Hubstaff Review - why 4.6 stars?

• Time Tracking: With Hubstaff, employers can track working hours for all employees, prepare accurate employee timesheets with automated attendance tracking, and track time from any device and anywhere in the world.
• Productivity Monitoring: Managers and supervisors use Hubstaff to determine productivity benchmarks with activity rates, view the team productivity on the Dashboard, and reduce inefficiency with time and activity reports.
• Reporting: With the reporting features on Hubstaff, managers can develop detailed reports, leverage accurate timesheet reporting, and understand the profitability of a project at a glance.
• GPS Tracking: The GPS tracking feature on Hubstaff helps managers keep track of fleets, manage the crew ins and outs with Geofences, and minimize administrative work with automated time cards.
• Online Timesheets: Hubstaff helps supervisors and team lead track work hours accurately and get detailed reports to aid decision-making.
• Automated Payroll: With Hubstaff, companies can process payments at zero cost, automate the payment process, and access precise timesheets for payroll accuracy.

• Hubstaff has great features that reduce admin work
• The software allows users to take screenshots of all interfaces for record purposes
• Hubstaff has reliable support personnel and resources

• The limited payment integrations on Hubstaff can be problematic
• The metrics of measuring productivity are sometimes off

• Cost: Hubstaff pricing starts at $7 per user per month, and a free plan is available. In comparison, Time Doctor pricing starts at $7, ActivTrak pricing begins at $9, Toggl Track at $9, and Timely pricing is pegged at $8. Each pricing schedule follows a user-based model, while ActivTrak and Toggl Track have free plans.
• Popularity: Hubstaff was founded in 2012 and caters to over 40,000 customers globally. In comparison, over 9,000 customers use ActivTrak, Toggl Track has an estimated 70,000 customers, Time Doctor serves over 140,000 businesses, and Timely is trusted by over 5,000 businesses globally.
• Functionality: Hubstaff has the typical functionalities of employee management software including employee activity monitoring and time tracking. Hubstaff does not have the employee email monitoring feature which ActivTrak and Timely have. Hubstaff has the keystroke recording feature which ActivTrak and Toggl Track do not have.
• Scalability: Hubstaff is scalable for small and large-scale operations alike, and so also are its top competitors.
• Customers/Industries: Hubstaff serves remote and service teams signed on to businesses across industries like software development, accounting, e-commerce, construction, etc, and also single-person freelancers. In comparison, Toggl Track and other top competitors of Hubstaff target similar customers across various industries.
• Support: Clients that use Hubstaff can access support through the following channels: knowledge base, FAQ section, live chat, and email support. In comparison, Time Doctor has the phone support channel available, which Hubstaff does not offer. Timely and Toggl Track ask do not have phone support like Hubstaff.
• Cloud/On-premise: Hubstaff is a cloud-based and on-premise software solution. In comparison, all top alternatives of Hubstaff are entirely cloud-based software.

What is the REAL total cost of implementation? on top of the total cost of licenses which is easy to calculate you need to add the cost of training, customization, data migration, and other "hidden cost". ITQlick pricing score is 2 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). You can fine here the REAL total cost breakdown for Hubstaff. You can also find here pricing information from Hubstaff's website.