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No Partner Fees
ActivTrak charges MSPs $200+/month in addition to the cost of licenses—CurrentWare only charges for licenses
Data Control
Our flexible deployment options give you full control over data retention, security, access, and residency
Windows 7
ActivTrak refuses to support any OS that reaches EOL status, leaving a blindspot on all of your legacy PCs
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Find an Employee Monitoring Software Solution for Your Needs
ActivTrak and CurrentWare are both employee monitoring and productivity management tools.
The main difference between ActivTrak and CurrentWare is ActivTrak emphasizes optimizing business processes with high-level insights, whereas CurrentWare’s more granular data collection is best used as a productivity monitoring, policy enforcement, and cybersecurity solution.
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Compare Key Features of ActivTrak vs. CurrentWare
Review the key features of both employee monitoring software solutions so you can choose the right fit for your company.
Last updated October 2024
| ✅ | Bandwidth Usage Tracking | ❌ |
| ✅ | Search Query Monitoring | ❌ |
| ✅ | Internet & App Usage | ⚠️ Requires Add-On or Professional Plan For URL & Title Bar Tracking |
| ✅ | Idle Time Tracking | ✅ |
| ✅ | Employee Productivity Score | ✅ |
| ✅ | User Logon & Shutdown Tracking | ❌ |
| ✅ | Track File Transfers To/From Network Share Drives | ❌ |
| ✅ | Track Downloads/Uploads | ❌ |
| ✅ | Remote vs In-Office Insights | ⚠️ Paid Add-On |
| ✅ In Beta | Geolocation (City/Region/Country) | ❌ |
| ✅ | Web Category Tracking | ✅ |
| ✅ | USB Activity Reports/Alerts | ⚠️ Alerts Only, No Historical Data Paid Add-On |
| ✅ | Email Reports & Alerts | ✅ |
| ✅ | Screenshot Monitoring | ⚠️ Paid Add-On |
| ✅ | Live Screen Monitoring | ⚠️ Paid Add-On |
| ✅ | Personal Insights for Employees | ⚠️ Paid Add-On |
| ✅ | Stealth & Transparent Modes | ✅ |
| ✅ | Limit Tracking Types | ✅ |
| ✅ | Limit Monitoring to Work Hours | ✅ |
| ✅ | Raw Database Access | ⚠️ Paid Add-On |
Employee Monitoring
CurrentWare’s BrowseReporter is the best ActivTrak alternative for monitoring employee efficiency; its detailed reports provide valuable employee productivity insights that can be used for monitoring employee breaks, analyzing team performance, and ensuring remote productivity by verifying hours worked.
BrowseReporter supports idle time tracking, internet activity monitoring, employee productivity grading, social media monitoring, and other key features you need from employee tracking software.
| ✅ | User-level Blocking | ❌ |
| ✅ | Computer-level Blocking | ⚠️ Paid Add-On |
| ✅ | Category Filtering (malicious domains, adult content, phishing URLs, etc) | ⚠️ Paid Add-On Previously Visited Sites Only |
| ✅ | Allow URLs & Domains | ❌ |
| ✅ | Block URLs & Domains | ⚠️ Paid Add-On |
| ✅ | Wildcard URL Filtering | ❌ |
| ✅ | Block Applications | ⚠️ |
| ✅ | Custom Block Page | ❌ |
| ✅ | Scheduled Blocking | ❌ |
| ✅ | Time-Based Controls | ❌ |
| ✅ | TCP/UDP Port Filtering | ❌ |
| ✅ | Enforce Google SafeSearch | ❌ |
| ✅ | Block File Transfers to Cloud Storage | ❌ |
| ✅ | Block File Downloads/Uploads | ❌ |
Web Filtering
CurrentWare’s BrowseControl provides the best alternatives to ActivTrak for blocking websites such as Google Drive, pornography sites, and distracting websites.
While ActivTrak is not designed to be web filtering software, for an extra cost you can get the “Screen Details” add-on that adds screenshot monitoring, alarms, additional web activity details (title bars, URLs, subpages), and the website blocking function.
