Harvest vs solidtime

Harvest

• Agencies and consultancies that bill clients for tracked hours
• Solo freelancers with up to 2 active projects, on the free plan
• Teams that sync invoices and payments to QuickBooks Online or Xero

solidtime

• Freelancers who want a free tracker for one user
• Teams that prefer open-source software hosted in the EU
• Companies that want to self-host under an annual license

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.

solidtime

• Prices are in euros and exclude VAT.
• The free Solo plan is limited to 1 user and has no billable rates, invoicing, estimates, PDF reports or shareable reports.
• The free self-hosted edition leaves out invoicing; that needs a Business license from €49 a year.
• The site lists a web app, desktop apps and a browser extension, but no iOS or Android app.

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.

solidtime

Timer, calendar and timesheet

Track with a live timer, drag entries on a calendar, or fill a weekly grid with one row per project and task. Breaks are tracked apart from work time.

Desktop activity tracking

The macOS, Windows and Linux apps record which app and document is in focus and detect idle time. That activity stays on the device until it becomes a time entry.

Reporting and exports

Reports filter by member, project, client, task, tag or billable state and export as CSV, Excel or ODS. PDF reports and read-only report links need Professional.

Invoicing

Billable entries become invoices with tax rates, discounts, EU reverse charge, PDF output and structured e-invoices. Invoicing is part of Professional and the Business license.

Projects, roles and access

Projects carry a rate and a budget, and five built-in roles control who sees what. Team support and access management are Professional features.

Imports and API

Data can be imported from Toggl, Clockify, Harvest, another solidtime instance or generic CSV files, and an API gives other tools access.

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.

solidtime

• Solo (cloud)Free

  1 user. Time entries, clients, projects, tags and tasks, calendar and timesheet views, breaks, desktop activity tracking and reporting.

• Professional (cloud)€8

  per user / month, billed annually (€9 billed monthly), excl. VAT

  Adds team support, access management, billable hours and rates, invoicing, estimates, rounding, PDF and shareable reports and priority support.

• Open Source (on-premise)€0

  Self-hosted deployment with all core features. Invoicing and the private Docker registry are not included.

• Business (on-premise)From €49

  per year, excl. VAT, for one organization

  Self-hosted license with invoicing. €49 a year for 1 user, €199 for 5, €699 for 20 and €1,499 for 50; 100 users on request.

• Enterprise (on-premise)Custom

  For larger companies: everything in Business, plus priority support and custom terms.

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.

solidtime

• Annual discount

  Save 11% with annual billing

  The pricing page labels annual billing "save 11%": cloud Professional is €8 per user a month billed annually against €9 billed monthly.