Controlio review (2026): is it worth $6.67 a month per user, billed yearly?
Employee monitoring with time logs, screen video and app tracking
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Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for staff monitoring on Windows and Mac
Controlio measures productivity, logs work time and records screens, in the cloud or on your own servers. Prices are shown for annual billing only, the agents run on Windows and Mac only, and the stealth mode means local monitoring law matters.
Who Controlio is for
- Fits if you manage Windows and Mac staff and need activity reports
- Works for companies that want the data kept on their own servers
Who Controlio is not for
- Not for you if your team uses Linux or phones, as agents run on Windows and Mac only
- Skip it if you need billing or invoicing, as it is built for monitoring, not billing clients
- Watch out: the agent can run hidden, so check local monitoring and consent laws first
- Watch out: the API, single sign-on and burnout views need Advanced at $9.99, and on-premises starts at 10 users
Why Controlio gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money$6.67 per user a month billed yearly, which is the middle of time tracking. The monthly rate is not stated.
- CFree plan and trial14-day free trial with no card needed, and no free plan.
- CFeaturesProductivity reports, screen recording, behaviour rules and compliance modes, but the listing shows agents only on Windows and Mac and nothing on projects or invoicing.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. Agents have to be installed on each computer and rules set before the reports mean much.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb dashboard with Windows and Mac agents; a REST API only on Advanced, one integration on record and no phone apps.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Controlio'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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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/controlio#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/controlio.svg" alt="Controlio: 2.0 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Controlio stands among time tracking apps
Controlio's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 4 of the 69 other time tracking apps we grade, and level with 12.
Its paid plans start at $6.67 a month for each person, against a middle price of $6.70 for the category: 27 of the 58 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 26 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. Controlio’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
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 3 of 69, level with 14
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 Controlio, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of Controlio you could make: time tracking. 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: 53 of the 69 other time tracking apps grade higher. It costs $80.04 a year.
What you could make
- Time tracking: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- Recording the screen with its sound, and somewhere to keep the video.
- Connections that pull numbers from dozens of other services.
- A real app for macOS and Windows. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- It plugs into other products, Active Directory among them, and has an API.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: HIPAA.
What this rests on. Controlio’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 Controlio?
Controlio is employee monitoring software that logs work time, apps and websites, scores productivity and can record screens as continuous video. It runs as a cloud service or on a company's own servers, and its agent has an optional stealth mode. Plans are priced per user with a 14-day trial.
Worth knowing
- Endpoint agents run on Windows and macOS only.
- The agent can run in a stealth mode with no visible icon, so local monitoring laws matter.
- Prices shown are for annual billing; the monthly rate is not stated in the page text.
- On-premises installs start at 10 users and private cloud at 100 users, on request.
Key features
- Productivity measurement
- AI-based categorization of activity as productive or distracting, with scores for users and departments.
- Work time logging
- Breaks the day into applications and websites, with attendance and working-hours reports.
- Screen recording
- Records screens as continuous video instead of periodic screenshots, and offers a live view of user desktops.
- Behavior rules
- Alerts on rules about apps, websites, keystrokes, USB devices, sessions and idle or active periods.
- Cloud or on-premises
- Runs as a hosted dashboard or on-premises, with server support for AWS, Windows and Linux.
- Compliance modes
- Offers a GDPR mode, and says on-premises deployment can be used to meet HIPAA.
Controlio pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Controlio is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $6.67 per user / month, billed annually.
- Starts at
- $6.67 per user / month, billed annually
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial, no credit card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $6.67per user / month, billed annually | 5 to 10,000 users: productivity and time reports, behavior rules, screen live stream and video, 6 months of storage. |
| Advanced | $9.99per user / month, billed annually | Adds workload and burnout views, mouse jiggler detection, REST API, single sign-on and location tracking. |
| Enterprise | Custom | For 100+ users: private cloud, custom storage and SLA, onboarding and priority support. |
Read from controlio.net on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Controlio before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave 17% with annual payments
The pricing page labels annual payments as 17% off compared with monthly payments.
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Common questions
Does Controlio have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Controlio is listed for Web, Windows and macOS.
Does Controlio have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Controlio is listed for Web, Windows and macOS.
Is Controlio open source?
Controlio is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Can Controlio be self-hosted?
Yes. Controlio's own site says it can be run on a server of your own.
Does Controlio have an API?
Yes. Controlio 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.