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Employee monitoring · October 2026 Edition

Teramind vs Time Doctor

Zero of fourteen models named Teramind first on the direct prompt; one named Time Doctor. Both were named by all fourteen models and Teramind carries 48 labels and Time Doctor 31, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Teramind

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Time Doctor

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

First-choice share4%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate19%23%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#7A position in a field of 7; printed, not drawn.
Labels4831A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Teramind reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.ActivTrak was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. ActivTrak vs Teramind · ActivTrak vs Time Doctor · Insightful vs Teramind

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the employee monitoring page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
TeramindFirst choices, of fourteen modelsTime Doctor
Direct011 against Teramind
Paraphrase10
Comparative40
Budget-constrained001 against Time Doctor
Scale-constrained101 against Time Doctor
Negative008 against Teramind · 5 against Time Doctor
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Teramind and Time Doctor were named in the same answer sixty times, of the 136 answers naming Teramind and the 91 naming Time Doctor. In those answers Time Doctor took the first choice one time and Teramind fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Teramind and Time Doctor stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Teramind Time Doctor first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Teramind on the left and Time Doctor on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Teramind and Time Doctor stood in it.

Time Doctor first, Teramind not the choice

1 of 14 modelsTeramind was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Muse Glimmer 30BActivTrak, Time Doctor alternatives: E-Monitor, Hubstaff, Insightful

Neither was the first choice, one was named

12 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5eMonitor alternatives: ActivTrak, Hubstaff, Insightful, Teramind
GPT-5.4 miniActivTrak alternatives: Hubstaff, Teramind
Gemini 3.5 FlashActivTrak alternatives: Insightful, Teramind, Time Doctor
Perplexity SonarInsightful alternatives: ActivTrak, Hubstaff, Teramind, Time Doctor
Grok 4.1 FastInsightful alternatives: ActivTrak, Teramind, Time Doctor, WebWork Time Tracker
Mistral SmallActivTrak alternatives: Insightful, Time Doctor
DeepSeek V4 FlashActivTrak alternatives: Hubstaff, Teramind, Time Doctor
Qwen 3.7 FlashActivTrak alternatives: Google Workplace Insights, HubSpot Insights, Hubstaff, Microsoft Viva Insights, Salesforce Activity Monitoring, Teramind
Kimi K2ActivTrak alternatives: Hubstaff, Teramind, Time Doctor
GLM 4.7 FlashXActivTrak alternatives: Controlio, Hubstaff, Insightful, Teramind
MiniMax M2.5E-Monitor alternatives: ActivTrak, Insightful, Time Doctor
GPT-6 LunaActivTrak alternatives: Insightful, Teramind

Neither was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Time Doctor leads by eight points.
Time Doctor8%#4 of 10
Teramind0%#10 of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Teramind leads at mid-market.
Teramind4%#5 of 7
Time Doctor2%#7 of 7
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Teramind leads by twenty-six points.
Teramind26%#1 of 8
Time Doctor0%#8 of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Teramind

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.

“Frequently cited in controversies, including a 2024-2026 lawsuit by MindsEye (Build a Rocket Boy) employees and the IWGB union.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“Records video of user activity, keystrokes, email, and app usage; flagged as "overkill" surveillance that can damage trust” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“Hidden/stealth deployment, keystroke logging, video recording, tamper-proof installation marketed as "invisible"” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“1. Teramind - an employee management software that tracks what people do during work hours to measure productivity and identify potential problems.” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Teramind - Best for security, compliance, and regulated industries (e.g., finance, healthcare).” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · first choice
“Shortlist 3–5 Tools: From above (e.g., Teramind for security, Hubstaff for simplicity).” Grok 4.1 Fast · scale prompt · first choice

What the models said about Time Doctor

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“Screenshots, keystroke logging, video capture, website/app monitoring” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“ActivTrak and Time Doctor being the most cited for B2B growth companies” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“Time Doctor is a close second, especially for companies needing integrated time tracking and payroll features” Mistral Small · direct prompt · alternative
“Time Doctor if your team needs detailed reports on productivity, goals, and project timelines” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.