Momentum vs. Clockify
Clockify is a generous free timekeeper. Momentum is a workforce intelligence platform — it captures automatically and turns activity into focus scores, deep-work analysis, and attendance, with enterprise governance built in.
Three differences the checkboxes miss
Feature grids flatten real design decisions. Here's how Momentum and Clockify actually diverge in approach.
Moving from Clockify in four steps
A realistic migration path — most teams complete it inside a month, with a parallel-run period for confidence.
List the reports people actually consume — payroll hours, project totals, attendance. Decide which move to Momentum's dashboards and which belong in payroll or PM tools instead.
Create departments, deploy agents across Windows, macOS, and Linux, and approve machines from the Pending queue as they enroll.
Run a week with everything Unmarked, then classify the top apps by real usage. Add department overrides where Engineering, Support, and Ops disagree about the same tool.
Replace the Clockify timesheet review with the Workforce Dashboard — KPIs, expected-vs-actual trend, and the master user grid — and confirm a payroll cycle before you decommission.
The bottom line
Choose Momentum when you have outgrown simple timekeeping and need fair, enterprise-grade workforce intelligence.
Switching from Clockify, answered
Clockify is free — how do we justify paying for Momentum?+
If timesheets are all you need, Clockify is the right answer and you shouldn't switch. Momentum earns its cost when you need automatic capture, fair productivity scoring, attendance against expected hours, and admin governance — capability, not price, is the comparison.
Do employees still fill in timesheets?+
No. The agent captures active and idle time automatically, so there's nothing to remember to start or stop. Users see their own Timeline and Activity views instead of retro-filling a grid on Friday.
Can we keep Clockify for contractors and use Momentum for staff?+
Yes — that split is common. Momentum covers machines you manage and approve; contractors on unmanaged devices can stay on lightweight timesheets until you consolidate.