Tick vs Toggl

Tick

• Agencies tracking hours against fixed time budgets
• Growing teams that want pricing by project count, not headcount
• Teams that manage their projects in Basecamp

Toggl

• Agencies and consultancies that bill clients by the hour
• Teams that want time tracking and capacity planning in one tool
• Freelancers and teams of up to 3 who can stay on the free plan
• Employers who want time data without screenshots or keystroke logging

Tick

• Tick's pricing page is behind a bot check and was not read; prices here come from its comparison pages, which give no plan names or exact project limits.
• Tick tracks time budgets only: the help center says it does not track expenses or work with dollar amounts.
• There is no built-in invoicing; time and billable rates are pushed to QuickBooks Online to create invoices there.
• A Mac menu bar app is listed, but no Windows or Linux desktop app.

Toggl

• The free plan stops at 3 users, and billable rates and team-level reports start on Starter.
• Timesheet approvals, profitability reports, the Jira and Asana integrations and SSO need Premium.
• Monthly billing costs more: $12 instead of $9 per user on Starter and $24 instead of $16 on Premium.
• Desktop apps are listed for Windows and macOS; none is listed for Linux.

Tick

Timecard

Entering time takes three steps: pick a project, organized by client, pick a task, and enter the hours. Notes can be added to each entry.

Running timers

Start one timer or switch between several as you move between tasks, then save the time from the timer. Timers run on phone, watch, desktop and browser.

Budget feedback on every entry

Projects and individual tasks each carry a time budget. After an entry is saved, Tick shows how many hours remain in both, without running a report.

Recurring projects

A monthly project such as a retainer can be set to recur: it closes at the end of the month and a new one opens. The help center marks this as available on select plans.

Reports and exports

Reports show hours by client or by person for a week, month or custom period, expand to individual entries, and export as CSV or to QuickBooks.

Basecamp integration

Imports projects from a Basecamp account, creates tasks from Basecamp to-dos automatically, and lets people track time inside Basecamp 2 or 3.

Toggl

Timers and manual entries

Start a timer, log hours afterwards or fill in a week at a time. Idle detection prompts you when the timer is running but the device has gone quiet.

Automated tracking

Toggl can record which apps and sites you used and lay them out on a private timeline. You decide which of them become time entries.

Focus mode and Pomodoro

Timed work sprints with a Pomodoro timer, plus reminders when logged time is under or over a threshold you set.

Billing and profitability

Billable rates by workspace, member or project start on Starter. Premium adds labor costs, fixed fee projects and reports on revenue, cost and margin.

Capacity and project planning

Tasks sit on boards, lists, timelines and calendars with estimates against tracked time. Utilization and workload reports account for time off and working hours.

Toggl AI

Ask in plain language about hours logged or projects over estimate, or have it log time and create tasks. An MCP server and CLI connect Toggl to Claude, Cursor or Codex.

Tick

• Free plan$0

  Tracking time toward a single open project, with unlimited people.

• 10 open projects$19

  per month, unlimited users

  The price Tick's comparison pages quote for a team running 10 projects, whether it has 10 people or 30.

• 30 open projects$49

  per month, unlimited users

  The price Tick's comparison pages quote for a team running 30 projects.

• 50 open projects$79

  per month, unlimited users

  The price Tick's comparison pages quote for a team of 50 people running 50 projects.

• 100 open projects$149

  per month, unlimited users

  The price Tick's comparison pages quote for a team of 100 people running 100 projects.

Toggl

• Free$0

  Up to 3 users. Timers, focus mode, calendar integrations, tasks and boards with estimates, and personal-level insights.

• Starter$9

  per user / month, billed annually ($12 billed monthly)

  Billable rates, team-level productivity and revenue reports, timeline views, milestones, and capacity basics such as PTO and public holidays.

• Premium$16

  per user / month, billed annually ($24 billed monthly)

  Labor cost and profitability reports, fixed fee projects, project dashboards, timesheet approvals, Jira and Asana integrations, and SSO.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Everything in Premium plus personalized onboarding, a dedicated customer success manager, custom roles and custom solutions.

Tick

No public discounts listed.

Toggl

• Annual discount

  Up to 33.3% off with annual billing

  The pricing page labels annual billing "Save 33.3%" and "4 months free". Premium is $16 per user a month annually against $24 monthly; Starter is $9 against $12, a 25% saving.