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What Is Hourly?

Meet Hourly.io, your new best friend for running your small business!

Imagine having a super easy payroll and timekeeping system that works like magic. That's what Hourly.io does, and it's perfect for small businesses like yours.

It's like having a helpful buddy who takes care of the tricky stuff – payroll, workers' comp, and taxes – so you can focus on what you love doing most in your business.

Here's the cool part: with Hourly.io, you can say goodbye to the headache of dealing with audits. There are no sneaky extra costs or hidden fees – it's all clear and simple.

This means you get to save money and time, two things we know are super important for your business.

Using Hourly.io is a breeze. You don't need to be a computer whiz or a math genius to use it.

It's designed to be super user-friendly, so you'll get the hang of it in no time.

Plus, it keeps everything in one place, making your life a whole lot easier.

Ready to make running your business stress-free?

Who Uses Hourly?

Hourly.io is best for small to medium size businesses with hourly and mobile workers.

Hourly Software - Do everything from your phone or computer
Hourly Software - Track time in real-time with GPS
Hourly Software - Pay your team fast and with same-day direct deposit
Hourly Software - Free W2s and unlimited payroll runs
Hourly Software - Switching is fast and easy
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Reviews of Hourly

Average score

Overall
4.9
Ease of Use
4.9
Customer Service
5.0
Features
4.7
Value for Money
4.9

Reviews by company size (employees)

  • <50
  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001

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5
89%
4
9%
3
2%
Jess
Jess
Manager in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Restaurants, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Fast, painless payroll and time clock

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: They are hands-on and dedicated to building the best product so that means agreeable fees, quick service, and things you request make it into the beta channel quickly.

Pros:

Easy to use on any mobile device. Mobile-first design is key in our industry, no one is sitting there at the small cafe with a desktop or even a laptop. Our tools need to be on the phones in our pockets, easy to access, and just as easy to slip back into the pocket so we can get on with the day.

Cons:

No support yet for robust scheduling so we have not been able to move that over to this app and we really had to play around with and modify our own system in regards to tips distribution to fit their workflow. But updates to a model we were using the past 7 years were long overdue and we have good buy-in from staff and users.

Elena
President in US
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Payroll Service that Integrates WC Premium

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Hourly is helping us manage our Workers Comp premiums

Pros:

Integration was simple especially because the customer service is a dedicated, live person.

Cons:

Slightly cumbersome but once I learned the steps it's simple enough

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Automotive, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Good but

3.0 4 years ago

Comments: Overall I love this app. Great design and very handy

Pros:

I love a lot of things about this app. I love the design and concept absolutely. And fact that it’s voiceover accessible yessss

Cons:

I don’t like the fact that there was very small amount of instructions. I basically had to figure it out myself

Cameron
Owner in US
Construction, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Harrell Electrical Services review of HOURLY

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: Overall we have a good experience. The platform has really eased our daily payroll admin and cost tracking. The HOURLY customer service team has been excellent with addressing platform questions, providing education and assisting with pulling reports. Having access to detailed data while out in the field has been a big benefit for daily operations.

Pros:

Real time staff time card tracking coupled with geo tag locations is a big help in managing staff in the field. Additionally managing project/service payroll costs is easier with daily real time computations for all staff wages, payroll taxes and workers compensation insurance premiums. The HOURLY team is also easy to work with

Cons:

Customizable "name" payment line items with the ability to designate treatment for tax purposes and also not wages excluded from worker's comp premium would be a good feature to add. An example is for government projects in California for Prevailing Wage payroll, there are also separate Fringe Benefit payments for the staff that are taxable, but not subject to Workers Compensation premiums.

Maor
Maor
CEO in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Construction, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Hourly App BEST Payroll company / app

5.0 5 years ago

Pros:

Hourly app is the most user friendly payroll platform out there

Cons:

We like everything in this platform and don’t think it’s missing anything

Ben
Owner in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Construction, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Filled a Needed Niche

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: Overall Hourly has saved me time in managing my payroll & employee work tracking at a very reasonable rate.

