Time Tracking & Attendance · Alternatives
TimeLog alternatives
As of 21 Oct 2026, the panel rates TimeTac (3.5/5), clockodo (3/5) and ZEP (3/5) highest among the other 25 Time Tracking & Attendance products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is TimeTac (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: how scores are made.
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European alternatives to TimeLog
European by provenance (EU-made, EU origin with foreign ownership, or UK and wider Europe). Data hosting is stated only where the vendor’s own pages prove it.
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TimeTac
EU-MadePanel rating
TimeTac, a cloud time-tracking and attendance product from TimeTac GmbH of Graz, Austria, scores highest on payroll export: Payroll Connect hands working hours, absences and payroll-relevant data to DATEV, RZL and BMD with role-based access, and the criterion sits at a flat 8.
- Data hosting: Default not stated; pages mention the EU
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clockodo
EU-MadePanel rating
Clockodo is time tracking and attendance software from Clockodo GmbH.
- Data hosting: not stated on the vendor’s pages
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ZEP
EU-MadePanel rating
ZEP, from vendor provantis IT Solutions GmbH and positioned as project time recording for consultancies, drew scores that split along one grain: strongest where recorded time becomes revenue, weakest where public evidence runs out.
- Data hosting: Default not stated; pages mention Germany
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GFOS
EU-MadePanel rating
GFOS is a workforce-management system whose depth is the payroll handoff.
- Data hosting: not stated on the vendor’s pages
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Papershift
EU-MadePanel rating
Papershift, a German time-tracking platform, is strongest on the payroll handoff: payroll export scored 7 to 8, with DATEV Detail, LODAS and SAGE exports, automatic night, Sunday and holiday surcharges, payrolls auto-generated at a chosen cutoff and a red warning triangle for late data, and the top of the range adds collective pay tables and special cases like short-time work.
- Data hosting: not stated on the vendor’s pages
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timr
EU-MadePanel rating
timr is a time, project and mileage tracking service from troii Software GmbH of Austria, running on servers in Germany with Hetzner named as the data-centre provider.
- Data hosting: Default not stated; pages mention Germany
- Free plan: yes, per the vendor’s page captured 5 Oct 2026
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ATOSS
EU-MadePanel rating
ATOSS Software SE of Munich sells workforce management built around digital time tracking.
- Data hosting: not stated on the vendor’s pages
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Crewmeister
EU-MadePanel rating
Crewmeister is a cloud time-tracking product aimed at trades and deskless teams, positioned for 1-50 employees.
- Data hosting: Default not stated; pages mention Germany
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Toggl Track
EU-MadePanel rating
Toggl Track, from Toggl OÜ of Tallinn, is a project-time tracker, and the bench scored it as one.
- Data hosting: not stated on the vendor’s pages
- Free plan: yes, per the vendor’s page captured 16 Sep 2026
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Timely
UK / wider EuropePanel rating
Timely is an automatic time tracker: an opt-in Memory app records page titles and timestamps of active web and desktop apps, and users edit, delete and annotate the entries.
- Data hosting: Default not stated; pages mention Europe
Other alternatives
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Kelio
Provenance unknownPanel rating
Kelio, Bodet Software's time tracking and attendance suite, is strongest at time capture, scored 6 to 8: in-house-manufactured terminals rated IP65 and IK08 operate from -15°C to 50°C, store events through an outage, sync standalone via USB, and allow per-employee real-time or retrospective declaration from PC or smartphone.
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Clockify
Rest of worldPanel rating
Clockify is a time tracker and timesheet app from CAKE.com Inc.
- Free plan: yes, per the vendor’s page captured 15 Sep 2026
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Quinyx
Provenance unknownPanel rating
Quinyx AB, an AI-powered workforce management platform, was reviewed for time tracking and attendance.
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Softworks
Provenance unknownPanel rating
Softworks presents itself from Bray, Ireland with offices in the UK, Italy, Canada and the USA.
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timecockpit
Provenance unknownPanel rating
timecockpit is a web-based time tracking and attendance service from software architects GmbH.
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ISGUS ZEUS
Provenance unknownPanel rating
ISGUS ZEUS, judged from the vendor's American pages, is strongest on time capture and absence and planning: the judges credit own-manufactured badge, fingerprint and face-recognition terminals in three named models, a mobile app that saves bookings on the device when the connection drops and syncs them on reconnect, leave requests and sick leave with approvals and visible balances, and scheduling with substitution suggestions and planner-approved shift swaps.
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Everhour
Provenance unknownPanel rating
Everhour, a time-tracking and attendance product, is strongest at project and billing and weakest at sovereignty and pricing transparency, where the only public terms are a 14-day free trial with no credit card.
- Free plan: yes, per the vendor’s page captured 20 Oct 2026
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TimeCamp
Provenance unknownPanel rating
TimeCamp is a time-tracking and attendance product; persona-weighted totals range from 3.7 to 4.7.
- Free plan: yes, per the vendor’s page captured 19 Oct 2026
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DeskTime
Provenance unknownPanel rating
DeskTime (Draugiem Group) is automatic time tracking software pitched for productivity insights, and the bench scored it highest on project and billing, 4 to 6: hourly rates on projects and tasks, cost calculation from employee pay, and invoicing down to the second.
- Free plan: yes, per the vendor’s page captured 22 Sep 2026
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Harvest
Rest of worldPanel rating
Harvest is time tracking with client invoicing, and the bench found it strongest exactly there: project and billing runs 8 to 9, on rates set by person, project or task type and chosen automatically, budget alerts, recurring hour banks, and invoices raised straight from approved timesheets.
- Free plan: yes, per the vendor’s page captured 19 Oct 2026
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Hubstaff
Provenance unknownPanel rating
Hubstaff scores highest on project and billing at 7-8: per-person bill rates, hour and budget limits with real-time over-budget alerts, and invoices generated from tracked time with locked line items that cannot be billed twice.
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Timeular
Provenance unknownPanel rating
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ProTime
Provenance unknownPanel rating
ProTime nv, in workforce management since 1995 and part of the SD Worx Group, scores highest on absence and planning and on payroll export, both at 4 to 5, with time capture at a flat 4.
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Time Doctor
Provenance unknownPanel rating
Time Doctor is a time tracking and attendance product from Time Doctor LLC.
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memtime
Provenance unknownPanel rating
memtime, from memtime GmbH, is a desktop time tracker for desk professionals: background capture on Mac, Windows and Linux records actively used programs, documents and calls, and the activity timeline stays a single offline copy on the user's machine.