Directory/Time & attendance
Time and attendance software records when people work and when they are away. Employees clock in from a phone, a kiosk or a browser, timesheets are built automatically, and approved hours flow to payroll. The category also covers paid time off, leave and absence tracking. Shift scheduling and labor forecasting sit in the workforce management category.
Match the clock in method to your workplace. Field crews need mobile with GPS or geofencing, while a shop floor may need a shared kiosk with photo or PIN verification. Check how overtime, meal breaks and rounding rules are configured for the places you operate. The payroll integration matters most, so confirm hours export cleanly to the system you run today.
Most tools charge per user per month, sometimes with a monthly base fee, and several have a free plan for very small teams. Where a vendor publishes a starting price, it is shown on the card below with the date we checked it.
Turning on every control at once. Strict geofences and photo checks can feel like surveillance and drive complaints. Explain why time is tracked, start with the rules you legally need, and review exceptions weekly so errors are fixed before payroll runs. The directory below lists the top tools in this category so you can compare features side by side.
Prices last checked 29 Oct 2026 against each vendor's own pricing page. How we check · Missing a Time & attendance tool? Suggest it
Benefits administration · HR compliance · HRIS · Payroll · Time & attendance
US mid-market HCM. Payroll plus HR for companies that already live in ADP.
Sales-quoted
Time & attendance
Time clocks, timesheets, and optional payroll for hourly teams.
From $4.99/user/mo
Time & attendance · Workforce management
Time tracking and scheduling for field crews.
Sales-quoted
Engagement · HRIS · Internal communications · Time & attendance · Workforce management
Deskless workforce app.
From $29/mo
HRIS · HR compliance · Onboarding · Time & attendance
UK SME employee management software with optional outsourced HR and Health & Safety advisers; software from £20/mo for up to 10 staff.
From £20/mo
Benefits administration · Engagement · HR compliance · HRIS · Payroll · Time & attendance
ANZ and UK HRIS for growing employers.
Sales-quoted
HRIS · ATS · Leave management · Payroll · Time & attendance
Cloud HR and payroll for Indian businesses with PF, ESI and TDS compliance, attendance and leave, from ₹60 per employee a month.
From ₹60/employee/mo
Time & attendance · People analytics
Workforce analytics and time tracking with app usage, screenshots and capacity analysis, from $8/seat/mo billed annually.
From $8/seat/mo
Benefits administration · HR compliance · HRIS · Payroll · Time & attendance
Mid-market HCM next to Paycor and Paylocity. Not a recruiting CRM.
Sales-quoted
Time & attendance
OnTheClock is an SMB time clock with scheduling and PTO.
From $4/user/mo
Time & attendance
Productivity time tracking for remote and distributed teams.
From $7/user/mo
Time & attendance
Enterprise time and attendance for large hourly workforces.
Sales-quoted
Time & attendance
One click time tracking with project planning and capacity views, a free plan for small teams and paid plans from $9/user/mo.
Free plan, paid from $9/user/mo
Time & attendance · Workforce management
Enterprise WFM for shift forecasting and time.
Sales-quoted
Time & attendance · Workforce management
Shift scheduling and clocks for hourly teams.
From $2.50/user/mo
Time & attendance · ATS · Workforce management
Swipeclock's time, scheduling and hiring platform for small businesses, month to month from $4/employee/mo.
From $4/employee/mo
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51. Each listing records its starting price, free plan, free trial, MCP and API support the same way, so the cards can be compared line for line.
23 of the 51 list a US dollar starting price, and the median of those is about $7. Units differ by vendor (per seat, per month, per check or credit pack), so compare the unit on each card, not just the number. 22 are priced by quote, so the vendor sets the number after a call.
9 of them have a permanent free plan rather than a timed trial. 15 offer a free trial.
10 of the 51 ship a first party MCP server, and 32 publish a public API. MCP is only marked where the vendor runs the server themselves, so an agent can query the tool directly.
The tools we use ourselves are marked as picks and listed first, then everything else runs A to Z. There is no paid ranking: a sponsored slot is labelled as such and never changes a listing, its category or its position.
Counted from every published listing in this category, so the numbers move with the directory.
