Comparison · Hubstaff vs Time Doctor · India

Hubstaff vs Time Doctor (2026): features, prices in ₹ and which to pick

Checked on vendor pages 29 Oct 2026 · Prices in ₹ with 18% GST

14-day free trial
No credit card
₹120/user/month + GST

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Hubstaff is the better pick if your team works in the field or you want payroll payouts and client invoices in the same tool. It has GPS job sites with geofencing, client invoices on every plan and the lower starting price. Time Doctor is the better pick if your priority is close monitoring of computer work. It adds video screen recording, shows no seat minimum and gives web and app usage on Standard and above. Both bill in US dollars, so Indian buyers also pay 18% GST and usually a card forex fee.

Prices and features checked on 29 Oct 2026 on each vendor's own pages. Rupee figures use the Wise mid market rate of ₹95.2525 per US$ (29 Oct 2026, 5:02 PM IST). Your bank will use its own rate on the day you are charged.

Head-to-head comparison

Hubstaff · Time Doctor

Head-to-head comparison
Capability	Trakkar	Hubstaff	Time Doctor
Prices in rupees	₹120/user/month + GST, published	No. US dollars only, no Indian tax shown (pricing)	No. US dollars, even from an Indian IP address. Tax, if any, appears at checkout (pricing)
Free trial	14 days, no credit card	14 days, no credit card, plus a 30 day money back guarantee (pricing)	14 days of Premium, no credit card (pricing). No refunds after the trial except in listed cases (refund policy)
Idle detection	Idle time flagged; typed breaks	Idle timeout from Grow; custom timeout and auto discard of idle time from Team. Not on Starter (idle time, pricing)	"Time Out After" on all plans, default 15 minutes, range 3 minutes to 6 hours (support); inactivity alerts from Standard (pricing)
Desktop platforms	Windows and macOS	Windows, Mac and Linux (downloads). Linux page lists Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Arch and Red Hat (Linux)	Windows 10+, macOS Catalina+ and Ubuntu 20.04+ on Xorg only. On Wayland it points you to its Chrome browser app (system requirements)

Hubstaff vs Time Doctor at a glance

Hubstaff vs Time Doctor features and plans, from each vendor's own pages
Feature	Hubstaff	Time Doctor
Plans (annual billing, per seat a month)	Starter $4.99, Grow $7.50, Team $10, Enterprise $25 (pricing)	Basic $6.67, Standard $11.67, Premium $16.70, Enterprise custom (pricing)
Monthly billing	Starter $7, Grow $9, Team $12. Enterprise is billed annually	Basic $8, Standard $14, Premium $20
Minimum seats	2 on Starter, Grow and Team (pricing)	None shown on the pricing page
Free trial	14 days, no credit card, plus a 30 day money back guarantee (pricing)	14 days of Premium, no credit card (pricing). No refunds after the trial except in listed cases (refund policy)
Screenshots	Optional, up to 3 every 10 minutes, blur or turn off. Starter and Grow cap them at 500 and 1,500 per seat a month; unlimited from Team (screenshots, pricing)	All plans. Interval of 3 to 30 minutes, taken at random times in the interval, with optional blur (screenshot settings, screencasts)
Video screen recording	Not offered; Hubstaff says it chose not to (Hubstaff vs Time Doctor)	Premium, or a $3 per user add on for Basic and Standard (pricing)
Activity levels	Keyboard and mouse activity on all plans, not keystrokes (activity tracking)	Keyboard and mouse activity with screenshots (help center); activity summary from Standard (pricing)
App and URL tracking	Starter 500 and Grow 1,500 records per seat a month; unlimited from Team (pricing)	Web and app usage from Standard; not on Basic (pricing)
Idle detection	Idle timeout from Grow; custom timeout and auto discard of idle time from Team. Not on Starter (idle time, pricing)	"Time Out After" on all plans, default 15 minutes, range 3 minutes to 6 hours (support); inactivity alerts from Standard (pricing)
GPS and geofencing	GPS tracking and geofenced job sites that clock people in and out. Locations add on $3.33 per seat a month on Team (annual), included in Enterprise, not available on Starter or Grow (GPS, pricing)	Mobile GPS tracking on Android only, per its help center (help center). No geofencing on its pricing page
Attendance, schedules, time off	Team and Enterprise (pricing)	Standard and Premium (pricing)
Payroll	Full payments and payroll from Team; "Limited" on Starter and Grow. Payouts through Deel, Gusto, Wise, Payoneer and PayPal (pricing, payroll, invoicing)	Standard and Premium. Builds payroll from tracked hours and exports CSV files for PayPal, Wise, Payoneer, Gusto, ADP or Deel (payroll setup)
Client invoicing	Client invoices on all plans, built from hours worked, with logo and tax info (pricing, invoicing)	No client invoicing in the pricing page's feature table (pricing)
Integrations	35+ (integrations). None on Starter, 1 on Grow, unlimited from Team (pricing)	60+ through its Chrome and Firefox extensions, from Standard (pricing, downloads)
Desktop platforms	Windows, Mac and Linux (downloads). Linux page lists Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Arch and Red Hat (Linux)	Windows 10+, macOS Catalina+ and Ubuntu 20.04+ on Xorg only. On Wayland it points you to its Chrome browser app (system requirements)
Mobile	iOS and Android, plus a Chrome extension (downloads)	iOS and Android. The phone app only records hours while the timer runs, not phone activity (support)
Data history	Extra retention is a paid add on ($1.67 per seat a month, annual) (pricing)	3 months on Basic, 6 on Standard, 2 years on Premium (pricing)
Prices in rupees	No. US dollars only, no Indian tax shown (pricing)	No. US dollars, even from an Indian IP address. Tax, if any, appears at checkout (pricing)

