Best TSheets alternatives now that TSheets is QuickBooks Time.

TSheets no longer exists as a brand. Intuit bought it in 2017 and renamed it QuickBooks Time in 2020, and the product is now priced and packaged as a QuickBooks add-on: a $20 or $40 monthly base fee plus $10 or $12 per user, with no free plan. For a 10 to 50 person hourly team that does not bill by the job, the closest replacement is ClockOut: a GPS time clock, geofencing, scheduling, and payroll CSV exports from $19 a month, with 15 people at $49. This page covers five other alternatives, who each one is for, and when you should stay with QuickBooks Time.

TSheets pricing in 2026 (as QuickBooks Time)

QuickBooks Time sells two time-tracking plans, each with a monthly base fee plus a per-user fee. There is no free plan. Prices below are full list prices as of September 9, 2026; Intuit often discounts the base fee for the first few months.

Intuit also bundles time tracking into QuickBooks Workforce payroll plans at a higher per-employee rate. If you already pay for QuickBooks Payroll, check whether time tracking is already in your plan before you compare.

Why people look for TSheets alternatives

QuickBooks Time is a mature product with a real advantage: hours land in QuickBooks Payroll without a CSV step, and job costing works. The reasons small teams leave are about price and fit.

• The base fee does not shrink with your team. A 5-person shop pays $20 plus $50 on Premium, which is $14 per head. The per-head cost only looks reasonable past 30 people.
• Geofencing is on the top tier. The feature most people buy a GPS time clock for costs $40 plus $12 per user. Most of the alternatives below include it in the entry paid plan.
• QuickBooks gravity. The product is built for people inside the Intuit stack. If payroll runs in ADP, Gusto, or with a bookkeeper, the native sync is worth nothing and you pay for it anyway.
• Weak scheduling. You can assign shifts, but there are no open-shift broadcasts, no swap workflow, and no PTO-aware scheduling. Teams that publish a weekly roster end up running a second tool.
• More setup than a small team needs. Job codes, service items, and approval layers are useful when you need them and a lot of setup when you do not.

Six TSheets alternatives, one at a time

1. ClockOut (best for 10 to 50 person hourly teams)

ClockOut is a GPS time clock and employee scheduling app with payroll CSV exports, priced per active person with no seat minimum. Free covers 2 employees. Starter is $19 a month for up to 5 people, then $3 per extra person, and includes geofence enforcement, recurring schedules, open shifts and swaps, availability, PTO, a shared tablet kiosk with PIN or QR badge clock-in, an exception inbox, job costing by job code, and timesheet approval. Pro is $39 a month for up to 5, then $6 each, and adds multiple locations, payroll runs, CSV files formatted for ADP, Gusto, and QuickBooks, daily overtime rules, device and IP locks, and labor budgeting. Native iPhone and Android apps are on the App Store and Google Play, and clock-in and clock-out punches queue offline.

Verdict: the cheapest like-for-like swap for a team that left over price and does not bill by the job. At 15 people it is $49 a month against $170 on QuickBooks Time Premium, with geofencing included. Not the fit if you need mileage tracking, GPS breadcrumb trails through the shift, or a live sync into QuickBooks Payroll: the export is a QuickBooks-formatted CSV you import yourself.

2. Buddy Punch (best paid punch clock with broad payroll integrations)

Buddy Punch overlaps heavily with both ClockOut and QuickBooks Time: GPS clock-in, geofencing, kiosk mode, scheduling, and payroll exports. It is priced per user plus a base fee, offers a trial rather than a free plan, and lower tiers have carried seat minimums, so the entry price for a very small team is higher than the per-user rate suggests.

Verdict: pick Buddy Punch if you have already decided to pay per user and want payroll integrations that are not centered on one accounting vendor. See ClockOut vs Buddy Punch.

3. ClockShark (best for job costing on crews)

ClockShark is the closest match to what TSheets was before Intuit: a field-crew time clock built around jobs and tasks. GPS clock-in, job and task selection at punch time, crew clock-in (one lead punches in the whole crew), scheduling, and a QuickBooks integration are all there. It is priced per user plus a base fee with no free plan, in the same neighborhood as QuickBooks Time rather than well below it.

