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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (58.9% of reviews)
Mid-Market (41.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$4.99 2 user minumum Per Month
$9.00 1 user Per Month
Hubstaff
Star Rating
(1,610)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (58.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$4.99 2 user minumum Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 4 pricing plansSmartsheet
Star Rating
(21,398)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$9.00 1 user Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Smartsheet excels in providing a comprehensive project management experience, combining the simplicity of spreadsheets with powerful features. Users appreciate its ability to customize workflows and automate tasks, which enhances visibility through clear dashboards.
- Users say Hubstaff stands out for its straightforward time tracking and activity monitoring, making it particularly useful for remote teams. Reviewers highlight how easy it is to manage payments for overseas staff, emphasizing the platform's effectiveness in ensuring productivity.
- According to verified reviews, Smartsheet has a significantly higher overall satisfaction score, reflecting its robust capabilities and user-friendly design. Many users find the platform's functionalities intuitive, allowing them to work efficiently and discover new features seamlessly.
- Reviewers mention that while Hubstaff offers a user-friendly setup process, it may not provide the same depth of project management tools as Smartsheet. Users appreciate the ease of initial configuration but note that they might miss out on advanced project tracking features.
- G2 reviewers highlight that Smartsheet's extensive range of tools can sometimes feel overwhelming, but many users find that the platform's flexibility allows them to tailor it to their specific needs. This adaptability is a key reason why it appeals to mid-market businesses.
- Users report that Hubstaff's focus on monitoring and productivity tracking is beneficial for small businesses, but it may lack the comprehensive project management features that larger teams require. The platform's strengths lie in its simplicity and effectiveness for basic task management.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Hubstaff
Starter
$4.99
2 user minumum Per Month
- Time tracking
- Timesheets
- Activity levels
Smartsheet
Pro
$9.00
1 user Per Month
For people and teams that want to track, share, and manage projects.
Includes:
- Up to 10 editors (paid license required to edit)
- Unlimited free viewers
- Unlimited sheets, reports, and forms
Free Trial
Hubstaff
Free Trial is available
Smartsheet
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
1,424
8.5
18,113
Ease of Use
9.0
1,479
8.4
18,353
Ease of Setup
9.1
1,251
8.3
10,145
Ease of Admin
8.6
566
8.5
7,605
Quality of Support
8.9
1,247
8.3
14,022
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
548
8.6
7,055
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
1,413
8.6
17,606
Features by Category
Employee Self Service
9.2
271
Not enough data
8.9
264
Not enough data
8.3
268
Not enough data
Administration
9.1
272
Not enough data
9.0
267
Not enough data
8.6
266
Not enough data
8.5
257
Not enough data
8.2
258
Not enough data
8.4
258
Not enough data
9.1
254
Not enough data
8.4
250
Not enough data
8.4
248
Not enough data
Taxes
8.0
256
Not enough data
8.0
250
Not enough data
8.0
242
Not enough data
Integration
8.7
248
Not enough data
9.2
253
Not enough data
8.8
249
Not enough data
8.8
250
Not enough data
Platform
9.3
250
Not enough data
9.3
248
Not enough data
9.4
250
Not enough data
9.4
245
Not enough data
Tasks
Not enough data
8.7
10055
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
10059
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
9784
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
9462
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
9269
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
9335
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
8798
|
Verified
Projects
Not enough data
8.6
9282
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
8629
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
8743
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
8659
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
8828
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
7599
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
8299
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
8859
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
7840
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
7444
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
7263
|
Verified
