3 Stars – It Rocks!
2 Stars – Not So Bad!
1 Star – Hope they didn’t quit their day job!

TimeClock Plus™

www.timeclockplus.com

Freelance Weekly Rating: 3 Stars

About: Data Management, Inc. (“DMI”) develops time and attendance solutions for employee labor tracking, providing solutions that range from Enterprise class organizations with tens of thousands of employees, to mid-sized businesses, all the way down to small businesses with only 10 employees since 1988. DMI soon began the development of TimeClock Plus™.

Set Up: TimeClock Plus™ may be installed on a server or used directly as a web based application.

Navigation: Its simple and easy software layout tool is very user friendly.

Sharing: TimeClock Plus™ interfaces with most popular payroll and HR packages. Along with server and web based software, TimeClock Plus™ can be paired with hardware like Employee Access Terminal, Fingerprint Biometrics, Handscanner Biometrics, Id Badges, Job Badges, Job Costing, Shift Differential and Payroll Interface Modules.

Pricing: TimeClock Plus™ offers four types of plans, but you need to call for a quote from the company.

Small Business Edition
TimeClock Plus™ Web Edition
Hybrid Edition
6.0 Professional Edition

TimeClock Plus™ employee time tracking systems may be deployed strictly as a server-based system without the need for any ancillary hardware, or as web-based time and attendance systems used without geographic limitation.

Customer Service: TimeClock Plus™ offers assistance either via online Live Chat, Insta Call, Email Support as well as Online Training.

Recommendation: Because of TimeClock Plus™’s online accessibility, many different types of pricing plans and many ways of pairing their software and hardware, I highly recommend this Time Clock Software.

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Kronos

www.kronos.com

Freelance Weekly Rating: 2 Stars

About: Kronos Incorporated was founded 1982 in order to help organizations staff, develop, deploy, track, and reward their workforce while reducing costs, increase productivity, better decision-making, improved employee satisfaction while aligning with organizational objectives.

Set Up: Kronos’ implementation services helps upgrade existing products, add new products, or plan software migration from legacy systems. It can be delivered online or at the customer’s site.

Navigation: Once installed Kronos’ beautiful but simple layout makes this software very user friendly and pleasing to the eye.

Sharing: Product Extensibility Services allows employees to work in several assigned jobs, managed by different supervisors all with one badge or login. Each supervisor is able to see and approve only the hours that were worked in his or her department.

Pricing: Hosted Application Management is available for licensed software customers or as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) subscription service. Your Kronos solution can be hosted on one of their secure offsite facilities. Kronos handles service packs and upgrades, and takes responsibility for keeping the application up and running. As a SaaS subscription service you have payment options – you can purchase a perpetual license, lease, or subscribe on a monthly basis.

Kronos offers four types of plans, but you need to call for a quote from the company.

Workforce Timekeeper
Kronos iSeries Timekeeper
Kronos Essentials™
webTA™ for the federal government

Kronos Essentials is a Microsoft-based single server configuration designed to fit the needs of smaller companies or companies with limited internal resources or reduce your total cost of ownership with web-based applications that are quickly deployed, easily maintained, and broadly accessible.

Customer Service: Kronos offers a sales and information Phone Line, Online Customer Support or request information via its Online Form.

Recommendation: Due to Kronos’ ability to interface directly with Microsoft-based software in order to fit the needs of may companies, I recommend this Time Clock Software.

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TimeForce

www.mytimeforce.com

Freelance Weekly Rating: 1 Star

About: Qqest was established in 1992 with the vision of automating equipment and labor management providing real solutions to today’s complex employee management issues. Qqest offers software solutions for time and attendance (TimeForce), payroll (Qqest Payroll Services), and asset maintenance and management (ManagerPlus).

Set Up: Qqest experts can go to the customer’s location to help make system installation, set-up, configuration and online or on site training and education to ensure a smooth system transition.

Navigation: Its simple and user friendly layout makes it simple to use.

Sharing: Employees can clock in using time clock hardware, time and attendance software, remote devices (like phones or PDAs), or a combination of all three. Hardware options include a wall-mounted time clock, proximity reader, biometric (fingerprint) time clocks, and more. A software option lets employees use the browser on their computer to clock in.

Pricing: TimeForce offers one type of plan, but you need to call for a quote from the company.

Standard Plan

Customer Service: TimeForce online Support Center provides answers to frequently asked questions and aid their customers with tools, tips, and information along with download patches and upgrades when needed. The customers may also access training videos, user instructions, a library of owner’s manuals, and more. TimeForce may also be reached via phone, email, Twitter and Facebook.

Recommendation: While I like that TimeForce offers a variety of ways for employees to input their time, their only software plan does not offer the flexibility of plans like the other systems I reviewed, making it difficult for the consumer to decide if their product will work for their company needs.