Harvest vs TrackingTime

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

TrackingTime

• Agencies and consultancies that bill clients for hours
• Large teams that need a free timer with no seat limit
• Teams that want tasks and time tracking in one workspace

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.

TrackingTime

• The Free plan cannot mark hours billable, export CSV or Excel, or use dashboards, saved reports or AutoTrack.
• Rates, invoicing, expenses, approvals, time off and the Google Calendar and Outlook integrations start on Pro.
• SSO, audit logs and free external client logins are limited to the Business plan.
• The apps page lists Mac and Windows desktop apps but no Linux 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.

TrackingTime

Timers inside other apps

Time is tracked with a live timer or entered by hand on web, desktop and mobile. Browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge add a timer to tools such as Asana and Jira.

AutoTrack

From the Starter plan, AutoTrack detects activity and suggests time logs. The raw data stays with the team member, who decides what is submitted.

Tasks and projects

Every plan includes tasks, subtasks, to-dos, estimates, deadlines and comments. Board, timeline and notes project views and file attachments start on Starter.

Client and shared reports

Starter adds company and project dashboards, saved and shared reports and client access to reports, with CSV and Excel export. The Free plan exports PDF only.

Rates, retainers and invoicing

Pro adds hourly and fixed project rates, task rates, historical user costs, expense tracking, project retainers with burn alerts, and invoicing.

Approvals, time cards and time off

Pro adds timesheet approval, block days, time cards, holidays and time off requests. Time off policies with accrual and carry forward need Business.

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.

TrackingTime

• Free$0

  Unlimited users, tasks and projects, with timers, task management, the browser extension's 50+ app integrations and PDF export.

• Starter$4.50

  per user / month, billed annually ($6 billed monthly)

  Adds billable hours, client and shared reports, CSV and Excel export, dashboards, AutoTrack, work schedules and board and timeline views.

• Pro$6.50

  per user / month, billed annually ($8.50 billed monthly)

  Adds billing rates, invoicing, expenses, retainers, timesheet approvals, time cards, time off, custom fields and calendar integrations.

• Business$10

  per user / month, billed annually ($13.50 billed monthly)

  Adds time off policies with accrual, unlimited external viewers and collaborators, SSO with Azure AD and Google, audit logs and a 99.9% SLA.

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.

TrackingTime

• Annual discount

  Save up to 25% with annual billing

  The pricing page labels annual billing "Save up to 25%": Starter is $4.50 per user a month against $6 monthly, Pro $6.50 against $8.50 and Business $10 against $13.50.

• Nonprofit

  Academic and nonprofit pricing on request

  The pricing FAQ says TrackingTime offers special pricing to nonprofit and educational organizations that get in touch. No rate is published.