Insightful vs KeepActive (formerly Kickidler) (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Insightful if

• Fits if you want time and attendance reports for a Windows, Mac or Linux team
• Works for companies that need data pulled into their own warehouse

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you want screenshots or recording, which are paid add-ons of $0.50 to $4 a seat
• Skip it if you want to try the dearer plans, as Insights and Intelligence need a sales conversation
• Pricey if you are a small team, as Insights is $24 a seat with a 50-seat minimum, yearly only
• Watch out: Intelligence has no published price, and on-premises hosting is quoted by sales

Pick KeepActive (formerly Kickidler) if

• Fits if you want to watch screens and activity on staff computers
• Works for firms that want to host it on their own servers

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you want shorter terms, as the page shows only yearly prices and no monthly rate
• Skip it if you need billing or projects, as it is a monitoring product
• Watch out: one licence covers one computer, paid upfront for the term
• Watch out: data loss prevention is a separate product at $8.25 a month, and setup help costs $20 per server plus $5 per computer

Insightful

• Screenshots, screen recording, security features and the data warehouse export are paid add-ons ($0.50 to $4 per seat a month).
• Insights needs at least 50 seats, is billed yearly only, and begins with a Work Audit request rather than a self-serve trial.
• Intelligence has no published price, and Insights and Intelligence are not available to try without a sales conversation.
• On-premise or private cloud hosting exists for Workforce Analytics only, at an extra cost quoted by sales.

KeepActive (formerly Kickidler)

• The page shows prices for a 1-year term; shorter terms cost more per month and the monthly rate is not shown.
• One license covers one computer, and licenses are paid upfront for the term.
• Data loss prevention is a separate product, listed at $8.25 a month on a yearly term.
• Concierge setup is an optional paid service: $20 per server plus $5 per employee computer.

Insightful

Time and attendance

Automatic and manual clock-in and clock-out, break capture, offline time entry, shift scheduling, automatic timesheets and absence alerts.

App, website and AI tool activity

Shows how the workday is spent across apps and sites, with productive-time categories, idle time alerts and time spent in online meetings.

Capacity and workload reports

Eleven workforce reports on productivity, capacity and workload trends, delivered by CSV or email and kept for 24 months.

Project and task time

Tracks time against projects and tasks, with integrations to project management, help desk and HR tools such as Jira, Asana, Zendesk and ADP.

Add-ons for monitoring depth

Screenshots, on-demand screenshots, screen recording, and security and audit-log features are separate per-seat add-ons billed on the plan's cycle.

Data warehouse and API

A paid add-on sends Insightful data to BigQuery or Snowflake and opens the public API for custom integrations.

KeepActive (formerly Kickidler)

Time and attendance

Tracks working hours, attendance and timesheets against schedules, with manual time entries that a manager approves.

Productivity analysis

Classifies apps and websites as productive, unproductive or neutral and compares employees and teams.

Live activity and screenshots

Shows who is online, idle or offline with the current app, and can take an instant screenshot.

Screen recording

The Employee Monitoring edition streams screens live, records video and audio, and exports clips.

Anomaly alerts

Flags unusual activity, including possible mouse jiggler use, and sends scheduled PDF or email reports.

On-premises deployment

Can be installed on a company's own servers, including a version with no internet access on request.

Insightful

• Analytics$8

  per seat / month, billed annually ($10 billed monthly)

  Time and attendance, app, website and AI tool use, capacity and workload, project and task time. Monthly billing drops to $8 after six months.

• Insights$24

  per seat / month, billed annually; 50-seat minimum

  Everything in Analytics plus people intelligence: custom reports, workload balance and work patterns, and AI chat. Starts with a Work Audit.

• IntelligenceCustom

  Adds process intelligence: process maps built from recorded work and automation recommendations. Annual contracts quoted on request.

KeepActive (formerly Kickidler)

• Time Tracking$4.17

  per user / month, billed annually ($50 a license)

  Time and attendance, productivity reports, apps and websites, screenshots, manual time and anomaly alerts.

• Employee Monitoring$5.50

  per user / month, billed annually ($66 a license)

  Everything in Time Tracking plus live screen streams, video and audio recording, remote access and keystroke logging.

Insightful

• Annual discount

  Save 20% on Analytics with yearly billing

  Insightful's pricing page lists Analytics at $8 per seat a month billed yearly, against $10 billed monthly.

KeepActive (formerly Kickidler)

• Other savings

  Longer terms cost less per month

  Prepaying 3 months is 10% off the monthly rate, 6 months 20%, 1 year 30% and 3 years 40%, as the pricing page states.