Productivity Monitoring Software to Empower Distributed Teams Remote Teams Hybrid Teams
Hubstaff’s time tracking software with built-in productivity monitoring shows how work hours translate into results. Identify productivity trends, uncover time drains, and support focus — without micromanagement.
Hubstaff is a great tool for businesses that operate remotely because it gives accountability to employees and streamlined tracking capabilities for the managers.
Why Productivity Tracking Matters
Productivity monitoring isn’t about surveillance — it’s about better outcomes. See how work gets done, spot inefficiencies, and support teams in avoiding burnout.
- Improve visibility into how projects move forward.
- Spot distractions before they lead to missed deadlines.
- Support fair, data-driven performance reviews.
- Balance healthy workloads across remote and hybrid teams.
See why businesses are looking to Hubstaff to manage their teams more effectively.
How Hubstaff’s productivity monitoring works
Track time with Hubstaff apps
Have employees, contractors, and other team members install Hubstaff’s desktop, mobile, or Chrome apps and begin tracking time to tasks and projects. Every productivity metric is built on accurate time tracking to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
Capture productivity signals
While the timer runs, Hubstaff records key productivity data on desktop — App & URL usage, activity levels, idle time, and optional screenshots. Each feature can be enabled or disabled to fit your workflow, and screenshots can be blurred or turned off entirely. Hubstaff records context, never content.
Review insights and reports
Hubstaff turns raw productivity signals into clear productivity dashboards and 20+ reports. Managers can customize their dashboard to see live updates on activity trends, workloads, and focus patterns using drag-and-drop widgets. Data can then be filtered by employee, project, or timeframe, and exported for clients, key stakeholders, or internal reviews.
Key features of Hubstaff’s productivity monitoring
Hubstaff provides a clear, low-intrusion view of how work time is used. Instead of surveillance, it focuses on tangible data, context, and simple signals that help teams stay focused and work more effectively.
Activity levels
Hubstaff does not perform keystroke logging under any circumstances. Instead, keyboard and mouse activity percentages serve as a simple signal of engagement, not a definitive measure of productivity. Low activity during training sessions, meetings, or calls is normal — it’s the context that matters.
App & URL tracking
See which apps and websites are used during tracked time for smoother workflows and optimized tech budgets. Check out the AI category to see how artificial intelligence speeds up your workday. Or, try Insights for productive/unproductive classifications to help reduce wasted hours.
Idle time tracking
Detect and manage idle time for more accurate time tracking, timesheets, and payments. Alerts help you spot idle timeouts in real time to prevent time theft, burnout, and other issues before it’s too late.
Achievement badges
Turn productivity tracking into motivation, not micromanagement. Reward consistent focus with Achievements that recognize employee efficiency, completed tasks, and time goals. You’ll also gain better insight into unhealthy work patterns or overwork.
Optional screenshots
Add visual context to time entries with optional screenshots. Fully customizable time tracking with screenshots (frequency, blur, or off entirely) are designed to put users in control of their management style and compliance needs.
Workforce analytics (next-level Insights)
Take productivity tracking further with Hubstaff Insights — advanced workforce analytics that highlight unusual activity, workload imbalances, and optimization opportunities. Balance utilization rates, cut down on unnecessary meetings, and take productivity to the next level.
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How productivity monitoring differs from employee monitoring
Employee monitoring focuses on accountability and compliance — things like app and URL tracking, screenshots, and activity evidence. Productivity monitoring, on the other hand, centers on efficiency and trends. It’s about helping teams identify productivity trends, reduce burnout, and improve efficiency without micromanagement. While both methods have value, Hubstaff enables you to make the transition from monitoring for control to monitoring for performance.
Hubstaff’s guiding principles
Hubstaff is designed to provide clarity, not an excuse to micromanage. Users are in control of when they track time, take breaks, and submit timesheets, and they can remove sensitive data as needed. The software also ensures monitoring is connected only to active work time on employee-owned devices.
Who uses Hubstaff’s employee productivity software?
Hubstaff’s time tracking software with built-in productivity monitoring powers over 112,000 teams of virtually every size — from outsourcing firms to growing virtual agencies and enterprise operations. Whether you manage hundreds of contractors or a small hybrid crew, Hubstaff gives you visibility into how work gets done without slowing teams down.
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