Best time clock software in Portugal (2026)

Short answer: TeamYo focuses on the essentials (time clock and leave), is free up to 5 employees and unlimited on paid plans, and adapts to your requirements, including integration with your own clocking hardware. Factorial and Bizneo are broader, more generic suites with many modules beyond time tracking and leave. Below are the criteria and an honest comparison.

Note: this article is a preview draft. Some figures (prices, review counts) should be confirmed against official sources before publication.

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

Public data (Capterra and official websites), verified in July 2026, subject to change. GPS/geolocation clocking is not exclusive to TeamYo: Bizneo offers 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: it starts free (up to 5 employees, unlimited on paid plans) and adapts to your requirements, including integration with your own clocking hardware. 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, free up to 5 employees (unlimited on paid plans), and able to accommodate your requirements, including integration with your own hardware.
• Factorial: a broad, generic suite (HR + IT + Finance), useful if you need all those modules on a single platform.
• Bizneo: a broad, highly configurable HR suite, aimed at medium and large companies. (Bizneo positions itself as the “Iberian leader”, which is the company’s own claim.)

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, is cheaper to get started with, and adapts to what your company needs.