Pros:

I love that Hourly allows me to track specific tasks at multiple sites. As a general contractor I need to keep accurate records of my employees work and Hourly greatly simplifies that task.

Cons:

There have been some hiccups integrating my worker's comp insurance into my payroll system. However Hourly has been attentive throughout this process & done their best to solve the issues that arise.

Timothy
owner in US
Restaurants, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Hourly is the best

5.0 last year

Pros:

Hourly is easy and convenient to use. I like to calculate the cost of payroll daily, and so I am able to recalculate every day and get my gross cost with no problem.

Cons:

Hourly is a great platform and really well put together, no cons that i can think of.

Julio
Farm Manager in US
Nonprofit Organization Management, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Easy to use app

5.0 last year

Comments: Hourly was an easy app to use and navigate along it having access to important documents. It was also easy to make changes on

Pros:

Clocking in and clocking out was simple and did not glitch so that the time tracking was accurate. It was easy to review your w-2 along with past paystubs and hours.

Cons:

It would of been great to be able to track expenses and reinburstments.

Alex
Manager in US
Sporting Goods, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Hourly Review

5.0 last year

Comments: I'm very satisfied about the product. I was referred by a collague.

Pros:

It is easy to use. Price is very reasonable. I get prompt response for questions.

Cons:

I have not found any failures from hourly

Emily
Manager in US
Food & Beverages, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Hourly Review

4.0 last year

Comments: we run payroll and keep employee info on it

Pros:

[sensitive content hidden] is a great customer support agent.

Cons:

Its fiddly to adjust bartenders tips so that they can take tips each day.

Jake
Tax Preparer in US
Financial Services, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Pleasant Changes

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: My experience with hourly has been very pleasant. My services representatives are easily accessible and possess excellent customer service attributes.

Pros:

Product is easy to use. I feel the transition from ADP to Hourly was seamless.

Cons:

After we started working with company we were assigned an additional REP. Nice to have multiple people, but slightly different in the beginning stages.

Patrick
Manager in US
Consumer Services, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Simple and powerful

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: We love the simplicity of this

Pros:

This is simple to use software that we figured out with no training.

Cons:

It would be nice to be able to exempt our J1 visa holders from having to pay Social Security and Medicare.

Remo
owner in US
Construction, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

owner

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Very pleased

Pros:

Easy Customer Service Easy to get ahold of someone

Cons:

Nothing They always respond to my question

Ronna
Bookkeeper in US
Utilities, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Hourly Payroll

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: The people at Hourly are very accessible and very helpful whenever I need help! And they solve my problems immediately!

Pros:

I like the ease of running payroll...and that I can run it from my cell phone, anywhere! I like the fact that my information is all in one place. The fact that my plumbers can clock in anywhere, on the job and we can track them is very helpful too!

Cons:

My least favorite part of Hourly is the excel spreadsheet I have to sift through to get my workers comp. numbers.... along with not being able to download my payroll checks into my Quickbooks desktop.

John
President in US
Glass, Ceramics & Concrete, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Satisfied

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Not much to say at this point just started using Hourly so far very satisfied specially the young lady that they have supporting me and my company

Pros:

Ease of use and the support. At this point I can’t say too much, have only used Hourly for a couple of months. Haven’t gone through any document reporting

Cons:

No issues, so far very satisfied. Again I don’t have any problems at this point. I’ve only been using it for a short time

Brian
Owner in US
Construction, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Easy, inexpensive, responsive

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Very happy pretty easy to use. And you guys offer a lot of support

Pros:

I love the text filing, and that you guys carry my comp pay to go

Cons:

Sometimes it's difficult navigating through the app to find the buttons I want

Yolanda
Director of Operations in US
Real Estate, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Ease of use, flexible, reliable and excellent service

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: Our experience has been wonderful. The time savings, accountability, and ability for our team members to manage their accounts independently is wonderful.

