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⚡ vs. Hubstaff
Hubstaff monitors employees. Chronixo monitors work - with privacy built in.
Hubstaff stores screenshot data on their servers. Chronixo routes all screenshots to your own AWS S3, GCP, or Azure Blob - so your employee data never leaves your cloud. Plus a native client portal and sprint planning.
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Chronixo vs. Hubstaff
Everything Hubstaff leaves you piecing together - and how Chronixo delivers it in one platform.
What Hubstaff is missing
Screenshots stored on Hubstaff servers - data sovereignty concern for NDA clients
No client portal - clients cannot self-serve project progress or approve timesheets
No native sprint planning - needs Jira, Asana, or another PM tool alongside
No formal multi-level timesheet approval chain at any pricing tier
Keystroke tracking available - raises employee trust and legal concerns in some regions
More expensive per user for comparable monitoring features
What Chronixo gives you
BYOS S3 - screenshots route to your own cloud, never Chronixo servers
Client portal included - clients get branded self-service access to their projects
Native sprint planning with velocity and burndown - no third-party PM tool needed
4-level timesheet approval chain - not available in Hubstaff
Transparent monitoring - employees are always notified when monitoring is active
No keystroke logging - ever. Chronixo monitors work, not people.
Feature comparison
Hubstaff vs. Chronixo, feature by feature
A feature-by-feature look at where Hubstaff stops short and Chronixo keeps going.
| Feature | Hubstaff | Chronixo |
|---|---|---|
| Screenshot monitoring | ✓ | ✓BYOS S3 - your cloud |
| GPS time tracking | ✓ | ✗No mobile app (Phase 1) |
| Client portal | ✗ | ✓Yes Included |
| Sprint planning | ✗ | ✓Yes Exclusive |
| 4-level approval | ✗ | ✓Yes Exclusive |
| Keystroke logging | ✓ | ✗Never |
| BYOS S3 storage | ✗ | ✓Yes Free on paid plans |
| Activity % tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
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Where your screenshot data lives
Hubstaff
Screenshots → Hubstaff servers → Your dashboard Your employee data lives on a third-party server.
Chronixo with BYOS S3
Screenshots → Your AWS/GCP bucket → Your dashboard Chronixo only receives metadata. Your data never leaves your cloud.
Why teams switch
Why agencies move from Hubstaff to Chronixo
The real reasons agencies replace Hubstaff with Chronixo.
01
Privacy and data sovereignty
Hubstaff stores screenshots on their servers. For agencies with NDAs, healthcare clients, or GDPR obligations, that creates a compliance exposure. Chronixo's BYOS S3 routes every screenshot directly to your cloud - Chronixo only receives metadata.
02
No client portal
Hubstaff has no built-in client portal. Clients wanting to see project status or review timesheets get a PDF export at best.
03
No sprint planning
Hubstaff is monitoring and time tracking. There is no sprint planning, velocity tracking, or native project management - agencies using Scrum still need a separate PM tool.
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