BigTime review (2026): is it worth $20 a month per user?
Professional services platform with time, billing and projects
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BigTime report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for professional services firms that bill by the hour
BigTime covers time and expense, billing, project portfolios and resource management for services firms. Only Essentials at $20 a user has a price, which is well above the category, and Advanced, Premier and Enterprise need a demo. Some modules cost extra.
Who BigTime is for
- Fits if you run a services firm that tracks time, expenses and invoices together
- Makes sense if you already use QuickBooks or Salesforce
Who BigTime is not for
- Pricey if you are a freelancer: $20 a user is nearly three times the category middle
- Skip it if you want to try first, as no free plan or trial is listed
- Watch out: only Essentials has a price, and the others come after a demo
- Watch out: Quotes, Resource Management and the Data Hub are extra modules
Why BigTime gets a 1.8
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- DValue for moneyEssentials is $20 a user a month with the billing basis not stated, against a time-tracking dearest tenth from $12.
- FFree plan and trialNo free plan or trial is listed on the page.
- BFeaturesTime, expenses, billing, projects, resource management and quotes cover the services job, though Quotes and Resource Management are extra modules.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. A services platform means setting up projects, rates and billing first.
- BPlatforms and integrationsA web service with QuickBooks, HubSpot, Salesforce, Jira and Sage Intacct.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from BigTime's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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BigTime's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 2 of the 69 other time tracking apps we grade, and level with 1.
It stands best on features (B, above 42 of 69) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $20 a month for each person, against a middle price of $6.70 for the category: 57 of the 58 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 16 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 70 time tracking apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. BigTime’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 69, level with 13
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 69, level with 3
- BFeaturesAbove 42 of 69, level with 27
- CEase of useAbove 2 of 69, level with 47
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 18 of 69, level with 28
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 64 time tracking apps. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep BigTime, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of BigTime you could make: time tracking, expense tracking, invoicing, reports and quotes and estimates. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 66 of the 69 other time tracking apps grade higher. It costs $240 a year.
What you could make
- Time tracking, expense tracking, invoicing, reports and quotes and estimates: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- It plugs into other products, QuickBooks, HubSpot and Salesforce among them.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. BigTime’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is BigTime?
BigTime is a professional services platform for firms that bill by the hour. Every plan covers time and expense tracking, project portfolio management, invoicing and reconciliation; higher plans add custom reports, multi-currency invoicing, budgeting and multi-level approvals. Quotes, resource management and a data hub are sold as separate modules. Only the entry price is published.
Worth knowing
- Only Essentials has a published price; Advanced, Premier and Enterprise are quoted after a demo request.
- The pricing page does not say whether $20 assumes annual or monthly billing, and shows no free plan or trial.
- Quotes, Resource Management and the Data Hub are extra modules, and some AI agents are marked coming soon.
Key features
- Time and expense management
- Staff log time and expenses on the web or in a mobile app, with approvals and rate management for billable work.
- Billing and invoicing
- Invoices come from tracked time and expenses, with automatic reconciliation; higher plans add custom invoice templates and multi-currency invoicing.
- Project portfolio management
- Track projects across the firm; Premier adds project budgeting and custom cost and rate management.
- Resource Management module
- A separate module for demand and capacity planning, a staff availability heat map, skills records, time-off requests and utilization reports.
- Quotes module
- A separate module that builds quotes and statements of work and converts approved quotes into live projects.
BigTime pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, BigTime is a paid product, starting at $20 per user / month, billing basis not stated.
- Starts at
- $20 per user / month, billing basis not stated
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Essentials | $20per user / month, billing basis not stated | Time and expense, project portfolio management, billing and invoicing, automatic reconciliation, QuickBooks integration, AI Assistant. |
| Advanced | Custom | Essentials plus multi-currency expenses, custom reporting center, project templates and custom invoice templates. Request a demo for pricing. |
| Premier | Custom | Advanced plus multi-currency invoicing, custom cost and rate management, project budgeting and multi-level approvals. Request a demo. |
| Enterprise | Custom | For organizations with established systems: Enterprise PSA, Services CPQ and resource management. Speak with an expert. |
Read from bigtime.net on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with BigTime before you buy.
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Common questions
Does BigTime have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. BigTime is listed for Web.
Does BigTime have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. BigTime is listed for Web.
Is BigTime open source?
BigTime is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Sources for this page
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