Kickidler KeepActive review

Kickidler's KeepActive ranks ninth. It is a capable monitoring suite, but the on-premises setup and upfront licensing make it harder for a small remote team to adopt than the cloud tools above. The Time Tracking edition covers attendance, offline and manual time with manager approval, productivity reports and employee rankings, an activity heatmap, app, website and AI usage, live activity with screenshots and anomaly alerts for possible work simulation such as mouse jigglers. Employee Monitoring adds live screen streams of several employees at once plus screen video and audio recording, and DLP is sold as a separate product. Licenses are per computer and paid upfront, with discounts from 10% for 3 months to 40% for 3 years, or a one-time perpetual license. Prices come from a calculator rather than a fixed table, so the USD starting price is pending. It suits IT teams that want to keep monitoring data on their own servers.

Who it is for

Companies that want to host monitoring on their own servers and buy licenses upfront or outright.

Price

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Key features

• Time and attendance, offline and manual time with manager approval
• Productivity reports, employee rankings and an activity heatmap
• Apps, websites and AI usage tracking
• Anomalous activity detection, including possible mouse jiggler use
• Live screen streams, screen video and audio recording on Employee Monitoring

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: License terms from 1 month to perpetual, with up to 40% off for 3 years
• Strength: Separate Time Tracking and Employee Monitoring editions, so you can buy only what you need
• Strength: PDF exports and scheduled email reports for managers without console access
• Weakness: Cloud version is still listed as in progress
• Weakness: Prices are set in a calculator, and volume pricing from 50 licenses is quoted by sales
• Weakness: Paid concierge setup costs $20 per server plus $5 per computer

Key facts

• Editions: Time Tracking (TT), Employee Monitoring (EM) and DLP
• Licensing: 1 license per computer, paid upfront
• Billing terms: 1, 3 or 6 months, 1 or 3 years, or perpetual
• Deployment: On-premises; cloud in progress

Where it ranks

Kickidler KeepActive is No. 8 in our Best Employee Monitoring Software verdict.