Hubstaff is a time tracking software platform designed for global teams. Track hours with precision, automate payments and invoicing, and gain visibility into how your team works—whether remote, hybrid, in-office, or on job sites. Support focus with built-in productivity monitoring including app and URL usage, activity rates, and optional screenshots for real-time visibility without micromanagement. Streamline operations with workforce analytics that go beyond timesheets, offering insights such as work time classification, unusual activity detection, and productivity trends to reduce wasted hours. From startups to enterprise, Hubstaff scales with your business—combining accurate time tracking with automated payments, productivity monitoring, and actionable insights to help you save time, cut overhead, and improve performance.
Hubstaff (hubstaff.com) has 487 customer reviews on Five Star Index, with an average rating of 3.9 out of 5.
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hubstaff.com
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Internet & Software
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana
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2026
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wanted a refund because i missed to cancel by 24hrs and they refused lol, what a garbage company
Response from HubstaffMay 5, 2025
Hi there! Thanks for your feedback.
We understand your frustration. While we do have a refund policy in place, we’re happy to take another look at your case. Please email our Support team at [email protected] and we’ll review your request again.
Thanks and we'll keep an eye out for your email.
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Голос Р.
Best privacy invasion tool I've ever…
Best privacy invasion tool I've ever used
Response from HubstaffApr 2, 2025
Hi there! We understand that privacy matters! Don't worry, Hubstaff is built for transparency and productivity but with plenty of customizable settings to ensure teams have control over what’s tracked.
If you have any concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected]. Thanks and have a good day!
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Matt Parsons (.
Full scam - Do not Use
Full scam - I paid for two seats thinking that I could have one employee and then another when I hire my next. When I hired the next one I tried to assign the seat. Turns out they dont tell you that you yourself occupy the other seat as a "Manager"
Reached out to my bank after I filed a chargeback and won. These people are scum. Do not do business with them. They also tried to charge my card for stuff I never signed up for.
I switched to trackabi and it is much better and more features without these guys hounding you for $$$
Response from HubstaffFeb 20, 2025
Thanks for your feedback, Matt! We’re sorry for any confusion.
We'd like to explain that with our Per-Seat subscription model, you’re billed for every member in your organization, regardless of whether they track time or have tracking disabled. This includes yourself as the account owner, as well as any administrators or managers.
Please note that even if you don’t personally need to track time, your account has full access to roles, permissions and organization-wide data, which is why it counts as a seat in your plan.
We hope this clarifies things! Let us know if you have any other questions.
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Hope H.
Hubstaff is a scam and full of…
Hubstaff is a scam and full of scammers!!! They freelanced me to do a task for $2,700. Then to get my money, I had to venmo them a $70 tax, $250 for a COT (cost of transaction fee - only used by scammers) and then, after I did the wire transfer, they said I had to pay a $500 Reflection fee for it to land in my bank. I refused.!!!
Response from HubstaffFeb 20, 2025
Hi Hope!
We’re really sorry to hear about your experience. That definitely doesn’t sound right and we want to clarify that Hubstaff does not contact candidates through Facebook or other social media platforms.
As a general rule, no legitimate company will ask you to pay any fees upfront in order to receive a payment. If someone requests money from you in exchange for payment, it is likely a scam.
We strongly encourage reporting any suspicious activity to our support team so we can investigate further. Your security is important to us and we appreciate you bringing this to our attention.
If you need help or have any questions, please feel free to reach out!
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OurFreeSociety
Hubstaff is a terrible company that allows freelancers to stalk clients
Hubstaff is a terrible company. I don't use their timer, I was only on their site to post my hiring ads for jobs.
1. They never respond to emails and if they do, it could take 3 weeks. It's not just me, I've seen people complaining on their Twitter account too.
2. They allow stalkers to stalk me. Freelancers who are low IQ and don't understand my hiring ads or don't like my low rate of pay because I'm a non profit have occasionally been reporting my hiring ads. You can see how stupid they are by their REASON for the report. Note: I've never worked with these people EVER. Hubstaff allows total strangers to report jobs. I think they even allow them to report the job if they aren't registered and if that's true, then they can see the same people are doing the reporting over & over again & allowing them to be a member/freelancer.
What does Hubstaff do about this? NOTHING.
3. Instead, Hubstaff blocks my account and doesn't allow me to respond back to freelancers who DO want my job, nor can I post more hiring ads. This has happened 3 times now even though I've DONE NOTHING WRONG.
