# Employee Monitoring Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 Employee Monitoring Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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Employee Monitoring Software

## What is Employee Monitoring Software?

Ever wondered if your employee worked the entire day? Do you want to know who the most active worker is and what the most efficient work hours are? If yes, then you surely are on the right page. Employee PC Monitoring Software gives you insights into your employee's activities. While you are monitoring your employee's productivity, they have no knowledge of the Employee monitoring software installed on their PCs. The self-managed monitoring software gives you the leisure to monitor from anywhere.

## What is Employee Monitoring Software used for?

[Employee Monitoring](https://www.capterra.com/employee-monitoring-software/)

Overall rating

Based on 42 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

Positive

90%

Neutral

10%

Negative

0%

Starting price

$2

Per User, Per Month

Free trial  
available

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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### Employee Monitoring Software

4.3 (42)

VS.

[4.6 (5,044)](https://www.capterra.com/p/153140/Connecteam/reviews/)

Starting Price

$2

Per User, Per Month

Starting Price

$29

Flat Rate, Per Month

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.3 (42)

Ease Of Use

4.7 (526)

Value For Money

4.3 (35)

Value For Money

4.5 (469)

Customer Service

4.4 (38)

Customer Service

4.6 (444)

## Employee Monitoring Software alternatives

[4.6 (420)](https://www.capterra.com/p/151338/WebWork-Time-Tracker/reviews/)

Starting price

$6.39

Per User, Per Month

[4.8 (137)](https://www.capterra.com/p/172028/Employee-Monitoring-Software-and-Time-Tracking-Solution/reviews/)

Starting price

$6.99

Per User, Per Month

Highest Rated

[4.8 (156)](https://www.capterra.com/p/142813/Workpuls/reviews/)

Starting price

$6.40

Per User, Per Month

[4.7 (116)](https://www.capterra.com/p/94390/BrowseReporter/reviews/)

Starting price

$6.00

Per User, Per Month

[View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/200765/PC-Monitoring-Software/alternatives/)

## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Idle Time Monitoring

4.2 (39)

41.03% of 39 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Track and report on times with no activity

Time Tracking

4.2 (39)

48.72% of 39 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Measure and track time including hours worked and paid time off (PTO)

Employee Activity Monitoring

4.2 (38)

39.47% of 38 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Monitor and track what your employees are doing

Productivity Analysis

3.9 (38)

28.95% of 38 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Statistical data that helps identify improvement areas, delays or interruptions, and output of an employee

Screen Activity Recording

3.9 (36)

30.56% of 36 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Capture what is happening on a computer screen

Real-Time Reporting

3.9 (22)

13.64% of 22 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Active reporting of data and metrics

Employee Monitoring Software 18 features

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges

Track the attendance of specific individuals or groups

Track visitors'/audience's responses across web pages and other optimized content

See what internet pages were visited by users

Receive and/or send email notifications for urgent updates, requests, or other information

Monitor and track what your employees are doing

Electronic storage of staff/employee contact information and job status in a centralized repository

Information, data and reports that are being tracked over time

Track and report on times with no activity

Statistical data that helps identify improvement areas, delays or interruptions, and output of an employee

Receive data and information in real time

Notifications that are delivered to users as soon as an event occurs

Active reporting of data and metrics

Remotely monitor and manage client networks, endpoints, systems, and devices via locally installed applications

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

Capture what is happening on a computer screen

Measure and track time including hours worked and paid time off (PTO)

Features

4.4 (42)

4.4

Based on 42 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.3 (35)

Free Trial

Basic

$2.00

Per User,Per Month

Value for money

4.3 (35)

4.3

Based on 35 reviews

## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.4 (38)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

4.4 (38)

4.4

Based on 38 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.3

Based on 42 reviews

Filter by rating

5(18)

4(20)

3(4)

2(0)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

SC

Srishti C.

Analyst

Human Resources

### "Best Productivity Monitoring Software"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

June 4, 2024

Great experience working with the product as well as the team. Timely support provided.

Pros

They keep coming with new features under affordable price range compared to other competitors.

Cons

The UI/UX can be made more engaging for the admin. However, the platform is great overall.

Alternatives considered

[We360.ai](https://www.capterra.com/p/211680/We360-ai/)

Reasons for choosing Employee Monitoring Software

Competitive pricing with more features available

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

RD

RAJU D.

System Administrator

Architecture & Planning

### "Work Watch: Employee Monitoring and Productivity Management"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

March 11, 2024

Pros

Employee Monitoring Software offers detailed insights into employee productivity, facilitates performance evaluation, enhances accountability, and helps identify workflow bottlenecks for efficient resource allocation. Additionally, it assists in enforcing company policies, improving cybersecurity measures, and fostering a culture of transparency and collaboration within the organization.

Cons

Cons: The potential invasion of employee privacy and the need for clear communication and policies regarding data usage and monitoring parameters may raise ethical and legal concerns when implementing Employee Monitoring Software.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

DG

Diksha G.

Teacher

Education Management

### "Increased Productivity "

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

October 24, 2022

It helps in increasing the productivity of all the employees.

Pros

This capterra software is easy to use. It helped me in tracking my day to day work.

Cons

Too many mails and detailed overview if each site is not required.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

RS

Rishabh S.

HR Consultant

Human Resources

### "Monitoring"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

October 10, 2022

Pros

Its accuracy in monitoring, its a very useful software.

Cons

nothing is bad about the software it is very much recommended

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

PC

PRashant C.

Consultant

Human Resources

### "EMS software for productivity"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

6/10

October 10, 2022

if anyone type anything will that be the productivity , how this can be the productivity

Pros

some things are ok with the product but not everything.

Cons

if anyone type anything will that be the productivity

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

RV

Ritika V.

HR-Associate

Human Resources

### "Best Software for Employee Performance Monitoring"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

September 8, 2022

software was good but not much relevant,

Pros

Idle Time monitoring and browsing histoy are the best features.

Cons

least was the click everytime for the productivity,

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

KT

Kapil T.

Analyst-HR

Human Resources

### "Ease of use"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

August 11, 2022

Average

Pros

1.Productivity Analysis. 2. Ease of access 3. Dashboards

Cons

1\. Daily report 2. Keeps tracks on everything.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

MS

Mohd S.

HR Associate

Human Resources

### "A great productivity monitoring software"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

7/10

August 11, 2022

very good.

Pros

Quality and accurate measurement of productivity.

Cons

Little bit expensive not for small organisations.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

RM

Rishita M.

Consultant HR

Human Resources

### "Productivity monitoring software "

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

August 8, 2022

Pros

It helps keep track of one's performance

Cons

At times there are certain errors in terms of idle time reporting.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

SV

Shivam V.

Associate - HR

Human Resources

### "Eyes on hands"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

5/10

August 8, 2022

Pros

Overall effective but can be optimised for better results.

Cons

Not accurate enough needs some fixing as timings aren't that accurate.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

[View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/200765/PC-Monitoring-Software/reviews/)

Popular comparisons

[DeskTime vs Employee Monitoring Software](https://www.capterra.com/compare/168660-200765/DeskTime-vs-PC-Monitoring-Software) 

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