SmartBarrel vs. ExakTime: Which is right for your construction business?
Both SmartBarrel and ExakTime offer robust time clocks for construction companies. But which one is the best fit for you?
SmartBarrel vs. ExakTime Hornet
Portable time clock features compared.
Category
Look
Terms
- No up-front costs
- Pay-as-you-go
- Hardware purchase
- 12 month commitment
Guarantees
- 100% accurate timesheets
- None
Clock-in
- Biometric facial verification
- Key fob
- Badge / ID card
- Key fob
Hardware
- Weatherproof
- Solar Power
- LTE Connection
- Weatherproof
- Battery Powered
- LTE Connection
Data sync
- Instant
- Hourly
ROI
- $4,097 / worker / year
*From SmartBarrel's ROI calculator, $25 / hour wage
- $1,139 / worker / year
*From ExakTime's ROI calculator, $25 / hour wage
SmartBarrel vs. ExakTime Hornet
Portable time clock features compared.
- No up-front costs
- Pay-as-you-go
- Clock purchase
- 1 year commitment
- 100% accurate timesheets guarantee
- No guarantees
- Biometric facial verification
- Key fob
- Badge / ID card
- Key fob
- Weatherproof
- LTE Connection
- Solar Power
- Weatherproof
- LTE Connection
- Battery Powered
- Instant data sync
- Hourly data sync
- $4,285 / worker / year ROI
*From SmartBarrel's ROI calculator, $25 / hour wage
- $1,139 / worker / year ROI
*From ExakTime's ROI calculator, $25 / hour wage
SmartBarrel vs. ExakTime:
Key differences summarized
SmartBarrel is powered by biometric facial verification, which sets it apart from all other construction time tracking solutions.
Competitors like ExakTime rely on key fobs for clock-in -- which can be lost or handed to a buddy.
SmartBarrel takes a photo of each worker on clock in and uses AI to verify their identity with 100% accuracy.
This means no buddy-punching, ghost workers, or payroll errors.
This is also why SmartBarrel is the only construction time keeping solution that guarantees 100% accurate timesheets.
The only buddy-punch proof portable time clock in construction.
Rugged.
Tough-as-nails and built for the most demanding construction sites, SmartBarrel is impervious to rain, snow, dust, and dirt.
Error proof.
SmartBarrel’s AI-powered biometrics scan your face on clock-in and clock-out to ensure completely error proof time tracking.
Magnetic.
Light-weight and magnetic, SmartBarrel’s device can be easily carried to any jobsite and mounted without screws or fasteners.
Connected.
Solar-powered and LTE connected, SmartBarrel is completely self-contained. No need for IT or electrical to set it up.
The only time clock you can trust 100%.
Paper timesheets are annoying and unreliable. Fobs, cards, and codes can be handed to a buddy. And fingerprint scanners simply weren't made for the dust and dirt of a real construction site.
AI-Powered facial verification fixes all of that. It's the most convenient way for your workers to clock in (no need for fobs, IDs, or phones), it's 100% accurate and fair (no more buddy punching or payroll disputes), and it just works -- in any environment.
- 100% accurate
- Works with masks, specs, and hardhats
- Detects PPE usage
- Simple and fast clock-in
- Compliant and secure
How it works.
Discover how SmartBarrel saves you up to 16 hours per week and $4,285+ per worker, per year.
5 minute setup.
Sync your employee data. Mount SmartBarrel's magnetic, LTE-connected, biometric time clock anywhere on your site. Start clocking in.
Automated data collection.
Workers walk up to the device and punch in. The device takes their picture, and AI verifies their identity (and PPE usage).
Real-time reporting.
SmartBarrel sends data to a reporting dashboard in real-time, including timesheets, cost codes, headcounts, incidents, work summaries, and more.
Seamless integrations.
Data is seamlessly pushed to any software of your choice, including Procore, CMiC, Viewpoint, ComputerEase, Foundation, Sage, Quickbooks, and PowerBI.
