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 "schema_version": "1.0",
 "id": "modge",
 "name": "Modge",
 "research_status": "researched",
 "vendor_domain": "modge.com",
 "category": "HR & People",
 "task": "Time tracking, shifts & attendance",
 "summary": "Desktop time tracking and workforce analytics for remote and hybrid teams: automatic hours, app and URL classification, shift adherence, leave, payroll-ready timesheets and Stripe invoicing. 14-day trial, no card.",
 "best_for": "desk-bound remote or hybrid teams of a few to a few hundred people who want time tracking, app classification, shift adherence, leave and payroll-ready timesheets in one seat priced between $4 and $7 a month, and who are happy to run screenshots as an opt-in rather than a default",
 "skip_if": "you need SSO or a SOC 2 report today, both are marked soon; your people work in the field, since the agent is desktop-only with no mobile or GPS on the page; or your security team will not accept a compliance claim without a document",
 "honest_knock": "The numbers on Modge's own pages do not agree with each other. The homepage says trusted by 1,000+ teams, the affiliate page says 1,800+ teams, the pricing page says over 2,000 users; the pricing page also shows three star ratings, 4.6 from 1,500 reviews, 4.8 from 2,000 and 4.2 from 800, without naming a single platform they come from. None of that touches the product, but it is the kind of copy a buyer should not repeat in a business case. What does touch the product is the comparison table: SSO through SAML 2.0, SOC 2 Type II and ISO 9001 are all marked soon, and HIPAA compliant appears with no report behind it. If your security review needs a document today, there is none to hand over. The desktop agent is macOS and Windows only, and the pricing page mentions no mobile app or GPS, so field teams are out of scope.",
 "pricing": {
  "status": "public",
  "entry_price": "$4",
  "entry_price_terms": "Basic · per seat a month billed annually ($5 monthly)",
  "from_price_usd_month": 4.0,
  "plans": [
   {
    "name": "Basic",
    "price": "$4/seat/month annual, $5 monthly",
    "includes": "app and URL tracking with AI classification, dashboards, automatic time tracking, optional screenshots (3-month retention), timesheets and payroll exports, invoicing, email and chat support"
   },
   {
    "name": "Pro",
    "price": "$5.50/seat/month annual, $7 monthly",
    "includes": "everything in Basic plus shifts, scheduling and adherence, leave, breaks and overtime, Stripe client billing, on-demand screenshots with 12-month retention, custom roles, teams and project budgets"
   },
   {
    "name": "Premium",
    "price": "$7/seat/month annual, $9 monthly",
    "includes": "everything in Pro plus automated project and task tracking, workflow analysis, suspicious-activity and mouse-jiggler detection, burnout-risk and profitability insights, contract signing, 24-month retention, dedicated account manager"
   },
   {
    "name": "Enterprise",
    "price": "custom, annual billing with volume pricing",
    "includes": "everything in Premium plus custom retention, customised onboarding and an SLA"
   }
  ],
  "plans_source": "hand-curated from the vendor's pricing page",
  "notes": "(read 2026-09-03 and re-verified 2026-10-16 on modge.com/pricing, both billing toggles and the comparison table; every amount unchanged) Per-seat plans with a full-feature 14-day trial and no card. Basic is $5 per seat per month billed monthly or $4 billed annually: app and URL tracking with AI productivity classification, workforce dashboards, automatic time tracking with optional screenshots, timesheets, approvals and payroll exports, invoice creation, email and chat support. Pro is $7 monthly or $5.50 annually and adds shifts, scheduling and adherence, leave, breaks and overtime, client billing through Stripe, on-demand screenshots with 12-month retention, and custom roles, teams and project budgets. Premium, marked popular, is $9 monthly or $7 annually and adds automated project and task time tracking, workflow analysis, suspicious-activity and mouse-jiggler detection, burnout-risk and profitability insights, contract signing, 24-month screenshot retention and a dedicated account manager. Enterprise is custom, on annual billing with volume pricing, custom retention, customised onboarding and an SLA. Two add-ons are priced per seat: More Screenshots at $2 a month lifts capture from 18 to 60 an hour on Basic, Pro and Premium; Extended Data Retention at $2 a month or $1.67 annually keeps records for six years on every tier. The comparison table lists screenshot retention as 3 months on Basic, 12 on Pro and 24 on Premium, and marks SSO (SAML 2.0), SOC 2 Type II and ISO 9001 as soon. The FAQ's blanket 'Annual billing saves 22% over monthly' holds only for Premium ($9 to $7, 22.2%); Basic saves 20% ($5 to $4) and Pro 21.4% ($7 to $5.50), as the plan cards themselves say.",
  "verified_at": "2026-10-16",
  "source_url": "https://modge.com/pricing"
