Time Doctor vs Clockify: Real Cost for Your Team Size

Time Doctor or Clockify? Compare plan prices, monitoring, approvals, add ons and support, with yearly costs for 10, 25 and 50 seats.

Last updated: October 6, 2026. Prices checked October 2026.

Clockify costs less than Time Doctor on every like for like feature except monitoring. Clockify runs $3.99 to $11.99 per user per month on annual billing and has a free plan for up to 5 users, while Time Doctor runs $6.67 to $16.70. Time Doctor Basic includes monitoring for $1.32 less than Clockify Pro.

Key takeaways

• Monitoring is the one place Time Doctor wins on price. Basic at $6.67 includes screenshots, while Clockify starts activity monitoring on Pro at $7.99.

• Approvals, attendance and time off start on Clockify Standard at $5.49 and on Time Doctor Standard at $11.67, a gap of $6.18 per user.

• A team that needs monitoring and approvals together pays $7.99 on Clockify Pro or $11.67 on Time Doctor Standard, which also adds payroll.

• Clockify has a free plan for up to 5 users. Time Doctor has only a 14 day trial.

• Time Doctor sells SSO as a $200 per account add on on Basic and Standard, while Clockify includes it on Enterprise at $11.99.

Which is cheaper, Time Doctor or Clockify?

Clockify is cheaper at every tier, but the tiers do not hold the same features, so the fair question is what you pay for the features you need.

All prices are per user per month. Look at the Upper row. Time Doctor Premium costs $8.71 more than Clockify Pro on annual billing, and the two plans do very different jobs, which is why we compare by feature below.

Not sure you want to read two full price breakdowns first? We wrote one for each tool: Time Doctor pricing plan by plan and Clockify pricing plan by plan.

What do you get at the entry price?

For $6.67 Time Doctor Basic gives you tracking and screenshots, and for $3.99 Clockify Basic gives you admin tools and no monitoring.

Time Doctor Basic, $6.67 annually

• Automatic time tracking and online and offline tracking

• Projects and tasks report, timeline report and hours tracked

• Screenshots

• Groups and teams

• Three months of historical tracking data

Clockify Basic, $3.99 annually

• Kiosk with PIN and multiple kiosks

• Time audit, time estimates and bulk edit

• Billable rates, historical rates and project templates

• CSV and Excel exports, shared and customized reports

• Webhooks, import data and breaks

So the entry plans are not rivals. One watches work and the other organizes it. Which of those jobs is your reason to buy?

One caution on Clockify. Its pricing page lists the monitoring feature as Activity monitoring and has no row named Screenshots, while its help center lists screenshots on Pro. Confirm what Pro captures during a trial before you decide.

What does monitoring cost on each tool?

On annual billing, monitoring costs $6.67 per user on Time Doctor and $7.99 on Clockify, so Time Doctor is $1.32 cheaper per seat.

Illustrative example: the formula is seats x annual price x 12, and the seat counts are chosen for the math.

The gap is real but not huge. At 25 seats it is $396.00 a year. On monthly billing the gap is $1.99 per seat, because Basic is $8.00 and Pro is $9.99.

The comparison is not perfectly even. Clockify Pro also bundles scheduling, budgets, expenses and forecasting, which are not on the Time Doctor Basic feature list. If you will never open those, the extra money buys you nothing. If you will, Pro is the better value than it looks.

What do approvals, attendance and time off cost?

Clockify Standard at $5.49 covers them, while Time Doctor needs Standard at $11.67, so Clockify is $6.18 cheaper per user.

On Clockify, time off, invoicing, time approval and attendance with overtime all start on Standard. On Time Doctor, attendance, break tracking, leave tracking, schedules, time approvals and payroll all start on Standard.

Illustrative example: same formula, seats x annual price x 12. At 50 seats the difference is $3,708.00 a year. Time Doctor Standard also adds payroll and productivity ratings. Does your team need those, or just approvals and time off?

What if you need both monitoring and approvals?

Clockify Pro at $7.99 covers both, and Time Doctor Standard at $11.67 covers both plus payroll, so Clockify is $3.68 cheaper per user.