Price in rupees, per seat a month

Both vendors charge for every seat, including the owner or admins who do not track time (Hubstaff pricing FAQ, Time Doctor billing FAQ).

Hubstaff and Time Doctor prices in rupees, per seat a month
Plan	Annual billing, ₹ before GST	Annual billing, ₹ with 18% GST	Monthly billing, ₹ with 18% GST
Hubstaff Starter ($4.99 / $7)	₹475	₹561	₹787
Hubstaff Grow ($7.50 / $9)	₹714	₹843	₹1,012
Hubstaff Team ($10 / $12)	₹953	₹1,124	₹1,349
Hubstaff Enterprise ($25, annual only)	₹2,381	₹2,810	n/a
Time Doctor Basic ($6.67 / $8)	₹635	₹750	₹899
Time Doctor Standard ($11.67 / $14)	₹1,112	₹1,312	₹1,574
Time Doctor Premium ($16.70 / $20)	₹1,591	₹1,877	₹2,248

How we worked it out: US$ price × 95.2525 = rupees before GST. Rupees before GST × 1.18 = rupees with GST. Rounded at the end.

A team of 10, per month with 18% GST (annual billing)

Cost for a team of 10 on annual billing, with 18% GST
Plan	US$ a month	₹ a month with GST	₹ a year with GST
Hubstaff Starter	$49.90	₹5,609	₹67,304
Hubstaff Grow	$75	₹8,430	₹1,01,158
Hubstaff Team	$100	₹11,240	₹1,34,878
Time Doctor Basic	$66.70	₹7,497	₹89,963
Time Doctor Standard	$116.70	₹13,117	₹1,57,402
Time Doctor Premium	$167	₹18,770	₹2,25,245

On annual billing you pay the whole year upfront in dollars. A card that charges a 3.5% foreign currency fee, such as most SBI cards (SBI Card MITC), would add about ₹4,001 a year on 10 seats of Hubstaff Team and ₹4,669 on Time Doctor Standard, before tax on the fee.

Which is cheaper?

Hubstaff, plan for plan. But the cheaper plan often lacks what you came for, so compare the lowest plan that has the feature you need:

Lowest plan with each feature, annual billing with GST
You need	Hubstaff, lowest plan (annual, with GST)	Time Doctor, lowest plan (annual, with GST)
Screenshots	Starter, ₹561 (500 a seat a month)	Basic, ₹750
App and URL tracking	Starter, ₹561 (capped); Team ₹1,124 for unlimited	Standard, ₹1,312
Idle alerts	Grow, ₹843	Standard, ₹1,312 (Time Out After is on all plans)
Attendance and time off	Team, ₹1,124	Standard, ₹1,312
Full payroll	Team, ₹1,124	Standard, ₹1,312
GPS with geofencing	Team plus Locations, ₹1,498	Not on the pricing page
Video screen recording	Not offered	Premium ₹1,877, or Standard plus the $3 add on

One person working alone pays for 2 seats on Hubstaff because of the minimum: about ₹1,122 a month with GST on Starter annual, against ₹750 for 1 user on Time Doctor Basic.

