The Truein alternative that stores no face templates
Attendance accuracy without a biometric database.
Truein solves proxy attendance with facial recognition. It works. It also means you now hold face templates for your whole workforce, which is sensitive personal data under the DPDP Act and cannot be reissued after a breach.
Workclave is a Truein alternative for teams that want accurate attendance without holding biometric data under the DPDP Act.
Who should not switch: Do not switch if you run shift or field sites where kiosk face capture is the only practical way to stop proxy attendance.
| Feature | Workclave | Truein |
|---|---|---|
Biometric capture What identifying data the system stores | None — personal login plus approval | Facial recognition templates |
Session-based tracking Links time to projects, not just presence | Sessions carry project and client | Attendance and shifts, limited project depth |
India statutory registers Attendance output an inspector will accept | Generated from approved sessions | Attendance reporting, India-focused |
Pricing & minimums What you pay before adding your first user | ₹0 to start. ₹199/user. No floor. | ₹69,000/yr base + ₹250/user/yr |
Free tier What you get without paying | Free up to 3 users, full features | No free plan |
What a team actually pays: Workclave vs Truein
Truein charges a fixed annual base fee in India regardless of headcount, plus a modest per-user rate. For a small team the base fee dominates entirely.
| Team size | Workclave | TrueinTime Capture plan, annual billing |
|---|---|---|
| 10-person team | ₹23,880/yr10 × ₹199 × 12 | ₹71,500/yr₹69,000 base + 10 × ₹250 |
| 20-person team | ₹47,760/yr20 × ₹199 × 12 | ₹74,000/yr₹69,000 base + 20 × ₹250 |
| 50-person team | ₹1,19,400/yr50 × ₹199 × 12 | ₹81,500/yr₹69,000 base + 50 × ₹250 |
| Free tier | Free up to 3 users | No free plan |
Where Truein wins on price: At 50 people, Truein can cost less than Workclave on the figures above. If price is the deciding factor at your size, that is the honest answer. Workclave is not the cheapest tool in this category and does not claim to be. What you pay for is a session that arrives project-linked and manager-approved, so the hours on the invoice are the hours somebody signed off.
Prices checked against truein.com/pricing in August 2026. Vendors change pricing without notice, some quote annual-prepay rates rather than monthly, and several apply seat minimums that raise the real entry cost — always confirm on the vendor's own page.
- — Truein shows different pricing by visitor country — US and European visitors see $2.25 and $3.50 per user per month instead.
Run it for your own headcount: Friday spreadsheet cost calculator. No logos to show you yet, so try the interactive demo instead — no signup.
An honest read on Truein
- Face recognition genuinely does solve proxy attendance for shift and field workforces
- Strong offline and kiosk capture for sites without reliable connectivity
- Priced attractively per user at larger headcounts once the base fee is absorbed
- Built for the Indian market with local support
- Facial templates are sensitive personal data under the DPDP Act, requiring consent, minimisation and deletion discipline
- ₹69,000 annual base fee makes it expensive for teams under about 40 people
- Limited project and client attribution — attendance rather than billable work
- A biometric breach cannot be remediated the way a password reset can
Migrating from Truein to Workclave
Moving off Truein means retiring the face-template store as well as the tooling. Workclave replaces the accuracy mechanism with manager approval rather than biometrics.
- 1Export your people list
A CSV of names and emails is all Workclave needs. Departments map to teams on import.
- 2Create the projects you bill
Every check-in is linked to one from then on, so this is the step that changes what your data means.
- 3Run both for one cycle
Compare the two registers at month end, then point payroll and invoicing at Workclave's approved-session export.
Workclave vs Truein: common questions
Is biometric attendance mandatory in India?
No. No Indian labour law requires biometric attendance for private employers — the obligation is to maintain an accurate register, and the method is your choice. Choosing biometrics adds DPDP obligations rather than removing any.
How does Workclave stop proxy attendance without face recognition?
Sessions are tied to a personal login and reviewed by a manager who knows what work happened. Fooling that requires a colleague to fabricate plausible project work and have it approved — a materially harder forgery than a card swipe, with no biometric database to secure.
How does Truein's price compare for a 20-person team?
Checked August 2026: Truein's India pricing is ₹69,000 per year base plus ₹250 per user per year, so a 20-person team is ₹74,000 per year. Workclave is ₹47,760 per year for the same team, with no base fee and no biometrics.
Compared with the other tools on your shortlist
Most teams evaluate three or four at once. Every page carries the same feature matrix, cost table and honest read on where the other tool is genuinely stronger.
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Still weighing Workclave against Truein?
We have no customer logos to show you — the product is new and we would rather say so than invent them. What we can do is let you see it working before you give us anything.