# Hubstaff

> Time tracking, productivity monitoring, and automated payroll for remote teams

Hubstaff is a workforce management platform that tracks work hours, activity levels, and app usage across desktop and mobile devices. It turns tracked hours into automated timesheets, client invoices, and payroll payouts through integrations with tools like Wise and PayPal. It is widely used by remote agencies and companies that want proof of work and operational visibility.

Website: https://hubstaff.com/

## What it is for

- Track billable work hours across remote contractors and employees
- Monitor remote team productivity using activity levels, app usage, and optional screenshots
- Automate global payroll payouts based on approved timesheets
- Track field team attendance and job sites using GPS geofencing

## Features

- Multi-platform time tracking timer for desktop, web, and mobile
- Productivity monitoring with activity levels, idle time alerts, and optional screenshots
- Automated timesheets and timesheet approval workflows
- GPS location tracking and geofenced job sites for field teams
- AI unusual activity detection to identify fake inputs like mouse jigglers
- Project budgeting, cost management, and client invoicing
- Integrations with payment systems (Wise, PayPal, Deel) and project tools (Jira, Asana, Trello)

## Pricing

Freemium. Free 14-day trial; paid plans based on user seats and feature tiers.

## Details

- Type: Web app
- Category: [Productivity](https://xiry.app/topics/productivity.md)
- Open source: no
- Platforms: Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Browser extension, API
- For: Remote and hybrid companies, agencies, BPOs, and managers overseeing distributed contractors.
- Alternative to: Time Doctor, Toggl Track, Clockify, Harvest
- Tags: time tracking, employee monitoring, remote work, payroll, timesheets, productivity

## Why it was saved

- [@ihustlebro, 9 July 2023](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CudSPq3ASq2/): Lets remote employees clock in and out while capturing activity levels and screen monitoring, notifying managers of downtime.

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Updated 3 October 2026. Page: https://xiry.app/resources/hubstaff

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