Monitoring: how much each tool sees

Both tools measure keyboard and mouse activity and take screenshots. The difference is depth.

Hubstaff.keeps screenshots optional, lets you set the rate per person, blur them or switch them off, and says it does not record keystrokes (Hubstaff). It does not record video.
Time Doctor.takes screenshots at random points in an interval you choose (3 to 30 minutes) and can add continuous video of the screen on Premium (Time Doctor). It also offers an unusual activity report and a silent mode (pricing, help center).

All time tracking details

Here is what you get:

Hubstaff keeps screenshots optional, lets you set the rate per person, blur them or switch them off, and says it does not record keystrokes (Hubstaff). It does not record video.
Time Doctor takes screenshots at random points in an interval you choose (3 to 30 minutes) and can add continuous video of the screen on Premium (Time Doctor). It also offers an unusual activity report and a silent mode (pricing, help center).

If you plan to monitor staff in India, read our guide on whether employee monitoring is legal in India under the DPDP Act before you switch on screenshots or recording. Tell your team what you collect and why.

Field teams: GPS and geofencing

This is Hubstaff's clearest lead. Its mobile apps log location, and geofenced job sites start and stop the timer when someone arrives or leaves (Hubstaff GPS). It costs extra: the Locations add on is $3.33 per seat a month on Team (annual) and is not sold on Starter or Grow (pricing).

Time Doctor's help center lists mobile GPS tracking for Android only in Time Doctor 2 (help center). Its pricing page does not list GPS or geofencing, and its mobile app records hours only.

Payroll and invoicing for Indian teams

Both tools turn approved hours into pay amounts and hand them to payment services. Hubstaff calculates payments from approved timesheets and sends them to connected providers: Deel, Gusto, Wise, Payoneer and PayPal (Hubstaff payroll, Hubstaff invoicing). Time Doctor calculates payroll and exports CSV files for PayPal, Wise, Payoneer, Gusto, ADP or Deel (Time Doctor payroll).

This suits paying freelancers and contractors. Neither payroll page we checked mentions Indian statutory items such as PF, ESI or TDS, so plan on a separate Indian payroll tool or your CA for salaried staff.

For billing your own clients, Hubstaff has client invoices on every plan (pricing). Time Doctor's feature table has no client invoicing. Neither page mentions GSTIN or GST invoice formats.

Linux, Windows, Mac and mobile

Hubstaff has a Linux desktop app and lists several distributions (Hubstaff Linux). Time Doctor supports Ubuntu 20.04 or newer on Xorg; on Wayland it points you to its Chrome browser app (Time Doctor requirements). If your developers run Fedora or another distribution, Hubstaff is the safer bet. Test on your own machines during the trial.

What Indian buyers should know

Billing is in US dollars.Neither pricing page shows rupees. Time Doctor still showed dollars when we loaded it from an Indian IP address.
GST at 18% applies.A GST registered business usually pays IGST itself under reverse charge on imported software (Notification 10/2017, Integrated Tax (Rate)) and may be able to claim it back. Time Doctor's receipts come from Paddle with a tax line based on your place of business (Time Doctor receipt), so check you are not paying it twice. Ask your CA how this applies to you.
Card forex fees.Expect a foreign currency fee on your card, for example 3.5% plus tax on most SBI cards (SBI Card).
Refunds differ.Hubstaff offers a 30 day money back guarantee (pricing). Time Doctor does not refund after the trial except for downtime or an unprocessed cancellation (refund policy).

All time tracking details

Here is what you get:

Billing is in US dollars. Neither pricing page shows rupees. Time Doctor still showed dollars when we loaded it from an Indian IP address.
GST at 18% applies. A GST registered business usually pays IGST itself under reverse charge on imported software (Notification 10/2017, Integrated Tax (Rate)) and may be able to claim it back. Time Doctor's receipts come from Paddle with a tax line based on your place of business (Time Doctor receipt), so check you are not paying it twice. Ask your CA how this applies to you.
Card forex fees. Expect a foreign currency fee on your card, for example 3.5% plus tax on most SBI cards (SBI Card).
Refunds differ. Hubstaff offers a 30 day money back guarantee (pricing). Time Doctor does not refund after the trial except for downtime or an unprocessed cancellation (refund policy).

