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Time Doctor vs Open Time Clock: Which is a better fit?

Updated on January 26th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 6,637 reviews from Time Clock users.
% Fit
Missing features
Not enough reviews
Feature ratings
Clock In/Out
4.9
Employee Time Tracking
4.1
Timesheet Management
4.4
Payroll Reporting
NA
Project Time Tracking
4.1
% Fit
Not enough reviews
Feature ratings
Clock In/Out
5.0
Employee Time Tracking
5.0
Timesheet Management
5.0
Payroll Reporting
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Project Time Tracking
5.0
User satisfaction
4.5
User reviews536
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.4
Value for money
4.4
Customer support
4.4
4.6
User reviews23
Ease of use
4.7
Functionality
4.3
Value for money
4.8
Customer support
4.2
Price starts from
/user
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
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Driving growth for enterprises including Banks, Technology companies and BPOs. Over 200k users in 50+ countries trust Time Doctor to foster accountability and improve performance.

For any size businesses, incuding governments, companies and schools. For company employees, school students to track working hours, paid time off, schedules, jobs and project tasks. Free Plan to Use

User reviews
pros & cons
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Video reviews
Monica D
Executive Assistant
3.0

Monica: My name is Monica. I am the executive assistant to the Chief Operating Officer at PrimeSource. We're a company of about 40 employees across the world, and I would rate Time Doctor probably a three out of five. Probably about two years ago, I would want to say, our COO is looking for some method to track our employees. We just wanted to be able to monitor what they were doing and how they were doing it and how frequently they were coming into work and everything like that. [inaudible 00:00:34] that we have a lot of remote employees. It's not always the easiest to keep track of those employees physically. So we were looking for a way to monitor them electronically somewhere on the computer. So we were looking into different sources that would provide us with some information in addition to just the standard, oh, they were on their computer at this time. We wanted a little bit more detail in that and a little bit more accessibility of what we were able to do and track with our employees. I think one of the main selling points as to why we chose Time Doctor was that we could set different users to different standards, I guess you could call it. So we could have certain employees always monitor 24/7 and then other employees who were screenshotting every three minutes is our typical use of it. But it's nice that we can adjust it accordingly based on each employee. And I think that was really the biggest selling point for us was that uniqueness and accessibility. I think that's definitely where we struggle with Time Doctor. It's not always the greatest for setup. For some reason, when we have our employees log in, they're given multiple team options where we only have one team, so we don't know why there's that confusion there. And then, also, just the activity bar, employees find that it's hard to get it started when they onboard with us. It's not always the most smoothest transition, and it's definitely something that we're actively working on with Time Doctor to sort out because we're not sure where that hiccup is falling. We have several employees located in the Philippines and Time Doctor is a great way for us to keep track of when they're working because it's not always the same nine to five hours that we're working. It might be different for them in their time zone and everything like that. So it's a nice way for us to still be able to monitor them as well as see when they're active and what they're actively doing because we're not in day-to-say communication with them. So if we're like, oh, I wonder what they're doing, we can just pop onto Time Doctor and take a look at that, which is always really helpful. I think it's really great for the remote employees and being able to monitor what they're doing without having to overstep and say, oh hey, what are you doing in an email or whatever. You don't have to jump down their throats. It's there in Time Doctor.

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Erika H
Vice President
5.0

Erika: Hi, my name's Erika. And I am vice president, and I rate Open Time Clock a five out of five. For more reviews like this, click below. Before we changed over to Open Time Clock, we were using the old paper system, where CSRs would send us their hours when they got here, and send them to us when we got back. And not only was that cumbersome and time consuming, but it allowed for a lot of error. And I'm sure a lot of overpay that happened. We chose to switch over to Open Time Clock, because it's super easy to use. It's very economical. And the reporting is incredible. Open Time Clock was very easy to begin with. All we had to do is enter in all of our customer reps, names and emails, and pay rate, and it does rest. We can set up PTO in there, holiday pay. That took just a little bit of learning, but not a big learning curve. Probably maybe an hour, or two hours, to get it up and running. If you're considering changing your time clock, or time tracking application, and are looking for a very cost effective, easy product to use, I highly recommend checking out Open Time Clock. It is truly the most economical product out there, that will make your life so much easier.

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Time Doctor

20/34
  • Approval Process Control
  • Audit Trail
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Biometric Recognition
  • Break Management
  • Calendar Management
  • Electronic Signature
  • Geofencing
  • HR Management
  • Labor Cost Reporting
  • Labor Forecasting
  • Lockout Periods
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Punch card
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • API
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Automatic Time Capture
  • Clock In/Out
  • Compliance Management
  • Customizable Reports
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Portal
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Employee Time Tracking
  • Mobile Access
  • Overtime Calculation
  • Payroll Management
  • Project Time Tracking
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Reminders
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Timesheet Management
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
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Open Time Clock

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Time Doctor
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Open Time Clock
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Time Doctor
  • By Time Doctor
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2011
Open Time Clock
  • By OpenTimeClock.com
  • Located in United States
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