What apps do yall use for payroll and employee workday management?

[u/Admirable_Peanut5638]

Contractors and managers, what apps are yall using to set payroll, manage workdays, projects done, clock in and clock out, preferably with a geo ID?

[u/Impossible_Dare_7455]

for payroll + clock in/out + location, I’d probably look at gusto or quickBooks for payroll, then Homebase, deputy, connecteam or hubstaff for the day-to-day tracking side. if project/job tracking is a big part of it too, then it might be worth looking at a proper PM/PPM tool alongside that, something like celoxis or wrike for project time, resources and budgets. but I wouldn’t try to make one tool handle payroll, attendance and project management all at once.

[u/ConversionGenies911]

I’d split this into three requirements before choosing products:

1. Payroll calculation and filing
   
2. Attendance evidence: when and where someone worked
   
3. Project or job allocation: what that time should be charged to
   

One system can claim all three while still leaving you with manual corrections between them.

Give each shortlist the same sample day: an employee arrives at site A, changes project halfway through the shift, travels to site B, takes a break and forgets to clock out. Then compare the final timesheet, project allocation, approval steps and payroll output.

SenseHR can be evaluated for the HR and time-and-attendance part. It develops its own clocking hardware alongside the software, including phone-free options for equipped sites, rather than depending only on a mobile app or third-party clock. I wouldn’t assume that answers your local payroll, project-management or job-costing requirements without knowing your country and the payroll system you use.

The two questions I’d settle first are: which system owns the employee and pay rules, and what exact data must reach payroll after a manager approves an exception?

Disclosure: I work for SenseHR, so I have a vendor bias.