Which should you choose?

Choose Hubstaff if you

Run field, site or delivery teams and need GPS job sites
Want client invoices and contractor payouts in one tool
Use Linux beyond Ubuntu, or want the lowest starting price

Choose Time Doctor if you

Want deeper monitoring, including video screen recording
Have one user, or do not want a seat minimum
Want 2 years of data history included (Premium)

A third option for Indian service teams: Trakkar

If you mainly need time, attendance and client billing for an Indian team, Trakkar is worth a look. It is built for Indian service businesses and used by 100+ teams. It has one plan, Premium, at ₹120 per user a month + GST, billed in rupees. Prepay 6 months at ₹114 (5% off) or 12 months at ₹108 (10% off). The 14 day trial needs no card, and there is no setup fee.

Trakkar at a glance
Area	Trakkar
Price	₹120 per user a month + GST; ₹114 on 6 month prepay, ₹108 on 12 month prepay. About ₹1,274 a month with GST for 10 users on 12 month prepay, paid as 12 months upfront: ₹15,293 including GST
Clock in	Web, Android and iPhone
Attendance	Per shift grace periods, India holiday presets, typed breaks and an activity heatmap
Desktop app	Time tracking on Windows and macOS, with idle time flagged. Screenshots and app/URL tracking, on by default; admins can turn each off for any person. Screenshots every 10 minutes by default, with a per-person interval
Team updates	Async daily standups
Client billing	GST invoicing with your client's GSTIN, one tax rate per invoice and numbering that resets each Indian financial year
Project margins	See each project's margin and a health badge (On track / Margin thin / Loss) on its Budget tab once you set a project value.

Trakkar's gaps, stated plainly

No Linux desktop app.
Screenshots are desktop only.
The Android app covers clock in, leave and approvals. It has no general task timer.
No payroll.
No monthly billing. You prepay 6 or 12 months.

Hubstaff's own strengths for field and contractor teams: geofenced GPS job sites that clock people in and out, and contractor payouts through Deel, Gusto, Wise, Payoneer and PayPal.

Compare it directly: Trakkar vs Hubstaff and Trakkar vs Time Doctor. Start a 14 day free trial, no card needed or book a 30 minute Trakkar demo.

Sources

Sources: every vendor fact links to the vendor's own page above; full list with check times in sources.md. Prices checked 29 Oct 2026, 7:56 PM IST.

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Which is better, Hubstaff or Time Doctor?

Hubstaff suits field teams and businesses that want GPS job sites, payroll payouts and client invoices in one tool. Time Doctor suits teams that want deeper monitoring of computer work, including video screen recording, with no seat minimum.

Is Hubstaff cheaper than Time Doctor?

Yes, plan for plan. On annual billing Hubstaff starts at $4.99 per seat a month (about ₹561 with GST) with a 2 seat minimum, and Time Doctor at $6.67 per user (about ₹750 with GST), at ₹95.25 to the dollar on 29 Oct 2026.

Does Time Doctor have GPS tracking?

Time Doctor's help center lists mobile GPS tracking on Android only in Time Doctor 2. Its pricing page does not list GPS or geofencing. Hubstaff offers GPS and geofenced job sites through its Locations add on.

Do Hubstaff and Time Doctor work on Linux?

Yes, with limits. Hubstaff has a Linux desktop app for distributions including Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora. Time Doctor supports Ubuntu 20.04 or newer on Xorg only and suggests its Chrome browser app on Wayland.

Can you use Hubstaff or Time Doctor without screenshots?

Yes. Hubstaff lets you blur screenshots or turn them off. Time Doctor lets employers choose what to track, including whether to take screenshots.

Do Hubstaff and Time Doctor charge GST in India?

Both price in US dollars and 18% GST applies. A GST registered business usually pays it under reverse charge. Time Doctor's receipts show a tax line from Paddle, so check your invoice and ask your CA.

Is employee monitoring legal in India?

The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 sets rules for how employers handle staff personal data. Read our DPDP guide and tell staff what you collect before turning on screenshots or recording.

Try Trakkar as a third option

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