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

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

Pick mite if

• Fits if you track hours by customer and project and invoice somewhere else
• Works for small teams that want one price with nothing locked

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a free plan, because there isn't one
• Not for you if you want invoices inside the tool, as it hands time to other apps
• Too light for Windows users who want an official desktop app, since that client is third-party
• Watch out: prices are in euros and include VAT where it applies

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.

mite

• Prices are in euros per user; the €5 includes VAT where it applies, and EU businesses with a VAT ID pay the net amount.
• There is no free plan, and data is deleted after a trial that is not paid for or after cancelling.
• It is a hosted web application only; the vendor says there is no self-hosted version.
• The official apps cover iOS, Android and macOS; the Windows client is third-party.

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.

mite

Manual entry and server-side timer

Add entries by choosing a project and service, or start a timer that keeps running after the browser tab is closed.

Customers, projects and services

Time is structured by customer, project and service. Any of them can be archived instead of deleted.

Reports and exports

Dashboards for the person, team and project, filters by time frame, customer, user or billable status, and export to XLS, CSV or XML.

User roles

Four roles: account owner, administrator, co-worker and time tracker, who can track only on projects an admin grants.

Apps

Official iOS and Android apps and the mite.nano menu-bar app for macOS are included in the user fee.

Open API and connections

An open API for every user, with invoicing apps such as Billomat and sevDesk importing tracked time.

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.

mite

• mite€5

  per user / month, including VAT if required

  One plan with every feature, billed monthly per active user; no minimum term. Businesses outside the EU pay €4.20 per user.

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.

mite

No public discounts listed.