AccessTime
AccessTime vs Factorial
Factorial is a broad HR suite (time tracking, payroll, documents with e-signature, recruitment, expenses) for SMBs and mid-market companies; AccessTime is a product focused on the legal working-day record, with absences, approvals and remote work. On the core that RD 8/2019 (Spain's mandatory time-logging decree) demands —multi-channel clock-in, exportable report, audited corrections and absences with balances— AccessTime matches Factorial's time module and beats it on three axes that matter a lot to a Spanish SMB: price (free for up to 10 people and the first year free), full co-official languages, and importers that accept Factorial's own exports. Factorial wins as a platform: payroll in Spain, a document manager with e-signature and integrations.
Where AccessTime wins
- Entry price. Free for up to 10 people and the first year free, versus a Factorial with no free tier and a per-employee monthly cost from the very first one.
- Co-official languages. Full Catalan, Basque and Galician, which Factorial does not offer.
- Low switching cost. Employee and clock-in history importers that accept Factorial's own exports, without losing the legal history.
- Compliance focus. The whole product revolves around a working-day record that holds up before the Inspección de Trabajo (Spain's labour inspectorate), with no modules you won't use.
Where we're on a par
| Web, app and kiosk clock-in | The three classic channels, with optional geolocation. |
| Exportable monthly report | Working-day record per employee and day, exportable to Excel. |
| Audited clock-in corrections | Employee request, approval and a full trail of the change. |
| Remote work | Self-service logging of remote days with a weekly cap, reflected in the reports. |
| Shift rosters | Shift templates and a weekly per-person roster that sets the day's expected hours and compares them with what was clocked. |
| Clock-in reminders | An email when the expected start time passes and there's still no clock-in. |
Where Factorial is ahead (today)
We'd rather tell you ourselves: these are the areas we don't cover yet. The roadmap is prioritised with our customers.
| Payroll and document manager Major | Factorial processes payroll in Spain and manages documents with e-signature. AccessTime is not an HR suite: it covers neither payroll nor document signing. |
| Integrations and ecosystem | Factorial has an integrations marketplace; AccessTime offers its API v1 to build them to measure. |
Data from July 2026. Third-party capabilities come from their public documentation and pricing; AccessTime's are verified against the real product. If you spot an error, write to us and we'll fix it.