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Hubstaff vs Flowace: Analyse every second on a single price
Hubstaff gives you an activity percentage. Flowace records raw 1-second logs you can replay when a client questions an invoice.
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The short version
Hubstaff sells the essentials as add-ons. Flowace includes them, and backs each plan with real support.
Prove the hours.
Replay a 1-second timeline, not a daily activity score.
Compliance on every plan.
SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, GDPR. Hubstaff gates these to Enterprise.
One price, everything in it.
Background tracking, insights, tasks and retention are in the plan.
Side by side
Hubstaff vs Flowace: Features and pricing compared
| What you're really buying | Flowace | Hubstaff |
|---|---|---|
| Activity data detail | 1-second raw logs | Activity % / daily view |
| Floating task classifier (Bubble) | Yes | No |
| Silent / background app | Included | Background tracking |
| Insights / analytics | Included | Add-on, from $2.50/seat |
| Tasks / to-dos | Included | Add-on on Starter only |
| Extended data retention | From Premium | Add-on, $1.67/seat |
| Dedicated support | Every tier | Assigned rep on Enterprise only |
| Agent auto-restart if force-quit | Yes | Not on Mac |
| Pricing model | All-inclusive | Base plus add-ons |
| SOC 2, HIPAA, SSO | Yes | Enterprise plan only, $25/seat |
| Mobile app and GPS | No | Yes, Locations add-on from $3.33/seat |
| Feature | Flowace | Hubstaff |
|---|---|---|
| TIME TRACKING | ||
| Automatic time capture | Yes | Yes |
| Idle time handling | Yes | Yes (custom on higher tiers) |
| Auto timesheets | Yes | Yes |
| MONITORING & INSIGHTS | ||
| Raw activity logs | 1-second | Activity % |
| Screenshots | Included, configurable | 500 on Starter, 1,500 on Grow |
| Silent / background app | Included | Background tracking |
| Insights / analytics | Included | Add-on |
| PROJECT & WORK MANAGEMENT | ||
| Project time tracking | Included | Yes |
| Profitability (cost/hr, rate/hr) | Included | Project budgets only |
| Tasks / to-dos | Included | Add-on on Starter only |
| PLATFORM | ||
| Windows / macOS / Linux | All three | All three |
| Mobile App | No | Yes |
| GPS and geofencing | No | Locations add-on, from $3.33 |
| SUPPORT & COMMERCIAL | ||
| Dedicated support contact | Every tier | Enterprise only |
| Chat support | All tiers | Team plan and above |
| Free trial, no card | 7 days | 14 days |
| Security | ||
| SOC 2 | Yes | Enterprise only |
| HIPAA | Yes | Enterprise only |
| Single sign-on | Included from Premium | Enterprise only |
Strengths mapped
Where each platform is stronger
Our read across the dimensions buyers weigh most. We show where Hubstaff leads too.
Activity data precision
Cost predictability (included vs add-on)
Support at small team size
Profitability visibility
Global brand & maturity
Integrations marketplace
Value per seat
The sticker price is close. The all-in price is not.
Hubstaff Starter is $4.99. Here is what it costs once you add what Flowace already includes.
- Automatic time capture, no manual entries
- 1-second activity logs, audit-ready
- Project & task tracking with auto-timesheets
- Bubble: one-click project classifier
- Profitability reports by project and person
- Silent app, insights, and tasks, all included
- Extended data retention From Premium
- Keyboard and mouse activity shown as a percentage
- Windows, macOS, and Linux agents
- Live support on every plan success manager on Premium.
- Free, managed migration
- = all of it, $6.98 per seat, per month
- Base Starter plan, $4.99/seat/mo
- Silent / background app, +$2.50
- Insights / analytics, +$2.50
- Tasks / to-dos, +$2.50
- Extended data retention, +$1.67
- More screenshots, +$2.50
- Profitability (cost/hr, rate/hr)
- Floating task classifier
- Dedicated support contact
- = $12.49 per seat, per month
Flowace has add-ons as well, and we would rather say so. Ours are IT extras: single sign-on, user provisioning, API access, extra screenshots, and shared-desk tracking. All five are already in the Premium plan. The daily tools are never behind an add-on.
Why teams move
The four moments teams start evaluating alternatives
Drawn from the migrations we've run.
Starter does not do the job alone
- You pick Starter for the price.
- Background tracking costs $2.50 more
- So do insights, and so do tasks
- The plan you compared is not the plan you pay for
With Flowace:
All three are in the plan.
A daily percentage is hard to defend
- A client questions an invoice
- Hubstaff shows an activity score and screenshots
- There is no second-by-second record to point at
With Flowace:
Replay the 1-second timeline. The hours prove themselves.
Small teams wait in the queue
- No assigned rep below Enterprise
- Chat support starts on the Team plan
- Email runs two days on Starter
With Flowace:
A named contact on every plan, whatever your size.