By leveraging BrowseControl’s and BrowseReporter’s web content monitoring in tandem you can optimize your team’s performance by ensuring they are focused during work hours.
| ✅ | Block/Allow USB & Removable Storage | ✅ |
| ✅ | Allowed Devices List | ❌ |
| ✅ | USB Activity Alerts | ⚠️ Paid Add-On |
| ✅ | USB Activity Reports | ❌ |
| ✅ | USB File Transfer Tracking | ❌ |
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| Block File Transfers to Cloud Storage | ❌ |
| ✅ | Block & Track File Transfers | ❌ |
| ✅ | Track File Transfers To/From Network Share Drives | ❌ |
| ✅ | Track Downloads/Uploads | ❌ |
| ✅ | Pop-Up Warning for Users | ❌ |
| ✅ | Block Transfers by File Type | ❌ |
| ✅ | Pop-Up Warning for Users | ❌ |
| ✅ | Block Applications | ❌ |
| ✅ | Internet Access Restriction | ⚠️ Limited Function |
Data Loss Prevention
CurrentWare has the best alternatives to ActivTrak for protecting sensitive information from being illicitly transferred to portable storage devices, cloud storage services, and other egress points.
While user behavior analytics are valuable for detecting insider threats, ActivTrak is missing several key features for protecting sensitive information against insider security threats.
For example, ActivTrak’s USB security features are limited to real time alerts that require a paid add-on. ActivTrak does provide USB activity reports, USB control features, or the ability to block file uploads/downloads, among other important DLP functions.
| ❌ | Free Version | ✅ |
| ✅ 14 Days | Free Trial | ✅ |
| ✅ | On-Premises | ❌ |
| ✅ Self-Managed | Cloud Hosted | ✅ SaaS |
| ✅ | Database Access | ⚠️ Paid Add-On |
| ✅ | Active Directory Sync | ✅ |
| ✅ | Admin Activity Audit Logs | ⚠️ Enterprise Plan Only |
| ✅ | Windows OS | ⚠️ No Windows 7 Support |
| ❌ | macOS | ✅ |
| ❌ | Chromebooks | ✅ |
| ❌ | Linux | ❌ |
| ❌ | Android/iOS | ❌ |
| ✅ | Manage Off-Network Users | ✅ |
| ✅ | Citrix Ready | ✅ |
| ✅ | Central Admin Console | ✅ |
| ✅ | Stealth & Transparent Modes | ✅ |
| ✅ | Raw Database Access | ⚠️ Paid Add-On |
| CurrentWare System Requirements | System Requirements | Min. System Hardware Network Requirements |
Setup & Deployment
One of the key advantages of ActivTrak’s employee productivity platform is that it is natively cloud hosted, allowing you to get started with employee productivity monitoring right away.
That said, the lack of an on-premises deployment option may have businesses with stringent data security, residency, and compliance requirements searching for on-premises alternatives to ActivTrak such as CurrentWare.
While ActivTrak is compatible with both MacOS, Chromebooks, and Windows, they only provide support for Agents running on OS versions that are capable of receiving up-to-date security patches from their vendors.
For this reason ActivTrak is not suitable for environments that need to monitor devices whose operating systems have reached end-of-support/end-of-life status, such as Windows 7.
| 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM ET, Monday to Friday | Support Availability | ⚠️ Varies* |
| ✅ | Live Chat Feature | ✅ |
| ✅ | Phone Support | ⚠️ Paid Add-On |
| ✅ | Training Videos | ✅ |
| ✅ | Email Support | ✅ |
| ✅ | Knowledge Base | ✅ |
| Annual | Contract Type | Annual |
| English | Languages | English |
| 10 | MOQ | 5 |
Customer Support
Even the best ActivTrak competitors need to have a reliable support team to ensure that its customers get the services they need to make the most of their employee monitoring solutions.
CurrentWare prides itself on its high-quality support offerings. Our support team is knowledgeable, readily available, and here to assist you every step of the way.
* ActivTrak’s support hours vary based on whether you stick with their Standard support tier that is included with all of their paid subscription plans or if you opt to pay extra for their Premier or Signature support plans.
ActivTrak’s Standard support tier includes 24×7 access to onboarding and educational resources as well as live chat, email support & scheduled calls for active support cases.
