GST input credit
A GST invoice from an Indian entity, which changes the effective cost for an Indian business in a way the headline number does not show.
Comparison · Cost
A cheaper Hubstaff alternative, with the cost model explained
Cloud is priced per active user per month (plans from ₹59 per user/month + GST); admins are free. Below is how that model compares with per-seat USD billing.
- 7-day trial
- No keystroke logging
- INR pricing published
What each product is
Employee Desk
Employee management with time tracking attached
Attendance, leave, holidays, employee records, projects, tasks and daily work reports, with an optional desktop time tracker on top. Available as a cloud subscription. Built in India, priced in rupees.
- Attendance and leave are core, not an add-on
- Per-user pricing: pay only for active employees; admins are free
- No keystroke content is ever recorded
- Employees see everything recorded about them
Hubstaff
Per-user, per-month, in USD
Hubstaff prices per seat per month in US dollars, with a published minimum seat count and tiered plans. We are deliberately not restating their numbers here, because they change and a stale price on a comparison page is worse than none. Check their pricing page.
What is worth comparing is the shape of the cost: a per-seat subscription in a foreign currency that grows linearly with headcount, versus a rupee subscription per active user.
Feature comparison
Compared on facts that can be checked from public documentation. Where something is genuinely unclear it is marked rather than guessed at.
| Employee Desk | Hubstaff | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per active user monthly in INR; admins free | Per user monthly in USD |
| Currency | INR | USD |
| Cost grows with headcount | Per active user only | Yes |
| Seat changes | Cloud seats follow active users from the next cycle | Check their site |
| Free trial | 7 days, no card | Yes |
| Setup fee | None on cloud | None |
| Forex markup on your card | No | Usually applies |
| GST input credit | Yes | Overseas invoice |
Check Hubstaff’s own site before you decide. Last checked against Hubstaff’s public pages on 8 October 2026. Software changes. Everything on this page is written from Hubstaff’s public documentation and pricing pages at the time of writing, we do not restate their prices here because they move, and we correct this page when we are told it is wrong. If you find something inaccurate, email contact@digitalgeniussolution.com and we will fix it.
Where Employee Desk is stronger
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Admins are free
You pay only for active employees. Admin accounts are never billed.
Pricing → 02No currency exposure
A rupee price is the price. No exchange-rate movement between the quote and the invoice, and no card markup.
Pricing →Attendance and leave included
If the alternative is buying a tracker plus a separate attendance product, compare the pair rather than the tracker alone.
Product →Published cloud prices
Cloud plan prices are on the site. No call required to find out what cloud costs.
Where Hubstaff may be stronger
Written plainly, because a comparison page that finds no fault with itself is not worth reading.
Cheapest is not the only question
If you need GPS, invoicing or forty native integrations, buying the cheaper product and then buying a second tool to fill the gap is not a saving.
Scale economics
A larger vendor can discount at volume. Above a few hundred seats, ask both of us for a number rather than reading a page.
Which should you choose?
Compare on your own numbers. Take your active headcount, look at their current published price, and compare it against our plans on this page. Our cloud is priced per active user per month (plans from ₹59 per user/month + GST), and admins are free.
Count the whole stack. If the alternative is a tracker plus a separate attendance product, compare the pair rather than the tracker alone.
Large team? Ask for a quote. A negotiated number is better for both sides.
Pricing
Cloud
Starter
Core HR, shifts and chat
₹59 / user / month
+ 18% GST
- Employee records
- Attendance
- Leave management
- Holiday calendar
- Custom roles & permissions
- Organization settings
- Session control
- Shifts & roster
- Team chat
Cloud · most chosen
Growth
Projects, tasks, work reports, timesheets and activity tracking
₹99 / user / month
+ 18% GST
- Everything in Starter, plus:
- Projects
- Tasks
- Daily work reports
- Timesheets
- Desktop time tracker (hours, active/idle)
Cloud
Pro
Screenshots, live productivity, planning, payroll and audit
₹149 / user / month
+ 18% GST
- Everything in Growth, plus:
- Screenshots, live board & retention
- Live screen capture, day timeline, browser tab history, top apps & pages, screenshots
- Productivity insights
- Workforce planning
- Payroll
- Audit log
Prices exclude 18% GST. Billed monthly per active user.
Need an on-premise deployment? Contact sales.
Frequently asked questions
Is Employee Desk cheaper than Hubstaff?
For an Indian company paying in rupees, on the equivalent plan, generally yes. Do the comparison on your own numbers rather than on ours: take your headcount, look at their current published price, and compare it against our plans on this page.
Are there hidden costs?
On cloud, no: the plan price is the price and GST is added on the invoice.
Do you discount for non-profits or education?
Ask. We would rather have you as a customer than hold the line on a list price.
What is the cheapest way to run this?
The cloud plan that covers the features you need (plans from ₹59 per user/month + GST). Cloud plans are priced per active user per month, with a 7-day free trial, no card needed.
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Run both for a week
A 7-day trial with your real team is a better comparison than any table. Install the tracker on two machines and look at what the reports actually say.
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