4. The 2nd time it happened it was due to 2 Nigerians who didn't pass my screening process. They didn't like that I wouldn't hire them, so they attacked me in emails and then reported my hiring ads with lies. Then they started lying to other Nigerian freelancers telling them I don't hire anyone and don't apply to my jobs.
After over a WEEK (maybe 2) of trying to get someone at Hubstaff to respond to my emails, they said I should have reported the freelancers.
NO, I'm not a communist, nor am I am immature little baby. I'm a grown woman. I don't go around reporting every single person just because they have emotional issues, and since I can't see WHO reported me, I can't even defend myself.
Hubstaff said they would investigate it and NEVER GOT BACK TO ME.
5. The block on my account was eventually lifted due to the expiry date, but then after me posting jobs again, it happened AGAIN. The 2 Nigerian stalkers stalked me AGAIN, and reported my hiring ads WITHIN 1 1/2 DAYS. Hubstaff blocked me, someone lifted the block right away, then someone else blocked me again manually claiming I violated their T&C LOL Yeh right. I did NOTHING WRONG.
They just ignored me and obviously the person who lifted the block knew I did nothing wrong hence lifting the block right away before someone else over-rode it.
Hubstaff is clearly a very very evil company. I've asked to speak to the owners several times & they ignore me.
They support Nigerian stalkers and let me, the victim suffer. I've wasted tons of my time talking to Hubstaff and why I should have to defend myself against stalkers is RIDICULOUS.
I wrote them one last time saying I want their address to get my lawyer involved since they are allowing a crime to be committed online (it's called stalking) and they ignored me.
6. oh, and they ignored my BBB report too.
If you've had problems with them, you should report them to the BBB, better business bureau.
7. I reached out to one Nigerian freelancer I helped once get his laptop fixed hoping he would STOP THE CYBER STALKING from those Nigerian stalkers.
He wrote to Hubstaff (I didn't tell him to) to tell them I'm an honest person. The minute he gave them my email address, they ignored him too.
You can reach out if you want at ourfreesociety and you know the rest if you want my list of jobs.
Update on 02-06-25 after Hubstaff responded. It's the same generic message they always say, so don't trust anything they say.
They told me over & over again that they review the reports, but if they did, they would have seen I didn't do anything wrong & once my account was back, they wouldn't have manually blocked it again.
As for the delay in responding, I don't know, do you think ignoring 16 emails since October 2024 is ANY kind of service let alone slow service?
Nope, THEY ARE IGNORING ME and I'm not wasting more time on them. I lost at least 4-6 hours dealing with Hubstaff trying to get this sorted out and they STILL ignored me and allowed the Nigerian stalkers to stalk me. Note how they didn't say a word about me being stalked, only talked about the reports levied against me by my stalkers & how they allow them to roam free on their site while they block me, the client who hires freelancers.
Response from HubstaffFeb 7, 2025
Hi Michelle! We’re sorry to hear about your experience. Our team investigates all reports and works to ensure a fair platform for both employers and freelancers. We understand your frustration and regret any delays in response. If you’d like to discuss this further, please reach out to our support team, we’re happy to help.
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Sam
Unreliable software
Unreliable software, always having issues with generating accurate client invoicing which is the whole purpose of this software. Support takes forever to fix things and we end up doing things manually. Our team is looking to move to a new platform.
Response from HubstaffDec 5, 2024
Hi Sam! We’re really sorry to hear about the issues you've had with invoicing and support. This isn’t the experience we want you to have.
We understand how important accurate invoicing is and if you're open to it, we’d love to help resolve any outstanding concerns. Please feel free to email us at [email protected] and we’ll do our best to assist you.
Thanks again and we look forward to hearing from you!
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Bill C.
Why I love and recommend Hubstaff?
Hubstaff motivates the staff to be more effective. Hubstaff lets the employer know the actual work done in the given time. Hubstaff is a great return of the value spent on it.
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Brian
Tool is pretty hard to use
Tool is pretty hard to use. Sales page is confusing so users pick the wrong plan and customer service will not fix it.
I see you responded, but it wasn't helpful. That email to support leads to the unhelpful person.
Response from HubstaffOct 9, 2024
Hi Brian! We're sorry to hear that you had some challenges in using the Hubstaff app. I'd like to invite you to check our launchpad for some instructional videos on how to get started (https://support.hubstaff.com/launchpad/).
If you have other questions, please don't hesitate to chat with us or send us an email at [email protected] and we'll be glad to assist you!