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Easier, More Affordable Hubstaff Alternative

Apploye gives you unlimited screenshots, unlimited apps & websites tracking for just $4.50 per user each month. That's 50-80% less than Hubstaff, where the same features cost $10-25 per user.

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Why Choose Apploye over Hubstaff?

Starter — FREE /user/mo

Free forever for up to 10 users with time tracking, invoices, attendance, payroll basics, and monitoring essentials.

Starter — $4.99 /user/mo

Core time tracking + timesheets + activity levels, with limits on screenshots, app/URL tracking, and payments.

Elite — $4.50 /user/mo (Most popular)

Full team time tracking + projects + approvals + invoices + attendance + payroll + monitoring, plus integrations (and optional screenshots control).

Grow — $7.50 /user/mo

Adds reports, budgets, idle timeout, breaks, expenses, and 1 integration—still with screenshot/app/URL limits.

Power — $8 /user/mo

Advanced monitoring with add-ons included (like more screenshots + API access) and real-time instant screenshots.

Team — $10 /user/mo

Removes limits and adds payroll, time off, scheduling/attendance, approvals, and unlimited integrations.

Enterprise — $10 /user/mo

Enterprise-ready controls: SSO, account provisioning, higher API limits, ACH, guided onboarding, and dedicated support.

Enterprise — $25 /user/mo

Adds SSO, provisioning, enterprise deployment, higher API limits, ACH, and compliance (HIPAA, SOC-2 Type II).

25 users on entry tiers: Hubstaff Starter vs. Apploye Elite → save $147/year with Apploye.

25 users on mid tiers: Hubstaff Team vs. Apploye Power → save $600/year with Apploye.

25 users on top tiers: Hubstaff Enterprise vs. Apploye Enterprise → save $4,500/year with Apploye.

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Time Tracking

Features

Automated time tracking

Costs $0

All plans starting at $4.99

Multi-platform timer app

Costs $0

All plans starting at $4.99

Timesheet approvals

Costs $0

All plans starting at $4.99

Idle time out

Costs $0

Team ($10) or higher

Discard idle time

Costs $0

Grow ($7.5) or higher

Hubstaff sells you time tracking first. Then, they charge extra for features that stop messy timesheets. Apploye works differently. It gives you all the time tracking features from day one. Plus, you don't pay any extra.

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Productivity Tracking

Features

Screenshots

Starts at $4.50 (Unlimited)

Starter ($4.99) (Limited - 500/seat/mo)

Grow ($7.5) (Limited - 1,500/seat/mo)

Team ($10) (Unlimited)

Activity levels

Costs $0

All plans starting at $4.99

Apps & URLs tracking

Costs $4.50 (Unlimited)

Starter ($4.99) (Limited - 500/seat/mo)

Grow ($7.5) (Limited - 1,500/seat/mo)

Team ($10) (Unlimited)

Apploye’s entry plan is built around unlimited usage, while Hubstaff reserves “unlimited” for a higher tier. This means cost rises as soon as you need the product to work without restrictions.

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Add-ons

Features

More Screenshots

Costs $2 for 1 screenshot per every minute

Costs $2.50 for 1 screenshot every minute

Screen Recording

Costs $4

❌ Not Available

Locations

❌ Not Available

Team $10 + add on $3.33

Stealth app

Costs $2

Costs $2.5

On Premise

Costs $3

❌ Not Available

Get screen recording + on-prem options and cheaper add-ons with Apploye; Hubstaff’s key extra is Locations, but it comes at a premium price.

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Workforce Management

Features

Dashboard

All Plans

Attendance & Leaves

Costs $4

Team ($10) or higher

Client Invoices

Free for 3 clients

Elite ($4.50) for unlimited clients

Starter ($4.99) for 5 clients

Grow ($7.5) for unlimited clients

Expense tracking

Costs $0

Grow ($7.5) or higher

Payments & payroll

Costs $0

Starter ($4.99) or higher

Project budgets

Costs $0

Grow ($7.5) or higher

Tasks & to-dos

Costs $0

Starter ($4.99) (Limited - 500)

Grow ($7.5) (Limited - 1,500)

Team ($10) (Unlimited)

Apploye gives you most admin features for free right from the start. On the other hand, with Hubstaff, you have to buy higher plans to unlock the main features.

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Security & Privacy

Features

HIPAA compliance

All Plans

Enterprise ($25+) only

GDPR compliance

Available

Apploye gives you HIPAA in every plan (no extra cost), while Hubstaff only offers HIPAA if you buy their most expensive plan.

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Companies That Switched from
Hubstaff to Apploye

"Reliable Tool with Exceptional Support"

We were previously using Hubstaff, but we decided to switch to Apploye because we wanted a simpler, more straightforward solution that still gave us all the core features we needed for time tracking. Apploye offered a cleaner interface, was easier for our team to use, and came at a more reasonable price point. After making the switch, we found that it not only met our needs but also provided much better customer support. It was definitely the right decision for our team.

Jaycee D.

HR
Marketing and Advertising

"Best Tracking Software Ever"

Overall experience is very, very good. everything is work smooth, cool UI, and integrations are available. Easy setup, all type reporting, easy to manage users and get invoices ready, lifetime deal, no pay monthly, work with slow internet.

I get a lifetime deal with the same features that Hubstaff has. Hubstaff charges the owner, even though they do not track.

Darshan V

Manager
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

How FundedNext Manages a 100+ Global Trading Team with Apploye - Improving Time Tracking by 40%

"We chose Apploye as the best solution to track work hours and ensure productivity, integrity, and transparency after using and dropping tools like Traqq and Hubstaff."

Abdullah Zayed

Founder & CEO, FundedNext

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Hubstaff vs. Apploye: When to choose which?

Use Hubstaff when…

You want built-in payroll/payments integrations.
You manage field teams and want GPS + geofencing job-site workflows.
You want a bigger integration ecosystem.
You want monitoring that’s configurable with privacy controls, and you care about compliance messaging.
You prefer Hubstaff’s approach to time-tracking + timesheet controls across the tiers you’re evaluating.
You’re okay with higher per-add-on pricing.

Use Apploye when…

You need an on-premise deployment / want monitoring data on your own server for tighter data control.
You mostly track desk/remote work and want straightforward time tracking + monitoring.
You’re fine with core PM integrations (e.g., Jira/Asana/ClickUp/Trello/Zoho) without a huge payroll/accounting web.
You want strong “transparency” positioning (“no spying”) plus the option for screenshots + screen recording when employees manually start tracking.
You want a plan setup where core time tracking, projects, approvals, invoicing, attendance/payroll, and monitoring can be bundled together on the tier you’re evaluating (per the plan details).
You want cheaper add-ons (e.g., stealth app + more screenshots priced lower in your copy).

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Book a free demo, and our team will show you how we beat Hubstaff with better features, lower prices, and easier setup.

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Easier, More Affordable Hubstaff Alternative

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Companies That Switched fromHubstaff to Apploye

Hubstaff vs. Apploye: When to choose which?

Companies That Switched from
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