Their Premier support tier adds faster response times, on-demand coaching sessions, and technical configuration and tuning once per year.
Their Signature support tier includes the Premier tier’s perks alongside a dedicated technical account manager, annual health checks, priority ticket routing, a dedicated customer success manager, guided onboarding and 1:1 support, a tailored customer success plan, and up to 10 hours of integration support.
ActivTrak’s support hours are:
- Live Chat: Standard (M-F 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. CT) / Premier (M-S 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. CT) / Signature (24×7)
- Email operating hours and response times: Monday through Friday (8 a.m. – 6 p.m. CT), Standard < 12 hours / Premier < 8 hours / Signature < 2 hours
We’re Here to Help
The CurrentWare team prides itself on its high-quality customer support. We will support you every step of the way—whether you’re just starting your free trial or actively using CurrentWare in your network.
At CurrentWare, customer success is our priority at every stage of your journey. We take pride in providing high-quality and reliable pre and post-sale support to make your experience exceptional.
We offer the same level of high-quality support to all of our customers—no extra fees or packages necessary!
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Customer Support Lead
Product Training
CurrentWare provides the documentation, training, and other resources you need to take full advantage of the capabilities of our products.
Technical Support
Our expert support team is here to help you. Reach out to us over email, live chat, or phone from 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM ET, Monday to Friday.
See What Our Customers Have to Say
The reports are very easy to understand and the fact that they can be emailed to you on a schedule is amazing, and have made finding productivity killers VERY easy. Customer support has been fantastic every time I've had to reach out to them; I highly recommend them!
Kristen S, Associate IT Director
The Coding Network, 700+ Employees
BrowseReporter is simple to use and provides our company with the information we were looking for. Having BrowseReporter installed has prevented any internet abuse. This was exactly what we wanted!
Denise P, IT Manager
Paper & Forest Products, 51-200 Employees
In my nearly 40 years in the IT business I’ve worked with a lot of support teams. I really appreciate CurrentWare going the extra mile to help me get the most out of the product. They’ve definitely outweighed any of the other competitors that I’ve looked at.
J.S, Managed Services Provider
Vehicle Dealership, 150-200 Employees
BrowseReporter is an extremely useful piece of software for monitoring our employees' devices while they are at work. It enables us to view data in real time, conduct detailed analyses of each employee's activities, and improve productivity where necessary.
Sebastian P, CMO & Customer Experience Officer
Retail Industry, 10,001+ Employees
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ActivTrak Reviews
✔️ What ActivTrak Customers Like
Ease of Use
Once the initial client deployment and setup is complete, ActivTrak is easy to use for novice and advanced users alike.
What I liked most about it is the ease of deployment and the stealth of the service, it is almost undetectable which makes it the perfect tool for the consulting services we offer as a company.
Source: Capterra Reviewer, 2020
Level of Insights
ActivTrak’s detailed reports and key features provide insights into a variety of metrics, making it suitable as a traditional employee monitoring tool, time tracking software, user behavior analytics, and keeping track of employee performance.
ActivTrak is well suited for companies looking to monitor the remote staff productivity and performance rather than sitting in front of the cams and watching many users at the same time to evaluate work efficiency
Source: TrustRadius Reviewer, 2023
I would recommend this to anyone who wants to make sure their employees are working at their best. It is an effective tool to weed out the ones who are more of a hindrance to a company.
Source: Trustpilot Reviewer, 2018
❌ What ActivTrak Customers Dislike
Billing & Renewal Management
ActivTrak has absolutely no reliable option to cancel a subscription, once it is ongoing. Furthermore – apparently they, not the customer, decide when the subscription plan should be upgraded cost-wise…
ActivTrak cancellation practices actually breach European Union laws – in failing to provide easily accessible cancellation option
Source: Trustpilot Review, 2023
As a customer, it is disheartening to observe a SaaS provider insisting on renewing when the customer does not want to do so. It is imperative for them to enhance their billing policy, as adopting a confrontational stance ultimately benefits no one.
Source: Trustpilot Review, 2023
Product never worked well or synced to devices. We asked to cancel midway through the contract as we had not used it at all for 5 months and they held firm, charging us in full even though they knew we were not using it.
