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Chronologue vs Hubstaff
At the same price as Hubstaff Team, Chronologue adds AI that writes up each day and answers questions with evidence, and gives your agents the same data on every plan.
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AI summaries and questions
Chronologue
A daily narrative for every person and team, and plain-language questions about anyone’s day answered with links to the evidence.
Hubstaff
Insights adds unusual-activity detection, benchmarks, focus time and a Highlights widget. No AI-written daily narrative or in-product questions were found.
Productivity categorisation
Chronologue
Automatic ratings that show why each app or site was rated, correctable for a person, a team or the workspace.
Hubstaff
App and URL categories, including a pre-tagged AI-tools category.
Agent access
Chronologue
Official CLI, MCP server and REST API with webhooks on every plan.
Hubstaff
REST API with webhooks on Team and above. An official CLI and a read-only MCP server limited to owners and managers.
How capture runs
Chronologue
Runs while a person is signed in to the workspace, and shows in the menu bar while it runs.
Hubstaff
Timer-based by default: tracking runs while the employee’s timer runs. A Silent App add-on is available for company devices.
Screenshots
Chronologue
Optional, every 1 to 30 minutes at a random moment, with blur applied on the computer before upload. No monthly cap.
Hubstaff
Blur applied on the device. Capped at 500 a month on Starter and 1,500 on Grow; unlimited on Team and above.
Add-ons
Chronologue
None. Every feature is in the one plan.
Hubstaff
Per-seat add-ons include Insights, Tasks, Locations, Silent App, More Screenshots and Data Retention. Insights is included from Team.
Payroll
Chronologue
Included, with a Wise bulk-payment export.
Hubstaff
On Team and above, with payouts through Wise, PayPal and Payoneer.
Plans and trial
Chronologue
One plan: USD 10 per seat/month billed annually or USD 12 monthly, 2-seat minimum. Seven-day free trial after entering a card.
Hubstaff
Starter, Grow, Team and Enterprise. Team is USD 10 per seat/month billed annually or USD 12 monthly. 14-day trial.
Platforms
Chronologue
macOS today. Windows is coming soon. No mobile app yet.
Hubstaff
macOS, Windows, Linux, Chrome and Firefox extensions, Android, iOS and web.
Hubstaff details come from its public product, pricing, help-centre and developer pages, checked on 25 September 2026. Features and prices change, so check with Hubstaff for current details.
- hubstaff.com/hubstaff-pricing-guide
- hubstaff.com/features
- hubstaff.com/insights
- hubstaff.com/employee-monitoring
- hubstaff.com/ai-workforce-data
- support.hubstaff.com/hubstaff-mcp-server
- support.hubstaff.com/screenshot-blur
- developer.hubstaff.com
Where Hubstaff offers more today
Mobile and GPS
Mobile apps with GPS and geofenced job sites. Chronologue has no mobile app yet.
More platforms
Windows, Linux and browser extensions. Chronologue runs on macOS today.
Integration catalogue
35+ integrations. Chronologue connects Slack, Discord, GitHub and Google Calendar, plus webhooks.
See your team’s day in plain language.
Seven-day free trial. Enter a card at Checkout; nothing is charged today and the first charge is seven days later.
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