Best time clock software in Portugal (2026)

Short answer: TeamYo focuses on the essentials (time clock and leave), has leave management free up to 5 employees and the digital time clock on the Pro plan, from €1.70 per employee/month, and our team sets up the account for you. Factorial and Bizneo are broader, more generic suites with many modules beyond time tracking and leave. Below are the criteria and an honest comparison.

Data checked on 29/09/2026 on the official Factorial and Bizneo websites and on Capterra. Prices and features may change.

Why recording working time is mandatory

In Portugal, employers must keep a record of each employee’s working time, enforced by the ACT (Autoridade para as Condições do Trabalho, Portugal’s Working Conditions Authority):

“The employer must keep a record of working time (…) in an accessible place and in a form that allows it to be consulted immediately.” Source: Portuguese Labour Code, Article 202(1)

Non-compliance is a serious administrative offence. Time clock software automates these records and makes them auditable.

Criteria for choosing

• ACT compliance: does it record clock-ins and clock-outs per employee and generate auditable reports?
• Clocking methods: app/GPS, QR, PIN, biometrics, whichever your operation needs?
• Alerts: does it flag overtime and mandatory breaks?
• Approvals: manager validation, with an audit trail?
• Pricing for your size: is there a free plan? A monthly minimum? Per-employee pricing?
• Simplicity: can a micro-business use it without consultants?

Comparison: TeamYo vs Factorial vs Bizneo

Data checked on 29/09/2026 on the official websites and Capterra, subject to change. Geolocation clocking is not exclusive to TeamYo: Factorial and Bizneo offer it too.

An alternative to Factorial? Who TeamYo makes sense for

Short answer: if you want time tracking and leave without the complexity of a generic suite, TeamYo does exactly that: leave management is free up to 5 employees, the time clock is on the Pro plan from €1.70 per employee/month, and our team sets up the account. It is also cheaper to get started: from €2/employee/month (€1.70 on the annual plan), against Factorial’s €5.90/user/month. Factorial and Bizneo are more generic platforms with many modules (recruitment, appraisals, IT/finance): useful if you need all of that, but with the cost and complexity that comes with it.

TeamYo or a generic suite: how to choose

• TeamYo: built around what you actually need for time tracking and leave, with transparent pricing, leave management free up to 5 employees, time clock on Pro from €1.70 per employee/month, and an account set up by our team.
• Factorial: a broad, generic suite (HR + IT + Finance), useful if you need all those modules on a single platform.
• Bizneo: a configurable HR suite with more than 38 modules, for SMEs as well as medium and large companies.

Generic suites bring a lot of modules, along with the cost and complexity of managing them. TeamYo concentrates on the essentials of time tracking and leave, and is cheaper to get started with.