Not great service. Just do right by your clients. Why hold our feet to the fire for a few bucks. Bad business culture to do that when you know we were not using it.
Source: Trustpilot Review, 2022
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Last Updated September 2024
ActivTrak vs. CurrentWare pricing comparison (10 users, annual contract, before discounts, USD)
ActivTrak’s most basic paid plan starts at a staggering $10 USD user/month!
To unlock the full capabilities of their platform you’re forced to spend $19 user/month and purchase several add-ons ranging from an additional $1-3 user/month!
For only $5 user/month CurrentWare’s ActivTrak alternative BrowseReporter provides the user activity insights you need to enforce acceptable use policies, gain insights into employee productivity, and more!
CurrentWare Pricing
CurrentWare’s ActivTrak alternatives are a cost effective solution for tracking the computer usage of your team members. CurrentWare offers fair prices and honest value to keep their products accessible to companies of all sizes.
CurrentWare’s solutions can be purchased individually for the greatest flexibility or as a full suite for the best value.
Individual CurrentWare modules start at $5 USD per user per month (paid annually). The full CurrentWare Suite includes all 4 modules starting at $12 USD.
Discounts Available:
- Pricing breaks are available for businesses that sign up for multi-year plans or have future growth planned and can commit to bulk orders.
- Volume license discounts are available starting for as low as 100 users, with discounts increasing depending on the number of licenses, and the length of the contract term.
- Educational organizations and nonprofits may qualify for a 10% license discount.
- Not satisfied with a competing vendor? Make the switch to CurrentWare today and you may save up to 25% on your first year!
ActivTrak Pricing
ActivTrak offers four pricing plans for its employee monitoring and time-tracking software. Each plan requires an annual contract commitment.
In addition to these plans, ActivTrak offers annual subscription add-ons for priority support, extended data history, additional monitoring capabilities, and the ability to use the data ActivTrak collects with other tools.
ActivTrak Free Plan ($0)
Their free plan is best for time tracking and visibility across very small teams or for companies that want to test out ActivTrak over an extended period of time with a small sample size. It is limited to 3 users and 30 days of data history.
ActivTrak Essentials Plan ($10 USD PUPM)
Their Essentials plan (formerly called “Advanced”) is best for basic employee monitoring for small companies. It includes unlimited users, 6 months of data storage, USB device and file transfer detection, and basic employee productivity tracking.
For this tier, full URL & title bar visibility is not available without also purchasing their Screen Details add-on, which is an additional $2 PUPM and must be purchased for every license you have.
ActivTrak Essentials Plus Plan ($15 USD PUPM)
Their Essentials Plus plan is best for enhanced monitoring for mid-to-large organizations. It adds activity trend analysis by user and team, full URL and title bar visibility, automated work hour policy violation alerts (“exception reporting”), and productivity goal-setting and tracking.
ActivTrak Professional Plan ($19 USD PUPM)
Their Professional plan (formerly called “Premium”) is best for productivity management and workforce planning. It provides 12 months of data history and adds additional features such as location policy adherence, a variety of productivity dashboards, personal insights for employees, capacity planning, and technology usage tracking.
ActivTrak Add-Ons
ActivConnect—$3 USD per user/month
- Export & query data
- App integrations
- BI starter templates for Power BI, Google Data Studio, Tableau
Screen Details—$2 USD per user/month
- Screenshots & Screen Views
- Alarms: App terminations, pop-ups, screenshots
- Web activity detailed title bars, URLs and subpages
- Website Blocking
Data History—$1 USD per user/month
- Extends ActivTrak’s data retention
- 1-year increments (max 3 years)
ActivTrak Add-Ons
ActivConnect—$3 USD per user/month
- Export & query data
- App integrations
- BI starter templates for Power BI, Google Data Studio, Tableau
Screen Details—$2 USD per user/month
- Screenshots & Screen Views
- Alarms: App terminations, pop-ups, screenshots
- Web activity detailed title bars, URLs and subpages
- Website Blocking
Data History—$1 USD per user/month
- Extends ActivTrak’s data retention
- 1-year increments (max 3 years)
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