ClickTime vs Harvest (2026): which should you pick?

Pick ClickTime if

• Fits if you run a services firm that needs approvals on timesheets
• Makes sense if you are happy to book a demo before seeing any price

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want to try before talking to sales, as there is no free plan or trial
• Pricey if you are a small team, as the $12 starting price is in the dearest tenth
• Watch out: expense tracking is a $4 per user a month add-on and many integrations cost extra
• Watch out: approvals, cost rates and time off need Team, and budgeting needs Premier, neither with a published price

Pick Harvest if

• Fits if you run an agency or consultancy and bill clients for tracked hours
• Works for solo freelancers with one or two active projects, who can stay on the free plan

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you're staying free with more than 2 projects or a second person
• Pricey if you need timesheet approvals, profitability reports or SAML SSO, which sit on Enterprise at $14 a seat
• Skip it if you want scheduling included, since Harvest Forecast is billed separately at $5 a person
• Watch out: $9 a seat is a starting price, and extra invoices, projects, clients and tasks are billed on use
• Not for you if you want automatic tracking or a Linux app, as neither is listed

ClickTime

• Per-plan prices are not displayed on the pricing page, and every plan is bought through a demo request.
• Expense tracking is a $4 per user a month add-on, and many integrations are add-ons rather than included.
• Approvals, cost rates and time off need the Team plan; budgeting and resource management need Premier.
• The page offers no free plan or free trial.

Harvest

• The free plan is limited to 1 seat and 2 projects.
• Paid prices are shown as starting prices: the pricing page says additional invoices, projects, clients and tasks are billed based on use.
• Timesheet approvals, profitability reporting and SAML-based SSO need the Enterprise plan.
• No Linux desktop app is listed, and scheduling needs the separately billed Harvest Forecast.

ClickTime

Web and mobile timesheets

Daily, weekly or biweekly timesheets on web, iPhone and Android with a timer, notes, copy-forward entry and required-field rules.

Automated time capture

Team and above can pull time from calendars, Jira, GitHub, Zoom, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, with AI matching entries to projects.

Cost structure at entry

Billing and cost rates by person, project and date, plus custom fields for cost codes, CapEx and OpEx, grants and R&D.

Approvals and audit trail

Approval workflows, timesheet locking, overtime rules and a full change history; DCAA-compliant timesheets are listed in the plan table.

Reporting and Ellie AI chat

70+ pre-built reports and dashboards, plus an AI chat that answers labor-cost questions and builds reports, limited on the Team plan.

Budgeting and capacity

Premier adds project budgets, resource allocation and capacity planning that use approved hours.

Harvest

Timers and timesheets

One-click timers, daily and weekly timesheets and calendar imports in the browser, desktop and mobile apps, with automated reminders to submit time.

Invoicing and online payments

Invoices are generated from the tracked time and expenses already in the account, and clients can pay them through the PayPal and Stripe integrations.

Expense tracking

Receipts and reimbursable costs are logged alongside time, so they can be added to the same client invoice.

Budgets and reports

Project budgets update as time is logged. Team capacity and utilization reports start on Teams, and profitability reporting is limited to Enterprise.

Approvals and audit trail

Enterprise adds timesheet approval before hours are billed, an activity log of every time entry and edit, and the option to require notes on entries.

Harvest Forecast

A companion scheduling and capacity planning tool that connects to Harvest. It is billed separately at $5 per person a month on annual billing.

ClickTime

• Starter$12

  per user / month; billing basis not shown

  Web and mobile timesheets, 70+ reports, email reminders. Page data lists $15 per user a month for up to 25 users. Sold via demo request.

• TeamCustom

  Adds automated time capture and AI mapping, approvals, cost rates, Work Types and time off. Page data lists $19 per user a month, up to 200 users.

• PremierCustom

  Adds project budgeting, resource management, custom reports and dashboards. Page data lists $31 per user a month, up to 200 users.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Everything in Premier, plus custom integrations, advanced security and onboarding with a dedicated expert, for 1,000+ employee organizations.

Harvest

• Free$0

  1 seat and 2 projects, with time tracking, invoicing, expense tracking, project estimates and basic reports.

• Teams$9

  per seat / month, billed annually ($11 billed monthly)

  Unlimited seats, billable and cost rates, team capacity reporting, CSV import, and accounting and payment integrations. Listed as a starting price.

• Enterprise$14

  per seat / month, billed annually ($17.50 billed monthly)

  Adds unlimited custom reports, profitability reporting, timesheet approvals, an activity log, SAML-based SSO and required notes.

• Enterprise PlusCustom

  Adds custom integrations, product customization, a dedicated customer success manager, assisted data migration and white labelling.

ClickTime

• Nonprofit

  Nonprofit pricing

  The pricing page asks "Are you a nonprofit?" and links to separate nonprofit pricing; the figures are not on the page itself.

Harvest

• Annual discount

  20% off when paying for the year up front

  Harvest's pricing FAQ states a 20% discount for yearly payment. Enterprise is listed at $14 per seat a month annually against $17.50 monthly, and Teams at $9 against $11.