Resource Management
Not enough data
7.6
7739
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
7807
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
8438
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
Not enough data
7.8
7450
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
7560
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
8607
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.0
3060
Not enough data
6.1
3045
Agentic AI - Project Management
Not enough data
5.5
923
Not enough data
5.9
923
Not enough data
5.7
916
Not enough data
5.7
914
Not enough data
5.6
914
Not enough data
5.6
911
Not enough data
5.8
913
Automation
9.0
284
Not enough data
Logistics
9.1
286
Not enough data
9.0
285
Not enough data
9.0
280
Not enough data
Management
9.0
279
Not enough data
9.0
278
Not enough data
8.9
283
Not enough data
9.2
282
Not enough data
9.2
280
Not enough data
9.2
281
Not enough data
9.0
276
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.9
278
Not enough data
9.0
276
Not enough data
9.0
281
Not enough data
Portfolio Management
Not enough data
7.9
4813
Not enough data
8.5
5518
Not enough data
8.0
4999
Not enough data
7.7
4603
Project Management
Not enough data
8.2
5419
Not enough data
8.3
5496
Not enough data
7.7
4623
Resource Management
Not enough data
7.8
4754
Not enough data
7.8
4823
Not enough data
7.9
4773
Data & Analytics
Not enough data
8.0
4984
Not enough data
8.0
5162
Not enough data
8.1
5076
Not enough data
7.5
4446
Strategy - Project and Portfolio Management
Not enough data
6.7
2051
Not enough data
7.6
2082
Not enough data
7.9
2060
Not enough data
7.6
2058
Not enough data
7.8
2052
Not enough data
7.6
2052
Not enough data
7.2
2033
Not enough data
7.6
2047
Not enough data
7.5
2035
Not enough data
7.8
2040
Cost Tracking
8.7
113
Not enough data
8.5
108
Not enough data
8.5
107
Not enough data
Platform Basics
8.6
60
Not enough data
9.3
60
Not enough data
8.7
57
Not enough data
9.2
58
Not enough data
Platform Functionality
8.7
57
Not enough data
8.9
57
Not enough data
Platform Data
9.0
58
Not enough data
8.9
55
Not enough data
8.7
54
Not enough data
9.0
57
Not enough data
Setup
9.2
102
8.3
5156
9.2
102
Feature Not Available
9.0
100
8.1
5021
9.0
103
8.5
5392
Management
9.0
100
Feature Not Available
8.9
98
8.1
4652
8.9
100
7.5
4367
Generative AI
8.4
98
6.3
1818
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
9.3
17
5.9
406
9.2
17
5.9
409
8.6
17
5.9
404
8.6
17
5.9
400
8.6
17
5.9
399
8.8
17
5.9
401
9.2
17
6.1
402
Platform Basics
8.6
89
Not enough data
9.1
87
Not enough data
8.6
89
Not enough data
Platform Performance
8.9
89
Not enough data
8.8
89
Not enough data
Platform Functionality
8.3
87
Not enough data
8.1
83
Not enough data
8.3
87
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
8.7
87
Not enough data
8.0
87
Not enough data
8.5
88
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.6
87
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.3
1037
Not enough data
8.7
1226
Not enough data
8.5
1167
Not enough data
8.0
1005
Not enough data
8.6
1166
Not enough data
8.7
1192
Content Planning
Not enough data
8.6
1185
Not enough data
8.9
1236
Not enough data
8.6
1117
Marketing Campaign Performance
Not enough data
8.0
882
Not enough data
8.4
1033
Agentic AI - Marketing Calendar
Not enough data
5.1
43
Not enough data
5.2
45
Not enough data
5.1
45
Not enough data
5.0
45
Other Features
Not enough data
7.9
987
Not enough data
8.3
1015
Task Creation
Not enough data
8.7
7310
Not enough data
8.8
7391
Not enough data
8.3
6923
Not enough data
7.8
6114
Task Management
Not enough data
8.5
7068
Not enough data
8.5
6977
Not enough data
8.1
6637
Not enough data
8.2
6463
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.2
2413
Not enough data
6.2
2415
Platform Basics
9.2
111
Not enough data
9.4
114
Not enough data
9.1
113
Not enough data
Platform Content
8.9
110
Not enough data
8.8
106
Not enough data
8.8
106
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
8.9
111
Not enough data
8.9
108
Not enough data
8.7
105
Not enough data
9.1
109
Not enough data
8.9
106
Not enough data
Automation
Not enough data
8.5
4249
Not enough data
8.3
4202
Not enough data
8.1
3935
Administration
Not enough data
8.2
4102
Not enough data
8.1
3884
Not enough data
8.8
4100
Project management
Not enough data
8.7
4167
Not enough data
8.2
3895
Not enough data
8.6
4177
Not enough data
8.3
4026
Not enough data
8.4
3946
Not enough data
8.0
3623
Not enough data
8.3
4064
Workload
Not enough data
8.0
3695
Not enough data
8.3
3937
Not enough data
8.0
3739
Not enough data
7.9
3553
Communication & Collaboration
Not enough data
8.1
3723
Not enough data
8.3
3918
Not enough data
8.8
4115
Cost Management
Not enough data
7.7
3428
Not enough data
7.8
3422
Not enough data
7.5
3233
Integration
Not enough data
7.4
