Clockify vs Tempo Timesheets (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, we pick Clockify: it is first in our ranking of time tracking apps, and it grades higher too, 3.2 against 2.4.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Clockify grades higher on the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms. Tempo Timesheets grades higher on value for money.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Clockify
Team time tracker and timesheets with a free plan for 5 users
Tempo Timesheets
Time tracking and timesheet approvals built into Jira
Which one is for you
Pick Clockify if
- Fits if you're a team of up to 5 and want a free tracker with no limit on tracked time
- Works for companies that need timesheets, attendance and approvals for payroll
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're staying free with a sixth person, or need reports longer than a month or in a format other than PDF
- Skip it if you want invoicing on the cheapest plan, as that starts on Standard at $5.49
- Not for you if you need scheduling, expenses, budgets or GPS tracking below Pro at $7.99 a seat
- Pricey if you only need single sign-on, which sits on Enterprise at $11.99 a seat
- Watch out: Clockify says it gives no refunds and no discount beyond 20% off for annual billing
Pick Tempo Timesheets if
- Fits if your team already lives in Jira and wants time logged there
- Works for admins who need team approvals and reports on Jira work
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you don't use Jira, as it runs only inside it
- Watch out: the licence must match your Jira user count, not the number who log time
- Watch out: project approvals and revenue reports are separate Tempo products
- Tight if you use Data Center, which has no calendar, IDE or AI suggestions
- Pricey if your team passes 10 users, as the flat $10 becomes about $5.99 a user
How we grade them
| 3.2GPAClockifyVery good | 2.4GPATempo TimesheetsFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BBasic is $3.99 a seat a month billed annually, $4.99 monthly, which puts it in the cheaper quarter for time trackers rather than out on its own. Pro, with scheduling, expenses and GPS, is $7.99. Don't hold out for a deal: Clockify says 20% off for annual billing is the only one. | A$10 a month for up to 10 users, which is $2 a head for five, under 60% of the cheaper quarter of time tracking at $2.70. It also needs a Jira licence. |
| Free plan and trial | BFree for up to 5 users with no cap on tracked time, and the timer, timesheet, calendar, auto tracker and Pomodoro timer are all in it. A single user can stay on it. The catch is reports: a 1-month range, and PDF export only. | DA free trial is offered, but the page states neither its length nor whether a card is needed, and there is no free plan. |
| Features | BA timer, a weekly timesheet, a calendar and an auto tracker that logs the apps and sites you were in, then a kiosk, invoicing, time off, approvals, scheduling, expenses and GPS as you climb the plans. Nothing in the job is missing, and nothing here is unusual either. | CLogging, team approvals, reports and workload schemes, but project approvals and planned-versus-actual views need other Tempo products. |
| Ease of use | B4.6 from about 4,400 App Store ratings. Start a timer, or type your hours into a timesheet. There's not much more to it than that. | CNo store rating on record. An app to install and configure inside Jira, with accounts and work attributes to set up. |
| Platforms and integrations | AWeb, Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, Android and a browser extension. It hooks into Jira, Asana, Trello, QuickBooks, Xero and Zapier, and there's a public API. | BWeb inside Jira Cloud or Data Center, with an API and 8 integrations on record; no desktop or phone apps. |
| Best for | free time tracking for a small team | time logging inside Jira |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Clockify and Tempo Timesheets. How we grade
Price against what you get
Clockify starts at $3.99 a month for each person and scores 3.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Tempo Timesheets starts at $10 a month and scores 2.3.
Clockify scores higher and starts $6.01 a month lower. Of the other time tracking apps on the chart, none scores higher than Clockify for less, and 30 score higher than Tempo Timesheets for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Clockify also covers Pomodoro timer and invoicing.
- Tempo Timesheets also covers calendar.
At a glance
| Clockify | Tempo Timesheets | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $3.99 per seat / month, billed annually | $10 per month for up to 10 users, billed monthly ($100 billed yearly) |
| Free plan | Free for up to 5 users: unlimited tracking, timer, timesheet, calendar, auto tracker, Pomodoro timer and the apps. Reports cover a range of up to 1 month and export as PDF only. | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial of all PRO features, no credit card required | Free trial offered; length not stated on the page |
| Web | ||
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| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | CAKE.com Inc. | Tempo |
| Price read from | clockify.me | tempo.io |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Clockify
- The free plan stops at 5 users, limits reports to a 1-month range and exports as PDF only.
- Invoicing, time off and approvals need Standard; scheduling, expenses, budgets and GPS tracking need Pro.
- Single sign-on, SCIM and the audit log are limited to Enterprise at $11.99 per seat / month.
- Clockify states it offers no discounts beyond 20% off for annual billing, and no refunds.
