Hubstaff Insights
Productivity dashboard add-on for Hubstaff that transforms time tracking data into actionable metrics, offering real-time insights on utilization rates, focus time, work classification, benchmarking against industry standards, and AI-powered productivity trend analysis for remote and hybrid teams.
Last updated: 2026-03-18 02:54
Overview
Insights turns time tracking data into real-time, actionable metrics to optimize utilization rates, eliminate unnecessary meetings, and increase productivity.
Key Features for Remote Teams
Dashboard Capabilities: With the Insights add-on, your dashboard provides real-time data on utilization, unusual activity, focus time, and more. Managers receive live updates directly on their dashboards for improved resource planning and real-time budget adjustments.
Core Insights Features:
- Highlights Widget: The Highlights widget identifies fluctuations in work time, activity, and more so you don't have to.
- Benchmarking: See each user's keyboard and mouse activity data and how they compare to other Hubstaff users in their industry or role with the benchmarking feature.
- Focus Time: With focus time data, you can help your team cut down on unnecessary meetings, limit distractions, and see how much time you're spending on the core work that adds value to your business.
- Work Time Classification: Create work classifications and see a real-time breakdown of each user's time spent on core, non-core, and unproductive work.
Reporting Features (2026)
20+ fully customizable reports help you monitor team performance, track project progress, and make real-time budget tweaks to improve decision-making. Choose from up to 20+ fully customizable reports for hours worked, earnings, project costs, expenses, and more. Filter by employee, project, or date and email them to key stakeholders directly from the app.
AI-Powered Analytics
Get AI-powered summaries on productivity trends, PTO, and focus time to spot overwork early and balance capacity—keeping teams healthy and high-performing.
Use for Remote Teams
Hubstaff is commonly used for remote teams because it provides visibility into work hours, project progress, and productivity trends. Our Insights product helps you optimize remote and hybrid teams of 10 to 10,000.
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