Buddy Punch vs. When I Work

When I Work

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Buddy Punch	Score 9.1 out of 10	Small Businesses (1-50 employees)	Buddy Punch is an online time tracking, scheduling, and payroll application. Track time, time off, locations, and jobs. The solution aims to help make punching in and out intuitive for employees and easy for users to view and export time. Employees can clock in using a browser or the Buddy Punch Google, iOS, and Android apps. Users can view who's working, their GPS position, or even limit where they can punch. The solution integrates with QuickBooks, ADP, Paychex, and SurePayroll, to name a…	$5.49 per month per user
When I Work	Score 8.6 out of 10	N/A	When I Work is a way for businesses to schedule, track time and attendance, and communicate with their hourly employees. The schedule and time clock is placed in every employee's pocket with When I Work's iOS and Android apps. It can be used to keep track of time off, employee availability, and manage shift swaps with a few clicks. When I Work integrates with payroll providers to streamline the process and avoid human error.	$2.50 per month per user

Pricing

Buddy Punch

When I Work

Editions & Modules

Starter: $5.49
per month per user
Pro: $6.99
per month per user
Enterprise: $11.99
per month per user

Essentials: $2.50
per month per user
Essentials + Attendance: $4
per month per user
Pro: $5
per month per user
Pro + Attendance: $7
per month per user
Premium: $8
per month per user
Premium + Attendance: $10
per month per user

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Buddy Punch	When I Work
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

Three plans are available via a monthly or annual payment option. Each plan has a per user price and a base fee of $19. There are no startup, cancellation, support, or additional fees of any kind. A discount is available for the annual payment option.

