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MobiClocks vs Kwant.ai

Two ways to know who is on site and for how long, built for different jobs. MobiClocks is face-recognition time and attendance: kiosk and personal apps match a worker's face to a profile photo, punches are geofenced, and the plans add cost coding, certified payroll and union overtime policies. Kwant.ai is a construction workforce management platform that pairs software (onboarding, certification tracking, time and attendance, fatigue management, zone analytics and AI reporting) with access-control hardware such as facial recognition, smart badges and turnstiles. Partly like-for-like (our reading): both capture attendance with facial recognition, but MobiClocks centers on time clocks feeding payroll and Kwant on site access, safety and zone data. Desk research from vendor sites read Nov 4, 2026; no winner.

DESK RESEARCH FROM VENDOR SITES. Compiled from vendors' public websites (accessed Nov 4, 2026). Vendor claims are not verified by Means & Methods Lab. No scores or rankings.

In short: MobiClocks (Face-recognition time & attendance; vendor publishes prices) vs Kwant.ai (Workforce management & access control; no public prices (quote / sales)). Facts last checked Nov 4, 2026. No winner declared; desk research from vendor sites.

Side by side

MobiClocks vs Kwant.ai: vendor-published facts side by side
Sheet rowMobiClocksKwant.ai
CategoryFace-recognition time & attendanceWorkforce management & access control
AI role (our label)Not AI-firstAI features added to established product
What it doesWorkforce management with face-recognition time clocks to prevent buddy punching and streamline payroll. The pricing page lists on all plans: facial recognition clock in/out, geofencing and optional GPS breadcrumbing (administrators can turn it on or off; it stops at punch-out), offline punches for remote sites, unlimited free kiosk and personal apps, customizable clock-in and clock-out attestation, lunch and break policies, drag-and-drop cost coding, production tracking, subcontractor time tracking, certification tracking, Davis-Bacon certified payroll management, per-diem calculations, advanced union overtime policies, suspicious activity flagging and a GC reporting dashboard (MobiLink); the Enterprise plan adds workforce scheduling, a jobsite monitoring dashboard and a resource request and assignment workflow. The homepage says its kiosk and personal apps compare the worker's face with a profile photo on file using facial recognition algorithms, punches are allowed only inside a radial or custom geofence by default (configurable), and missed, offline and failed punches are flagged on the dashboard. Apps support English, Spanish and French. The pages we read do not describe the face matching as AI, so we keep the Not AI-first tag. Customer stories and quotes are not used.Construction workforce management combining software and access-control hardware for safety, certifications, attendance and AI reporting. It covers onboarding and safety orientation, COI and worker-certification tracking, mass messaging and alerts, fatigue management, time and attendance, zone analytics (Zone IQ), portfolio analytics and AI reporting, with a Kwant Mobile App and access control hardware (AI-powered facial recognition, smart badges/wearables, location sensors). The access control page says its turnstiles can generally be installed within a day, connect to the access control system via Bluetooth or standalone, are waterproof, ship within 2-14 business days and can take a camera (vendor statements). Vendor describes an AI-powered workforce platform and risk data usable for insurance underwriting (workers' comp, GL, builders' risk, wrap-ups). Markets listed include mission critical, multifamily, manufacturing, airports and oil and gas. Its blog includes an Oct 20, 2026 post titled Kwant Gives the Jobsite Five New Senses ahead of Procore's Groundbreak 2026. "World's first" lines, savings, ROI, productivity and incident-reduction figures and customer quotes are vendor claims and are not used.
Who it's forConstruction companies with large labor forces.General contractors, owners, and subcontractors on mission-critical, multifamily, airport, manufacturing, and oil & gas projects.
Pricing (as publicly stated)Vendor-listed pricing (pricing page; renders in a headless browser): Core $9 per user/month, described as for most companies up to 500 people; Enterprise for 500+ employees via Talk to an Expert, minimum of 50 users. 30-day free trial; the page notes direct payroll integrations may have additional expense. Confirm current terms with the vendor.Not publicly listed. The vendor site has no pricing or plans link, and /pricing and /plans return a not-found page. The site offers Request demo and Book a demo; the demo form mentions custom pricing. Confirm current pricing with the vendor.
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Facts last checked: Nov 4, 2026. Prices change; check the vendor page before relying on them.

Where the vendor descriptions differ

  • Clocking in: MobiClocks says its kiosk and personal apps compare the worker's face with a profile photo on file, allow punches only inside a radial or custom geofence by default, keep offline punches for remote sites and flag missed, offline and failed punches on a dashboard. Kwant lists facial recognition, smart badges and wearables, location sensors and turnstiles as access-control hardware, with a Kwant Mobile App (vendor statements).
  • Payroll and labor rules: MobiClocks lists drag-and-drop cost coding, lunch and break policies, Davis-Bacon certified payroll management, per-diem calculations and union overtime policies on all plans. Kwant lists time and attendance; its pages we read do not describe certified payroll or union overtime rules (vendor statements, our reading).
  • Safety and site data: Kwant covers onboarding and safety orientation, COI and worker-certification tracking, mass messaging and alerts, fatigue management, zone analytics (Zone IQ) and portfolio analytics. MobiClocks lists certification tracking, subcontractor time tracking and a GC reporting dashboard (MobiLink); its Enterprise plan adds workforce scheduling and a jobsite monitoring dashboard (vendor statements).
  • AI (our reading): Kwant describes an AI-powered workforce platform with AI reporting and AI-powered facial recognition. MobiClocks' pages do not describe its face matching as AI, so it is tagged Not AI-first.
  • Pricing (read Nov 4, 2026): MobiClocks publishes Core at $9 per user per month and an Enterprise plan for 500+ employees through Talk to an Expert (50-user minimum), with a 30-day free trial; it notes direct payroll integrations may cost extra. Kwant publishes no prices; its site offers Request demo and Book a demo. See each tool page for detail.
  • Not used here: customer quotes, savings, ROI and incident-reduction figures (vendor material). Facts for both tools come from vendor websites (desk research).

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