Employee time tracking software for scaling teams

See exactly where time goes across your teams, prevent payroll errors before they happen, and turn approved hours into accurate payments and client billing.

We use time tracking for international teams for payroll purposes because we can make sure that people are not unproductive or wasting our time.

Hubstaff dashboard with time tracking, workforce analytics, and employee productivity metrics alongside remote worker.

Get accurate time records from day one

Track hours across projects and tasks, automate timesheets, and keep payroll, billing, and reporting in sync.

Benefits of employee time tracking software

Employee time tracking software connects work hours to timesheets, payments, and budgets so leaders can see where time goes across teams, approve hours confidently, and keep projects profitable.

  • See distribution of time across clients, teams, projects, and locations.
  • Spot time overruns before they become deadline or budget problems.
  • Turn approved hours into automated team payments and client billing.
  • Optimize project and client budgets with real-time visibility into labor costs.

Time tracking built for how your team works

From automatic time capture to approved timesheets and payroll workflows, Hubstaff gives global teams everything they need to manage hours accurately and keep projects profitable.

Timesheet automation

Turn tracked time into accurate timesheets automatically. Team members review and submit hours, and managers approve them in one click to trigger payments.

Project time tracking

Track time to projects, tasks, and clients, and see hours, labor costs, and budget use in real time to prevent overruns and bill accurately.

Time reports

Generate detailed reports on time, activity, payments, and budgets by team member, client, or project to improve estimates and staffing decisions.

Overtime tracker

Track overtime automatically across devices, set weekly hour limits to control costs, and keep overtime pay accurate in timesheets and payroll.

Mobile time tracker

Track time on iOS and Android with timers, breaks, and notes. Hours sync with the desktop and web apps, so records stay complete wherever teams work.

Geofence time tracking

Create geofenced Job sites that clock field teams in and out automatically using GPS-based boundaries, for fewer missed punches and accurate hours.

Start tracking time in three steps

Give teams a flexible way to track time across devices, projects, and locations while providing managers with consistent records and time intelligence from one place.

  1. Set up tracking across teams

    Employees can download Hubstaff for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, or iOS, or track directly via the Chrome extension. Admins can deploy across teams from a centralized dashboard.

  2. Track time however you work

    Track time to tasks, projects, clients, or work orders, or use GPS and geofenced tracking for field teams. Hubstaff generates timesheets, invoices, and activity data automatically.

  3. Translate time data into insights

    Managers can use workforce intelligence and time reports to review hours, identify productivity bottlenecks, analyze work and AI usage patterns, and refine project estimates, all from a single dashboard.

For every team type, wherever work happens

More than 140,000 users across remote, hybrid, and distributed teams rely on Hubstaff to maintain compliant time records, improve profitability, and ensure billing accuracy.

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Time tracking fundamentals

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