How to Build Your Own Time Doctor
Replace Time Doctor with a custom build. Workforce analytics for distributed teams
Build Difficulty: 5/5
Build a working replacement in a weekend with AI tools
Estimated Timeline
Based on 43 features at Weekend Project difficulty, expect about One weekend with AI-assisted development.
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Key Features to Replicate
Top features across 8 categories. See all 43 features
Reporting(8 features)
Get a lens into workers' daily routines and set benchmarks and best practices
Sort and share only the data you care about to tell a compelling story to leadership
Get visibility into how teams work and prevent hours from slipping through the cracks
See when and where work happens and spot efficiency gaps by tracking productive vs wasted time
Compare productivity across in-office, remote, and hybrid days to inform workplace policies
+3 more in this category
Analytics(6 features)
Highlights risks before performance drops to prevent issues from escalating
Uncover the true cost of meetings by comparing time spent, idle minutes, and group trends
Gain insights into team activity levels, trends and potential productivity issues
Find websites and apps distracting teams and uncover unused software licenses
Expose hidden software waste with real usage-to-cost data to cut excess spend and maximize ROI
+1 more in this category
Security(6 features)
Role-based permissions give the right people the right access to data
General Data Protection Regulation compliant architecture and controls
Healthcare-level data protection and privacy standards
Enterprise-level security certification for data protection
Service organization control certification for security and availability
+1 more in this category
Tracking(5 features)
Automate attendance tasks and ensure teams are showing up consistently
Track automatically in the background to protect company performance and profits
Support for manual time entry to protect employee privacy and flexibility
Accurate time tracking showing where time and resources are going across projects and tasks
Provide clear visibility into how time is tracked and spent across the organization
Monitoring(4 features)
Privacy-first employee monitoring that highlights trends and risks early without micromanagement
Gain insight into team productivity with recorded proof of work and compliance support
Get proof of work and spot who needs training without constant wondering
Track teams' digital journeys and cut out distractions and time drains
Alerting(3 features)
Get instant alerts when performance triggers are hit or missed
Instantly know when workers lose focus and nudge them to get back on track
Catch bottlenecks the second they start to put productivity back on track
Integration(3 features)
Integrates with 60+ enterprise tools and applications
API access to extend functionality to custom workflows
Zapier integration support to extend functionality to custom workflows
AI(2 features)
Shows how work really happens across roles, teams, and locations using artificial intelligence
Compare performance trends across users, teams, and industry peers with AI-matched peer groups
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