QuickBooks Time
Sage HR
Comparison
QuickBooks Time vs Sage HR
A data-driven, side-by-side comparison for UK businesses. Provider data is verified by our research team and every review is moderated before publishing.
Updated 5 July 2026
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Starting price
US$20/mo
Starting price
£5/mo
At a glance
Who wins, category by category
Category-by-category winners based on verified user ratings, each scored out of 5.
QuickBooks Time
Sage HR
Analytics
Ratings, visualised
The four dimensions every reviewer rates, shown two ways — bars for side-by-side magnitude, gauges for the head-to-head on each.
Rating by category
Head to head by category
Sentiment
How reviewers feel
Positive (4 to 5 stars), neutral (3 stars) and negative (1 to 2 stars) sentiment across all verified reviews.
QuickBooks TimePositive sentiment
- Positive85%
- Neutral9%
- Negative6%
Sage HRPositive sentiment
- Positive79%
- Neutral16%
- Negative5%
Pricing
Pricing compared
Entry price, free plans and trials at a glance. A lower starting price is not everything, but it is where most UK businesses begin.
QuickBooks Time
US$20/month
Sage HR
£5/month
Prices are shown in each vendor's billing currency and aren't directly comparable — check the live exchange rate before deciding.
QuickBooks Time
Free trialCloud time tracking and employee scheduling from Intuit, formerly TSheets, with a mobile app, GPS location tracking, geofencing, job and project time and a direct flow into QuickBooks payroll and invoicing.
- Mobile time clock with GPS
- QuickBooks Payroll integration
- Employee scheduling
Sage HR
Free trialCloud HR software for small and mid sized businesses, priced per employee per month around a Core HR base with optional modules for leave, timesheets, performance, shift scheduling and recruitment.
- Leave and absence management
- Employee self service portal
- Modular per employee pricing
Features
Full feature comparison
Every data point we track for QuickBooks Time and Sage HR, side by side.
Head to head
Verified data & user ratings
- Mobile time clock with GPS
- QuickBooks Payroll integration
- Employee scheduling
- Leave and absence management
- Employee self service portal
- Modular per employee pricing
Voices
What real users say
The strongest praise and the most common complaint, pulled from verified reviews of each product.
QuickBooks TimeAndre Holloway
Managing Partner, 51-200 employees
“Time flows to customer invoices as well as payroll.”
Blake Grantham
Controller, 51-200 employees
“Support was slow a couple of times.”
Sage HRJulie Fairhurst
HR Officer, 2-10 employees
“The Sage Payroll integration removes double entry and the errors it caused.”
Nadia Farrukh
HR Business Partner, 51-200 employees
“At our current size the reporting cannot answer the questions our board asks without exports. Per employee module costs across a larger headcount add up considerably. We are evaluating a heavier platform, which honestly means Sage People or a competitor.”
Our verdict
QuickBooks Time leads 3/5Which should you choose?
On the data we track, QuickBooks Time leads in 3 of 5 categories. Weigh that against your budget and the features that matter most to your team.