# ActivTrak review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Workforce analytics that tracks activity and work time automatically

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

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.

- **Category:** Time Tracking
- **Made by:** ActivTrak (since 2009)
- **Website:** https://www.activtrak.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want to bill clients by project hours, as it tracks activity, not projects.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, ActivTrak has a free plan, and paid plans start at $10 per worker / month, billed annually.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **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 | $0 for up to 3 workers | Basic activity visibility, 30 days of data history, limited functionality. A trial downgrades to this plan. |
| Work Activity Tracking | $10 per 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 | $15 per 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 | $17 per worker / month, billed annually | Adds organization productivity trends, workload balance, benchmarks and goals, capacity planning and coaching. 1 year of data. |
| Workflow | $21 per worker / month, billed annually | Finds repetitive work and AI or automation opportunities; sold through sales for AI and operations teams. |

Read from https://www.activtrak.com/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with ActivTrak before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save 30% on a two-plan bundle** (Other savings): ActivTrak's pricing page offers a 30% saving when Workforce Management and Productivity Optimization are bought together. Source: https://www.activtrak.com/pricing/

## 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.

## Good for

- Managers who need workforce activity and utilization data without timesheets
- Remote or hybrid teams checking schedule and location adherence
- Companies measuring how much AI tools are actually used

## 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.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. 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.

- **Value for money: C.** Work Activity Tracking is $10 a worker billed yearly, and $7 only on a 3-year term. Time-tracking's dearer quarter starts at $9.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** A free plan for 3 workers with 30 days of data and limited functions, plus a 14-day trial.
- **Features: C.** Automatic tracking, adherence and productivity reports. It does not log project hours for billing, and screenshots need an add-on.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You deploy an agent to each worker's computer and tune the reports.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** A web dashboard with Power BI, Tableau and Looker Studio.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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.

## Where it stands among time tracking apps

- 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.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/time-tracking

## Keep it, 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.

- You could make: Time tracking and reports: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: Connections that pull numbers from dozens of other services.
- You could not: Blocking that reaches every browser and app and is hard to switch off.
- You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Power BI, Tableau and Google Looker Studio among them, and has an API.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- You could not: People on the other end: coaches. No app builder makes those.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Power BI, Tableau, Google Looker Studio

**Tags:** Time tracking, Reports, Dashboards, Site & app blocker, AI features, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Time Doctor](https://toolgpa.com/tools/time-doctor): Employee time tracking and workforce analytics for remote teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/activtrak-vs-time-doctor)
- [Hubstaff](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hubstaff): Time tracking with screenshots, activity levels and payroll. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/activtrak-vs-hubstaff)
- [DeskTime](https://toolgpa.com/tools/desktime): Automatic time tracking and productivity monitoring for teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/activtrak-vs-desktime)
- [Teramind](https://toolgpa.com/tools/teramind): Employee monitoring, insider risk and data loss prevention. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/activtrak-vs-teramind)
- [Insightful](https://toolgpa.com/tools/insightful): Workforce analytics with automatic time tracking and attendance. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/activtrak-vs-insightful)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026:

- https://www.activtrak.com/pricing/
- https://www.activtrak.com/about-us/

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