Worktivity vs DeskTime
DeskTime is an automatic time tracking software with productivity monitoring features.
If DeskTime is not the right fit, Worktivity records time automatically and adds screenshots, activity levels and payouts from $3.99 per user.
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DeskTimeWorktivity and DeskTime, side by side
- Starting price
- Worktivity$3.99DeskTime$6.42Entry plan, per user per month. Competitor figures are annual-billing rates, the lowest each vendor publishes; ours is the monthly list price.
- Pricing model
- Worktivityper user/monthDeskTimeper user/monthBoth products bill per seat rather than per tracked hour.
- Free trial
- Worktivity14 daysDeskTimeAvailableWorktivity gives every plan a 14-day trial without a card.
What each product covers
Rows come from the same shared capability list. A dash means the capability was not part of this comparison, not that it is missing from the product.
| Capability | Worktivity | DeskTime |
|---|---|---|
| Time Tracking | Worktivity: Time Tracking included | DeskTime: Time Tracking included |
| Automatic Tracking | Worktivity: Automatic Tracking included | DeskTime: Automatic Tracking included |
| Screenshot Monitoring | Worktivity: Screenshot Monitoring includedUnlimited | DeskTime: Screenshot Monitoring includedLimited |
| Unlimited Screenshots | Worktivity: Unlimited Screenshots included | DeskTime: Unlimited Screenshots not included |
| Timelapse Videos | Worktivity: Timelapse Videos included | DeskTime: Timelapse Videos not included |
| Activity Level Tracking | Worktivity: Activity Level Tracking included | DeskTime: Activity Level Tracking included |
| App & Website Tracking | Worktivity: App & Website Tracking included | DeskTime: App & Website Tracking included |
| Offline Time Tracking | Worktivity: Offline Time Tracking not included | DeskTime: Offline Time Tracking included |
| Productivity Reports | Worktivity: Productivity Reports included | DeskTime: Productivity Reports included |
| AI-Powered Analytics | Worktivity: AI-Powered Analytics includedAdvanced AI insights | DeskTime: AI-Powered Analytics not included |
| Payout Management | Worktivity: Payout Management included | DeskTime: Payout Management not included |
| Affordable Pricing | Worktivity: Affordable Pricing includedStarting at $3.99/user | DeskTime: Affordable Pricing not included |
| 14-Day Free Trial | Worktivity: 14-Day Free Trial included | DeskTime: 14-Day Free Trial included |
Where Worktivity differs from DeskTime
Each point below maps to a row in the table above.
- 37% more affordable: $3.99/user against DeskTime's $6.42/user
- Unlimited screenshots in all plans
- Built-in payout and invoicing management
- AI-powered productivity insights
- Timelapse video creation
- More comprehensive feature set
DeskTime in balance
No tool wins on everything. Here is what DeskTime is good at, and what teams tend to weigh against it.
What DeskTime does well
- Automatic time tracking
- URL and app tracking
- Offline time tracking
What teams weigh up
- Limited screenshot features
- Basic reporting
- Higher pricing for features
Reading the comparison
Pricing
Worktivity starts at $3.99 per user per month, against $6.42 per user per month for DeskTime. The DeskTime figure is its annual-billing rate, the lowest price it publishes, while ours is the monthly list price. Paid annually Worktivity drops to $3.32, so the real gap is wider than the numbers above. Both are billed per seat, so it grows with headcount.
DeskTime pricing was read from the vendor's official pricing page on August 22, 2026. See DeskTime pricing
Which one fits your team
Worktivity is the better fit if:
- DeskTime tells you how the time went. Worktivity carries the same hours through to money: cost per task and project, billable amount, and payouts and invoices raised from the tracked time.
- Not everyone has to install an agent. Time can be tracked in the web application from any modern browser, which matters for contractors and occasional collaborators.
- Screenshot volume is not capped. Every plan records without a screenshot limit; what changes between plans is how long the images and activity data stay available.
DeskTime is the better fit if:
- You want tracking that asks nothing of anyone. DeskTime's automatic capture, with no timers to start and no categories to maintain, is why most of its customers stay.
- Part of the day happens away from the computer. DeskTime asks about offline time and folds it into the record; Worktivity does not.
- Absences belong next to the hours. DeskTime's absence calendar and Pomodoro timer are built in and used daily by the people being tracked.
Switching from DeskTime
DeskTime exports the numbers cleanly, so the archive is straightforward. What does not travel is the absence calendar and the offline entries people typed in, so decide where those will live before you switch.
How the move usually goes
- 1
Export DeskTime reports for the period you need to keep, and note that offline entries and the absence calendar are records you will have to hold somewhere else.
- 2
Install the Worktivity agent on a pilot group and compare one full week side by side, especially the productive and unproductive split, because the two products categorise applications differently.
- 3
Cut over at the start of a month so the first Worktivity report covers a whole period, and let the DeskTime term run out rather than cancelling mid-way.
Questions people ask
The three that come up most often when a team is weighing this move.
Can DeskTime data be moved into Worktivity?
No importer exists. Export the DeskTime reports you want to keep and treat them as the archive for that period; Worktivity's record begins when its agent is installed. Running both for a week or two gives you an overlap you can check the numbers against.
Does Worktivity record offline time the way DeskTime does?
No. There is no prompt asking what you did away from the machine. Time is recorded while the agent runs, or entered in the web application, so work off the computer has to be logged rather than reconstructed.
Will the productivity percentages match what DeskTime showed?
They will not match exactly, and they should not be expected to. Each product decides for itself which applications count as productive. Worktivity reports utilisation as working, break and idle time, then splits working time into productive, neutral and unproductive, so compare the trend over a full week rather than single days.
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Try Worktivity alongside DeskTime
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