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Looking for a time tracking and workforce management platform? Hubstaff is ideal for the job.
Hubstaff is a time tracking and workforce management platform that automates many aspects of running a growing business. With Hubstaff you’ll be able to see how much time your team spends on different tasks, plus productivity metrics like activity rates and app usage through Hubstaff’s online dashboard.
The Good news about Hubstaff
Hubstaff comes with lots of good features inclding the ability to track activity, calculate activities rates, etc. Most of these features are customizable on a per-user basis, so you can create the team management tool you need.
Hubstaff offers three products: Hubstaff Time, Hubstaff Desk, and Hubstaff Field. Hubstaff also offers Agile project management software called Hubstaff Tasks and a free remote talent platform called Hubstaff Talent.
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How does Hubstaff’s time tracking work?
Tracking time is incredibly easy with Hubstaff. After setting up your organization and its projects, team members can use Hubstaff’s desktop, web, or mobile apps to track their time. You can also create to-dos within projects for more precise tracking.
Once you start tracking time to a task, Hubstaff will quietly run in the background as you work, consuming virtually no resources. You can easily switch between tasks or stop tracking with just a few clicks. When Hubstaff isn’t tracking time, no other data is being recorded. The goal is only to track work done on a device, not to watch someone at all times.
How does Hubstaff track activity?
Hubstaff tracks the applications and websites your team spends time on while the app is running. Then it calculates your team members’ activity rates based on keyboard and mouse usage, which helps establish a baseline for each team member’s average productivity.
We call these proof of work features, and they’re only included in Hubstaff Desk or Desk + Field plans. These features can be customized for each person or turned off altogether. Read more about how tracking works.
How does Hubstaff calculate activity rates?
Hubstaff detects input from your keyboard and mouse to measure your activity over ten-minute periods (600 seconds). For example, if you typed on your keyboard and moved your mouse for 300 total seconds while the timer was running, that would equal an activity rate of 50%.
Take note that Hubstaff does not record your keystrokes. The app only checks if there is keyboard or mouse activity or if there isn’t.
