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title: "Time Doctor Alternatives | Workfolio"
description: "Before you choose a replacement for Time Doctor, check that its agent does not slow or crash the computers it runs on, and that seats and plans are charged only as you approve them."
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# Alternatives to Time Doctor

Before you choose a replacement for Time Doctor, check that its agent does not slow or crash the computers it runs on, that seats and plans are charged only as you approve them, how the interface reads on first use, how cancelling works, whether activity data counts meetings and reading, and how the screenshots look to the people they are taken of.

### Time Doctor's strengths

- Screenshots that employees can see, with admins setting blur and frequency, on Basic and up
- Offline work logged, such as meetings and calls
- Custom email alerts, on Standard and up
- Leave tracking, on Standard and up
- Silent tracking, on every plan

### Time Doctor's limits

- Web and app usage reporting, on Standard and up
- Productivity ratings, on Standard and up
- Video screen recording, as an add-on below Premium
- Single sign-on, as an add-on below Premium

[Time Doctor review](/time-doctor-review)

## ActivTrak

Meeting time counted as work: offline meeting time tracking, on Work Activity Tracking and up.

Leaders, executives and managers in operations and IT, data analysis, finance, AI strategy, and human resources.

### Strengths

- Automatic time tracking, on every plan
- Real-time visibility, on Work Activity Tracking
- Productivity insights and trends, on Productivity Optimization
- Offline meeting time, on Work Activity Tracking and up
- Alarm notifications by email, MS Teams, Slack and webhooks, on Work Activity Tracking and Workforce Management

### Limits

- No keystroke logging, video or camera monitoring
- Screenshot redaction no longer offered
- Screenshots only with an add-on
- Automated email exception reporting, on Workforce Management and up
- Paid support plan needed above 50 licenses

$10.00/user/month (Billed Annually)

[Workfolio vs ActivTrak](/workfolio-activtrak)

## Workfolio

Charges for seats: Basic is free for unlimited users, and keeps 14 days of data.

Remote and hybrid teams

### Strengths

- Unlimited tracking
- Unlimited teams
- Unlimited Storage
- Screenshots every 1 minute
- Free Forever

### Limits

- Last 14 days data retention, on Basic
- 10 GB file storage limit, on Basic
- After utilising the 10 GB free storage, tracking will be limited to timesheet, on Basic
- API: Coming Soon
- Invoice: Coming Soon

$3.99/user/month (Billed Annually)

## Insightful

Screenshots that feel like micromanagement: blurred by default.

Companies running on tight margins, with operations, IT, HR, and information security teams, remote, hybrid, or in-office, in BPO, call centers, financial services, and healthcare.

### Strengths

- Screenshots blurred by default, no keystroke logging on any tier
- Active and idle time, on Workforce Analytics, Combo and Enterprise
- Clock in and out automatically, on every plan
- Shifts checked against synced leave
- Stealth mode alongside visible mode

### Limits

- Insider threat detection, as an add-on
- Screen recording, as an add-on
- Up to 120 screenshots an hour, as an add-on
- Invoicing not yet offered on Workforce Analytics, Combo or Enterprise
- Workflow Optimization is in beta

$8.00/user/month (Billed Annually)

[Workfolio vs Insightful](/workfolio-insightful)

## Timely

Micromanaging: Timely takes no screenshots and no mouse tracking.

Consultancies, agencies, professional services firms, SaaS businesses, and enterprises.

### Strengths

- Automatic time tracking, on every plan
- Apps and websites, from Starter
- Automatic reminders, on every plan
- Budget milestone alerts, on Premium and Unlimited
- Invoices sent to QuickBooks Online, on Premium and Unlimited

### Limits

- No screenshots
- Team management, on Premium and up
- Capacity management and reporting, on Unlimited only
- Starter seats five users

$16.00/user/month (Billed Annually)

[Workfolio vs Timely](/workfolio-timely)

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