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More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Buddy Punch	When I Work
Considered Both Products	Buddy Punch JC John Carlo Castelo Supervisor Chose Buddy Punch It features a feature that Connecteam dislikes: GPS tracking, PTO monitoring, and photo capture when someone logs in and out. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Buddy Punch It's been over 15 years where I had to punch in for work. I did this with two different companies. Prior to this, both of those companies had their own personal punching system. It was much harder to use than this when it came to editing or entering in PTO. Even though I … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Buddy Punch I really like everything about Buddy Punch. Incentivized Helpful? Tony Factor The Specialist Chose Buddy Punch going from Paychex Flex to Buddy Punch has been a huge improvement! For peace of mind and time management. As a manager, it's streamlined for me with the website being easy to use and navigate. I am very thankful for the move. Incentivized Helpful? MM Molly Mindy Attorney at Law Chose Buddy Punch This was the first platform this organization has tried to implement. I cannot remember if we used a trial on another company like this. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Buddy Punch I would prefer Buddy Punch, every day, any time. Incentivized Helpful? JC Jake Cowden Operations Manager Chose Buddy Punch When we decided to try Buddy Punch we were using a normal time clock and needed to have a better way to track time. I reviewed a few products, but went with Buddy Punch and have been happy ever since. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Buddy Punch Buddy Punch was chosen for it's security. In the past service we used had a breach in their user base, i.e., it was hacked. We found Buddy Punch easy to access and edit. Incentivized Helpful? MT Marilyn Talbott psychotherapist Chose Buddy Punch Sign in was sometimes difficult if working at the school, in the community, at hospital. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Buddy Punch I have not used any other product that I can remember. I used whatever system the retail stores had when I worked there short term and part time 6,7, 8 years ago. Incentivized Helpful? TC Thomas Carson Marketing Chose Buddy Punch I have not reviewed or evaluated any other similar products and this is the first time I am using this type of product. I have been a salaried employee for 25 years and this is my first contract position, but Buddy Punch has made the time tracking very simple and efficient. Incentivized Helpful? Tiffany Greenwood Payroll Manager Chose Buddy Punch I did not use a system prior to Buddy, but when comparing they were the best price and had all the features I needed. Incentivized Helpful? SK Stephen Kidd Client Account Manager Chose Buddy Punch I was not involved in the selection process. Much easier to use. Incentivized Helpful? JJ Joy Jones Owner Chose Buddy Punch We originally scheduled and ran payroll through Homebase, but in the last few months the software became very buggy, customer service was slow and when they did respond, was not helpful. When we cancelled our account they didn't even try to make things right. We are so happy … Incentivized Helpful? TM Tiffany Mecham, MHA, FACMPE Administrator Chose Buddy Punch QB Time didn't even get back to me about inquiry until AFTER Buddy Punch already responded and were implementing! Incentivized Helpful?	When I Work HC Heather Cole Human Resource Manager Chose When I Work When I Work is a much more user friendly for both employer and employee Incentivized Helpful? Emily Hammell Marketing and Communications Manager Chose When I Work When I Work seemed a bit easier to implement for our team and employees. When I Work had all the things we needed without a lot of the bells and whistles that we wouldn't really utilize. When I Work was also a bit more affordable for our budget. Overall, it was the better … Incentivized Helpful? Jayelynn Willman Assistant Manager Chose When I Work Compared to its counterparts, When I Work allows you to interact with your staff where the others were strictly schedule based. This allows you to do so much more and saves you time from having to call each employee when something happens or a new special is announced. It puts … Incentivized Helpful? AY Allison Yates-Gauthier Senior Special Events Coordinator Chose When I Work When I Work is much simpler, easier to navigate, and clear with details. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose When I Work It's been a long time since I searched for other products. We went from something that was simply a time tracker, so this was a big step up. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose When I Work I would say that When I Work is better for a smaller company and has more options than ADP workforce now. I like that we save money as we don't need all the abilities that ADP workforce now has as we use a different company for employee PTO and benefits tracking. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose When I Work I've not used another time-tracking service; this was recommended to me by a friend. Incentivized Helpful? Liz Ward Founder & Co-CEO Chose When I Work When I Work is less expensive than Deputy. Incentivized Helpful? ANNA CARABALLO Director of Operations Chose When I Work When I Work was simply the easiest of all of the products. It did everything that we needed it to do while not taking three training classes to learn. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose When I Work When I Work was recommended to me by a friend. I never considered another service, nor have I since I started using When I Work. Incentivized Helpful? AM Amy Morgeson Director Chose When I Work When I Work is the first program like this that I have used. I searched online and reviews were good, the price was good and ultimately we decided to give it a try. Prior to this I was manually scheduling and calculating everything. When I Work is simple to use and a great … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose When I Work I know my co-workers have evaluated many other products similar to When I Work, out of an effort to replace our using When I Work with something better and more efficient. Still, so far, they have not been able to find anything else that can suit our needs better. I was not … Incentivized Helpful? Talitha Rieken Practice Manager Chose When I Work The only other product we've used for staffing, outside of When I Work, is Outlook. We used shared calendars and sending emails. While the shared calendars worked for a while, the technology was outdated for the demand and emails aren't as efficient for a technology-driven … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose When I Work When we were deciding on a scheduling software we evaluated When I Work and When To Work as our potential solutions. Ultimately we decided on When I Work because it offered a more user-friendly interface and was easier to use than the When To Work option. When I Work fit our … Incentivized Helpful? İhsan Akkarpuz STA Site Engineer (CV Car, B Car, Cargo, Engine, Transmission) Chose When I Work No other product was launched in the same field with When I Work was in workforce management. Incentivized Helpful? AK Cyrway Co-Owner, President, Creative Services Chose When I Work Prior to When I Work, we had been using a Google calendar. This turned out to be difficult to track, and employees would never know who else was working the shift, nor could they easily access it without a Google Account. When I Work is both app and website based and can be … Incentivized Helpful? James Mcbride User Experience Manager Chose When I Work When I work worked the best for our company and needs we had for it. The reason we went with when I work was it was easy to use, visually appealing, and allowed us to track when people were working or on PTO. This has been great for our support department. Incentivized Helpful?