3275
Not enough data
7.4
3325
Not enough data
7.4
3356
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.5
1654
Not enough data
6.5
1660
Agentic AI - Work Management
Not enough data
5.8
362
Not enough data
6.0
361
Not enough data
5.8
361
Not enough data
5.8
359
Communication
Not enough data
7.2
5663
Not enough data
7.6
6045
Not enough data
7.5
5801
Not enough data
7.7
5827
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Content & Documents
Not enough data
8.4
7183
Not enough data
8.4
7124
Not enough data
8.0
6870
Not enough data
7.8
6095
Controls
Not enough data
8.0
6468
Not enough data
7.6
5486
Not enough data
8.2
6799
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
6082
Project Management
Not enough data
8.8
7422
Not enough data
8.7
7295
Not enough data
8.6
7160
Not enough data
7.9
6147
Remote Collaboration
Not enough data
8.4
6557
Not enough data
8.5
6737
Not enough data
8.4
6629
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.3
2272
Not enough data
6.3
2276
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
Not enough data
5.7
427
Not enough data
5.6
427
Platform Basics
9.3
91
Not enough data
9.2
93
Not enough data
Platform Administration
9.1
92
Not enough data
9.2
89
Not enough data
9.3
88
Not enough data
Platform Payment Content
9.3
90
Not enough data
9.2
92
Not enough data
9.3
90
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.5
245
Not enough data
7.6
247
Not enough data
7.5
246
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.8
643
Not enough data
9.0
656
Not enough data
8.1
591
Not enough data
8.9
672
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Logging
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
560
Not enough data
8.1
538
Not enough data
8.2
554
Not enough data
Feedback
8.7
613
Not enough data
8.6
558
Not enough data
Productivity - Employee Monitoring
9.1
261
Not enough data
9.3
265
Not enough data
8.9
258
Not enough data
8.6
254
Not enough data
Time Tracking
9.1
950
Not enough data
9.3
965
Not enough data
8.9
876
Not enough data
Client Invoicing
8.5
732
Not enough data
8.4
727
Not enough data
8.5
724
Not enough data
Mobile Time Tracking
9.0
890
Not enough data
Administration
8.6
785
Not enough data
8.9
787
Not enough data
8.7
766
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.0
817
Not enough data
Platform
9.0
849
Not enough data
8.4
727
Not enough data
8.7
724
Not enough data
9.0
839
Not enough data
8.5
734
Not enough data
8.3
723
Not enough data
Platform
8.8
132
Not enough data
8.6
128
Not enough data
8.8
127
Not enough data
9.2
131
Not enough data
9.2
130
Not enough data
9.1
129
Not enough data
9.1
130
Not enough data
9.1
129
Not enough data
Workforce Management Platform Features
8.6
116
Not enough data
8.9
119
Not enough data
9.4
121
Not enough data
8.8
117
Not enough data
8.4
116
Not enough data
8.7
113
Not enough data
9.1
117
Not enough data
9.0
114
Not enough data
8.6
113
Not enough data
8.6
113
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Hubstaff and Smartsheet are categorized as Workflow Management
Unique Categories
Hubstaff is categorized as Contractor Payments, Contractor Management, Absence Management, Project Cost Management, Time & Attendance, Employee Scheduling, Time Tracking, Workforce Management, Payroll, and Employee Monitoring
Smartsheet is categorized as Project Collaboration, Work Management, Marketing Calendar, Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA), Project and Portfolio Management, Task Management, and Project Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Hubstaff
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Smartsheet
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
Information Technology and Services
12.0%
Computer Software
11.1%
Marketing and Advertising
10.5%
Real Estate
4.4%
Consumer Services
3.5%
Other
58.6%
Information Technology and Services
7.6%
Construction
7.2%
Hospital & Health Care
5.2%
Marketing and Advertising
4.6%
Computer Software
4.6%
Other
70.7%
Discussions
Is Hubstaff legal?
3 Comments
BS
Yes, it is.Read more
How does Hubstaff measure activity?
3 Comments
KJ
Activity measures how active users are on their mouse and keyboard.
51-100% You're in the zone. Way to go!
21-50% Depending on the work, this is a...Read more
What is Hubstaff used for?
3 Comments
NG
Time tracking of employees, comes in very handy when your setup is WFHRead more
What can smartsheet be used for?
57 Comments
WA
It has a wide range of functionalities for project management or even asset management. Read more
Why is smartsheet bad?
34 Comments
NK
Complexity: Smartsheet has a fairly steep learning curve, especially for users who are not tech-savvy or unfamiliar with project management tools.
Limited...Read more
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