Control Laboral Alternative: reviews, pricing and comparison (2026)

ControlLaboral.es is a Spanish time-record software with a striking proposition, clock-in even via WhatsApp and Telegram, an integrated whistleblowing channel, phone support and initial setup included, and a bracketed pricing model worth understanding before signing: from €19.90/month for 1-5 employees (first-year promotional price), with a €99 setup. Its apps, though, score low: 3.0/5 on Google Play and 3.1/5 on App Store. Complete analysis and alternatives, with all the numbers.

Transparency: this is written by the Cleverfy team, with data verified in July 2026 (controllaboral.es and review platforms). It is a legitimate Spanish competitor, we treat it as such, with a calculator.

What Control Laboral is and who is behind it

Control Laboral (controllaboral.es) is a Spanish platform for the time record and team management operated by Control Laboral y Firma S.L. (Coslada, Madrid), according to its legal notice. Its proposition rests on three pillars: an unusual multi-channel clock-in (app, web, tablet, and also WhatsApp and Telegram), human support (phone support 900 800 871, initial setup and data loading included, training for administrators) and compliance (reports valid for an inspection, and a whistleblowing channel, mandatory for companies of 50+ employees).

It is a product designed for the not-very-digitalised SME that wants it done for them, hence the included setup and the phone. That convenience has its pricing model, and that is where you have to look closely.

What Control Laboral does well

• WhatsApp/Telegram clock-in: for not-very-digital teams (cleaning, construction, neighbourhood retail) it is a very low barrier to entry, the employee installs nothing new.
• Included configuration: they load your data, they train you and you get going, with a €99 setup (€149 outside the promotion).
• Integrated whistleblowing channel: it also solves another legal obligation (Law 2/2023) for companies of 50+.
• Holidays, team calendars and shifts with annual planning.
• A 15-day trial with no card and no lock-in.

Where Control Laboral falls short

1. The bracketed model makes it expensive for the small. €19.90/month for 1-5 employees means a 2-person business pays ~€10/employee/month, among the highest effective prices on the market. And the brackets rise in jumps: going from 10 to 11 employees moves you from €29.90 to €59/month.
2. The visible prices are first-year promotional. The regular rates are higher (€24, €35, €68 and so on). The second year’s cost is worth asking about before, not after.
3. The apps struggle: 3.0/5 on Google Play and 3.1/5 on App Store, with complaints of login failures, slow loading and, the most serious, the impossibility of correcting erroneous records with flexibility.
4. Very centralised administration: users themselves note little autonomy for the worker (correcting their clock-in, checking balances), which loads the administrator with every incident.

Control Laboral pricing in 2026

Bracket	Promotional price (1st year)	Regular price
1-5 employees	€19.90/month	€24/month
6-10 employees	€29.90/month	€35/month
11-25 employees	€59/month	€68/month
60+ employees	~€2/employee/month	,
Initial setup	€99 (one-off)	€149

The three calculations that matter: 2 employees → €19.90/month (€10/employee). 10 employees → €29.90/month (€3/employee). Employee number 11 → +€29/month at once (a bracket jump).

Real reviews of Control Laboral

Cross-platform reputation (verified July 2026):

Platform	Rating	Reviews
Capterra	5.0/5	2
App Store ES	2.9/5	80
Google Play	3.0/5	291

Most valued: regulatory compliance, the multi-channel (WhatsApp included), the centralised management, “very easy to administer”. Most criticised: frequent login failures, slowness loading documents and clock-ins, the impossibility of correcting erroneous hours and the too-centralised control in the administrator.

The pattern (sound familiar from Intratime?): the administrator is happy, the employee who clocks in daily, not so much. In the time record, the employee’s app IS the product.

Why companies look for a Control Laboral alternative (summary)

1. The effective price per employee in small teams (~€10/employee with 2 people).
2. The bracket jumps and the second-year post-promotion increase.
3. An app that fails at the moment of clocking in and does not allow correcting errors quickly.

Cleverfy as a Control Laboral alternative: a direct comparison

	Cleverfy	Control Laboral
Pricing model	Per user, no minimums or brackets	Brackets from €19.90/month (1st-year promo)
2 employees	€2.40-3/month	€19.90/month (~7×)
10 employees	€12-15/month	€29.90/month (2×)
25 employees	€30-37.50/month	€59/month
Setup	€0 (sign up in 10 minutes)	€99-149
2nd-year price	The same (no promo traps)	Rises to the regular rate
Clock-in	Web, app, Chrome extension, QR/PIN kiosk	App, web, tablet, WhatsApp/Telegram
Employee corrects/requests	✅ With approval flow and trail	Limited (recurring complaint)
AI assistant	✅ All plans (more volume on Pro)	❌
4-year history + traceability	✅	History yes; correcting records is its no.1 complaint in reviews
Whistleblowing channel	❌	✅
Support	Chat/email <24h (4h Pro)	Phone
Trial	14 days no card	15 days no card

Where each one suits you is clear in the table: if you need WhatsApp clock-in or the integrated whistleblowing channel, Control Laboral has arguments. On everything else, effective price, app, employee autonomy, the numbers are above. Cleverfy’s pricing.

When to stay with Control Laboral, and when to switch

Stay if: your team clocks in via WhatsApp and that has solved adoption for you (no small thing), you are mid-bracket with a reasonable price, and you value phone support with the setup done. For companies of 50+ employees, its integrated whistleblowing channel adds up.

Switch if: you have 1-5 employees (you pay ~€10/employee for something that costs €1.20-1.50), you are about to jump a bracket, or your employees fight the app every morning. And check what you will pay when the first-year promotion ends, before it ends.

How to migrate from Control Laboral to Cleverfy

1. Export your records and team from their dashboard (or ask their support for help, they did the initial load, they should also help with the export).
2. Sign up for Cleverfy, 10 minutes, 14-day trial with no card.
3. We import everything for free, with history valid for an inspection.

Other Control Laboral alternatives

• Bixpe, freemium: free with 1 month of history, Premium €2/user.
• Intratime, the low-cost veteran (€1.50), with its own cross to bear in the app.
• Sesame HR, if you want a complete suite (€82.50/month minimum).

Conclusion

Control Laboral has found a real niche: the SME that wants to clock in via WhatsApp and have it set up for them. The price of that convenience is brackets that punish the small, promotions that expire and an app with room to improve. If your team can clock in from an app that works, the same compliance costs half, or seven times less if there are two of you.

Try Cleverfy free for 14 days, per user, no brackets, no setup and no promo traps: the first month’s price is everyone’s price. Free migration.