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User Ratings
	Buddy Punch	When I Work
Likelihood to Recommend	9.1 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	9.1 (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.7 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Buddy Punch	When I Work
Likelihood to Recommend	I think that is very convenient as far as tracking your employees when they are punching in or out to ensure they are physically at the location they are supposed to be for that shift. I also think that the option to download this app to your personal phone is amazing, it makes it more convenient to punch in or out when you aren't near a laptop or a residence to use one. The feature of being able to attach a note with your punches explaining possible late punchers or absences is very beneficial to the employee allows show proof if needed. Nicole Segebart DSP Read full review	I recommend When I Work to those companies that are looking for a way to manage work schedules and want to increase the productivity of all employees. This is an important platform that would bring excellent results to small, medium and large companies. This is a constant monitoring system which allows employees to complete their tasks in the indicated time, When I Work sends automated alerts when an employee is not complying with their tasks and this allows us to know exactly the productivity we are having in each one of the sectors. It is an excellent platform for planning and administration of working hours, it has a very easy-to-use UI that allows schedules to be easily managed. Without a doubt, When I Work would be a perfect implementation for any sector or company, since it has a lot of potential to collect exact data on compliance with working hours. Incentivized Sasha Brito Marketing Director Read full review
Pros	Customer service is the best we've seen! Their knowledge base is clear, and when we do have a question it can't answer, we get a quick, informed solution. The software allows us to schedule our staff seamlessly for work in more than one department in a day, so tracking how many payroll hours are being used in each department is easy. The reporting for Payroll hours is easy and fast. Incentivized JJ Joy Jones Owner Read full review	When I Work allowed me to color-code each employee's schedule. When I Work allowed me to show who was "off" during what time of day. This was essential for morale, as our event included 16-18 hour days, and I wanted to show that everyone had down time each day. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	the simplicity can go to far in that direction. So it seems a bit sparse at times. Theres a lot of dead space on some page landings. update on colors to be more vibrant and fun. menu buttons to go to particular specifics like vacation and sick submissions Incentivized Tony Factor The Specialist Read full review	Customer service only available by chat or email. No phone- which is crazy, in my opinion. Slows down, getting things done. Understanding their charges is a pain. I still don't know what I am paying for. If you are being overcharged, they don't care; they keep you on billing for something in a group. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	No answers on this topic	It's a powerful tool for employee management and intuitive to use. Incentivized AK Cyrway Co-Owner, President, Creative Services Read full review
Usability	Buddy Punch is really easy to use. It's easy to punch in and out when needed as it's on the home page. It's also easy to track your colleagues who are on leave so you know how to plan for coverage. This makes it easy for us to adjust accordingly. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	While it's one of the better apps, my only complaint is the icon layout of the dash; mouseover sometimes doesn't work for my system. Incentivized AK Cyrway Co-Owner, President, Creative Services Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	Every time I contact When I Work staff with an issue, someone is there with a quick solution to my problem. I love the chat feature. I can continue to work on other things while the When I Work representative assists me. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Implementation Rating	No answers on this topic	Make certain your team knows how to turn off alerts and utilise the system. Incentivized AK Cyrway Co-Owner, President, Creative Services Read full review
Alternatives Considered	I have not reviewed or evaluated any other similar products and this is the first time I am using this type of product. I have been a salaried employee for 25 years and this is my first contract position, but Buddy Punch has made the time tracking very simple and efficient. Incentivized TC Thomas Carson Marketing Read full review	When I Work seemed a bit easier to implement for our team and employees. When I Work had all the things we needed without a lot of the bells and whistles that we wouldn't really utilize. When I Work was also a bit more affordable for our budget. Overall, it was the better choice. Incentivized Emily Hammell Marketing and Communications Manager Read full review
Return on Investment	Improved Efficiency: Allows us to track time when employees are on site. Reduced Costs: Able to avoid unnecessary OT due to employees getting alerts. Reduced Costs: No longer paying an employee to tally hours like when we used a regular time clock. Incentivized JC Jake Cowden Operations Manager Read full review	Compared to what I've used before, When I Work allows you to interact with your staff more than other scheduling apps. Though I don't know the cost, I was told it was cheaper than it's counterparts. The app doesn't have all of the features as the full website, but it's pretty close. Incentivized Jayelynn Willman Assistant Manager Read full review
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