TL;DR — when each tool wins
Pick We360.ai if your pressing need is detailed workforce-analytics dashboards — activity, app usage, engagement metrics, screenshots — from an India-built tool at a low price, and statutory payroll is handled elsewhere in your stack.
Pick gStride if you want outcome-based productivity intelligence — focus blocks, project throughput, capacity planning — with a lighter capture footprint, native India payroll, shift, and leave bundled in, and a privacy-first posture you can defend to your team and regulators.
Neither tool is wrong, and both understand the Indian market. We360.ai is monitoring-and-analytics-first; gStride is productivity-intelligence-first. The rest of this article is the long version.
The core difference: workforce analytics vs productivity intelligence
We360.ai's centre of gravity is monitoring and analytics. It captures screenshots, tracks which applications and websites were used, measures activity, and presents productivity and engagement dashboards built on that activity data. For teams whose main pain is "we have no visibility into how people are working," those dashboards are genuinely useful, and We360.ai delivers them as an India-built product that understands the local context.
gStride starts from a different question: how is the work actually progressing? Instead of leading with activity dashboards, gStride reads focus blocks, project throughput, work cadence, and outcome signals, collects no keystrokes, and surfaces AI-assisted timesheets, idle classification, and anomaly review on top. gStride also ships native India payroll, shift, and leave. The honest framing: We360.ai charts the activity; gStride reads the work and bundles the payroll.
Feature-by-feature comparison
The table below is the honest version. Where We360.ai has the stronger answer — notably its analytics-dashboard depth — we say so. All We360.ai capability claims are tagged with a check date so you can flag anything that has shifted since publication.
| Dimension | gStride | We360.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Primary category | Productivity intelligence — reads the work | Monitoring + analytics — activity dashboards [we360-checked-2026-05-20] |
| Workforce-analytics dashboards | Outcome dashboards — focus, throughput, cadence | Deep — strength — activity, app usage, engagement charts [we360-checked-2026-05-20] |
| India-built / India-aware | Yes — native statutory payroll, rupee pricing | Yes — India-built, DPDP-aware [we360-checked-2026-05-20] |
| Productivity model | Outcome + cadence — explainable, per-signal | App/URL + activity — activity-based productivity score [we360-checked-2026-05-20] |
| Screenshots | Configurable / off — sampled, blurred, event-triggered | Core capture — screenshots feed the analytics [we360-checked-2026-05-20] |
| Keystroke logging | None — not collected by design | Not a keystroke logger — app/URL + activity [we360-checked-2026-05-20] |
| DPDP / GDPR posture | Privacy-first defaults — configurable capture & retention [needs-legal-review] | Config-dependent — capture-leaning analytics defaults [needs-legal-review] |
| EU AI Act readiness (Aug 2026) | Transparency-aligned — explainable signal, employee-visible [needs-legal-review] | Assess per use case — if EU staff present [needs-legal-review] |
| Native India payroll | Yes — PF/ESI/PT/TDS, multi-currency | No — analytics/reporting, external payroll [we360-checked-2026-05-20] |
| Shift / leave / attendance | Yes — built-in approvals workflow | Attendance via tracking — leave often integrated [we360-checked-2026-05-20] |
| Pricing model | Bundled tiers — tracking + AI + payroll + shift at one tier | Low-cost per-user tiers — free tier + rupee-friendly plans [we360-checked-2026-05-20] [pricing-needs-verify] |
| Signal vs surveillance | Signal-first — measures progress, capture optional | Activity-first — measures screen activity for analytics [we360-checked-2026-05-20] |
| Best fit | Teams wanting productivity intelligence + payroll | Teams wanting activity analytics dashboards |
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Book a 15-min demo → Prefer to look at numbers first? See gStride pricing.The pattern is clear and fair: We360.ai owns the activity-analytics rows and is genuinely strong on India-built workforce dashboards, while gStride owns the productivity-intelligence and bundled-payroll rows with a lighter capture footprint. The decision is about which capability is the reason you are buying.