Pros:

Hourly is very easy to use and offers great features. Our team uses the platform daily and adjustments are quick and easy. Being able to change work locations mid work shift for teams handling multiple tasks for budgeting management is very useful for our business. Additionally, the requirement we’ve set for our company to require approval to overtime is essential to keeping expenses controlled.

Cons:

Something that would be beneficial from time to time would be a user manual with common step by step tutorials. However, customer service is very responsive and ALWAYS available to help navigate special situations.

Erin
HR in US
Construction, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Excellent for Time-Tracking

5.0 5 years ago

Pros:

Before we starting using the Hourly app we did all of our timecards by hand and had to collect them every week. This is especially difficult with construction sites spread all over the peninsula. The Hourly staff came out and trained all of our employees on the use of the app and got us fully set-up. Now we use it with ease. Even if there isn't cell service at a job site, the app will update once the employee is connected to wifi or in cell range. Managers can easily view job costing data, employee lists and if our employees clocked in on time. I would definitely recommend this app to any one in the construction field!

Cons:

Really the only change I would like to see is for the comments our staff leave on their timecards, to show on the PDF exported version of the timecards. Other than that I think it's fantastic!

Marco
Owner in US
Construction, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

If you like saving time and money Hourly is for you!

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: I use Hourly to track time, run payroll and insure my guys with workers comp. I've saved $10,000 or more on workers comp insurance already and love how easy it was to set up everything and get started. Customer service is fantastic!

Pros:

I didn't start a business to spend all day on the back office. Hourly has freed up a ton of my time and lets me focus on working on my business instead of working in it.

Cons:

Can't really think of any. The app is great and the team is very responsive.

Justin
Vice President in US
Real Estate, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Great customer service. Very intuitive and easy to use.

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: It's been great. It's easy to use and their customer service is very responsive and helpful. We couldn't be happier.

Pros:

We've had some turn over in our office admin role over the last year. As a result, we've had three separate people in charge of payroll, and Hourly has been wonderful. It's so easy to use, the transition to new employees has been a breeze. And their customer service is top-notch.

Cons:

When we first joined, they were very early and were missing a few features we wanted, but they promised those features would come out soon and they did. That means a lot to us that they didn't oversell the product and followed through on commitments.

Adrian
Owner in US
Construction, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Hourly review

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: I’m really happy and it has made my life so much easier. The seamless connection with workmen’s Comp insurance is the best. It simplifies everything

Pros:

It’s very easy to use and the team is fast to respond and very helpful.

Cons:

My Bookeeper has issues getting the reports, and I myself wish it was easier to print out the paystubs. Everything is there just need to look for it.

Kendy
CEO in US
Construction, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

It help us to reduce significantly the Cost Operation

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: We reduce the cost administrative and operating . We can do changes anytime and anywhere.

Pros:

Easy to use and technical support and quick response

Cons:

The Automatic Workers Compensation Certificates Need Improve on Additional Insurense information

Susan
Principal in US
Architecture & Planning, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Great Time admin tool!

5.0 6 years ago

Comments: We are able to keep accurate track of time spent of on different projects, or just office work.

Pros:

The application is very easy to follow, and it is versatile enough to correct times and jobs in case you forget to clock in or out.

Cons:

I believe the clock timers (when you clock in minutes and hours) can improve. Perhaps adding the options of number sensitiveness in periods of 5, 10, 15 minutes?

Brookes
Accountant in US
Accounting, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Advanced Payroll Technology Easy To Use!

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: Hourly Inc works with you to suit your specific business needs. This program has become a game changer for my business.

Pros:

The software is self-explanatory and user-friendly! It took me no time at all to become an expert at running payroll with the well developed software and professional doting staff. The software can be altered in the best way suited for your company.

Cons:

This is young software which is still malleable but this is not a negative trait at all.

Pete
Owner in US
Construction, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Review for Hourly

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: Saves me time and money

Pros:

Service. Especially by phone. Everyone was willing to help me with my special needs

Cons:

None. I have no complaints about this company