Compare Buddy Punch and Connecteam 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (72.0% of reviews)
Small-Business (85.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $4.49 1 Employee Per Month
Free 10 Users
Buddy Punch
Star Rating
(358)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (72.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $4.49 1 Employee Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansConnecteam
Star Rating
(3,500)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (85.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 10 Users
Free Trial is available
Browse all 5 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Connecteam excels in overall user satisfaction, boasting a significantly higher G2 Score compared to Buddy Punch. Users appreciate how Connecteam consolidates various management tasks into one platform, making it easier to handle scheduling, time tracking, and communication without the hassle of switching between multiple apps.
- Users say that Buddy Punch shines in its ease of use, particularly highlighting features like the time-off calendar and the ability to edit clock-in and clock-out times. This functionality is praised for simplifying time management and ensuring accuracy, which is especially beneficial for small businesses.
- Reviewers mention that Connecteam's unique features, such as the celebration and rewards system, foster a positive team culture, particularly for remote teams. This aspect is often noted as a standout feature that enhances employee engagement and morale, setting it apart from Buddy Punch.
- According to verified reviews, Buddy Punch is recognized for its straightforward implementation process, with users noting that the onboarding experience is intuitive and quick. This is a significant advantage for small businesses looking to get up and running without extensive training.
- Users highlight that while Buddy Punch offers strong time tracking capabilities, Connecteam provides a more comprehensive suite of tools that includes task updates and chat features, which help streamline team communication and project management. This all-in-one approach is particularly beneficial for businesses with diverse operational needs.
- G2 reviewers indicate that while Buddy Punch has a strong focus on time tracking and attendance, Connecteam's broader functionality and higher market presence make it a more versatile choice for businesses looking to manage various aspects of their workforce effectively.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Buddy Punch
Starter
Starting at $4.49
1 Employee Per Month
Time tracking essentials for small teams and businesses.
- Free Administrator Users
- GPS on Punches
- Mobile Apps
Connecteam
Small Business
Free
10 Users
Everything a small business needs.
Up to 10 users.
- Full access to our most popular features
- All Hubs are included - Operations, Communications, HR & Skills
- Everything a small business needs
Free Trial
Buddy Punch
Free Trial is available
Connecteam
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.6
302
8.9
3,229
Ease of Use
9.7
307
9.0
3,309
Ease of Setup
9.6
192
8.9
3,146
Ease of Admin
9.7
114
9.0
2,861
Quality of Support
9.6
256
9.1
2,651
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.8
111
9.3
2,730
Product Direction (% positive)
9.5
288
9.5
3,255
Features by Category
Ticket and Case Management
Not enough data
9.0
94
Not enough data
9.0
93
Not enough data
9.0
91
Not enough data
8.7
90
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.0
89
Not enough data
9.0
89
Not enough data
8.9
91
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Help Desk
Not enough data
7.8
23
Not enough data
8.0
23
Not enough data
8.0
23
Communication Channels
Not enough data
8.8
90
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.1
88
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Platform
Not enough data
9.1
235
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.1
236
Not enough data
8.4
222
Not enough data
8.6
222
Not enough data
8.7
229
Communication
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Productivity Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Automation
9.3
170
8.6
1325
Logistics
9.2
177
8.6
1287
9.3
170
8.5
1275
9.1
57
8.3
1292
Management
9.2
152
8.8
1299
9.3
168
8.9
1297
9.1
169
