Project and task management decision

Quotas

A single engineer can build a usable QR punch and timesheet exporter in a few weeks or simply self-host an open-source time-tracker (e.g., Kimai or SolidTime) to replace most functionality; the full commercial polish, integrations, and enterprise features are harder to reproduce.

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You pay

Not priced

No pricing page we fetched carried a figure, so there is nothing to compare against. The build side is still real.

You’d pay instead

$100one-off44 h to build

$40/mo6 h/mo upkeep

No published price to break even against.

Open-source builds that already do this

Every project below is open source and already does this job today. Fork one, self-host it, or take the parts you need - the build prompt further down assumes an empty file, and this is the shortcut past that. Licences differ; check the one on each card before you ship. All Quotas alternatives, with the arithmetic →

kimai/kimaiKimai is the #1 open-source time-tracking application. From freelancers to companies and organisations - everyone can manage timesheets, generate reports, create invoices and so much more...Open on GitHub solidtime-io/solidtimeModern open-source time-tracking appOpen on GitHub

What a replacement has to do

Users scan/visit a QR to clock in/out → backend records timestamp and user → admin views/export timesheets.

What it still won’t have

Polished mobile apps and native device integrations
Enterprise features (SSO, payroll or HR integrations)
Attendance/compliance workflows and legal/time-off rules
Commercial support and SLA
Advanced audit trails or long-term scale optimizations

What remains hard

Product polish and ongoing maintenance

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First-year cost

No published price

Quotas does not publish a price we could read, so there is nothing to compare against. What building costs is below.

Money you would actually spend

Keep paying

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Subscription price × seats × 12

Build it

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AI build —APIs + hosting —

Time you would spend

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What you would spend

Your monthly price$/moAI to build it$ onceAPIs + hosting$/mo

What we assumed

Initial buildhrsMonthly upkeephrsYour rate$/hr

The verdict above measures whether you could build it. This one is only about money.

Runnable build prompt

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Build a minimal QR-based team time-tracking app using Node.js (Express), Postgres, and a React front-end. In scope: user accounts (email or token), generate per-user QR codes, endpoints to record clock-in/clock-out events, mobile-friendly punch UI that can scan QR or accept code, admin dashboard to list/filter shifts and export CSV, Dockerfiles for deployment, and CI tests for API and critical flows. Out of scope: SSO, payroll integrations, multi-tenant billing, and native mobile apps. Include error handling, input validation, authentication, basic role-based authorization, and unit/integration tests; provide deployment instructions for a single VPS and a minimal monitoring alert.

How we checked3 sources · 2/3 runs agreed · evidence score 60

How the score was reached

Partly verdict base52
An open-source build was found+5
3 cited sources+3
Evidence score60

The base comes from the verdict. Everything under it is a check that either happened or did not, and each one is a fact frozen in this record rather than a judgement made at render time - so the same evidence always produces the same number.

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Cited sources · 3

Every page the run actually retrieved.

official productQuotas — Suivi d'heures & pointeuse QR pour équipes
open sourceKimai (open-source time-tracking)
open sourceSolidTime (open-source time-tracking)

Integrity checks

What held up, and what did not.

! 2 of 3 runs agreed; the verdict is the majority✓ Citations limited to fetched pages! 1 moat recorded