Project Time Tracking Software for Teams and Client Work

Track time to projects, tasks, and clients with Hubstaff. Real-time budget tracking, payroll, and invoicing tied to hours worked help you control labor costs, prevent scope creep, and accurately manage billable hours.
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Hubstaff time tracker software

Versatile project time tracking features

Gain real-time visibility for better staffing, flexible project budgeting, and accurate payments with project time tracking. Make adjustments on the fly to prevent overruns, avoid unnecessary overtime costs, and forecast more profitable projects.

Time tracking

Track time across projects, tasks, and clients

Track time to tasks, projects, and clients on desktop, web, or mobile. Hubstaff’s project time tracking software automatically funnels real-time hours into detailed, itemized timesheets, intuitive reports, expenses, invoices, and more.

Project workflows

Manage project workflows with built-in tasks and integrations

Don’t have the time to create your own tasks? Hubstaff’s PM integration ecosystem includes tools like Asana, Jira, Trello, ClickUp, and our own native Hubstaff Tasks add-on. Built-in to-dos, workflows, and task assignment data carry over for better project organization with less.

Project budgeting

Monitor project budgets and labor costs in real time

Real-time project budgets help teams control labor costs, predict project profitability, and prevent scope creep. Customizable budget alerts allow you to reallocate resources, reduce unnecessary overtime, and optimize workflows.

Streamlined payments

Track billable hours and simplify payment workflows

Manage timesheet approvals, contractor payments, and invoicing with our task-based time tracking payroll system. Ensure billable hours are accurate and payments are made on time with versatile, in-app payments through integrations with Wise, PayPal, Payoneer, Deel, and other providers.

Productivity

Gain deeper project visibility with productivity insights

Gain better operational visibility with real-time reporting features. Hubstaff’ combines project time tracking with customizable productivity monitoring and workforce analytics to help teams improve staffing, utilization, capacity planning, and operational visibility over time.

how does project time tracker work

How project time tracking works in Hubstaff

  1. Download the app, configure permissions, and set up projects.

    Download Hubstaff for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, or iOS. Or try the Chrome extension for task tracking in your browser. Then, create an organization, adjust permissions, set up projects and tasks, and organize by client, team, or project. You can also integrate with your favorite project management tools to reduce admin work.

  2. Track time, review project reports, and balance budgets.

    Once you’re set up, have teams track time to tasks and projects. See updates on hours worked, labor costs, and budget tracking from your customizable, live dashboard, or use real-time reporting features to improve budget tracking and staffing visibility. 

  3. Use project data to improve future planning.

    Gauge past project performance and make project estimation improvements for better forecasting, improved resource and capacity planning, and increased operational efficiency.

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