Comparison
Connecteam vs Project Payroll CrewTime for construction
15 minutes, your EBA, no sales script.
Who each one is for
Different tools, built for different environments
Both products are good at what they were designed for. The question is which environment you actually run payroll in.
Connecteam
All in one comms for deskless teams
- Internal chat, announcements, forms and training in one app.
- Scheduling and time capture for cleaning, retail, security and field services.
- Teams with reliable mobile coverage across their work locations.
- Businesses that already have a payroll system they intend to keep.
Project Payroll CrewTime
Site capture wired to a construction pay run
- Remote and low signal sites where a punch cannot depend on coverage.
- Enterprise agreement pay rules, site allowances and RDO calendars.
- Labour posting to job cost codes on every pay line.
- Australian STP, super with wages and payday super readiness.
Compared
Connecteam and Project Payroll CrewTime, capability by capability
Built for construction sites
- Connecteam
- Built for deskless teams broadly, across many industries
- Project Payroll CrewTime
- Built for building sites: multiple jobs a day, sheds, gates and crews
Works with zero signal
- Connecteam
- Independent reviews consistently report an active internet connection is required to clock in, so there is no offline punch
- Project Payroll CrewTime
- Offline first punch that queues on the device and syncs when coverage returns
Guardrails on the punch
- Connecteam
- Independent reviews report forgotten clock outs can produce wildly wrong hours
- Project Payroll CrewTime
- Missed clock out guardrails, foreman review and exception flags before anything reaches pay
Australian EBA and award payroll included
- Connecteam
- Time capture, with payroll run in another system
- Project Payroll CrewTime
- Your agreement built clause by clause and run in the pay engine we operate
Multi job days with cost codes
- Connecteam
- Shifts recorded against jobs and locations
- Project Payroll CrewTime
- One day splits across jobs, each block carries its cost code through to payroll
Condition flags for site allowances
- Connecteam
- Forms and custom fields
- Project Payroll CrewTime
- Worker flags, foreman confirms, rules engine prices the allowance
Kiosk mode
- Connecteam
- Shared kiosk available
- Project Payroll CrewTime
- Site Sheet kiosk on the shed wall for flat batteries and no phone days
RCTI for labour hire
- Connecteam
- Not part of the product
- Project Payroll CrewTime
- Labour hire worker type with recipient created tax invoices from captured hours
Payday super ready
- Connecteam
- Depends on the payroll system downstream
- Project Payroll CrewTime
- Super pays with wages in the same run, including Cbus and Incolink
Connecteam is built for connected environments where comms is the centre of gravity. On a basement pour or a regional site, coverage is not a given, so we made the punch work without it.
Where we are different
What construction native actually means
The punch is sacred
Clock on in two taps with zero signal. The punch queues locally, syncs when coverage returns, and the kiosk covers flat batteries and workers without a phone.
One chain, no exports
Capture, interpretation and the pay run share the same data. There is no CSV step between a clock on and a payslip.
Australian compliance is core
STP2, super with wages, Cbus and Incolink, RDO calendars and site allowance schedules are part of the engine, not add ons.
Photo timesheet bridge
Crews still on paper photograph the sheet. OCR drafts it, a human reviews it, and the photo stays as the audit record.
More on the capture side in CrewTime, the pay rules in the EBA knowledge hub and the numbers on pricing.
Connecteam comparison questions
Can Connecteam clock on without internet?
Independent reviews consistently report that an active internet connection is required to clock in. On remote or low signal sites that is a real limitation, which is why CrewTime is offline first with queued sync.
Does Connecteam run Australian payroll?
Connecteam is time capture and workforce comms, with payroll run elsewhere. Project Payroll includes the Australian pay run, STP and super with wages.
Is Connecteam a bad app?
No. It is a capable all in one product built for different environments, especially connected deskless teams that lean on chat and checklists.
What stops a forgotten clock out becoming a 14 hour day?
Missed clock out detection, exception flags and foreman review sit before payroll, so odd shifts get resolved rather than paid.
Do we have to move everyone at once?
No. Photo Timesheet Capture lets crews keep paper on day one while the office works from reviewed digital data.
Reviewed August 2026. Comparison based on publicly available information.
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