Pricing comparison
As of May 20, 2026, We360.ai publishes per-user-per-month tiers including a limited free option and rupee-friendly paid plans that unlock screenshots, app/URL tracking depth, and analytics dashboards. Specific figures move with promotions and currency, so always check the live page before quoting; we are deliberately not reprinting them here. [we360-checked-2026-05-20] [pricing-needs-verify]
gStride uses a tiered model that bundles productivity intelligence, configurable monitoring, AI assistance, native payroll, and shift/leave at the same tier. The honest trade-off: a team that primarily needs activity-analytics dashboards may find We360.ai's monitoring pricing maps more directly to that need, while a team that needs the productivity layer with statutory payroll attached will usually find gStride's bundle a closer match than stitching a monitoring tool plus a separate payroll tool together. For current numbers, see gStride pricing.
The India angle — both understand the market
One reason Indian buyers compare these tools at all is that both are India-aware. We360.ai is an India-built monitoring-and-analytics tool that understands rupee pricing, local team structures, and DPDP expectations. gStride is also built for the India market, with native statutory payroll — PF, ESI, professional tax, and TDS — plus multi-currency for teams paying across borders.
So the "is it Indian?" question rarely decides it on its own. The deciding factor is what sits around the activity data. With We360.ai, the activity data feeds workforce-analytics and engagement dashboards. With gStride, the work signal feeds an explainable productivity-intelligence layer and flows straight into native payroll, with no keystrokes and a lighter capture footprint. India teams that want activity dashboards lean We360.ai; India teams that want the productivity layer plus statutory payroll in one bill lean gStride. For the broader India context, see our BPO workforce management software in India guide.
Customer profiles — who fits each tool
We360.ai fits best when…
- Your primary need is workforce-analytics dashboards — activity, app usage, engagement metrics — from an India-built tool.
- You want screenshots and detailed activity tracking to feed those analytics, and your team accepts that monitoring.
- Statutory payroll, shift, and leave already live in another system and you only need the monitoring-and-analytics layer.
- You want rupee-friendly pricing and DPDP-aware data handling for a monitoring tool.
gStride fits best when…
- Your primary need is understanding and improving day-to-day productivity — focus time, project throughput, capacity-vs-demand fit.
- You want time tracking, productivity intelligence, payroll, and shift and leave in one platform with statutory India coverage.
- You want AI features that read the work — automated time entry, anomaly review, idle classification — with no keystrokes and a lighter capture footprint than activity-analytics tools.
- You want a privacy-first, configurable posture for any monitoring you do enable.
Migration path: switching from We360.ai to gStride
If gStride is the better fit and you are already on We360.ai, the migration is straightforward:
- Export from We360.ai. Pull time entries, project structures, and team rosters as CSV. We360.ai's reporting export covers most of what you need; historical screenshots are usually left behind as a clean break.
- Map to gStride. Onboarding helps map projects, teams, and time categories. CSV import handles the bulk; custom fields are mapped per-config.
- Cutover at a payroll boundary. The cleanest cutover is the start of a pay period. Run We360.ai to its final close, switch tracking to gStride on day one of the next period, and avoid mid-cycle reconciliation.
- Refresh the monitoring policy. Use the cutover to lighten capture — gStride's configuration surface lets you reduce screenshots without losing visibility. Our policy guide and template walks through it.
Most India-team migrations close in two to three weeks, with the first week being policy and team communication, and the second the technical cutover.
The verdict
If you came here typing "We360.ai alternative" or "We360 vs gStride," you are usually deciding whether activity analytics or productivity intelligence should sit at the centre of your stack. If the pain is "we want richer activity dashboards" at a low cost, We360.ai is a capable, India-built choice and there is no urgency to move off it. If the pain is that you cannot see how work is actually progressing — and you want a lighter capture footprint with statutory payroll bundled — that is exactly the layer gStride is built for.
The fair conclusion is that these are India-aware tools serving overlapping but distinct needs. Decide whether activity analytics or productivity intelligence is your priority, list your must-haves, and pick the tool whose centre of gravity matches yours.