Tempo Timesheets
- It runs only inside Jira, and the license must match your Jira user count, not the number of people who log time.
- Project-level approvals, revenue reports and planned-versus-actual views need other Tempo products.
- The calendar, IDE and AI suggestion features are not available on Data Center.
- Prices are for Jira Cloud and Data Center licenses bought through Atlassian Marketplace.
Key features
Clockify
- Timer, timesheet and calendar
- Start and stop a timer, enter hours by hand, fill in a weekly timesheet or block out time on a calendar that shows Outlook and Google Calendar events.
- Auto tracker
- Records the time you spend in apps, websites and documents on a timeline that only you can see, and lets you turn those records into time entries.
- Reports and rates
- Summary, detailed and weekly reports break down tracked time. Billable rates start on Basic, and labor cost and profit reports need Pro.
- Kiosk
- From Basic, staff can clock in with a PIN on a shared device. QR code sign-in is on Standard and photo capture on Pro. Kiosk-only seats start at $0.79 a month, billed annually.
- Invoicing, time off and approvals
- Standard adds invoices built from tracked time and expenses, time-off policies and balances, and manager approval and locking of timesheets.
- Scheduling and location
- Pro adds a scheduling timeline for assignments and capacity, project forecasting, expense recording and optional GPS tracking of visited job sites.
Tempo Timesheets
- Logging from where work happens
- Log time from Jira issues, a calendar view, a timesheet view or a list view, with Cloud suggestions from calendars, IDEs and connected work systems.
- Team-level approvals
- Organize people into Tempo teams whose leads approve timesheets; once a period is approved, no more time can be logged or changed.
- Accounts and work attributes
- Group worklogs by customer or cost center, mark them billable or non-billable, and add custom fields such as overtime or travel.
- Reports and exports
- Logged-time reports by team, project, account or user, with export to CSV or XLS, PDF summaries and a Tempo API with webhooks.
- Holiday and workload schemes
- Define holidays and working-week lengths per country or office so expected hours are right for each team.
- Financial and capacity add-ons
- Project-level approvals and revenue reports need Financial Manager, and planned-versus-actual views need Capacity Planner, both sold separately.
Plans
Clockify
Free$0
Up to 5 users. Unlimited tracking, timer, timesheet, calendar, auto tracker, Pomodoro timer, team activity and reports.
Basic$3.99
per seat / month, billed annually ($4.99 billed monthly)
Adds billable rates, adding time for others, required fields, bulk edit, kiosk, time audit, project templates and customized exports.
Standard$5.49
per seat / month, billed annually ($6.99 billed monthly)
Adds time off, invoicing, timesheet approval and locking, attendance and overtime, the manager role, rounding and the QuickBooks integration.
Pro$7.99
per seat / month, billed annually ($9.99 billed monthly)
Adds scheduling, forecasting, expenses, labor cost and profit, budgets, custom fields, GPS tracking, activity monitoring and a choice of data region.
Enterprise$11.99
per seat / month, billed annually ($14.99 billed monthly)
Adds single sign-on, SCIM provisioning, a custom subdomain, account control and an audit log.
CAKE.com Bundle$12.99
per seat / month, billed annually ($15.99 billed monthly)
Enterprise Clockify together with the Pumble team chat and Plaky project management tools. Excludes Clockify data regions.
Tempo Timesheets
Cloud, 1 to 10 users$10
per month for up to 10 users, billed monthly ($100 billed yearly)
Flat fee for the whole Jira site. Yearly billing is listed at $100 for 1 to 10 users.
Cloud, 11 to 100 users$5.99
per user / month, billed monthly, for 11 to 100 users
Price falls with size, to $4.21 at 101 to 250 users. Yearly: $898.50 for 11 to 15 users, $5,990 for 51 to 100.
Data Center$2,622
per year for up to 50 users
Self-managed Jira. $5,245.15 a year for 51 to 100 users; calendar, IDE and AI suggestions are Cloud only.
Ways to pay less
Clockify
- Annual discount
20% off with annual billing
Clockify's pricing page states 20% off all plans when a seat is prepaid for the year: Basic is $3.99 per seat a month annually against $4.99 monthly.
Tempo Timesheets
- Annual discount
Yearly billing option
The pricing page offers a yearly billing toggle: $100 a year for 1 to 10 users on Cloud, against $10 a month on monthly billing.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Clockify or Tempo Timesheets?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Clockify starts at $3.99 per seat / month, billed annually, and Tempo Timesheets starts at $10 per month for up to 10 users, billed monthly ($100 billed yearly). One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, Clockify or Tempo Timesheets?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Clockify has a free plan. Tempo Timesheets does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Clockify and Tempo Timesheets run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Clockify lists macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android apps and a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.