TimeMagick vs Hubstaff: manage the project, not the employee's screen

Yes. TimeMagick is a Hubstaff alternative for project-based teams that want detailed activity visibility without screenshot capture, plus a native project board, Gantt and resource planning, project channels, a client workspace, billable-percentage approval and client profitability analytics in one product.

Choose TimeMagick when the project matters more than the screen: managers get Activity %, app and URL usage and productivity classifications without any screen images being collected, and the same project record carries the board, Gantt, resource planning, project channels, the client workspace, billing, recurring invoices, recurring expenses and Client Health, with every feature on every plan.

Yes. TimeMagick never captures screen images. It measures activity from keyboard clicks, mouse clicks and mouse movement, records the active app and URL with time per item, and classifies usage as productive, neutral or unproductive, so managers get operational visibility without collecting what is on anyone's screen. Hubstaff offers configurable screenshot capture; TimeMagick deliberately avoids that category of data.

TimeMagick tracks worked, idle, manual and private time; Activity % from keyboard clicks, mouse clicks and mouse movement with configurable weighting; a configurable idle threshold; the active application and URL with time per item; and productive, neutral or unproductive classifications set per role or member. Private Time lets members keep working with time counted while app and URL detail is withheld.

Yes. The project management layer is part of TimeMagick itself: a drag-and-drop Projects board with custom and automatic statuses, tasks with due dates, assignees and budgets, an interactive Gantt, a portfolio Gantt, resource planning, and budgets with alerts and forecasting, all on the same projects as the tracked hours. In Hubstaff, board and timeline views come through Hubstaff Tasks, included from the Grow plan and an add-on on Starter.

Yes. TimeMagick has an interactive Gantt per project and across the client portfolio, plus project scheduling and resource planning, connected to the same budgets, billing and profitability as the project's hours.

Yes. Client Members get a workspace with a Dashboard of projects, tasks and weekly hours, Projects, Timesheets, Report, Message Channels and Sensai, separate from your internal team's experience. Hubstaff's Project Viewer role is read-only and cannot access timesheets.

Yes. Every TimeMagick project automatically gets its own channel next to its tasks, hours and budget, with attachments, emoji, unread badges and search, and the team also has direct messages and groups. Client Members can use project channels and groups too. Hubstaff Tasks collaboration centers on task comments.

Yes. When tracked time is approved, the approver sets a billable percentage for each entry, so 5 worked hours approved at 80% become 4 billable hours. Project Billing then shows billable against billed hours per client and project, and the same numbers flow into profitability. No billable-percentage step is identified in Hubstaff's documentation.

Yes. Recurring invoices are scheduled and go through approval when they become due, from multiple legal entities and billing accounts. Company expenses are linked to projects with custom categories and approval, and recurring expenses have their own schedule, approval queue and Payment History, so repeating costs feed project margin too.

Yes. TimeMagick's KPI module shows Revenue, Profit, Avg Client Profit, Avg Client Margin, Effective Rate, Utilisation, Avg Cooperation length, Projects Over Budget, Repeat Client %, Retention % and Revenue Concentration, plus Most and Least Profitable Clients, Falling Activity, Uninvoiced Hours, Low-Profit Projects and Client Health.

Yes. TimeMagick is built for project-based knowledge-work teams such as agencies and engineering, CAD and design studios that want activity visibility without screenshots, project delivery, client collaboration, billing and deeper profitability analytics in one connected product.