Hours are tracked. Margin is not.
- Hubstaff tracks project hours and budgets
- It does not report cost per hour and rate per hour by person
- So you find out the margin after the invoice
With Flowace:
Profit per project, before it goes out.
The platform
Six things a Flowace seat does that a Hubstaff seat cannot
Includes each feature in one price
- Silent app, insights, tasks, and retention are in each plan.
- No add-on math, no surprise at renewal.
Hubstaff
Base plan plus stacked add-ons.
Flowace
One all-inclusive price.
Stays running, even on Mac
- The agent restarts itself if someone force-quits it.
- Tracking does not stop silently without anyone noticing.
Hubstaff
Can be force-quit on Mac with no alert or restart.
Flowace
Restarts automatically.
Records each second, not a daily score
- Drill into a 1-second timeline when a number is challenged.
- Stronger for billing, audits, and disputes than an activity percentage.
Hubstaff
Activity % and daily view.
Flowace
Raw 1-second logs you can replay.
Classifies project time with the Bubble
- Tag the project you are on in one click, in the moment.
- Project data stays complete without manual entry after the fact.
Hubstaff
No floating classifier.
Flowace
One-click Bubble classifier.
Reports project profit
- Every hour maps to cost and rate per project and person.
- See margin, not just hours and budgets.
Hubstaff
Project budgets only.
Flowace
Cost and rate per project, per person.
Gives each team dedicated support
- A real contact on each plan, not a ticket queue.
- The onboarding balance smaller teams rarely get elsewhere.
Hubstaff
No assigned rep, 1-2 day SLA.
Flowace
Dedicated support at each size.
Results
What teams measured with Flowace in place
+12.7% billable growth, with zero new hires
- −24% Non-billable hours, Q2 to Q3
- 72× Return on idle visibility
Hours that had been untracked or broadly logged became visible and defensible. We didn't work more, we measured what we'd been doing.Billable hours grew from 71,591 to 80,714 in nine months
44% less unproductive time, 2024 to 2026
- 48 hrs To move off Time Doctor, start to finish
- 87.7% Activity rate in 2026, up from 85.8%
We started on the standard plan, but once we saw how much more Flowace could do for us, upgrading to Premium was an easy decision.Live on Flowace within 48 hours of leaving Time Doctor
8,239 hrs of work captured, with no timesheets
- 95.9% Of tracked time spent on productive work
- 2 sessions To onboard all 55 remote users
The onboarding felt smooth from the very first call. And once we got into AI time tracking, that is the one that really stood out for us.55 remote users onboarded in two one-hour sessions
Deployment
Switching to Flowace takes a day, not a project.
We import your data.
Teams, settings, and history migrated free.
Deploy in 60 seconds.
One link installs the agent on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
First insight in 72 hours.
Dashboards go live in minutes. Most teams find their first inefficiency within three days.
Our candid take
Which should you pick?
Hubstaff may fit if:
- You need a mobile app, GPS or geofencing for field teams.
- Your needs stop at time tracking and an activity score, with no profit reporting.
- You want the largest integrations marketplace.
Flowace is the stronger choice if:
- You need to prove hours second by second, not defend a daily percentage.
- You want background tracking, insights and tasks in the plan, not stacked on top
- You want a named support contact without buying Enterprise.
- You need profit per project, not just hours and budgets.
Frequently Asked Questions
FAQs About Hubstaff vs Flowace
Hubstaff is a global time tracker with a modular, add-on pricing model. The silent app, insights, tasks, and longer data retention cost extra on lower tiers. Flowace includes each feature in each plan, records 1-second logs, adds a floating task classifier, and gives each team dedicated support.
Yes, at the same feature level. Hubstaff Starter is $4.99, but the background app, insights and tasks are $2.50 each on that plan. That takes a Starter seat to $12.49. Flowace Premium is $6.98 with all of it included.
Flowace records raw 1-second activity logs, which is more granular than a daily activity score. Both are reliable. Flowace gives you more detail to drill into.
Yes. Windows, macOS, and Linux. Hubstaff also supports Linux, so this is parity, not a difference.
Dedicated support at each tier, not ticket-only. You do not need the top plan to get help.
Yes, a short list. Single sign-on, user provisioning, API access, extra screenshots, and shared-desk tracking. All five are also in the Premium plan. The daily tools, tracking, screenshots, background tracking, insights, tasks and reports, are never behind an add-on. That is the difference from Hubstaff, where the background app and insights are.
No. Hubstaff has no free plan. It offers a 14-day trial with no card and a 30-day money-back guarantee. Flowace offers a 7-day trial with no card.
No. Flowace runs on Windows, Mac and Linux desktops. Hubstaff has mobile apps and sells GPS and geofencing as a Locations add-on. If you track field teams on phones, Hubstaff covers that and we do not.
Everything Hubstaff sells as add-ons, included.
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