DeskTime vs. EmpMonitor: review the alternatives

IF YOU NEED:

a friendly time tracker to work with your team

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DeskTime is an employee-friendly time tracker that offers a handful of features to help employees and teams make the most of their workday. You can easily find information about your colleagues – you can follow work schedules, vacation days, see who’s at the office and who’s working remotely, get everyone's contact information, and even send messages to your team in the app.

During the day, you can follow your productivity and efficiency. DeskTime tracks how much time you spend on projects and tasks, specific apps and websites, or social media. The data is transparent, which means that both managers and employees can see it. DeskTime divides all your app and web time activities into three categories: productive, unproductive, and neutral.

We often ask ourselves, “Where did the day go?” Let's say, you’re supposed to be working on a major project with an approaching deadline. But at the end of the day, your DeskTime data shows that you've actually spent most of it on other, less urgent tasks or even social media. Being able to access productivity data can significantly improve your time planning so you can focus on your priorities and avoid distractions.

EmpMonitor features are more suitable for employee management, monitoring, and tracking than boosting productivity. Managers can see the websites and software employees visit and use the most. Admins can restrict access to specific websites or programs. Plus, with EmpMonitor, employees can only see their productivity data if managers present it to them.

IF YOU NEED:

a time tracking tool that closely monitors your employees

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If your company works with sensitive information, classified files, and top-secret documents, you may consider EmpMonitor employee management software. EmpMonitor offers a stealth mode option, which means employees won’t know that they’re being watched.

Like other time tracking and management apps, EmpMonitor tracks time and collects information about used apps and online activities, but it also goes beyond that. With the EmpMonitor features, you can register every computer keystroke, capture and record screens, and even connect to your employees' webcams.

Some may find this intrusive, but if you're dealing with sensitive information, this can be a way to avoid security breaches and info leaks. If you suspect that an employee is damaging the company and taking illegal actions, you can immediately back that up with facts.

DeskTime is not intended for such strict monitoring. But if you do require some more oversight, you can use the optional Screenshots feature. It enables DeskTime to capture users’ computer screens at random time intervals. That way, managers can check in on employee activities throughout the day and see if they're working on their tasks. We recommend blurring the screenshots – this way, you'll still see if your team is doing what it's supposed to be doing, but your employee privacy will be more protected.

IF YOU NEED:

an app that integrates with project management tools

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DeskTime provides time tracking integrations with various third-party apps to help you organize your business. DeskTime can be connected to your Google or Outlook calendar to track offline time. Just sync your calendar with DeskTime, and the app will automatically add all the events from your calendar to your DeskTime productivity bar – no need to worry about logging offline time manually.

You can also integrate DeskTime with the most popular project management apps like Jira, Trello, Basecamp, and others. With the seamless integrations, the work process can be streamlined, and you can organize your team in a much more efficient way.

EmpMonitor, as of now, doesn't offer third-party integrations.