busybusy Pricing Explained (2026): Free Plan, Pro, and What Construction Crews Pay
busybusy is one of the few time clocks built specifically for construction, and its pricing is refreshingly simple by category standards: a real free plan for basic time tracking, and paid tiers per user that add the management features. Its distinctive card is equipment tracking, which almost nobody else in the time-clock aisle offers at all.
JULY 29, 2026 · BY THE CLOX TEAM
busybusy is one of the few time clocks built specifically for construction, and its pricing is refreshingly simple by category standards: a real free plan for basic time tracking, and paid tiers per user that add the management features. Its distinctive card is equipment tracking, which almost nobody else in the time-clock aisle offers at all.
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What free covers
The free plan handles GPS time tracking for a crew: clock in, clock out, job selection, and basic reporting. As free construction time clocks go, it's a real offer, not a limited trial, and small crews run on it.
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What the paid tiers add
Paid busybusy brings scheduling, photos and notes, budgets, and its equipment features: hours on machines, not just people, which matters if your excavator's utilization is a real cost line. Supervisors get more control, reporting deepens, and payroll handoff improves. Per-user pricing, discounted annually; the verified numbers render above.
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Questions to ask on the demo
- Which tier carries the payroll export format your bookkeeper needs.
- Whether equipment tracking requires hardware or runs from the phones.
- What the per-user total looks like for the crew you'll have in August, not the crew you have today.
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When busybusy is the right choice
A dirt-moving operation where machine hours matter as much as labor hours has a genuine reason to shortlist busybusy first. Equipment utilization inside the same app as the time clock is a real differentiator, and their construction focus shows.
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How Clox compares
If your cost lines are people, jobs, and payroll rather than machines, Clox keeps the whole problem on one plan: $29 a month includes 3 users, then $6 per user, with geofencing that blocks off-site punches, the worksites map, drag-and-drop scheduling, approvals, and exports for QuickBooks, ADP, Gusto, and Paychex all included. Free for 14 days, no credit card, and no higher tiers to unlock. The comparison hub covers the head-to-head, and pricing is here.
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FAQ
Does busybusy have a free plan?
Does Clox track equipment?
Which is better for a small trades crew?
People, jobs, and payroll on one plan. $29 a month includes 3 users, then $6 per user. Free for 14 days.