Clockify vs uAttend: Full Comparison
Clockify is a free, browser-based timer for people who track time from a computer or phone. uAttend sells physical time clocks paired with a cloud dashboard.
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Our quick verdict on both tools
Pick Clockify if your team works at a computer and you want a free or low-cost timer with a lot of integrations. Pick uAttend if you run a shop, warehouse, clinic, or office where staff need to punch in at a physical clock, with fingerprint or face recognition to stop buddy punching.
Start tracking freeWhat this comparison covers
Clockify and uAttend are both time tracking tools, compared here side by side so you can see how they differ.
If neither tool fits, TimeTracker is a third option worth a look for teams that bill clients by the hour and want budgets, approvals, and invoicing tied to the same tracked time.
Compare the two products at a glance
Both tools solve time tracking. Here is what each one includes, side by side.
Clockify
Priced lower than most competitors, and its Free plan (capped at 5 users) still includes timers, timesheets, and basic reports.
- Best for
- Freelancers and small to mid-size teams who want a low-cost or free time tracker for billing clients.
- Pricing
- Free plan cut from unlimited users to 5 in April 2026. Paid from $4.99/user/mo (Basic) up to $14.99/user/mo (Enterprise), billed monthly; annual is about 20% less.
- Timer, manual entry, and auto tracker
- Kiosk mode for shared-device clock in/out
- Timesheet approvals (Standard plan+)
- Invoicing and QuickBooks integration
- GPS and expense tracking (Pro plan+)
- 100+ app integrations, even on Free
- Labor cost vs billable rate reports
uAttend
Sells its own line of physical time clock hardware (fingerprint, facial recognition, badge) alongside cloud software, priced by employee count.
- Best for
- Businesses that want physical time clock hardware paired with a cloud dashboard.
- Pricing
- Tiered by employee count: about $29/mo (1-9 employees) up to $195/mo (100+). Hardware clocks sold separately from about $139. A plan covers 2 clocks and 1 admin, with extra clocks $12/mo and extra admins $8/mo. Payroll is a separate add-on from $5 a person a month.
- Fingerprint, facial recognition, badge clocks
- Mobile app with GPS on punch in/out
- Cloud dashboard for timesheets and PTO
- Touch-tone phone punching option
- Text and email missed-punch alerts
- Multi-location support
- Shift scheduling, and its own payroll add-on
See how they stack up
Pricing, best fit, and top strengths for both tools, side by side.
Pricing checked 2026-07-31. Confirm current pricing on each vendor's site.
Which one fits your team
Choose Clockify when…
Your team just needs a free timer and does not want to pay for tracking at all.
Clockify's free plan covers timers, timesheets, and basic reports at no cost, for up to 5 users.See how
Your staff already work at a computer or on a laptop all day.
A software timer fits desk-based work better than a physical clock, since the timer lives right where the work happens.See how
You already use a lot of other apps and want the widest integration list.
Clockify connects to 100 plus apps even on its free plan, more than uAttend's more limited connections.See how
You do not want to buy or manage physical hardware.
Clockify runs in the browser and on mobile, so there is nothing to install, mount, or replace if it breaks.See how
You want the shortest possible learning curve for a new team.
Clockify's simple, familiar interface needs almost no training, which helps a team start logging hours the same day.See how
You want kiosk mode on a shared device without buying separate hardware.
Clockify's kiosk mode turns a tablet or computer you already own into a shared clock-in screen, no new hardware to buy.See how
You want GPS and expense tracking without a big price jump.
Clockify's Pro plan adds GPS and expense tracking at a lower price point than buying and running separate clock hardware.See how
Choose uAttend when…
Your staff punch in at one physical spot, like a shop floor, warehouse, or front desk.
uAttend's fingerprint, face recognition, and badge clocks give on-site staff one fixed spot to punch in and out, with no app to open.See how
You are worried about buddy punching, where one person clocks in for another.
