Comparison
Talstor vs QuickBooks Time
Fit
Who each product is best for
Choose Talstor if…
- You need scheduling, PTO, messaging and approvals, not just a clock.
- You want job costing and invoicing attached to the same hours.
- A base fee plus per user charge gets expensive at your headcount.
- You do not want your time tool owned by your accounting vendor.
Choose QuickBooks Time if…
- You run QuickBooks payroll and want hours flowing straight through.
- GPS tracking and geofencing on a native app are hard requirements.
- Your accountant standardises everything on Intuit.
- You genuinely need nothing beyond timesheets and approvals.
Side by side
How the two compare
| Area | Talstor | QuickBooks Time |
|---|---|---|
| What you pay | Simple headcount bands with everything included, and a 30 day free trial. | Monthly base fee plus per user charge across two tiers. |
| Scope | Time, scheduling, PTO, messaging, jobs, estimates, costing and invoicing. | Time tracking, basic scheduling and approvals. |
| Payroll | Payroll ready exports for any provider. | Flows natively into QuickBooks payroll. |
| Location tracking | Not offered. | GPS tracking and geofencing on the premium tier. |
| Invoicing | Included on every plan. | Handled separately by QuickBooks. |
QuickBooks Time details are summarised from their public product and pricing pages and can change at any time, so check their pricing page before you decide. QuickBooks Time is a trademark of its owner and we are not affiliated with them.
Pricing
What you actually pay
Talstor
One company subscription by team size. Free: $0/month (1 – 5 employees); Small team: $59/month (6 – 10 employees); Growing team: $99/month (11 – 20 employees); Established team: $149/month (21 – 50 employees); Large team: $249/month (51 – 100 employees); Multi-location: $399/month (101 – 200 employees). Monthly, six-month and annual billing are available. Every paid plan starts with a 30 day free trial.
See the full pricing breakdownQuickBooks Time
A monthly base fee plus a per user charge, split across two tiers, with the higher tier adding geofencing and better reporting. Bundled differently if you buy it inside QuickBooks payroll.
Check current QuickBooks Time pricingTalstor advantages
Why service teams choose Talstor
1. It replaces more than the timesheet
Scheduling with recurring rules, PTO policies and balances, swap requests, team messaging, approvals and audit history all live in the same account as the clock. Most businesses buying a time tool are paying for two or three of those elsewhere.
2. Hours become invoices, not just payroll lines
Time tracked in Talstor rolls into job costs and then into an invoice, so billable work reaches the customer without a separate quoting tool. QuickBooks Time sends hours to payroll and stops there.
Where they win
Where QuickBooks Time is the better buy
If you live in QuickBooks, the native path from timesheet to payroll is genuinely valuable and we cannot match it today. Their GPS mobile apps are also more mature than our browser based clock. For a QuickBooks first business, theirs is the tidier fit.