8.7
1300
9.4
185
9.1
1315
9.4
175
9.1
1302
9.3
182
9.1
1320
Feature Not Available
8.6
1260
Monitoring
Feature Not Available
8.4
1263
Feature Not Available
8.5
1253
9.1
152
8.0
1225
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
8.8
495
Not enough data
9.1
511
Not enough data
8.7
490
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.8
466
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
9.1
495
Not enough data
9.0
490
Not enough data
8.0
469
Generative AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.5
372
AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.4
373
Not enough data
7.7
372
Not enough data
7.3
369
Not enough data
7.5
370
Agentic AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.4
94
Not enough data
7.6
93
Platform
Not enough data
9.5
43
Not enough data
9.5
43
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.4
44
Not enough data
9.4
43
Not enough data
9.5
42
Not enough data
9.4
42
Not enough data
9.3
42
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.4
38
Not enough data
9.5
42
Not enough data
8.9
40
Platform Data
Not enough data
9.4
41
Not enough data
8.8
42
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
9.1
40
Not enough data
9.1
41
Not enough data
8.8
40
Agentic AI - Restaurant Scheduling
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.1
9
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.7
43
Not enough data
8.3
43
Back Office
Not enough data
7.5
42
Not enough data
9.0
41
Not enough data
8.3
44
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Front of Office
Not enough data
6.4
38
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.3
39
Not enough data
5.8
37
Platform Data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Restaurant Management
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.0
37
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Guide Options
Not enough data
8.0
461
Not enough data
8.2
471
Not enough data
8.4
475
Not enough data
8.7
485
Not enough data
8.9
483
Guide Tools
Not enough data
8.5
459
Not enough data
8.4
463
Not enough data
8.5
463
Not enough data
8.4
459
Access Options
Not enough data
8.2
448
Not enough data
8.9
471
Not enough data
8.7
458
Functionality
Not enough data
7.9
323
Not enough data
8.9
347
Not enough data
8.7
335
Not enough data
8.5
333
Management
Not enough data
8.8
339
Not enough data
8.5
324
Not enough data
8.4
323
Not enough data
8.2
312
Information Distribution
Not enough data
8.6
1250
Not enough data
7.9
1213
Not enough data
8.9
1266
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
1207
Employee Engagement
Not enough data
8.7
1253
Not enough data
8.9
1237
Not enough data
9.0
1235
Not enough data
7.9
1180
Not enough data
9.1
1260
Not enough data
8.9
1048
Not enough data
8.2
998
Not enough data
9.0
1049
User Experience & Accessibility - Employee Communications
Not enough data
8.8
1002
Not enough data
8.5
998
Not enough data
8.2
967
Not enough data
8.5
988
Content Distribution - Employee Communications
Not enough data
8.6
997
Not enough data
7.8
961
Not enough data
8.0
966
Additional Features - Employee Communications
Not enough data
8.4
979
Not enough data
8.2
976
Not enough data
7.8
959
Agentic AI - Employee Communications
Not enough data
7.4
139
Not enough data
7.6
138
Platform Basics
9.3
56
8.4
1383
9.4
62
9.0
1434
9.5
59
9.1
1429
Platform Content
8.9
54
8.4
1395
9.2
45
8.3
1360
Feature Not Available
8.3
1377
Platform Additional Functionality
9.2
45
7.9
1276
9.4
53
9.1
1399
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
8.7
1381
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.9
391
Not enough data
9.1
389
Not enough data
9.3
384
Platform Content
Not enough data
8.8
383
Not enough data
8.7
374
Not enough data
8.7
385
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
8.1
366
Not enough data
9.3
381
Not enough data
7.7
363
Not enough data
9.1
371
Not enough data
8.6
375
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.0
57
Not enough data
6.9
56
Before the Job
Not enough data
8.4
225
Not enough data
8.7
220
Not enough data
8.9
227
Not enough data
7.6
214
On the Job
Not enough data
8.8
224
Not enough data
9.2
227
Not enough data
7.8
216
Not enough data
7.2
212
Not enough data
7.1
207
After the Job
Not enough data
8.2
218
Not enough data
8.2
214
Not enough data
6.3
203
Not enough data
6.6
208
