Workforce optimization solution for global teams

Workforce optimization software helps cut operational costs and improve customer experience. It breaks project management barriers by clearly allocating tasks based on productivity levels. This allows teams to do their best work — and with more efficiency and less stress.
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Workforce optimization software features

Streamline operations for global teams and remove inefficiencies with real-time workforce management features. Automate admin tasks like time tracking and payroll management to increase productivity, improve customer interactions, and help your employees focus on the tasks that matter the most.

Time tracking

A timer app for global teams

Improve global workforce management by allowing hybrid and remote teams to track time spent on projects and tasks with one click. See real-time updates on hours worked, earnings, and more from your fully customizable drag-and-drop dashboard.

Timesheets

Generate automated timesheets from tracked time

Hubstaff generates timesheets automatically as your team tracking time. Before submitting, employees can edit time entries, add notes, or enter manual hours. Managers can then review, approve, and trigger payments across multiple payroll integrations directly from Hubstaff.

Employee productivity

Manage team productivity with real-time data

Streamline workflow efficiency across global teams by analyzing real-time productivity with keyboard and mouse activity, apps and URL usage, and more. Want more detailed productivity data? Try Insights to cut down on meetings, spot unusual activity, and compare productivity data against competitors in your industry.

Payroll

Automated, accurate, and on-time payments

Configure payroll settings, enter pay rates, and adjust payment frequency to simplify payment processing for your employees. Once you approve timesheets, payments get processed automatically through popular payment providers like PayPal, Payoneer, Wise Gusto, and other payroll integrations.

Reporting

Customize reports for data that matters

Gain complete visibility into how your team works using Hubstaff’s innovative reporting features. See activity levels, hours worked, project budgets, expenses, and more. Choose from 20+ customizable report templates to organize productivity data and download them in Excel or PDF format.

how workforce optimization works

How workforce optimization software works

QuickBooks
Export tracked time from Hubstaff to QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop.
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Deel
Easily streamline your global payroll by connecting Hubstaff with Deel for seamless contractor payments.
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Salesforce
Track time spent on your assigned Salesforce tasks after integrating with Hubstaff.
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Zendesk
Track time spent on your assigned Zendesk tickets with Hubstaff.
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PayPal
Send payments to your team instantly and securely using Hubstaff’s seamless integration with PayPal.
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Asana
Track time to Asana projects and tasks for better project planning.
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See what our customers say

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cost savings by eliminating wasted tasks

10% - 25%
Project savings
25%
Cost reduction from bad hires
We work in a lot of different industries, so I can’t always know what’s a 45-minute task and what’s a four-hour task. With tools like Hubstaff, you can tell. You then decide if a whole project should’ve taken 16 hours or if someone is just not the right fit.Solomon ThimothyOneIMS President
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faster project completion


Bookkeeping reduced from
1 week to 1-2 days
Over 100% ROI
By improving productivity and visibility
My people need to document their work so that I can have visibility into what they did during the day. Using Hubstaff reduces the meeting time I needed and gives me clarity into what was done and what wasn’t.Brian DordevicDirector of Strategic Planning
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reduction in check-in meeting time


10% - 25%
Increase in activity level
100% confidence
In running a remote operation
Without Hubstaff, I wouldn’t be confident in running a remote business. We used the platform from the first day we opened the office in India, so I knew it would give me the insights and confidence to commit to remote working.Ross CrawfordManaging Director
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