Fingerprint and facial recognition tie each punch to a real person, something a shared login on a software timer cannot guarantee.See how
You have staff working across more than one physical location.
uAttend supports multiple locations under one account, so a manager can see punches from every site in one dashboard.See how
You want a phone punch-in option for staff without a smartphone.
uAttend supports touch-tone phone punching, useful for staff who do not carry a company phone or have no signal on site.See how
You need alerts when someone forgets to punch in or out.
uAttend sends text and email alerts for missed punches, so a manager catches the gap before payroll instead of after.See how
You want responsive customer support if the hardware acts up.
Reviewers regularly praise uAttend's support team as quick to respond, which matters more once real hardware is involved.See how
Popular features
Employee time tracking your team will actually use
One click starts a timer, or people type hours in by hand. Every entry ties to a client, project, and task, so the record stays clean.
Explore Time Tracking→See where the time really goes
Break hours down by client, project, and team member. Find the work that pays off and the projects that run over.
Explore Reports & Dashboards→Bill for every hour you earn
Mark each entry billable or non-billable while you work. Approved hours roll straight into reports you can bill from.
Explore Billing→Use cases this solves
Attendance Tracking
See who showed up, when, and from where, without chasing paper timesheets.
Explore→Non-Billable Time Tracking
Log internal hours cleanly when there is no client invoice at the end.
Explore→Expense Tracking
Mark an expense billable, add a markup, and bill it with the tracked hours.
Explore→
Frequently asked questions
- Is Clockify cheaper than uAttend?
- Usually, yes. Clockify has a real free plan for up to 5 users, and its paid tiers are priced per user. uAttend charges a flat monthly fee by employee count, starting around $29 a month, plus the cost of the hardware clock itself. See the billing page for how plans usually compare.
- Do I need to buy hardware to use uAttend?
- For its main selling point, yes. uAttend sells fingerprint, facial recognition, and badge time clocks starting around $139, on top of the monthly software fee. Clockify needs no hardware at all, since staff clock in from time tracking in the browser or app.
- Which tool stops buddy punching better?
- uAttend, by design. Its fingerprint and facial recognition clocks tie a punch to a real person's body, which a shared login cannot do. See how attendance tracking works. Clockify has GPS on its Pro plan, which helps confirm location but not identity the same way.
- Does Clockify have more integrations than uAttend?
- Yes. Clockify connects to 100 plus apps, even on its free plan, through its reporting and project tools. uAttend's connections are more limited, focused on payroll exports rather than a broad app list.
- Which tool works better for staff without a smartphone?
- uAttend, since it offers a physical clock and touch-tone phone punching for staff with no company phone. Clockify leans on its time tracking app, which needs a phone, tablet, or computer to punch in.
- Can I run both a shop floor and a remote team on one of these tools?
- uAttend covers multi-location on-site punching well, but does not fit remote desk work as naturally. Clockify fits remote and desk-based non-billable time tracking well, but has no physical clock for a shop floor.
- Which tool is easier to learn for a new team?
- Clockify is genuinely simple and fast to pick up, one of its real strengths, and needs almost no training. uAttend is also described as straightforward, especially for attendance tracking, but staff need a few minutes to learn the physical clock itself.
- Does either tool track expenses?
- Clockify adds expense tracking on its Pro plan, letting you log a cost alongside tracked hours. See expense tracking for how that works. uAttend is built around attendance and punches, not project expenses.
- Is uAttend reliable, or do reviewers report problems?
- Reviewers call uAttend affordable and praise its support team, but some report the fingerprint scanner misreading a punch or the mobile app crashing. Weigh that against a software-only option covering time tracking with no hardware to maintain.
- What if neither Clockify nor uAttend fits my business?
- Both are solid, but for different jobs: desk-based teams versus on-site punch clocks. Businesses that bill clients by the hour and want budgets and invoicing tied to tracked time sometimes look at TimeTracker as a third option. Our alternatives page covers more tools to weigh beyond this one comparison.
Still weighing your options?
Clockify and uAttend solve different problems: a free software timer versus a hardware clock for on-site staff. TimeTracker adds budgets and invoicing.
See TimeTracker