A Teramind alternative for teams that need productivity, not surveillance
Teramind is a security and insider-risk platform: it records screen video, applications and websites on every plan, captures chat in tools such as Slack and Microsoft Teams, and on higher plans adds keystroke logging, email content and file transfers. It is built for security and compliance teams. Tickin is an employee productivity tool for everyday management: hours, attendance, breaks and overtime from a clock your team uses in Slack, with monitoring optional, opt-in and off by default.
In short
Choose Teramind if you need data-loss prevention, insider-risk detection or forensic session recording. Choose Tickin if what you actually need is to know who worked, when and for how long, with leave and payroll alongside, without recording people's screens by default.
| Tickin | Teramind | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Small teams that want productivity insights in Slack | Security, compliance and insider-risk teams |
| Screen recording | None; periodic screenshots only with the Desktop add-on, after an admin opts in | Screen video with live view, on every plan |
| Keystrokes | Keystroke content never recorded | Keystroke logging from the UAM plan |
| Chat and email | Tickin does not read Slack messages | Chat capture on every plan; email content from UAM |
| Hidden agent | No | A stealth agent for vetted customers |
| Employees see their own data | Yes, always | Only if an admin enables it |
| Attendance, leave, payroll | Built in (payroll on Growth) | Not included |
| Free plan | Free for up to 10 employees | No; 7-day cloud trial, 5-seat minimum |
| Paid pricing | Starter $2, Growth $3, Scale $6 per employee a month; Desktop add-on $3 per seat | Per seat by plan: Starter, UAM, DLP, Enterprise; see Teramind's pricing page |
What Teramind is great at
Teramind is a serious security tool. It records screen video with live view, tracks applications and websites, and captures chat across tools like Slack, Teams and Zoom on every plan. Its UAM, DLP and Enterprise plans add keystroke logging, email and file-transfer monitoring, clipboard capture and on-screen text recognition, with rules that flag risky behaviour. For regulated industries and insider-risk programmes, that depth is the point.
Where Tickin is different
Tickin is not a security product. It measures productivity from the work record: people clock in from Slack, the browser or the desktop app (Microsoft Teams on the Scale plan), and Tickin shows hours against target, late starts, breaks and overtime, with leave and payroll in the same record. Tickin does not read Slack messages, and there is no hidden agent.
Monitoring, if you choose it
Through the Desktop App add-on, Tickin can record the active application, the website domain and periodic screenshots. It is off until an admin switches it on, it never records keystroke content, breaks, idle time or admins, and every employee sees their own record. That is a deliberately narrow set compared with Teramind's, aimed at managers rather than security investigations.
Which should you choose
If you need data-loss prevention, compliance evidence or insider-risk detection, Teramind is built for it and Tickin is not. If you are a small team that wants to know whether the agreed work hours happened, in Slack, and you would rather not record screens, Tickin is the proportionate choice, and it is free for up to 10 employees.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Tickin a Teramind alternative?
- For productivity and attendance, yes. For security, data-loss prevention or insider-risk monitoring, no: Teramind is built for that and Tickin is not.
- Does Tickin record screens or keystrokes?
- Tickin never records keystroke content or screen video. With the optional Desktop App add-on, after an admin turns monitoring on, it can take periodic screenshots and record the active app and website domain.
- Does Tickin read Slack messages?
- No. Tickin uses Slack to run commands, approvals and reports; it does not read your team's messages.
- Is there a free plan?
- Tickin is free for up to 10 employees. Teramind has no free plan; its cloud trial is 7 days and plans have a 5-seat minimum.
Competitor capabilities and pricing change often. Teramind details on this page come from Teramind's own pricing, feature and help pages as of October 2026; Tickin details reflect Tickin's shipped features. It is not an exhaustive feature audit, so please check each product's own website for current details.