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Hubstaff and actiTIME are both premier time tracking tools that help in-office and remote teams of virtually any industry and size manage global teams more effectively. That said, Hubstaff brings a versatility that makes it appealing to businesses looking to extend their global workforce management capabilities beyond basic time tracking software.
Hubstaff blends time tracking with task management, employee productivity monitoring features, automated GPS time tracking, and integrated payroll to provide a well-rounded global workforce management solution.
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Hubstaff vs. actiTIME:
Which one is better?
| Feature | Hubstaff | actiTIME |
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Time Tracking |
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Location Tracking |
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Productivity Monitoring |
Monitors time, activity, URLs, apps, etc., in real time |
Monitors time but not activity, URLs, apps, etc. |
Reporting Features |
20+ reports |
15+ reports |
Invoicing |
Send invoices and receive payments through the app |
Must export invoices. No in-app invoicing or payments |
Project budgeting |
Advanced budgeting |
Basic budgeting features |
Scheduling |
Advanced shift scheduling and leave management |
Offers work statuses but no in-depth scheduling features |
Payroll |
Pay teams across an array of integrations directly from the app. |
No in-app payments (even through QuickBooks integration) |
Hubstaff vs. actiTIME
features at a glance
Above, you can see Hubstaff and actiTIME features at a glance. With Hubstaff, you’ll have a full-fledged time tracking and global workforce management app with real-time reporting, leave management, payroll, and more.
For teams looking for basic time tracking, reporting, and budgeting features, actiTIME is a simple time tracking app that serves as a nice starting point. However, the limited growth potential of actiTIME may stunt your team from reaching new heights.
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Time tracking features and timesheets
Hubstaff’s intuitive time tracking helps global teams of all sizes practice better time management. First, have users track time with a basic, click-to-start timer for web, mobile, and desktop. When the pay period is complete, one-click submissions and approvals help eliminate the admin work of manual timesheet submissions.
Like Hubstaff, actiTIME offers easy-to-use project-based time tracking and timesheets to streamline hours tracking.
The verdict: Both Hubstaff and actiTIME are intuitive solutions for teams looking to streamline time tracking, timesheet creation, and approvals.
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Location tracking
With built-in GPS features, Hubstaff allows you to automate clock-ins and clock-outs for your team for more accurate time tracking and payments. Create custom geofences around Job sites, and timers will automatically start and stop for each employee when they enter or leave the radius.
actiTIME lacks GPS and geofencing features, so field teams must remember to track their time from the actiTIME mobile app. Managers won’t have the luxury of route planning and tracking employee whereabouts that they’ll gain with Hubstaff.
The verdict: Hubstaff’s GPS and geofencing features are a unique and effective way to gain more accurate hours records for field teams.
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Productivity monitoring and optional screenshots
There’s more to team management than basic time tracking. Hubstaff’s productivity monitoring features help create a culture of trust and transparency for your global team by giving managers the authority to manage to their morals with the ability to:
Adjust screenshot frequency, blurring, or disable the feature altogether.
Track apps, URLs, and keyboard and mouse usage to gauge productivity.
Spot unusual activity, gauge utilization rates, and balance meeting and focus time with the Insights add-on.
actiTIME lacks productivity features but, like Hubstaff, you can gain some limited real-time insights into hours worked.
The verdict: Hubstaff has a more versatile blend of real-time employee monitoring and employee productivity features that gives users and managers full control over what data is and isn’t visible.
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Reporting features
Hubstaff offers 20+ detailed reports for productivity, time management, expense tracking, and more that you can schedule and email directly from the app. Additionally, users can access a fully customizable dashboard with real-time insights on hours worked, project spending, leave management, and more.
actiTIME offers 15+ reports on time, cost, and billing staff performance, but it doesn’t appear you can send them out straight from the app.
The verdict: actiTIME and Hubstaff have comparable reporting capabilities, but Hubstaff has a few more reports. While that might not seem like a huge difference, the additional reports allow users to delve into enterprise-grade employee productivity and workforce analytics data.
