7 categories · RankedHubstaff
Hubstaff is time tracking software with productivity insights, built for remote teams and mobile crews · hubstaff.com ↗
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Strongest at small business. Ranked 15 of 94 for enterprise buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
ActivTrak is first at 39%.
ActivTrak is first at 47%. 1 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Teramind is first at 27%.
Why models recommend it
“Best Value for Small Teams: Hubstaff and HiveDesk offer core features (screenshots, time tracking) at the lowest cost.”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“The Best All-Rounder: Hubstaff ... likely the strongest option for general-purpose remote team management”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Direct question · first choice
“Hubstaff stands out as one of the best employee monitoring tools for companies with a limited budget.”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Best Overall Value: Hubstaff ... widely considered the best all-around tool for small businesses”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Budget-constrained question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Platforms that track keystrokes, log active mouse movements, take stealth screenshots... (e.g., *Hubstaff, Time Doctor, Teramind*...)”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Often criticized for creating a negative work environment through constant activity tracking”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“Privacy groups group these with Teramind under the broad term "bossware."”Muse Glimmer 30B · Negative question · warning
“Hubstaff *measures the movement of the mouse and the speed of keyboard strokes to endure high levels of productivity.*”Muse Glimmer 30B · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Hubstaff, over the 187 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 139 | 43 | Compare → | |
| 112 | 15 | View → | |
| 95 | 1 | View → | |
| 76 | 12 | Compare → | |
| 48 | 9 | Compare → | |
| 44 | 1 | View → | |
| 42 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 28 | 0 | View → | |
| 25 | 8 | View → | |
| 23 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Hubstaff →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Hubstaff's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- remote teams and mobile crews
- Price stated
- 4.99
- Starting price
- 4.99
- Free plan or trial
- Free 14-day trial
- Integrations
- 35
- Certifications
- GDPR, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, LGPD, CCPA
- Customers named
- Ahrefs, Instacart, Groupon®, CENTURY 21, ClearDesk, OneLMS, Ring, Affordable Staff
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 172 of the 187 answers that named Hubstaff and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
426 of the 475 domain citations in answers naming Hubstaff came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 602 | 4 | 2026-09-11 | Workforce planning, Payroll software | |
| Comparison | 81 | 0 | 2026-03-23 | ||
| Case study | 25 | undated | |||
| Glossary or explainer | 16 | 0 | 2024-02-09 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 9 | 4 | 2026-07-22 | ||
| Template or tool | 6 | 0 | 2018-01-16 | ||
| Report or ebook | 2 | 1 | 2026-08-14 | ||
| Podcast or video | 1 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-09-11Idle time tracking software blog
- 2026-09-07Unusual employee activity tracking blog
- 2026-08-14Time reporting software | Hubstaff report or ebook
- 2026-08-04Time off leave management blog
- 2026-07-29Time tracking with screenshots software | Hubstaff blog
- 2026-07-22Hubstaff reporting webinar webinar or virtual event
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page hubstaff.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.