# Workstatus review (2026): is it worth $7 a month per user, billed yearly?

> Time tracking, attendance and project margins for service firms

Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Workstatus tracks work time with app and URL monitoring, screenshots, timesheets and attendance, and adds project boards and budget tracking. The cheaper Proof plan covers time, activity and scheduling; the Profit plan adds margin tracking, invoicing and capacity planning. It is aimed at service businesses such as agencies and IT firms.

- **Category:** Time Tracking
- **Made by:** Workstatus
- **Website:** https://www.workstatus.io
- **Runs on:** Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android
- **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you want invoicing and budgets, which start at $13 a user.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 13, 2026, Workstatus is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $7 per user / month, billed annually ($9 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** 14-day free trial, no credit card required.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Proof | $7 per user / month, billed annually ($9 billed monthly) | Time tracking with app and URL monitoring, screenshots, timesheets, shifts and leave, up to 99 projects and 90-day data retention. |
| Profit | $13 per user / month, billed annually ($16 billed monthly) | Everything in Proof, plus budget tracking, client invoicing, utilization forecasting, a resource planner and 180-day data retention. |
| Enterprise | Custom | For 100 or more users; volume pricing sold through sales, with SSO and SCIM, MDM deployment, private cloud options and 2-year retention. |

Read from https://www.workstatus.io/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Workstatus before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save about 20% with annual billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page lists annual billing at about 20% less than monthly: $7 against $9 on Proof and $13 against $16 on Profit. Source: https://www.workstatus.io/pricing

## Key features

- **Time and activity tracking:** Tracks time with app and URL monitoring, idle detection and configurable screenshots, with a blur option.
- **Timesheets and approvals:** Timesheet grids with manager approval, approval workflows and payroll exports with payslips.
- **Attendance and scheduling:** Shift scheduling, leave, PTO and overtime tracking. Geofencing and GPS tracking are a paid add-on.
- **Projects and boards:** Kanban, Gantt and workload views, tasks and quick tasks, with up to 99 projects on either plan.
- **Margin and budget tracking:** Profit adds budget-versus-actual by project and client, bill and cost rates, retainers and client invoicing.
- **Integrations and API:** Native integrations with Jira, Asana, ClickUp and Trello plus an API and webhooks, rate-limited by plan.

## Good for

- Agencies and IT firms that bill clients by project
- Teams that want time, attendance and project budgets in one tool
- Managers who need activity data on remote or field staff

## Worth knowing

- Live GPS and geofencing cost extra: the page lists a Field Operations add-on at $3 per user a month.
- Session replay and longer data retention are separate add-ons priced per user.
- Proof keeps 90 days of data and Profit 180 days unless the retention add-on is bought.
- It includes screenshots and activity monitoring, which teams may need to disclose to staff.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Workstatus tracks time, apps and screenshots from $7 a user a month on annual billing. Invoicing and budgets need the $13 plan, GPS and longer data retention cost extra, and it includes screenshots staff need to know about.

- **Value for money: C.** $7 a user a month on annual billing, $9 monthly, which is just above the $6.99 middle. Budgets and invoicing need $13.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** A 14-day trial with no card. No free plan.
- **Features: C.** Tracking, timesheets, shifts, projects and boards. Gaps: GPS is a $3 add-on and data is kept 90 days on the $7 plan.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Projects, approval flows and rates need setting up.
- **Platforms and integrations: A.** Web, Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android, with Jira, Asana, ClickUp, Trello, an API and webhooks.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Workstatus's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among time tracking apps

- Workstatus's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 41 of the 98 other time tracking apps we grade, and level with 24.
- It stands best on platforms and integrations (A, above 72 of 98) and worst on features (C, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $7 a month for each person, against a middle price of $6.99 for the category: 41 of the 80 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 13 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 Workstatus you could make: time tracking, time off, kanban boards, Gantt & timelines and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It costs $84 a year.

- You could make: Time tracking, time off, kanban boards, Gantt & timelines and reports: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when.
- You could not: A rota the whole staff sees on their phones, with swaps and alerts.
- You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
- You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.

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

## Works with

Jira, Asana, ClickUp, Trello

**Tags:** Time tracking, Time clock, Shift scheduling, Time off, Kanban boards, Gantt & timelines, Reports

## Alternatives

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

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026:

- https://www.workstatus.io/pricing
- https://www.workstatus.io/
- https://www.workstatus.io/downloads

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/workstatus
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