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Virtual Assistant Time Tracking for Global Teams of Any Size

From a single virtual assistant to a full team of VAs, Hubstaff helps you track time and activity, generate automated timesheets, and pay them anywhere in the world.

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Powerful features for managing virtual assistants

Hubstaff's full suite of features for managing VA teams shows you exactly what's been worked on and ensures payments are made on time.

Time tracking

Real-time time tracking

Easily track work hours with precision and accuracy for your VA teams. Add pay rates for real-time budgeting and future project planning.

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Timesheets

VA Timesheet management

Hubstaff's automatic timesheets simplify workflows and streamline payments. Hubstaff begins generating itemized timesheets instantly. From there, VAs and managers can reduce admin time with one-click submissions and approvals that trigger timely payments.

View and edit timesheets in the Hubstaff time tracking dashboard showing hours tracked
Project management

Task and VA project management

Combine the power of Hubstaff with an agile project management add-on such as Hubstaff Tasks, or integrate with other popular project management tools, including Asana and Jira. See the amount of time your virtual assistants spent on specific tasks and real-time project spending so you can make adjustments mid-project.

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Activity monitoring

Activity monitoring

Boost efficiency and monitor workloads for your virtual assistants with Hubstaff’s productivity measurement capabilities. Ensure you're paying for VA work that actually gets done (not idle hours). Measure the productivity of your VA team members with activity rates, focus time, and time classification by job type. Then, identify inefficiencies, balance workflows, and gain insights into how focused your VAs are. Activity and URL tracking data is built with trust and includes optional screenshots that are visible to VAs and managers.

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Reporting and analytics

Reporting and analytics for your VAs

Gain real-time insights into how VAs are performing from the fully customizable Hubstaff dashboard. Drag and drop widgets for billable hours worked, earnings, keyboard and mouse activity, and more. For more in-depth data, choose from one of 20+ detailed reports like Time and Activity, Apps & URLs, or Payments. Transform hours into insights with audit and client-ready workforce analytics reports at scale.

Hubstaff insights dashboard showing work time highlights, utilization, classifications, activity, meetings, and focus time.
Automated payroll

Automated payroll

Simplify paying your virtual assistants with integrated time and payroll tracking. Use our payroll processing to set custom pay rates for each VA, ensuring accurate and streamlined payments. Pay each employee directly from Hubstaff on their preferred payroll app. Streamline large-scale contractor payroll with batch payments, customized per-VA rates, and multiple payment platform integrations.

Hubstaff payroll dashboard showing payment integrations, pay periods, hourly or fixed rates, and active payroll statuses
Shift scheduling

Shift scheduling and time off requests

Create new or recurring shifts for each of your VAs to manage round-the-clock coverage. Then, set up alerts for missed, late, or abandoned shifts. You can also add paid or unpaid time off policies, break policies, and shift schedules, and approve VA time off requests for better shift planning.

Employee scheduling software with weekly shift calendar, team availability, time-off tracking, and workforce schedule management.
Access control and security

Access control and security

Hubstaff’s guiding principles are transparency, access, and control. In other words, team members have full autonomy over Hubstaff's employee productivity software. Track, eliminate, or blur screenshots, websites, apps, and more to manage VAs your way. You can also set role-based permissions to protect sensitive data and secure the storage of activity logs. For contractors on company-owned equipment, install Hubstaff centrally and run it automatically when devices are in use; no VA  timer needed. Hubstaff also meets HIPAA, GDPR, and SOC 2 requirements.

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How Hubstaff Time Tracking for Virtual Assistants Works

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  1. Invite your VAs to download Hubstaff

    Virtual Assistants can download Hubstaff for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, or iOS to track time or use the Google Chrome extension.

  2. Assign tasks and track VAs time and productivity

    Once they're set up with Hubstaff, virtual assistants can log billable hours with a single click to track time for specific tasks, projects, clients, or work assignments.

  3. Pull productivity reports to analyze performance

    Clients and managers can view detailed time reports to see how Virtual Assistants allocate their working hours. Productivity Insights can improve task estimates, streamline workflows, and ensure projects are completed on budget and on schedule.

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The Ultimate List of Tasks to Outsource to a Virtual Assistant

Feeling overwhelmed but not sure how to delegate? Consider outsourcing to a virtual assistant. Check out these tasks you can assign to virtual assistants to reduce administrative time and help you focus on high-value work.

Best Virtual Assistant Software Tools

A virtual assistant is only helpful with the right tools. Check out our list of the best virtual assistant tools to see what software you can add to your tech stack to empower your virtual assistants to do their best work. 

Versatile Virtual Assistant Payroll

Streamline payroll with easy time tracking, automated timesheets, and versatile payroll. Pay VAs on tools like PayPal, Deel, and Wise directly from the Hubstaff app. 

Collage of remote workers with Hubstaff productivity insights showing team activity, app usage, and work time classification.

Actionable tips for managing VAs

New to managing virtual assistants? Here are a few tips to help you utilize Hubstaff to manage VAs more efficiently and effectively:

  • Set clear time tracking goals: Define what to track and why.

  • Use automated features: Leverage Hubstaff’s automation to save time.

  • Share reports regularly: Build trust by providing transparent updates.

  • Optimize workflows: Use productivity insights to refine daily routine.

  • Establish expectations: Set consistent tracking and reporting policies across teams.

Frequently asked questions

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