Comparisons
How Presify compares
Presify is a Microsoft Teams presence tracker: the lightweight way to see who’s online, when, and for how long. On every plan, you can also ask Claude, ChatGPT, or Microsoft Copilot about it in plain language. Here is how it stacks up against employee monitoring software, the Microsoft 365 activity report, a Teams in/out board, and a DIY PowerShell script.
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Start with your question
Pick the question. We’ll say which tool fits.
These tools answer different questions, so the choice is mostly about which question is yours. Some of the answers are not Presify, and we would rather say so plainly than stretch to fit.
Select the question closest to yours.
Who is online in Teams, when, and how much?
Presify, a Microsoft Teams presence tracker.
Presify is the right call when you want the everyday answer: who is online, when, and how much, and whether anyone’s presence looks gamed. Setup takes about five minutes, from the signal Teams already has, with nothing to roll out, and the history builds from that day on.
From the guide: Presify vs ActivTrak
The guides
Six honest comparisons.
Category-level contrasts, the criteria to check both, and who each one is for. We never quote another vendor’s price or guess at their features.
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- Presify vs ActivTrak
Presify vs ActivTrak for Teams presence tracking
ActivTrak is productivity analytics, typically agent-based. Presify is a Teams presence tracker: who’s online, when, and how much, with nothing to install.
Workforce productivity analyticsvsTeams presence trackerRead the guide 6 min read - Presify vs Teramind
Presify vs Teramind for Teams presence tracking
Teramind is positioned as comprehensive monitoring. Presify is a Teams presence tracker: five-minute read-only setup, nothing installed. Who each one fits.
Comprehensive monitoringvsTeams presence trackerRead the guide 6 min read - Presify vs Insightful and Time Doctor
Presify vs Insightful and Time Doctor
Time and productivity tools like Insightful and Time Doctor typically run a device agent. Presify is a Teams presence tracker with nothing to install.
Time and productivity monitoringvsTeams presence trackerRead the guide 6 min read - Presify vs the Microsoft 365 activity report
Presify vs the Microsoft 365 Teams activity report
The M365 admin center counts Teams actions per user. Presify tracks presence over time: who’s online, when, how much, and presence that looks gamed.
Action counts per uservsPresence historyRead the guide 6 min read - Presify vs a Teams in/out board
Presify vs a Teams in/out board
A Teams in/out board shows who is in or out right now. Presify keeps Teams presence history: who was online, when, and for how long.
Who is in right nowvsPresence historyRead the guide 7 min read - Presify vs a PowerShell script
Presify vs a PowerShell Teams presence script
A PowerShell script against the Graph presence API is the DIY way to track Teams status history. How it compares to a maintained presence tracker.
DIY scriptvsMaintained trackerRead the guide 5 min read
Presify’s side of the table
What stays true in every guide.
Whichever tool you weigh it against, Presify rests on the same facts: one read-only sign-in, nothing installed, and presence history instead of screens and keystrokes.
About five minutes to set up, with one read-only Microsoft sign-in.
Installs on anyone’s device. It reads Teams, not the laptop.
Flags for presence that looks gamed on Pro and Scale; Standard runs one.
Up to a year of history, by plan.
- Screenshots / keystrokesNever captured
- Productivity scoringNone; presence is not productivity
- Data scopePresence (status and activity), basic directory fields, and each person’s Outlook time zone and working hours; never message, chat, file, or calendar content
- Access controlRole-based: owner on every plan; additional admins and scoped monitors on Pro and Scale
- Audit and retentionAppend-only audit log of every state-changing action (viewable and exportable on Pro and Scale); plan-based retention; per-user and workspace-wide deletion built in
- Where tracked people can beMost countries except the EEA, the UK, Switzerland, and Canada; people whose Microsoft 365 directory location is set to one of those are excluded automatically
Weighing employee monitoring software?
Most monitoring software installs an agent on every laptop and records screens. If your question is who’s online, when, and how much, Presify reads the presence Teams already has: nothing to install, no screenshots, no keystrokes, no message content. Presify isn’t the tool for screenshots, keystroke logging, app and URL tracking, or timesheets. Wherever your people are, tell them their Teams presence is tracked; Presify includes a notice template, and connecting requires confirming any legally required notice has been or will be given.
Lightweight employee monitoring for Microsoft TeamsWhat Presify reads
- Teams presence and activity
- Names and groups
- Outlook time zone and working hours
What it never reads
- Messages
- Chats
- Call content
- Files
- Calendar content
- Screens
- Keystrokes
See the pattern behind the green dot.
If the everyday question is yours, start with one Microsoft sign-in. About five minutes, nothing to install, and the history starts building.
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