gStride is the privacy-first, DPDP-compliant employee monitoring software for India IT services, BPO, KPO, and SaaS teams at 100-1000 seats — and the clean-air alternative when you switch off Hubstaff, Time Doctor, Teramind, or Insightful. Outcome signals replace screenshot grids; recommendations to humans replace autonomous AI decisions. EU AI Act + DPDP ready, native India payroll bundled.
A workplace software category that measures the shape of work — focus density, meeting load, ticket flow, AI-classified activity — instead of recording duration only. Productivity intelligence treats time capture as one of eight or more inputs; legacy time tracking treats it as the product. Under EU AI Act and GDPR proportionality reviews in 2026, the category split is procurement-binding.
Read the complete guide →gStride pulls signals from calendar, repo, ticket, and focus artefacts — not keystroke logs or screenshot grids. Default monitoring posture is OFF, configurable per feature. AI inferences route as recommendations to named human reviewers (override always present). India payroll (PF, ESI, professional tax, TDS) is native, not a partner integration.
gStride vs Hubstaff → · vs Time Doctor →Designed against AI Act Article 5 prohibitions (no emotion or stress inference), Annex III high-risk obligations (human oversight, transparency notice templates, conformity assessment route), and the August 2, 2026 enforcement deadline. The deployer kit ships with notice templates, DPIA template, and Annex IV-equivalent technical documentation. Verify final certification status with counsel before adoption.
EU AI Act solution page →Built consent-first against the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023. Section 4 (granular consent), Section 5 (notice templates linked per feature toggle), Section 8 (pre-populated DPIA), Sections 11-14 (Data Principal Rights as self-serve features). Penalty band of INR 250 crore acknowledged; verify with counsel as Rules notification finalises.
DPDP solution page →Both are OFF by default and configurable per feature with linked employee notice templates. gStride scores productivity using the 5-signal outcome framework: focus density, commit cadence, meeting load, flow-state minutes, blocker recovery. None require screenshots or keystroke logging.
Alternative to keystroke tracking →Statutory deductions calculated and filed natively. PF (12%), ESI (0.75%), state-varied professional tax, TDS. Bank file output for IDFC, HDFC, ICICI, Axis, SBI. Multi-currency global payroll (USD, EUR, GBP) for international teams. Shift, leave, attendance, and expense bundled in one platform.
Payroll & compliance →Yes. The 30-day migration playbook covers data export, sandbox validation, parallel-run, cutover, and decommission. Audit trail, payroll continuity, and timesheet history retain through the switch.
Yes, using outcome signals (not keystroke counts). Every score breaks down into named contributing signals (explainable), per-IC + team-rollup dashboards (anonymisable), full inference log retained (auditable). Scoring is a recommendation surface to human reviewers — never an autonomous decision feed into PIPs, promotions, or terminations.
Free 14-day trial. Per-seat per-month pricing with India INR plans and global USD plans. Mid-market 100-500 seats typically falls in the INR 200-400 per-seat range.
