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Should I use WorkTime?

Employee monitoring software that helps analyze team performance, reduce distractions, and drive real results. Discover ethical tracking with WorkTime - try for free - worktime.com

Depends. Buy if you need screenshot-free, non-invasive employee monitoring and can confirm the 2025 critical CVEs are patched in your deployment. Skip if you just want timesheets or cannot tolerate an authentication-bypass history.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~40 public sources; several snippets were truncated, limiting quote depth.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useNo usability evidence in reviewed sources
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support evidence in reviewed sources
  • Security posture

Pricing

$0

Free

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
Paid editionsNot published in sources reviewed

Best for

  • Employers wanting tracking without screenshots or keystrokes
  • Schools auditing software license usage
  • Government and defense teams needing less-invasive monitoring
  • Remote teams measuring active time, not surveillance

Not for

  • Small teams that just need timesheets or logged hours
  • Buyers wanting screenshot or keystroke surveillance — omitted by design
  • Security-sensitive orgs until auth-bypass CVEs are confirmed patched
  • Freelancers tracking only their own time — clear overkill

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Verify CVE-2025-15563 (critical authentication bypass) is patched before deployment

high

Security advisory covers on-prem and cloud — neither deployment mode is automatically safe

medium

Four pricing editions exist but per-seat prices aren't public; expect sales contact

medium

14-day trial may be tight for HR or legal sign-off cycles

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Non-invasive: no keystroke logging, screenshots, or video capture
  • 4.6/5 G2 rating across 82 reviews
  • Free tier plus 14-day trial lowers evaluation risk
  • Markets to education, government, and defense with savings case studies
  • Customers report quick wins like 'Performance KPIs doubled!'

Cons

  • Critical 2025 vulnerabilities disclosed, including authentication bypass
  • Privilege escalation via update mechanism, CVSS 7.8
  • Disclosed flaws affect both on-prem and cloud deployments
  • Small review footprint: 82 G2 reviews versus larger rivals

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/21/2026 - 10 sources - Markets as privacy-first with AES-256 and 'SOC 2-level' claims, but 2025 disclosures include critical auth-bypass and privilege-escalation CVEs.

official x2review x5security x3
  • Multiple critical vulnerabilities (on-prem & cloud), Sec-Consult disclosed unauthenticated critical flaws in NesterSoft WorkTime across deployment modes.
  • CVE-2025-15561 — privilege escalation (CVSS 7.8), Attacker exploits the update mechanism for privilege escalation.
  • CVE-2025-15563 — authentication bypass, Classified as critical per Vuldb.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 4/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 10

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 4/5. Free tier; case studies cite license-cost savings
  • Ease of use. No usability evidence in reviewed sources
  • Feature depth: 3/5. Deliberately non-invasive; fewer surveillance features than rivals
  • Support quality. No support evidence in reviewed sources
  • Security posture: 2/5. Critical auth-bypass and privilege-escalation CVEs disclosed
  • 4.6/5 G2 rating 82 reviews
  • $0 Starting price Free tier per SoftwareAdvice
  • 14 days Free trial Offered on homepage
  • None raised Funding Per Tracxn profile

Pricing

Free

$0

  • Listed on SoftwareAdvice
  • Included features not detailed in reviewed sources

Paid editions

Not published in sources reviewed

  • G2 lists 4 pricing editions total
  • 14-day free trial offered

Security

Markets as privacy-first with AES-256 and 'SOC 2-level' claims, but 2025 disclosures include critical auth-bypass and privilege-escalation CVEs.

  • Multiple critical vulnerabilities (on-prem & cloud)Sec-Consult disclosed unauthenticated critical flaws in NesterSoft WorkTime across deployment modes.⁵
  • CVE-2025-15561 — privilege escalation (CVSS 7.8)Attacker exploits the update mechanism for privilege escalation.⁶
  • CVE-2025-15563 — authentication bypassClassified as critical per Vuldb.⁷

What users say

Users rate WorkTime 4.6/5 on G2 and generally praise its non-invasive tracking approach, citing quick performance wins.

“Performance KPIs doubled!”
Trustpilot customer review
Full analysis

Based on ~40 public sources; several snippets were truncated, limiting quote depth.

Non-invasive monitoring, 4.6/5 on G2 — but 2025 critical CVEs mean verify patching before you buy.

Methodology

Based on ~40 public sources; several snippets were truncated, limiting quote depth.

Sources

  1. WorkTime Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features - G2g2.com
    review
  2. WorkTime Products | Read 82 Reviews on G2g2.com
    review
  3. Read Customer Service Reviews of worktime.com - Trustpilottrustpilot.com
    review
  4. Quora: How does WorkTime track without keystrokes/screenshotsquora.com
    review
  5. Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities in NesterSoft WorkTime - Sec-Consultsec-consult.com
    security
  6. CVE-2025-15561 Detail - NVDnvd.nist.gov
    security
  7. CVE-2025-15563 - Vuldbvuldb.com
    security
  8. WorkTime Security Policyworktime.com
    official
  9. WorkTime Software Reviews, Demo & Pricing - SoftwareAdvicesoftwareadvice.com
    review
  10. WorkTime Pricingworktime.com
    official

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