Related reading on gStride
- gStride pricing — current tiers and what's bundled
- Productivity Monitoring — configurable per feature
- Payroll & Payments — native India payroll, multi-currency
- BPO Workforce Management Software in India
- AI workforce analytics — outcome vs activity
- gStride vs Keka — India HR-ops comparison
- gStride vs Flowace — India AI time-tracking comparison
- gStride vs Time Champ — monitoring comparison
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Frequently asked questions
What is the main difference between gStride and We360.ai?
We360.ai is an India-built employee-monitoring and workforce-analytics tool — it captures screenshots, tracks apps and websites, measures activity, and rolls everything into productivity and engagement dashboards. gStride is an AI productivity intelligence platform that reads the work itself: focus blocks, project throughput, and cadence, with screenshots optional and no keystrokes, and it also ships native India payroll, shift, and leave. Both are India-aware, so the difference is approach: We360.ai leads with screen-and-activity monitoring and analytics; gStride leads with explainable, outcome-based productivity intelligence with statutory payroll bundled in.
Is We360.ai an Indian product like gStride?
Yes — We360.ai is an India-built employee-monitoring and analytics product, and gStride is also built for the India market with native statutory payroll. This is a comparison where both vendors understand the Indian SMB context, DPDP expectations, and rupee pricing, so it is not a foreign-vs-Indian decision. The choice comes down to whether you want a screen-and-activity monitoring tool with workforce-analytics dashboards (We360.ai) or an outcome-based productivity-intelligence platform with payroll built in and a lighter capture footprint (gStride).
Does gStride take screenshots like We360.ai?
gStride can take screenshots, but the philosophy is more conservative. We360.ai uses screenshots and detailed app/URL activity tracking as core monitoring features that feed its analytics. In gStride, screenshots are an optional, per-user, per-project feature that can be sampled, blurred, event-triggered, or turned off entirely, with retention configurable and every capture visible to the employee, and the productivity signal does not depend on screenshots at all. Teams that want minimal capture usually find gStride easier to dial down out of the box.
Does gStride do Indian payroll and We360.ai does not?
gStride includes native payroll with multi-currency support and handles Indian statutory components such as PF, ESI, PT, and TDS, plus shift, leave, and attendance in one platform. We360.ai is primarily an employee-monitoring and workforce-analytics tool; it focuses on activity tracking, productivity dashboards, and engagement analytics rather than running statutory payroll natively, and typically integrates with external payroll. For India teams that want productivity signal and statutory payroll in one bill, that is a meaningful difference in gStride's favour.
Is gStride more privacy-friendly than We360.ai?
Both are India-aware on DPDP, but gStride is privacy-first by design. We360.ai's monitoring — screenshots and detailed app/URL activity — leans toward more capture to power its analytics dashboards. gStride collects no keystrokes, makes every monitoring feature a separate toggle, keeps capture conservative and employee-visible by default, and makes retention configurable. Under India's DPDP Act and, for teams with EU exposure, the GDPR and EU AI Act, proportionality depends on configuration, notice, and lawful basis [needs-legal-review]. Neither tool is inherently risky; gStride's defaults simply make a minimal-capture posture easier to reach.
Which is better for a growing Indian SMB?
It depends on the immediate pain. If you want detailed workforce-analytics dashboards — activity, app usage, engagement metrics, screenshots — at a low price, We360.ai is a capable, India-built choice. If you need to understand how work actually progresses — focus time, project throughput, capacity planning — with a lighter capture footprint and statutory India payroll, shift, and leave bundled in, gStride's productivity-intelligence layer is the differentiator. Many growing SMBs choose based on whether they want activity analytics or operational productivity intelligence with payroll attached.
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See productivity monitoring Book a 15-min callAll We360.ai feature and pricing references in this article were last verified on May 20, 2026 from We360.ai's public product and pricing pages and third-party review sites. We360.ai is a capable, India-built monitoring-and-analytics tool; this comparison is about category fit, not quality. Vendor capabilities and pricing change frequently — verify on the vendor's own site before making a decision. [we360-checked-2026-05-20] [pricing-needs-verify]