Buddy Punch vs Everhour Comparison
Compare Buddy Punch vs Everhour features, pricing, and more.
Last updated: November 2026
Buddy Punch
6.5/10
Cloud time clock and employee scheduling software that lets small and mid-sized businesses track hours, jobs, PTO and locations and send timesheets to payroll.
Everhour
7.1/10
Everhour is a time tracking tool for teams and agencies that adds timers, budgets, resource planning and invoicing to existing project management apps.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 6.5/10 | 7.1/10 |
| Cost | 8/10 | 8/10 |
| Ease of Use | 8/10 | 8/10 |
| Analytics | 4/10 | 6/10 |
| Customization | 5/10 | 5/10 |
| Scalability | 5/10 | 6/10 |
| Support | 7/10 | 8/10 |
| Integration | 7/10 | 9/10 |
| Security | 6/10 | 5/10 |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Cheapest paid plan | $19/mo Advanced | $9/user/mo Team |
| Estimated cost for 10 users | $159/mo Advanced | $85/mo Team |
| Features | ||
| App integrations | ||
| Reporting | ||
| Scheduling | ||
| Time tracking | ||
| Dashboards | Not listed | |
| Task management | Not listed | |
Buddy Punch vs Everhour cost by team size
Everhour costs less up to 25 users.
| Team size | Buddy Punch | Everhour |
|---|---|---|
| 1 user | $33/moAdvanced | FreeFree |
| 5 users | $89/moAdvanced | FreeFree |
| 10 users | $159/moAdvanced | $85/moTeam |
| 25 users | $369/moAdvanced | $213/moTeam |
| 50 users | $719/moAdvanced | Contact for pricing |
The plan that fits each team size, billed monthly, before add-ons and usage charges. Each cost opens that tool's pricing calculator for the team size.
Which One Should You Choose?
Why choose Buddy Punch
- Higher Security score (6/10 vs 5/10)
Why choose Everhour
- Has a free plan (Buddy Punch does not)
- Lower estimated cost for 10 users: $85/mo vs $159/mo
- Higher Analytics score (6/10 vs 4/10)
- Higher Integration score (9/10 vs 7/10)
- Better fit for agencies (9/10 vs 4/10)
Pros & Cons
Buddy Punch
Pros
- Employees can clock in many ways, including mobile app, kiosk, QR code, webcam and selfie punches.
- Direct payroll syncs cover around 20 systems, including QuickBooks, ADP, Gusto, Paychex and Rippling.
- Admins are free and only active employees count toward billing.
- Reviewers describe support as fast and handled by real people.
- GPS punches and geofencing help verify that field staff are where they should be.
Cons
- It is not a project management tool: there are no task boards, Gantt charts or docs.
- Costs rise with each user and each add-on, and there is a 19 USD monthly base fee.
- Reviewers say correcting missed punches is manual and the admin settings take time to learn.
- Some users report the mobile app lags, especially on weak connections.
- An independent review rates the built-in reporting as basic, and advanced reports cost extra on lower plans.
Everhour
Pros
- More than 20 native integrations, including Asana, ClickUp, Monday, Jira and Linear, put a timer directly on tasks, and reviewers praise these integrations most.
- A browser extension adds tracking to more than 20 other web apps, such as Figma, HubSpot and Zendesk.
- Budgets with alerts, expense tracking and invoicing that syncs to QuickBooks, Xero or FreshBooks cover billable work end to end.
- The Team plan costs 8.50 USD per seat per month on yearly billing, and the free plan covers up to 5 seats.
- Reviewers often single out the customer support, and Everhour holds about a 4.8 out of 5 average across 139 SpotSaaS ratings.
Cons
- It is not a standalone PM suite: it has no Gantt charts, docs or whiteboards.
- The free plan has no integrations, which are the product's main value.
- Paid plans require 5 seats and payment by card only, and unused time is not refunded when you cancel.
- Its security documentation relies on AWS's SOC 2 compliance rather than its own report, and it does not run formal periodic risk assessments.
- Some users report hours that failed to record, too many reminder alerts, and limited chart-style reporting.
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Everhour scores higher on our Project Management criteria: 7.1/10 against 6.5/10 for Buddy Punch. The largest gap is in Analytics: 4/10 for Buddy Punch and 6/10 for Everhour.
Everhour costs less for 10 users: about $85/mo on its Team plan, against about $159/mo on its Advanced plan for Buddy Punch, billed monthly.
Everhour has a free plan; Buddy Punch does not list one.
Everhour is the better fit for agencies: we rate it 9/10 for them, against 4/10 for Buddy Punch.
