Attendance software
Attendance software built for UAE payroll rules, not adapted to them
- WPS SIF export
- Cloud or on-premise
- Mobile geofencing
- Multi-branch
Compliance features
The things that break in software written for another market
WPS & payroll sync
Generate the Salary Information File in WPS format directly from verified attendance. Overtime, unpaid absence and deductions are derived from punches rather than retyped, which removes the single largest source of payroll error.
Ramadan shift logic
Reduced daily working hours are applied automatically to the affected employee groups for the correct dates. Staff are not falsely flagged as leaving early and no manual correction is needed at month end.
UAE overtime rules
Overtime at 125% of basic wage, rising to 150% for hours between 10pm and 4am on standard day shifts, with separate rest day and public holiday treatment. Configured per employee group to match your contracts.
Mobile app & geofencing
GPS clock-in for field, hybrid and multi-site teams, with defined permitted locations, mock-location detection and optional photo capture on punch.
Leave & absence management
Annual leave, sick leave and unpaid absence tracked against entitlement with an approval workflow, feeding straight into the payroll calculation.
Tamper-evident audit trail
Device punches are immutable. Manual corrections are permitted but carry the user, timestamp and a mandatory reason code, and appear separately in every report.
Deployment
Cloud or on-premise
Cloud attendance software
Most commonHosted, accessed from a browser and the mobile app. Nothing to install or maintain at your site.
- No server to buy, back up, patch or replace
- Add a branch by shipping a pre-configured device
- Head office sees every location live in one dashboard
- Automatic updates and included disaster recovery
- Accessible from anywhere — useful for owner-managed businesses
- Annual per-employee billing, predictable and scalable
Choose this if: you have multiple branches, no dedicated IT staff, or fewer than roughly 150 employees at one site.
On-premise / local server
Installed on your own server. Biometric templates and attendance data never leave your building.
- All data, including biometric templates, stays on your hardware
- Works without an internet connection between devices and server
- Direct database access for ERP and BI integration
- One-off perpetual licence rather than a recurring fee
- Full control over retention, backup and access policy
- Satisfies client contracts that prohibit third-party data hosting
Choose this if: policy or a client contract requires data to remain on site, you need direct database integration, or you run a large single-site workforce.
Mobile app
Geofenced clock-in for staff who have no gate to punch
Defined geofences
You set the permitted locations — head office, named client sites, or home working with a location stamp.
Mock-location detection
Suspected GPS spoofing is flagged rather than silently accepted, so supervisors can see the distinction.
Photo capture on punch
Optional selfie at clock-in, which is what turns an FM invoice dispute into a closed conversation.
Offline punching
Records offline with the last GPS fix and syncs on reconnection, marked as offline-captured.
Per-site hours reports
Hours reported per client site for invoice backup, not just per employee.
Employee self-service
Staff see their own punches and leave balance, which removes most month-end disputes before they start.
See the software on your own data
A 20-minute demo using your shift patterns and overtime rules — not a generic slide deck.
Pricing
Why we do not publish a price list
Small office (under 25 staff)
One fingerprint or face terminal, cloud software, installation and training. The entry point for a verified attendance system, typically in the low thousands of dirhams.
Single-site industrial (50–300 staff)
Two to four rugged face terminals sized for shift-change throughput, cloud or on-premise software, shift and overtime rule configuration.
Multi-site or access control
Terminals per location, door controllers and locks, or turnstiles with civil works. Quoted per site after survey — the range here is genuinely wide.
Questions
Software FAQ
Cloud or on-premise — which should we choose?
Cloud for multi-branch operations, businesses without IT staff, and anything under roughly 150 employees at a single site — there is no server to buy, back up or patch. On-premise where policy or a client contract requires biometric data to stay on your own server, where you have genuinely poor connectivity, or where you need direct database access for ERP integration. For most UAE SMEs cloud is the lower total cost, and we will say so.
Does the software submit our WPS file to the bank?
No. Submission goes through your bank or an approved WPS agent, and any vendor claiming to submit on your behalf is overstating what they do. The software produces the correctly formatted SIF file with accurate variable pay derived from real attendance, which is the part that causes problems.
Can it integrate with our existing payroll or ERP system?
Scheduled Excel and CSV export works with any payroll system. API access on the on-premise and higher cloud tiers allows direct integration. Tell us which system you run at enquiry stage and we will confirm what is realistic before you commit rather than after.
How is the software priced?
Cloud is billed annually per employee band. On-premise is a one-off perpetual licence with an optional annual support contract. There are no per-punch or per-transaction charges. We quote the year-two renewal figure at the same time as the initial price so it is not a surprise later.
Can employees see their own attendance?
Yes, through a self-service portal and the mobile app. This consistently reduces disputes more than any reporting feature, because an employee who can see their own punch log rarely challenges the total at month end.
Will it work with biometric devices we already own?
Often, yes. Many common terminals can be brought onto new software rather than replaced. Send us the make and model at enquiry stage — if it will not work we will tell you, rather than sell you a migration that fails at commissioning.
Book a software demo
Twenty minutes, using your actual shift patterns and overtime rules. If the software does not fit your case we will tell you during the call rather than after the invoice.
Same-day response, on-site survey within 48 hours