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Competitive Comparison

Why Choose ActivTrak Over Insightful?

Insightful is an employee monitoring tool primarily focused on tracking working hours and basic productivity metrics for individual employees.

By contrast, ActivTrak’s workforce analytics solution is purpose-built to help organizations maximize productivity and optimize performance across teams.

Get data-driven performance improvement

Use benchmarks to link work habits to performance, detect anomalies and track progress toward goals.

Customize reports for tailored analysis and easy sharing

Filter reports by multiple variables and set automated email alerts to keep leaders informed.

Integrate calendar data for a more complete picture of workday activity

Fill gaps in digital activity (e.g., employees away from their computer) by importing calendar data for offline meetings.

Leverage out-of-the-box, AI-based location detection

Automatically detect if employees are remote or in-office using VPN and remote desktop data to understand how they work.

Receive alerts for mouse jigglers and other attempts to game the system

Get alerts for unauthorized activities and improper tool use, enhancing security and productivity monitoring while maintaining user privacy.

No coaching or performance management features

Leaves managers to guess which metrics matter most, resulting in low adoption and data that fails to drive results.

Requires manual work to tailor and share insights

Limited report customization makes it hard to focus on specific insights or share data about specific teams for further analysis.

Relies on self-reporting for visibility into offline activity

Manually time logging makes validation difficult and leaves large parts of the workday possibly unaccounted for or inaccurate.

Limited location detection capabilities

Only supports location detection for VPN in limited scenarios and requires manual input and updates for all office IP/MAC addresses.

Vulnerable to employees trying to game the system

Does not mention this feature, leaving a gap in detection of unproductive or suspicious behavior.

Where Insightful falls short

It could benefit from additional features to better support multitasking across multiple roles or projects. G2 review

Reporting is not always accurate. After you update the labels, reports are not updated. Sometimes it is very hard to find accurate information. G2 review

Some of the features I need for my team can only be applied to the entire organization vs individually… G2 review

…It is disheartening when the app fails to accurately capture and record work activities, leading to incorrect data and potentially affecting productivity analysis… Capterra review

I wish there were more integrations with external data sources to push data from insightful, for example, Google Sheets or Slack. Lots of ways to bring information in, but very few ways to push information out. Capterra review

Their account management is terrible. We are constantly overpaying because software picks up system users like local admin, Default1, SYSTEM .. and charges you for it… for each machine. This can get expensive in a hurry if you are not looking at the console constantly. Capterra review

The ActivTrak Difference

ActivTrak is the only solution with employee monitoring, productivity and performance management, and workforce planning capabilities in a single platform that safeguards employee privacy through transparent, ethical data use.

  • Unlocks workforce value in weeks, not months
  • Powered by AI-driven analytics for quick, actionable insights
  • Enables data-driven decisions on workforce investments
  • Integrates with existing tech stack for greater visibility and analysis

Combined with best-in-class customer service and support, it’s easy to see why Insightful customers switch to ActivTrak.

“We measure revenue by headcount and have had a constant increase in that, translating to $2.5M in added value through expense reduction and revenue gain. We’re talking about a 45X ROI which is practically unheard of.”

John B. Fraser
CIO
501+ employees


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