Hubstaff is a broad workforce platform with mobile apps, exports, an API and a long integration list. AllyTracker is narrower and cheaper to start: the employee reviews every screenshot before anyone else sees it.
Sources checked . Prices are per seat per month.
| AllyTracker | Hubstaff | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Free forever: 3 employee seats, 30-day history, no usage cap | 1 seat and 100 screenshots a month on Hubstaff's help page; a Hubstaff blog post says there is no free plan |
| Cheapest plan with screenshots | $2.99 per seat / month billed yearly ($3.99 monthly); admin seats are free | Starter $4.99 per seat / month billed yearly ($7 monthly), 500 screenshots a month; unlimited screenshots from Team ($10) |
| Employer sees a capture only after the employee approves it | Yes: the employer sees a capture only after the employee approves it | Not documented: screenshots are uploaded and visible to managers, and can be deleted afterwards |
| Employee can delete their own capture | Yes: the employee removes a capture before sharing, and that time is not billed | Yes: after upload, and deleting removes that time; managers can delete and keep the time |
| Admin seats are free | Free, on every plan | ✗ No: owners and managers are paid seats |
| Mobile app | Not yet | Yes: iOS and Android |
| Reports and exports | Hours per person and period in the app; no CSV export yet | Yes: CSV, PDF and QuickBooks-format exports; scheduled reports on all plans |
Both plans are real: Free is free forever, Starter is $2.99 per seat a month billed yearly.
| Free | Starter | Hubstaff | |
|---|---|---|---|
| History kept | 30 days | 90 days | Free 2 weeks; Starter 1 month; Grow 3; Team 6 months |
| Capture interval | 10 min, fixed | 10 min, fixed | 1 to 3 per 10 min, random; Starter 500 shots / mo |
| Daily tracked-hours cap | No cap | No cap | Daily, weekly and shift limits on Team and up |
| Devices tracked per member | No limit today | No limit today | — |
A dash means the vendor's own pages do not state it.
AllyTracker Starter is $2.99 per seat / month billed yearly ($3.99 monthly); admin seats are free. For Hubstaff: Starter $4.99 per seat / month billed yearly ($7 monthly), 500 screenshots a month; unlimited screenshots from Team ($10). Prices change, so confirm on Hubstaff's site before you decide.
1 seat and 100 screenshots a month on Hubstaff's help page; a Hubstaff blog post says there is no free plan. AllyTracker's free plan: free forever: 3 employee seats, 30-day history, no usage cap.
We found no employee approval step documented for Hubstaff: screenshots are uploaded and visible to managers, and can be deleted afterwards. In AllyTracker every capture lands in a private review tray on the employee's device, and the employer sees only what the employee approves.
Yes. Free forever: 3 employee seats, 30-day history, no usage cap. Every sign-up starts with a 14-day trial of Starter, and an unconverted trial moves to Free instead of losing access.
Facts come from Hubstaff's own pages where we could read them, and are labeled where they come from a third party. Checked 2026-09-30. Plans and prices change, so confirm on Hubstaff's site before you decide. Where a page would not load or two pages disagree, we say so instead of guessing. Found something out of date? Email support@allytracker.com and we will correct it.
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