Kickidler vs Teramind: Which Tool Fits Your Business Best?

Both KeepActive and Teramind are recognized leaders in the employee monitoring, DLP and productivity analytics space.

While Teramind focuses heavily on security, data loss prevention (DLP), and insider-threat detection, KeepActive (prev. Kickidler) stands out as a comprehensive, transparent monitoring and productivity solution.

KeepActive (prev. Kickidler) vs Teramind Comparison: Features and Pricing

We’ve made a comparison of functionality and pricing, as well as user satisfaction levels of both Teramind and KeepActive below.

Disclaimer: This comparison was prepared by KeepActive, a competing employee-monitoring provider. KeepActive is not affiliated with or endorsed by Teramind. Product features, pricing and trial terms were reviewed from the vendors’ publicly available materials as of August 12, 2026 and may change. Prices are not necessarily like-for-like because plan scope, seat requirements, deployment options and contract terms may differ. In the current comparison we have used minimum number of seat pricing for both software. Therefore, readers should verify current information directly with each vendor.

Starter Plan of Teramind vs Time Tracking Plan of KeepActive

Feature/Aspect	KeepActive	Teramind	Comment
Price	Starting from $2,8	Starting from $14	KeepActive is 5 times more affordable than Teramind. Moreover, If you take KeepActive’s 3 year plan it makes $2 per user (7 times more affordable than Teramind). Both software may provide additional disounts or different price range depending on the number of seats upon request.
Employee Productivity Metrics			Both provide advanced interface on productivity metrics. For example, KeepActive provides newly designed producitivity heatmap, comparison and productivity metrics overviews.
Screenshots			With KeepActive you can configure screenshot frequency yourself.
Live View			KeepActive gives Live visibility of employees with the functionality of making screenshots while History Actvitiy helps you witness all activities live recorded and have them exported. KeepActive provides full functionality of video and audio recordings in EM plan which is still 50% cheaper than this plan of Teramind.
Remote control			Functionality of remote control is available on EM plan of KeepActive.
Web pages & applications monitoring
Instant messaging		Limited	Teramind provides instant messaging reports but they do not work on Mac. KeepActive provides this feature on DLP plan which is still cheaper than this plan of Teramind.
Offline meetings and activity monitoring			Both the manager and the employee can log the offline activity on their dashboards and it can be considered as productive.
Social media activity			KeepActive provides this feature on its DLP plan which is still more affordable than Starter plan of Teramind.
Time tracking			KeepActive has advanced offline activity monitoring capacity as well, which can be managed by the team supervisors.
Insider threat, abusive & malicious behavior detection		Limited	KeepActive provides full functionality of this feature in  DLP plan which is still cheaper than Starter plan of Teramind.

UAM Plan of Teramind vs Employee Monitoring plan of KeepActive

Feature/Aspect	KeepActive	Teramind	Comment
Price	$5,5	$28	KeepActive is 5 times more affordable than Teramind. Moreover, if you take KeepActive’s 3 year plan it makes $3,7 per user (over 7 times cheaper than Teramind). Both software may provide additional disounts or different price range depending on the number of seats upon request.
Live View & Historical Playback
Video and optional audio recording
Keystrokes
Offline meetings and activity monitoring
Remote Control
Anomaly detection and Dynamic risk scoring			Full Anomaly detection and Dynamic risk scoring is available at DLP plan worth $8,25/month (annual plan).
Geolocation			Available on DLP plan of KeepActive worth $8,25/month (annual plan).

DLP Plan Comparison of KeepActive and Teramind

Feature/Aspect	KeepActive	Teramind	Comment
Price	$8,25	$32	KeepActive is 4 times more affordable than Teramind. If you take KeepActive’s 3 year plan it makes $5,5 per user (6 times cheaper than Teramind). Both software may provide additional disounts or different price range depending on the number of seats upon request.
OCR
Activity Blocking
Clipboard (copy and paste)
Employee risk level calculation
Voice/speech recognition
Custom website field capture
Protect all data types and IP
File operation-based rules
Prevent malicious or negligent data exfiltration
Fingerprinting
Camera
Custom reporting, behavior rules configuration
Voice-to-text conversion
Monitoring pause
Hard blocking
Face recognition
Messenger Tracking
3D relationship graph report
Geolocation
SQL query-based report (AI+)

What is Teramind Strong With?

Reviewers praise Teramind for its intuitive interface, straightforward onboarding, extensive customization options, and smooth performance. They also highlight its ability to simplify remote-team management, along with responsive and knowledgeable customer support. [G2 Reviewers]

Why Look for Teramind Alternative?

Difficult installation, especially on MAC: Reviewer states that Teramind integrations occasioanlly cause errors. [G2 Reviewer]

Too Expensive: Reviewer mentioned about high pricing. [G2 Reviewer]

Features fail: According to the reviewer the inconsistent performance of certain features, such as the Gmail analysis tool, remains a primary point of frustration. [G2 Reviewer]

Why Choose KeepActive?

KeepActive delivers the perfect balance between monitoring depth and usability.

Where Teramind prioritizes security and compliance, KeepActive excels in day-to-day operational visibility, team motivation, and ease of deployment.

You get comprehensive analytics, video recording, and behavior insight in a light, accessible package — ideal for organizations that need clarity without complexity.

KeepActive is built for modern workforces — remote, hybrid, and in-office — providing real-time transparency, data security, and actionable insights in one intuitive platform.

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