 },
 "free_plan": false,
 "free_plan_evidence": null,
 "cost_traps": [
  {
   "id": "per_seat",
   "label": "Per-seat pricing",
   "evidence": "Basic is $5 per seat per month billed monthly or $4 billed annually: app and URL tracking with AI productivity classification, workforce dashboards, automatic time tracking with optional screenshots, timesheets, approvals and payroll exports, invoice creation, email and chat support.",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-16",
   "source_url": "https://modge.com/pricing"
  },
  {
   "id": "addons_extra",
   "label": "Key features are paid add-ons",
   "evidence": "Two add-ons are priced per seat: More Screenshots at $2 a month lifts capture from 18 to 60 an hour on Basic, Pro and Premium; Extended Data Retention at $2 a month or $1.67 annually keeps records for six years on every tier.",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-16",
   "source_url": "https://modge.com/pricing"
  },
  {
   "id": "annual_lock",
   "label": "Annual commitment",
   "evidence": "Enterprise is custom, on annual billing with volume pricing, custom retention, customised onboarding and an SLA.",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-16",
   "source_url": "https://modge.com/pricing"
  }
 ],
 "compare_with": {
  "name": "Hubstaff",
  "why": "The obvious comparison. Hubstaff's annual column starts at $4.99 a seat with a two-seat minimum and its monthly column at $7; Modge starts at $4 annual or $5 monthly with no minimum on the page. Hubstaff has the longer record, a mobile app with GPS and a far larger integration list; Modge's pitch is shift adherence, leave policies and Stripe invoicing built into a cheaper seat, with screenshots off by default. Pick Hubstaff for field teams, Modge for desk-bound teams that also need rotas."
 },
 "links": {
  "record": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/api/v1/products/modge.json",
  "review": "https://officesoftwaremarketplace.com/modge-review.html",
  "marketplace": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/marketplace/modge/",
  "vendor_site": "https://modge.com"
 },
 "purchase": {
  "seller": "the vendor",
  "how": "AIBuilder Marketplace does not sell this software. Sign up, start a trial or buy on the vendor's site.",
  "handoff_url": "https://get.modge.com/ryba396aujtj",
  "affiliate": true,
  "disclosure": "Where purchase.affiliate is true, purchase.handoff_url is an affiliate link: AIBuilder Marketplace may earn a commission at no extra cost to the buyer. Commission never changes what a record says, and products are not ranked by commission. Where it is false the link is the vendor's plain site."
 },
 "provenance": {
  "research": "hand-researched dossier, read on the vendor's own pages",
  "researched_since": "2026-07",
  "method": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/how-we-review/",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0. Credit 'AIBuilder Marketplace' with a link to https://aibuildermarketplace.com/atlas/.",
  "note": "A rebuild is not a new measurement: pricing.verified_at is the date that matters."
 },
 "cost": {
  "status": "not_yet",
  "engine": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/agents/#cost",
  "rules": null,
  "growth": null
 },
 "unknowns": [
  "Contract terms (cancellation, data export, data location, minimum seats) are not researched as separate fields; pricing.notes mentions them only where the vendor's pricing page does.",
  "No computable price rules yet: cost at a given team size cannot be calculated for this product.",
  "Not tested hands-on by us: what the product does comes from the vendor's pages and our reading of them."
 ],
 "task_evidence": null,
 "open_questions": [
  {
   "question_id": "modge:cancellation_terms",
   "key": "cancellation_terms",
   "question": "Can a customer cancel at any time, and what happens to an annual plan that is cancelled mid-term?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "modge:data_export",
   "key": "data_export",
   "question": "Which data can a customer export, in which formats, on which plans?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "modge:data_location",
   "key": "data_location",
   "question": "Where is customer data stored, and can a customer choose the region?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "modge:minimum_seats",
   "key": "minimum_seats",
   "question": "Is there a minimum number of seats or users on any plan?",
   "status": "open"
  }
 ],
 "vendor_answers": [],
 "agent_channels": {
  "vendor_mcp": null,
  "agent_checkout": {
   "status": "not_found",
   "detail": "No explicit support for purchases by AI agents on the vendor's own pages.",
   "checked_at": "2026-10-07",
   "method": "homepage, /pricing and the pricing page we cite, read as plain HTML (no JavaScript) and searched for explicit support of purchases by AI agents: Agentic Commerce Protocol, Instant Checkout, Agent Payments Protocol, buy in ChatGPT, agentic checkout"
  }
 }
}