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EmpMonitor

Score9.7 out of 10

5 Reviews and Ratings

What is EmpMonitor?

EmpMonitor launched in 2014 as an early entrant of employee monitoring. With time and the latest versions, it’s now specialized in productivity management and insider threat detection. It helps in providing insights into employee computer working activities, forensics, user behavior analytics, data loss prevention, etc. to make the workplace productive and secure.

EmpMonitor marks a fine line between the privacy and productivity of the employees, and states they are positioned to sustainably provide employee monitoring and insider threat detection solutions. Their user activity monitoring software helps to monitor and control user activity to ensure compliance with internal security policies and regulatory requirements.

Helpful tool in the age of hybrid workforces.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is a [game-changer]! Engagement is the best thing here and other tasks like checking the team's productivity daily, weekly, and monthly can be done swiftly through EmpMonitor. The timeline report is very helpful for me in checking the team's attendance. This report displays a real-time view of online and offline staff in the team.

Pros

  • Track keyboard activity per second.
  • Take screenshots every a corn period of time.
  • Track total time spent on different tasks.

Cons

  • Sometimes it would show no activity at all even when there is.
  • Direct billed hours facility is missing[.]
  • Need better synchronization between PC and mobile app[.]

Most Important Features

  • Photo screenshots[.]
  • Calculate working minutes[.]
  • Automated payroll calculations[.]

Return on Investment

  • Tracks computer activity easily on selected users.
  • The timeline report is very helpful for me in checking the team's attendance.
  • Very helpful to refer to when submitting timesheets.

Alternatives Considered

Datadog

Other Software Used

Time Doctor, Workpuls, Prodoscore, Teramind

Usability

Pretty simple and best time tracking solution for small businesses

Pros

  • EmpMonitor is very convenient to use.
  • Provides detailed screenshots of the employees’ system.
  • The admins have complete control over the data.
  • Easy to restrict anyone’s system from accessing any specific information.

Cons

  • Unavailability of integration of third-party software that enhances its overall working.
  • No option to track or manage projects.
  • Project tracking and support for Macs.

Most Important Features

  • Insider Threats and How to Avoid Them
  • Effective in detecting inside dangers.
  • Screen capture feature is really helpful, as it has helped us to improve the productivity of our employees

Return on Investment

  • Project tracking and support for Macs.

Alternatives Considered

Teramind

Other Software Used

Teramind, Almyta Control System

Best solution for employee management

Pros

  • Time monitoring for capturing the working hours of every employee
  • Productivity tracker to track the production rate
  • Screen monitoring to check the live activities of every worker

Cons

  • Sometimes the software lags, which results in slow loading.
  • The HRMS part should have an easy user interface.
  • I would love to get a dark mode in the settings of EmpMonitor.

Most Important Features

  • Screenshot monitoring
  • Productivity tracker
  • Stealth mode

Return on Investment

  • I can get detailed reports of every employee
  • Generating pay slips has been easier now with EmpMonitor
  • No more wasting time in maintaining log-in/out times

Alternatives Considered

Zabbix

Other Software Used

Time Doctor, Zabbix, Monitask

The best cloud-hosted time tracking tool

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

EmpMonitor tool helps you track work time by showing regular screen captures of your workers' screens to help you determine what sites and apps they are visiting and using. You can even perform a thorough analysis of employees and their time on tasks regardless of where they are situated.

Pros

  • Time monitoring to help employees keep track of employee work times.
  • Productivity tracker generates reports of individual employees.
  • Screen monitoring for easy work monitoring and fraud detection.

Cons

  • Sometimes the software lags for some systems.
  • The interface can have some improvements.
  • Can include synchronization between PC and mobile app.

Most Important Features

  • Easy Integration
  • Monitoring All the Devices
  • Productivity evaluation

Return on Investment

  • Track keyboard activity per second.
  • Take screenshots every a corn period.
  • Track total time spent on different tasks.

Alternatives Considered

Zabbix

Other Software Used

Hubstaff, Harvest, ActivTrak, Toggl