Agentic AI - Field Service Management
Not enough data
7.2
30
Not enough data
7.0
30
Not enough data
7.3
30
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administrative Tasks - Frontline Worker Communication Platforms
Not enough data
8.8
98
Not enough data
8.6
94
Not enough data
8.6
96
Not enough data
8.5
93
Not enough data
8.5
94
Not enough data
8.9
94
Communication Features - Frontline Worker Communication Platforms
Not enough data
9.2
99
Not enough data
9.3
96
Not enough data
9.1
98
Not enough data
9.0
99
Operations - Frontline Worker Communication Platforms
Not enough data
9.0
98
Not enough data
8.5
93
Not enough data
8.9
96
Not enough data
8.7
93
Agentic AI - Frontline Worker Communication Platforms
Not enough data
8.2
18
Not enough data
8.0
18
Not enough data
8.0
19
Not enough data
8.1
18
Not enough data
8.1
18
Agentic AI - Employee Intranet
Not enough data
7.9
21
Not enough data
7.8
21
Knowledge Base
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Communication
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Basics
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
769
Not enough data
8.2
757
Platform Content
Not enough data
8.3
748
Not enough data
8.3
742
Not enough data
8.2
740
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
8.5
744
Not enough data
8.2
740
Not enough data
8.6
776
Not enough data
8.4
744
Platform
Not enough data
8.5
1663
Not enough data
7.6
1566
Not enough data
7.9
1538
Not enough data
8.9
1625
Not enough data
9.1
1644
Not enough data
9.2
1613
Not enough data
8.6
1594
Not enough data
8.8
1608
Time Tracking
9.6
206
9.1
1475
9.3
163
8.8
1442
Feature Not Available
8.4
1385
Client Invoicing
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Mobile Time Tracking
9.4
186
9.2
1448
Administration
8.8
155
Feature Not Available
9.1
158
8.7
1416
8.9
152
8.7
1441
Feature Not Available
8.5
1416
9.1
169
9.0
1413
Platform
8.9
165
8.6
1407
8.7
131
7.8
1279
Feature Not Available
8.1
1311
9.5
177
9.0
1389
9.1
158
9.0
1376
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Platform
Not enough data
8.5
1663
Not enough data
7.6
1566
Not enough data
7.9
1538
Not enough data
8.9
1625
Not enough data
9.1
1644
Not enough data
9.2
1613
Not enough data
8.6
1594
Not enough data
8.8
1608
Workforce Management Platform Features
Not enough data
8.7
15
Not enough data
9.0
1162
Not enough data
9.1
1174
Not enough data
8.8
1137
Not enough data
8.4
1109
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
1085
Not enough data
8.9
1111
Not enough data
8.8
1105
Not enough data
9.2
1147
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Buddy Punch and Connecteam are categorized as Time & Attendance, Time Tracking, and Employee Scheduling
Unique Categories
Buddy Punch has no unique categories
Connecteam is categorized as Frontline Worker Communication Platforms, Employee Communications, Business Instant Messaging, Geofencing, Work Instructions, Restaurant Scheduling, HIPAA Compliant Messaging, Employee Recognition, Employee Intranet, Employee Engagement, Restaurant Management, Cleaning Services, Workforce Management, Field Service Management, and Help Desk
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Buddy Punch
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Connecteam
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Construction
8.1%
Hospital & Health Care
6.7%
Medical Practice
5.6%
Insurance
3.6%
Health, Wellness and Fitness
3.4%
Other
72.5%
Construction
12.2%
Retail
5.5%
Hospital & Health Care
5.3%
Health, Wellness and Fitness
4.6%
Hospitality
4.3%
Other
68.0%
Discussions
Do you use only Buddy Punch to manage PTO?
2 Comments
RH
Yes, we use and love the PTO features. It has easy requests for time off and approvals. We have a difficult accrual process with multiple factors and Buddy...Read more
is there a way to see when people want spacific time off not just the hours but the exact time they are gone
2 Comments
EC
Time Off is based on how many hours per day, however we do have a notes section where the user can indicate specific times if needed.Read more
Included
1 Comment
Official Response from Buddy Punch
All plans include all of our Time Tracking features: GPS Coordinates, Web Cam Integration, IP & Time Stamping, 128-bit AES Security, iPhone and Android...Read more
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