you if you need a phone app, because none is listed
• Watch out: webcam snapshots and screenshots need staff to be told, and integrations are mostly marked in development

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.

Yaware.TimeTracker

• Screenshots and webcam snapshots start at the $8 Conscious Leader plan and need staff to be told.
• Data is kept 3 months on the cloud plans and only while the subscription is active.
• CRM, HRM and project-tool integrations are marked in development on the plan comparison, except Jira on the top plan.
• Tracking needs a desktop app on Windows, macOS or Linux; no mobile apps are listed.

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.

Yaware.TimeTracker

Automatic time tracking

Records computer time, idle time and the applications and websites used, with offline activity entered manually on some plans.

Productivity reports

Activity, work-dynamics and employee-rating reports by person or group, with CSV and XLS export and scheduled email summaries.

Screenshots and webcam snapshots

Conscious Leader and Project Management capture screenshots; Conscious Leader also takes webcam snapshots.

Schedule compliance

Reports lateness and early departures against a workday plan, and alerts managers to violations.

Project and task tracking

Project Management ties time to tasks with project budgets and a Jira integration.

On-premise edition

The Enterprise edition, from 50 licenses, stores data on the customer's own server.

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.

Yaware.TimeTracker

• Automated Timesheets$3.20

  per user / month, billed annually ($3.99 billed monthly)

  Time tracking, violation control, productivity reports and automated timesheets with 3 months of data.

• Conscious Leader$8.00

  per user / month, billed annually ($10.00 billed monthly)

  Adds AI Mentor, focus mode, activity reports, screenshots every 3 minutes, webcam snapshots and offline activity.

• Project Management$10.00

  per user / month, billed annually ($13.00 billed monthly)

  Adds project control, task tracking, project budgets and Jira integration, with screenshots every minute.

• Enterprise On-PremiseCustom

  From 50 licenses, bought for a year or more, with data stored on your own server; sold through a quote.

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.

Yaware.TimeTracker

• Annual discount

  Save up to 20% with yearly billing

  The pricing page shows a 20% discount for paying a year at a time, for example $8.00 against $10.00 a month on Conscious Leader.