The Clockify pricing page does not list payroll on any plan, so if payroll inside the tracker is your goal, the extra $3.68 is what Time Doctor charges for it. Time Doctor Standard also lists productivity ratings and a real time notification feature, and it adds live chat, email and callback support.

This is where most buyers end up, so it is the row to take to your finance team.

How do add ons and SSO change the picture?

Time Doctor sells several features as add ons on Basic and Standard, which can push its cost past a higher plan, while the Clockify pricing page shows no add on price list, only a separate Kiosk pricing block marked Limited seats.

On Time Doctor, Video Screen Recording, Unusual Activity Reporting and Benchmarks AI cost $3 per user, and SSO costs $200 per account per month. Illustrative example for SSO: 10 seats on Time Doctor Basic with the SSO add on cost 10 x $6.67 x 12 + $200 x 12 = $3,200.40 a year. On Clockify, SSO sits on Enterprise, so 10 seats cost 10 x $11.99 x 12 = $1,438.80 a year. Enterprise adds other things too, but if SSO is your only need, the gap is $1,761.60.

At larger sizes the picture flips. Time Doctor Premium includes SSO along with the AI reports and video recording, so a big team may pay less for Premium than for many add ons. We show the math in our Time Doctor pricing guide.

Does support differ by plan?

Yes. Clockify lists 24/7 support by email, chat and phone on every plan, while Time Doctor Basic has a ticket portal and a knowledge base and adds live chat, email and callback from Standard.

For a small team on a tight budget, that makes Clockify the safer choice when something breaks late at night. Time Doctor also lists a dedicated account manager, for teams of 50 or more users, on Premium. Do you expect to need a person on the other end of the line?

Which tool fits which team?

Pick Time Doctor if monitoring is the main job and Clockify if approvals, invoicing and a low price are the main job.

Time Doctor fits you if

• You want monitoring data from the cheapest paid plan

• You want payroll and leave tracking next to the hours

• You want a client login on Premium

Clockify fits you if

• You have 5 or fewer people and want to pay nothing

• You need invoicing, approvals and time off at the lowest price

• You want phone and chat support on every plan

Still undecided? Our roundup of the best employee time tracking software compares more options. If monitoring is a worry for your team, read how manual versus automatic time tracking differ before you turn it on.

Where does WorkSnaply fit?

On annual billing, WorkSnaply Professional at $6.39 sits $0.28 below Time Doctor Basic and $1.60 below Clockify Pro, and it includes monitoring.

Disclosure: we build WorkSnaply, so read this section with that in mind. Every price comes from the vendor pages listed in the Fact Check table.

Illustrative example: 10 seats on WorkSnaply Professional cost 10 x $6.39 x 12 = $766.80 a year, against $800.40 on Time Doctor Basic and $958.80 on Clockify Pro. See WorkSnaply pricing for every plan, and how screenshots and activity monitoring work in WorkSnaply if you want to know what gets captured.

Related reading

• Time Doctor pricing, plan by plan

• Clockify pricing, free plan and paid tiers

• Hubstaff pricing, seat minimums and screenshot limits

• All pricing guides

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Time Doctor more expensive than Clockify?

Yes at every tier. Time Doctor runs $6.67 to $16.70 per user per month on annual billing for Basic to Premium, and Clockify runs $3.99 to $11.99 for Basic to Enterprise. The exception is monitoring, where Time Doctor Basic at $6.67 beats Clockify Pro at $7.99.

Does Clockify have a free plan?

Yes, for up to 5 users, with unlimited tracking and unlimited projects. Time Doctor has no free plan and offers a 14 day trial instead.

Which tool includes screenshots on the cheapest plan?

Time Doctor. Screenshots are on Basic at $6.67. Clockify lists activity monitoring from Pro at $7.99.

Which tool has payroll?

Time Doctor lists payroll from Standard at $11.67. The Clockify pricing page does not list payroll on any plan.

Does Time Doctor charge extra for SSO?

On Basic and Standard, yes. SSO is an add on at $200 per account per month, and Premium includes it. Clockify includes SSO on Enterprise at $11.99.

Which has better support?

Clockify lists 24/7 support by email, chat and phone on every plan. Time Doctor adds live chat, email and callback from Standard.

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