Buddy Punch
Buddy Punch
Time clock with GPS, photos, and payroll export
Buddy Punch is a time and attendance app with punch-in from phone or kiosk, GPS and photo verification, PTO tracking, and optional scheduling. It exports to QuickBooks, Gusto, and ADP for payroll.
Cost at your size
Team size
For 6 people: $48.94 a month.
Buddy Punch costs $23.44 more than the median scheduling tool for 6 people ($25.50).
Buddy Punch pays for itself if it saves 1.5 hours a month at $30 an hour, our assumption.
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Figures from the vendor's published prices. How we calculate prices
What Buddy Punch connects to
Payroll & HR
Payroll & HR tools in our catalog · found on vendor and marketplace pages, October 2026 · 3 of 3 checked by us
Has a Zapier app
Sources
- Gusto: docs.buddypunch.com/en/collections/9641718-integrations, found 2026-10-12, checked 2026-10-15
- Rippling: docs.buddypunch.com/en/collections/9641718-integrations, found 2026-10-12, checked 2026-10-15
- QuickBooks Payroll: docs.buddypunch.com/en/articles/4438659-how-to-integrate-with-quickbooks-online, found 2026-10-12, checked 2026-10-15
Getting help with Buddy Punch
- How to reach them
- Live chat: plans not stated
- Email: plans not stated
- Web form: plans not stated
- Help center: plans not stated
- Hours
- Hours not published
- Response time
- Aims to answer within minutes of first contact (plans not stated)
- Onboarding
- Priority onboarding with hands-on setup help (Advanced only)
0 incidents posted on Buddy Punch's status page in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026. Status page
A vendor that posts every small issue can show more incidents than one that posts few, so a low count doesn't prove fewer problems.
From Buddy Punch's support and pricing pages, October 2026 · checked by us 2026-10-14 · How we gather this
Sources
- buddypunch.com/contact/, read 2026-10-13
- buddypunch.com/pricing/, read 2026-10-13
- Live chat: “Please start with our live chat, located at the bottom right hand corner of this screen!” (buddypunch.com/contact/)
- Email: “So reach out today – we are happily waiting to help you! support@buddypunch.com” (buddypunch.com/contact/)
- Web form: “Contact Us Get in touch and let us know how we can help. Name* Email Address* Subject* Your Message*” (buddypunch.com/contact/)
- Help center: “Docs View our Help Articles” (buddypunch.com/contact/)
- Response time: “We strive to answer all questions within minutes of the first contact.” (buddypunch.com/contact/)
- Onboarding: “Priority Onboarding Priority scheduling and hands-on setup help.” (buddypunch.com/pricing/)
What reviewers say about Buddy Punch
- Capterra4.8 / 5 · 1,131 reviews
- Trustpilot4.7 / 5 · 92 reviews
- G2See reviews on G2
- US App Store (iPhone app)4.9 / 5 · 753 ratings
Each site has its own reviewers, so we show the scores side by side and never average them. App ratings cover the mobile app only. Scores read Oct 28, 2026. How we show reviews
Why people pick it
- Easy for staff to use
- Good payroll exports
Where it falls short
- Base fee plus per user
- Scheduling costs more
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