AttendIQ vs ClockShark
A US-built time tracker with strong job costing against a UK-built construction workforce platform. Both do GPS time tracking and QuickBooks. Only one knows what a CSCS card or a CIS deduction is.
UK-built for construction SMEs from 5 to 3,000 workers. Per-worker pricing from £4.50/month including CSCS verification, inductions, right to work, CIS payroll export for QuickBooks, Xero, Sage, and BrightPay, and access rules at clock-in. Free Foundation plan to start.
Mature GPS time tracking with crew scheduling and strong job costing: time against jobs and cost codes flowing into QuickBooks. A good fit for trade contractors focused on labour cost per job with PAYE-only labour and no site compliance requirements.
Feature comparison
| Feature | AttendIQ | ClockShark |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | ✓ UK construction | US field service and trades |
| Free plan | ✓ Foundation: free forever, up to 250 workers | ✗ Trial only |
| GPS clock-in | ✓ Geofence enforced, offline-first | ✓ GPS recorded, offline capable |
| Job costing / cost codes | Core reports Site and project level | ✓ Strong: jobs, tasks, cost codes |
| Crew scheduling | In development Scheduling module on roadmap | ✓ Included |
| CSCS card verification | ✓ Live CSCS Smart Check API | ✗ Not available |
| Digital site inductions | ✓ Mobile-delivered, versioned, signed off | ✗ Not available |
| Right to work checks | ✓ Documents, expiry alerts, audit trail | ✗ Not available |
| CIS payroll export | ✓ CIS/PAYE flags, UTR, deduction rates | ✗ No CIS concept |
| QuickBooks / Xero | ✓ Payroll-ready export incl. Sage, BrightPay | ✓ Hours and job costs |
| Access rules at clock-in | ✓ Blocks non-compliant workers | ✗ Not available |
| Supply chain management | ✓ Free for supply chain companies | ✗ Not available |
| Emergency roll call / muster | ✓ Live on-site list, mobile muster | ✗ Not available |
| Pricing | ✓ £4.50/worker/month, no seat fees | Per user From ~£8/user/month + base fee |
Pricing
AttendIQ
- + CSCS, inductions, RTW, CIS included
- + No supervisor or admin seat charges
- + Supply chain companies always free
- + £7.00/worker/month Complete plan for full compliance suite
ClockShark
- + Job costing and scheduling included
- - Admin and supervisor seats billed as users
- - No free plan
- - UK compliance requires separate tools
How to choose between AttendIQ and ClockShark
Both platforms do GPS time tracking well and both connect to QuickBooks, which is why UK contractors often shortlist them together. The decision comes down to which problem is bigger for you: knowing labour cost per job, or running a compliant UK construction workforce without manual admin.
Job costing
This is ClockShark's home ground. Time is recorded against jobs, tasks, and cost codes, and the reporting on labour cost per job is genuinely strong. AttendIQ reports labour by site and project and covers the same ground for most SME needs, but a contractor whose entire operating model revolves around granular cost-code tracking will find ClockShark's costing deeper today.
The UK gap
ClockShark was built for the US market, and it shows in exactly the places that cost UK contractors money. There is no CIS: no way to flag a worker as CIS versus PAYE, no UTR storage, no deduction rate on the export, so payroll day still involves a spreadsheet if you use subcontract labour. There is no CSCS verification, no induction records, no right to work tracking, and no way to stop a non-compliant worker clocking in. None of this is a criticism of ClockShark; it is simply not what it was built for.
What arrives in QuickBooks
Both products integrate with QuickBooks, but the payload differs. ClockShark sends hours and job costs: useful, but CIS deductions, UK overtime rules, and site-level pay rates still need applying manually. AttendIQ sends approved timesheets that have been through two-stage sign-off (site manager, then payroll), with CIS status, UTR numbers, and overtime already applied. If the goal is that nobody touches the data between site and payroll, only one of these gets you there for a UK contractor.
Pricing structure
ClockShark bills per user including admin and supervisor seats, plus a base fee, at roughly £8/user/month. AttendIQ bills £4.50 per worker per month with no seat charges, a free Foundation tier to start on, and free access for supply chain companies. For a typical 30-worker UK contractor with 5 office and supervisory users, AttendIQ costs less and includes the compliance layer.
The verdict
For US-style trade contracting focused on job costing with PAYE-only labour, ClockShark is a mature and capable tool. For UK construction SMEs, AttendIQ is the stronger recommendation: it is cheaper per head, built around UK rules (CIS, CSCS, CDM inductions, right to work), and it turns attendance into compliance evidence rather than just a cost report.
Frequently asked questions
ClockShark is US-built GPS time tracking with strong job costing. AttendIQ is UK-built construction workforce management: GPS attendance plus CSCS verification, inductions, right to work, CIS payroll export, and access rules at clock-in. ClockShark measures labour cost per job; AttendIQ runs the compliant workforce behind it.
No. ClockShark has no CIS handling: no CIS/PAYE flags, UTR storage, or deduction rates. UK contractors with subcontract labour need a manual CIS process alongside it. AttendIQ handles CIS natively per HMRC CIS 340 and exports payroll-ready to QuickBooks, Xero, Sage, and BrightPay.
Usually, yes. AttendIQ is £4.50/worker/month with no charges for supervisor or admin seats and a free Foundation plan. ClockShark is roughly £8/user/month plus a base fee, with admins billed as users and no free plan. At typical UK SME crew sizes AttendIQ costs less and includes the UK compliance layer.
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