# Apploye: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 13 judge labels across 5 categories by 12 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/apploye

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Employee monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/planning/employee-monitoring/index.md) | 2% | 6 | 0% | 9 |
| [Frontline employee apps](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/experience/frontline-employee-apps/index.md) | 0% | 68 | 100% | 1 |
| [People analytics](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/planning/people-analytics/index.md) | 0% | 98 | 100% | 1 |
| [Performance management](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/performance/performance-management/index.md) | 0% | 47 | 100% | 1 |
| [Time and attendance](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/core/time-and-attendance/index.md) | 0% | 44 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "For a company with a limited budget, Apploye is the strongest overall choice" (Perplexity Sonar, Employee monitoring)
- "If you need full monitoring (screenshots, app/site logs) under a tight budget: Go with Apploye or Monitask." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Employee monitoring)
- "Best Free Option: Apploye provides a free plan, making it ideal if you want to start with no cost." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Employee monitoring)
- "Apploye is a budget option for small teams, with paid plans starting from $4.50 per user per month" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Employee monitoring)

## And against it

- "tested nine workplace-monitoring platforms: Apploye, Deputy, Desklog, Hubstaff, Monitask, Buddy Punch, Time Doctor 2, VeriClock, and When I Work. In the researchers’ test setup, all nine shared identifying worker data" (GPT-6 Luna, People analytics)
- "Every single platform shared identifying worker data, including names and emails, with out" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Performance management)
- "Shares worker data with third-party data brokers per the investigation" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Frontline employee apps)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Apploye, from 17 of the 17 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- tmetric.com: 9
- peoplemanagingpeople.com: 8
- forbes.com: 7
- softwareadvice.com: 6
- clevercontrol.com: 5
- currentware.com: 5
- insightful.io: 5
- peoplegoal.com: 4
- zdnet.com: 4
- clockify.me: 3

### Pages cited

- https://tmetric.com/best-software/best-employee-monitoring-software: 8
- https://forbes.com/advisor/business/software/best-employee-monitoring-software: 6
- https://clevercontrol.com/best-employee-monitoring-software-for-small-businesses-2026: 5
- https://currentware.com/blog/best-employee-monitoring-software: 5
- https://peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/best-free-employee-monitoring-software: 5
- https://softwareadvice.com/employee-monitoring: 5
- https://peoplegoal.com/blog/best-employee-monitoring-and-tracking-software-list: 4
- https://peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/best-employee-monitoring-software: 4

## In its own words

What Apploye's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Next Generation Employee Productivity Platform (https://apploye.com/)
- For: Desk, Mobile and Remote Teams (https://apploye.com/)
- Price stated: Free, Elite, Power, Enterprise (https://apploye.com/)
- Starting price: 0 (https://apploye.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Start free trial; No Credit Card Required (https://apploye.com/)
- Integrations claimed: 4 (https://apploye.com/)
- Certifications: GDPR, HIPAA
- Customers named: Jezweb, WingAssistant, HubXpert, DentistFind, Douglas Tech Academy, BrandMojo

## What it publishes

Every page apploye.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 1039 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 414 pages, 7 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-07
- case study: 23 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2020-09-09
- report or ebook: 11 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 80 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-13
- template or tool: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-11-06
- glossary or explainer: 10 pages, 4 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-26
- Recent: 2026-09-26 glossary or explainer: Glossary payroll billing terms https://apploye.com/help/glossary-payroll-billing-terms
- Recent: 2026-09-26 glossary or explainer: Glossary apploye time activity terms https://apploye.com/help/glossary-apploye-time-activity-terms
- Recent: 2026-09-07 blog: Employee attendance tracker templates https://apploye.com/employee-attendance-tracker-templates
- Recent: 2026-08-18 blog: Problems time tracking solves https://apploye.com/blog/problems-time-tracking-solves
- Recent: 2026-08-18 blog: Why track time salaried employees https://apploye.com/blog/why-track-time-salaried-employees
- Recent: 2026-08-17 blog: What employees accept monitoring https://apploye.com/blog/what-employees-accept-monitoring

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.