ActivTrak review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Workforce analytics that tracks activity and work time automatically
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ActivTrak report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for seeing how a team spends its working time
ActivTrak tracks activity and work time automatically, showing app and website use, attendance and productivity trends. It watches people rather than logging hours to projects, so it suits oversight more than client billing. The free plan stops at 3 workers, and screenshots and live view need a paid add-on.
Who ActivTrak is for
- Fits if you manage a remote team and want to see where their time goes
- Works for a manager who wants reports sent into Power BI or Tableau
Who ActivTrak is not for
- Not for you if you want to bill clients by project hours, as it tracks activity, not projects
- Tight if you stay free: 3 workers and 30 days of data
- Watch out: screenshots, live view and website blocking need the Screen Details add-on
- Watch out: the $7 rate needs a 3-year term, and more than 50 licences need a paid support plan
Why ActivTrak gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyWork Activity Tracking is $10 a worker billed yearly, and $7 only on a 3-year term. Time-tracking's dearer quarter starts at $9.
- CFree plan and trialA free plan for 3 workers with 30 days of data and limited functions, plus a 14-day trial.
- CFeaturesAutomatic tracking, adherence and productivity reports. It does not log project hours for billing, and screenshots need an add-on.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You deploy an agent to each worker's computer and tune the reports.
- BPlatforms and integrationsA web dashboard with Power BI, Tableau and Looker Studio.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ActivTrak's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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ActivTrak's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 17 of the 69 other time tracking apps we grade, and level with 7.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 18 of 69) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $10 a month for each person, against a middle price of $6.70 for the category: 46 of the 58 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 30 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 70 time tracking apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. ActivTrak’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 14 of 69, level with 32
- CFree plan and trialAbove 10 of 69, level with 40
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 69, level with 41
- CEase of useAbove 2 of 69, level with 47
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 18 of 69, level with 28
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 64 time tracking apps. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep ActivTrak, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of ActivTrak you could make: time tracking and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 6 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 45 of the 69 other time tracking apps grade higher. It costs $120 a year.
What you could make
- Time tracking and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Connections that pull numbers from dozens of other services.
- Blocking that reaches every browser and app and is hard to switch off.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- It plugs into other products, Power BI, Tableau and Google Looker Studio among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- People on the other end: coaches. No app builder makes those.
What this rests on. ActivTrak’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is ActivTrak?
ActivTrak is workforce analytics software that records which apps and websites people use and turns it into automatic time tracking, schedule adherence, utilization and productivity reports. It is aimed at managers and operations teams rather than people filling in timesheets. Paid plans are priced per monitored worker, and the free plan covers 3 workers.
Worth knowing
- It monitors worker activity rather than logging project hours, so it suits oversight more than client billing.
- Screenshots, live view and website blocking need the paid Screen Details add-on.
- The $7 rate for Work Activity Tracking applies only on a 3-year subscription; the standard annual rate is $10.
- The free plan is limited to 3 workers and 30 days of data, and more than 50 licenses require a paid support plan.
Key features
- Automatic time tracking
- Records activity in the background and summarizes it by user and team, with daily work metrics and real-time visibility.
- Schedule and location adherence
- Compare actual work against schedules, spot exceptions and trends, identify breaks and validate work location policy on higher plans.
- Productivity and capacity reports
- Utilization, workload balance, benchmarks, headcount planning and coaching opportunities, plus an on-demand Work Advisor.
- AI usage measurement
- An AI Insights add-on at $4 per worker per month covers AI usage, governance and compliance, adoption and productivity impact.
- Screen Details add-on
- Screenshots, live screen view, title bars, full URLs, alarms and website blocking are an optional add-on, not part of the base plans.
ActivTrak pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, ActivTrak has a free plan, and paid plans start at $10 per worker / month, billed annually.
- Starts at
- $10 per worker / month, billed annually
- Free plan
- Free plan for up to 3 workers: basic activity visibility with 30 days of data history and limited functionality.
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial of Workforce Management plus Productivity Optimization
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0for up to 3 workers | Basic activity visibility, 30 days of data history, limited functionality. A trial downgrades to this plan. |
| Work Activity Tracking | $10per worker / month, billed annually ($7 on a 3-year term) | Adherence to working hours and tech policy: automatic time tracking, real-time visibility, attendance, app and website usage. 6 months of data. |
| Workforce Management | $15per worker / month, billed annually | Adds utilization and financial loss, productivity against goals, schedule exception reports and offline meeting tracking. 6 months of data. |
| Productivity Optimization | $17per worker / month, billed annually | Adds organization productivity trends, workload balance, benchmarks and goals, capacity planning and coaching. 1 year of data. |
| Workflow | $21per worker / month, billed annually | Finds repetitive work and AI or automation opportunities; sold through sales for AI and operations teams. |
Read from activtrak.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with ActivTrak before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Other savingsSave 30% on a two-plan bundle
ActivTrak's pricing page offers a 30% saving when Workforce Management and Productivity Optimization are bought together.
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Common questions
Does ActivTrak have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. ActivTrak is listed for Web.
Does ActivTrak have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. ActivTrak is listed for Web.
Is ActivTrak open source?
ActivTrak is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Does ActivTrak have an API?
Yes. ActivTrak offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.