Verdict: choose ClockShark if labor cost per job is how you price work and you want to leave the Intuit stack. It is overbuilt for any team that does not bill by the job.

4. Homebase (best for one busy store)

Homebase is a scheduling and time clock app for restaurants and retail with hiring and its own payroll add-on. It is priced per location rather than per person: a free Basic plan covers one location with limited features, and paid plans start around $30 per location per month. A single site with 25 staff gets good value; a small team spread over three sites does not.

Verdict: pick Homebase for one location that wants payroll inside the same tool. See Homebase alternatives if you are weighing it against the others here.

5. Connecteam (best if you want more than a clock)

Connecteam is a workforce super-app: GPS time clock, geofencing, kiosk, scheduler, plus chat, forms, checklists, and training. It is free for up to 10 users with capped features, and paid plans are a flat fee per hub that covers up to 30 users, so the per-head cost drops as you approach 30 and steps up when you cross it.

Verdict: good value at 25 to 30 deskless workers who will use the chat and forms. At 8 to 15 people you pay for seats you do not fill. See Connecteam alternatives.

6. Clockify (best free option for project billing)

Clockify is a timer first and a time clock second, and it is free for unlimited users on its basic tier. Projects, clients, and billable rates are its core model, and the reporting is aimed at invoicing rather than payroll. GPS and kiosk features sit on paid per-user tiers, and shift scheduling is limited.

Verdict: the right pick for agencies and consultancies that bill by the hour. A poor fit for a crew that punches at a physical site on a rota. See ClockOut vs Clockify.

Side by side at 15 people

Monthly cost for a 15 person team. QuickBooks Time figures are full list price as of September 9, 2026. Where we are not certain of a vendor’s current number, the cell describes the pricing structure instead. Confirm on each vendor’s pricing page.

Switching from TSheets (QuickBooks Time)

The migration itself is short. The mistakes are in the sequencing, so do it in this order.

1. 01

   Export every timesheet before you cancel

   Pull a CSV of every completed pay period. You lose access inside the app when the subscription ends, no time clock imports another vendor’s punch history, and federal recordkeeping rules expect time records to be kept for at least three years. Store the file somewhere that is not one person’s laptop.

2. 02

   Export the roster and import it

   Names, emails, phone numbers, and pay rates. ClockOut accepts a CSV of up to 200 rows on the Team page on every plan, skips duplicates, and emails each person a setup link.

3. 03

   Rebuild locations and geofences

   Re-enter each work site with a radius from 10 to 10,000 meters. Geofence enforcement is on Starter and up, and multiple locations are on Pro. Start with a generous radius for the first two weeks.

4. 04

   Run both tools for one full pay period

   Punch in both, then compare totals per employee before you cut over. One overlapping period catches every rounding rule, overtime threshold, and break setting you got wrong.

5. 05

   Do one dry-run payroll import

   Take the new export file all the way into QuickBooks Payroll, ADP, or Gusto as a test. Find the column mismatch in week one, not on payday.

6. 06

   Tell the team before day one

   One short message with the date, the app store link or invite code, and their kiosk PIN removes most of the first-morning chaos.

What ClockOut costs at your team size

ClockOut is built for teams of 10 to 50 and billed per active person with no seat minimum. Free covers up to 2 employees. Starter is $19 a month and includes 5 people, then $3 each. Pro is $39 a month and includes 5, then $6 each. Annual billing is 20% off, and paid plans include a 14-day free trial.

Full details on the pricing page.

Related pages

• ClockOut vs TSheets (QuickBooks Time): the dated head-to-head on price, GPS, and payroll.
• Exporting hours to ADP, Gusto, and QuickBooks: how the CSV handoff works.
• Best clock in clock out apps: seven apps ranked on free plans, GPS, kiosk, and scheduling.
• All ClockOut alternatives, Connecteam alternatives, and Homebase alternatives.
• The clock in clock out app, pricing, and the iPhone and Android app.

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