Zeprub vs. punch cards: no more borrowed cards
With punch cards, each employee has a paper or plastic card that goes through a clock when they arrive and leave. The problem is that a card doesn't know who's using it. Zeprub swaps the card for the fingerprint or face on each employee's phone.
Cost
Cards need a clock to read them, and cards wear out, get lost and have to be replaced. Every new employee needs another one.
Zeprub doesn't use cards or devices: it costs US$4.99 a month up to 5 employees and US$9.99 a month from 6 to 15 employees, with no setup fee. From 16 employees you pay per active employee, and you can see the exact price in the calculator on the home page.
Setup
With cards you have to install the clock, hand out the cards and keep track of whose is whose. With Zeprub you add your employees one by one, from Excel or with a link, and each person registers their phone just once. Anyone without a phone clocks in on a tablet with their code and PIN.
Buddy punching
It's the most common trick with cards: a coworker runs the card of someone who's late or didn't come. The clock records the punch and nobody finds out.
In Zeprub each employee clocks in with the fingerprint or face on their own phone. Because the punch is tied to that phone, it's very hard for someone else to clock in for them, and a punch from a new phone is flagged. At the kiosk, each person uses their PIN and, if you ask for it, the tablet takes a selfie with every punch.
Hours for payroll
When the pay period closes, someone collects the cards, reads the hours and adds them up by hand or types them into Excel. An unreadable or lost card means an argument on payday.
Zeprub adds up each employee's hours with their schedule: days worked, regular hours, late arrivals, absences and approved overtime. You download the payroll summary in Excel, CSV or PDF.
When each one makes sense
If you already have the clock and your employees don't have phones, cards may still work, though with Zeprub's kiosk they can also clock in without a phone. If you worry about buddy punching or lose hours adding up cards, Zeprub solves both.
Frequently asked questions
What if an employee doesn't have a phone?
They clock in at a kiosk: a tablet or a computer at the entrance where they type their code and PIN, or show their QR code.
How does Zeprub stop buddy punching?
Each person clocks in with the fingerprint or face on their own phone, which the phone checks just like when it's unlocked. At the kiosk each person has a PIN, and the selfie, if you turn it on, shows who clocked in.
Does Zeprub store my employees' fingerprints?
No. The fingerprint or face is checked by the phone itself. Zeprub only receives confirmation that it was the right person.
What if someone forgets to clock in?
They request a punch correction from their portal, if your company allows it, and their supervisor approves or rejects it. A manager can also record a manual punch.
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