A Reliable Solution for Workforce Time Tracking

Cloud Time Manager is the simplest time tracking solution available at no cost to you. The system includes employee time tracking, work scheduling, time off management, and payroll exports. Employees can track time from a web-based clock, a shared kiosk, or their phone browser.
Cloud Time Manager workforce time tracking dashboard with employee hours, scheduling, and payroll overview

Free to Run, Built for the Field

No subscriptions, no per-user fees — just verified punches, offline resilience, and payroll exports that are ready to go from day one.

Nothing to Subscribe To

Run time tracking, scheduling, time off, and payroll exports for free.

Punch In, Verified

Use geofencing, face matches, and photos to verify that employee punches are being made by the employee and at the desired location.

Never Lose a Punch

Time punches recorded offline are stored temporarily and synced to the server when the device regains internet connectivity, with the original punch time preserved.

Payroll-Ready from Day One

Exports that are formatted for QuickBooks, ADP, Gusto, Paychex, or a generic template, based on stable employee IDs.

Accurate Time, Captured Every Way

Web Clock and Kiosk

Employees can clock in/out via the web clock or a kiosk that includes an employee-specific PIN.

Geofenced Punches

Clock in/out is determined by an employee's location within defined geofence zones, with a message showing the employee's closest work site if a punch occurs outside of the zone.

Photo and Face Verification

An employee's photo can be captured and verified against their biometric data. An administrator can enroll a face and control the retention of the biometric data.

Offline Punches

Punches that were recorded when the device was not connected to the internet are synced by the system when the device reconnects. The exact time of the punch is retained.

Breaks and Accurate Timesheets

Breaks can be scheduled, and timesheets match actual time worked.

Cloud Time Manager employee scheduling dashboard with weekly shifts and automated scheduling

Build the Schedule in Minutes, Not Hours

Shift Scheduling

Create weekly shifts, distribute, and copy last week's shifts.

Automated Scheduling

Create shift schedules automatically.

Open Shifts, Shift Swaps

Available shifts are taken, and shift swaps are requested with status updates and tracking.

Time Off

Requests include date ranges, notes, types, and an approval workflow.

Payroll That's Ready When You Are

Host Merchant Services handles payroll processing in the same platform, and our team sets it up from start to finish. The setup is simple, and our team handles it from start to finish.

Provider-Ready Exports

Payroll CSV exports customized for QuickBooks, ADP, Gusto, Paychex, and a generic template, based on stable employee IDs.

Overtime Rules

Multiple daily and weekly limits with overtime and double-time multipliers that include overrides for employee groups.

Locked Pay Periods

Once payroll is processed for an employee, the system will automatically lock the pay period. There will be no changes after processing.

Earned Wages

Wage computations based on recorded time and predetermined rates.

Cloud Time Manager payroll dashboard with payroll summary, overtime reports, locked pay periods, and earned wages
Cloud Time Manager worker management dashboard with employee profiles, notifications, kiosk PINs, schedules, and reports

Team and Communication

Worker Management

Worker profiles, departments, roles, and admin-controlled kiosk PINs.

Announcements

Company announcements with a set expiry date and shown to workers in real-time.

Notifications

Push or in-app notifications with a read/unread indicator.

Reports

Based on department, worker, or geofence zone. Includes labor-cost views.

Calendar Feeds

Secure, token-based calendar feeds per location and per user.

Getting Started

Set Up Workers and Locations

Create profiles for workers, departments and roles. Draw geofence zones for each work site.

Build the Schedule

To create a schedule, you can draw it by hand, copy the previous week's schedule, or you can let the system schedule it automatically for you.

Turn On the Time Clock

To turn on the time clock, click to activate the web and kiosk PINs. Choose settings for photo and face verification at punch time.

Send to Payroll

When a work period closes, lock it, and then format the hours for your payroll provider and export them.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does Cloud Time Manager cost?
Nothing, the software is absolutely free. Features like time tracking, scheduling, time off, payroll exports, and more, which are usually behind a paywall, comes at no cost with Cloud Time Manager.
When workers are inside the geofenced area, clocking in and clocking out are based on their current positions. If they clock in or out outside the geofenced area, a message is provided with the address of the closest working location.
Clock-ins are recorded and are submitted for that worker when the device is back online.
Photo captures and face matching at punches are available. Face enrollment is managed by admins, and biometric data retention is admin-controlled.
Yes. Automatic scheduling is available; the software can generate a schedule for you.
QuickBooks, ADP, Gusto, Paychex, and a generic CSV template are supported, keyed on stable employee IDs.
Overtime and double-time rules apply to daily and weekly thresholds, with overrides for each worker group. Payroll periods can be locked from being edited once the payroll has run for that period.
Yes. Workers can use an approval workflow to submit time-off requests with notes and a type along with selected dates. They can view and accept open shifts and request to swap shifts with status updates provided.

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