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Automatic invoicing
With Hubstaff, you can simplify payments by automatically generating invoices based on how employees track work hours. Create invoices with your custom branding, add automated line items, and send and receive payments directly through the app.
Set billing rates and create accurate PDF invoices with custom branding. Like Hubstaff, you can categorize invoices, mark them as billable and non-billable, and set priority tags to streamline billing.
The verdict: actiTIME has surprisingly in-depth invoicing features, but you must export them and manually send them out. Meanwhile, Hubstaff lets you send and receive payments without leaving the app.
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Project budgeting features
Set and track project budgets in real time with Hubstaff. You can also set automatic reminders and receive notifications when approaching your budget to prevent project cost overruns. You can look to these insights for more accurate project scoping for future projects.
actiTIME’s basic project budgeting features are helpful for smaller teams managing projects with fewer moving parts. Built-in project management software is a nice touch that helps you monitor budgets manually, but you cannot create alerts to keep your team on track.
The verdict: actiTIME is a great choice for managing smaller projects manually. Built-in task management makes it easier for project managers to budget and manage projects from one central location, but you can’t set limits and other notifications the way you can in Hubstaff.
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Shift scheduling
Hubstaff’s in-depth employee scheduling features allow you to create detailed schedules. An intuitive calendar interface with built-in employee activity data helps you optimize schedules around employees’ peak hours. You can also master leave management with PTO settings and receive notifications for missed, late, or abandoned shifts.
Unfortunately, actiTIME lacks true scheduling features at this time. You can handle basic leave management for your business, but you won’t be able to create custom schedules without looking to another tool.
The verdict: actiTIME lacks scheduling features altogether, while Hubstaff’s full range of shift scheduling features rival any scheduling tool on the market.
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Payroll management
Turn tracked time into timesheets and manage payroll right from the Hubstaff app. With the ability to make simultaneous payments across various payroll platforms like PayPal, Wise, Payoneer, and Deel, Hubstaff centralizes automatic time tracking, timesheets, and payments — a rare feat in the time tracking space.
actiTIME does not allow you to pay employees, contractors, and other team members. You’d need to export timesheets, invoices, and expenses and make payments on another platform.
The verdict: Due to actiTIME’s lack of payroll features, Hubstaff is the clear-cut winner in payroll management.
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What our customers say
“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.”
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OneIMS President and Founder
“We believe — just like Hubstaff — that talent is everywhere and people should be able to work any time, anywhere, even in their pajamas,” says Kothari. “As a company, we believe in the same future of work as Hubstaff, which is great because our values align.”
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Hubstaff vs. actiTIME:
Which one is right for you?
Hubstaff and actiTIME are both great time tracking apps, but you’ll need a strong sense of the full feature set you’re looking for to make the right decision for you and your team. Let’s check out the pricing breakdown for each tool to aid in your decision-making.
Pricing comparison
Hubstaff
Starter ($7/user/month)
Time tracking and timesheets
App & URL tracking and limited screenshots
Clients and invoices
Basic payments and reports
Grow ($9/user/month)
Reports and project budgets
Idle timeout and work breaks
Expenses tracking
Team ($12/user/month)
Insights add-on
Tasks add-on
Payments, payroll, and scheduling
Insights and team management
Overtime, time off, and holiday tracking
Enterprise ($25/user/month)
Location tracking
Higher limits on public API
HIPAA and SOC-2 Type II Compliance
Single sign-on and Hubstaff Corporate app
actiTIME
actiTIME operates on a per-user-per-month pricing model with cost incentives for teams with more users. Here’s the basic breakdown:
1-3 users: Free
1-40 users: $7/user/month
41-200: $6/user/month
200+: Fixed Cost for unlimited users
Still undecided?
Here's a concise breakdown
Hubstaff is a versatile, global time tracking tool and workforce analytics platform for teams of all sizes. It’s one of the most intuitive time trackers available, but features like GPS time tracking, project budgeting, leave management, and payroll really set it apart from the competition.
actiTIME is a great automatic time tracker and even offers underrated task management features to track billable hours built into the app. It’s not the most beautiful interface in the world, but it’s a powerful tool for teams on a budget who don't need advanced features and are tracking time to manage basic projects.
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