| Clox | Hubstaff | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (6 users) | $47/mo | ~$92/mo (Team + Locations add-on) |
| GPS / geofencing | Included | Team plan add-on (~$3.33/user) |
| Works offline | Yes | Limited |
| Screenshots / activity monitoring | None by design | Core feature (Starter and up) |
| Scheduling | Included | Team tier |
| PTO / leave | Included | Higher tier |
| Proof of presence (public verifier) | Included | None |
| Plans to choose from | One, everything included | Four tiers plus add-ons |
Comparison reflects Hubstaff's publicly available pricing and features as of July 2026 and may change. Verify current details on their website.
What Hubstaff does well
The parts worth keeping.
- Deep productivity monitoring with optional screenshots, activity levels, and app and URL tracking
- Works for both remote knowledge workers and field crews
- Large integration catalog and mature reporting
- Free plan for a single user and established payroll and payments features
Why teams switch
Where Clox is the better fit.
Field clock-in without the surveillance
Hubstaff is built around monitoring: screenshots, activity percentages, and app and URL tracking. Many trade crews dislike being watched that way. Clox tracks time and location for the shift and nothing else. There are no screenshots and no activity scoring, just one-tap GPS clock-in that also works offline, with an optional selfie on clock-in if you want it.
GPS is included, not a Team-tier add-on
To get geofenced job sites on Hubstaff you need the Team plan plus the Locations add-on, roughly $12 plus $3.33 per user each month. A 6-person crew lands near $92/month. Clox is $47 for the same crew with geofenced worksites, scheduling, PTO, and overtime math all on the one plan. Note that GPS on any app is a strong deterrent, not foolproof, because location comes from the worker's phone.
A map of punches, not a live feed of people
Hubstaff's Locations add-on records where workers are through the day, alongside the screenshots and activity percentages in its core product. Clox draws a map of clock-ins only, for a day, a week, a month, or a range you pick. Location is captured at the moment of the punch and never between punches, and the map repeats that line under every view. It answers where work happened without following anyone around.
Tamper-evident proof of presence with a public verifier
Hubstaff records location data inside its own dashboard. Clox goes further with a signed, hash-chained punch ledger and a public /verify page, so a clock-in record can be checked by anyone and shown to be unaltered. For a dispute over hours or a client audit, that is verifiable evidence rather than a screenshot from an admin panel.
The verdict
Which one should you pick?
You want to monitor productivity in detail with screenshots, activity levels, and app and URL tracking, or you run a mixed remote and field workforce and value that monitoring as a core part of how you manage.
You run a trades or field crew, you want simple clock-in and honest location without surveillance features your workers resent, and you want GPS, scheduling, PTO, and tamper-evident proof all on one plan.
This is Clox
A map of punches, not a live feed of people.
Clox shows where clock-ins happened, for a day, a week, a month, or a range you pick. Location is captured at the moment of the punch and never between punches, and the app repeats that line under every view. It answers where work happened without following anyone around.
Still comparing
Weighing more than one tool?
See the other head-to-heads, run your crew size through the price calculator on the alternatives hub, or check the full Clox pricing.