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Arcoro Time (ExakTime) vs ClockShark

Two long-running construction time clocks: Arcoro Time (renamed from ExakTime, tied to Arcoro Payroll and HR) and ClockShark (time, scheduling and job management, now with Lightning AI shift briefs). Vendor-published facts only.

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Arcoro Time (ExakTime) vs ClockShark: vendor-published facts side by side
Sheet rowArcoro Time (formerly ExakTime)ClockShark
CategoryGPS time tracking for construction crewsGPS time tracking & crew scheduling (with Lightning AI)
AI role (our label)Not AI-firstAI features added to established product
What it doesGPS-verified time tracking for contractors and construction crews, renamed from ExakTime to Arcoro Time (exaktime.com now redirects to arcoro.com/exaktime). The page lists geofenced clock-ins limited to a job site, breadcrumb tracking, project and cost-code hours, tool and equipment tracking with incident/repair notes, a daily employee work report across job sites, regular vs overtime hours by site, start/stop detail per employee, a tablet kiosk option with face photos at clock-in (per a customer quote on the page), and connection to Arcoro Payroll or your payroll provider. Integrations named: QuickBooks, Sage, ADP, Acumatica, Foundation and Viewpoint. The FAQ says GPS is active only while an employee is on the clock. Savings figures on the page cite American Payroll Association estimates (vendor-cited, not verified). The only AI mention we found is AI-powered support tools in Arcoro's support center; the time-tracking product itself is not described as AI.Time-tracking, scheduling and job-management app for construction and field service: mobile and web clock in/out, GPS and geofencing, who's-working-now view, drag-and-drop scheduling, time off, job costing, job management, conversations, shift wrap-up and compliance forms, reports, and payroll/accounting integrations (QuickBooks, Sage 100 Contractor, Xero, ADP and Paychex named). The vendor has added ClockShark Lightning (marked New in the site navigation), which its Lightning page describes as AI inside the existing app: at launch one AI agent, JobReady, which composes a shift brief from the day's schedule, jobs, site notes, checklists and attachments when a crew member opens the app on a scheduled day, plus two standard (non-AI) features, Task Checklists (up to 20 timestamped items that appear at clock-in) and Mileage Tracking (miles entered at clock-out, CSV export; Pro). The vendor says JobReady only produces a brief and never changes a schedule, job or record on its own, that on-clock GPS collection is unchanged, and that customer data is not used to train AI models. Figures on the site (9,500+ companies, 100,000+ field pros, "99.9% accuracy", "industry's #1 timesheet app") are vendor claims.
Who it's forConstruction contractors and payroll administrators replacing paper time cards with GPS-verified, cost-coded time.Small and mid-size construction and field service businesses that need crew time, GPS and scheduling feeding payroll and job costing.
Pricing (as publicly stated)Not publicly listed (demo / interactive demo request; exaktime.com/pricing/ redirected to a 404 on arcoro.com). (Checked Oct 16, 2026.)Not publicly listed in the page text we read: the pricing page lists Standard and Pro plans priced per user, but dollar amounts did not render. It states a three-year contract term applies to all pricing plans, a 14-day trial with Pro features, billing in US dollars, and pro-rated billing for active users. Lightning page: JobReady and Task Checklists on all plans, Mileage Tracking on Pro. (Checked Oct 16, 2026.)
Test statusNot tested. No scores.Not tested. No scores.
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