Zistemo review (2026): is it worth $15 a month?
Project time tracking, attendance and invoicing in one app
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Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for time tracking and invoicing for a small team
Zistemo puts project time, attendance, absence and invoicing in one Swiss-hosted app. But plans are fixed blocks of 1, 5 or 15 users, timesheet approval and the employee planner sit on the $75 Enterprise plan, and there is no free plan. If you are one person, $15 a month is a lot for what you get.
Who Zistemo is for
- Fits if you are a small agency that tracks hours and sends the invoice from the same place
- Makes sense if your client data has to stay in Switzerland
Who Zistemo is not for
- Skip it if you work alone and want to pay little, since 1 user is $15 a month
- Tight if you will need more than 5 or 15 users, because extra users on Enterprise cost $5 each
- Not for you if you need timesheet approval without paying $75 a month for Enterprise
- Watch out: cancel and the account's data is deleted, so export first, and payment is PayPal or Visa or MasterCard only
Why Zistemo gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money$15 a month for 1 user ($158 a year), or $45 for 5 users, which is $9 a head. That's in the dearer part of what time trackers charge, and a solo user pays the full $15.
- CFree plan and trial14-day trial, no card needed, and nothing after that. There's no free plan.
- CFeaturesTime, attendance, absences, tasks and invoices in one place. Gap: timesheet approval and the employee planner are Enterprise only.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. It's a web app where you set up clients, projects and leave rules before it's useful.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb plus iOS and Android, with QuickBooks, Asana, Jira, HubSpot and Slack. No desktop app.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Zistemo's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Zistemo's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 23 of the 98 other time tracking apps we grade, and level with 17.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 26 of 98) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $15 a month, against a middle price of $6.99 for the category: 69 of the 80 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 38 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 99 time tracking apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Zistemo’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 16 of 98, level with 51
- CFree plan and trialAbove 15 of 98, level with 58
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 98, level with 64
- CEase of useAbove 3 of 98, level with 75
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 26 of 98, level with 45
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 87 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 Zistemo, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of Zistemo you could make: time tracking, time off, invoicing, expense tracking, tasks and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 58 of the 98 other time tracking apps grade higher. It costs $180 a year.
What you could make
- Time tracking, time off, invoicing, expense tracking, tasks and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It plugs into other products, QuickBooks, Asana and Jira among them.
What this rests on. Zistemo’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 Zistemo?
Zistemo is a Swiss-hosted business app that combines project time tracking, attendance and absence management, task management and invoicing. Its plans are flat monthly fees that include a set number of users rather than a per-user rate. Prices can be shown in euros, US dollars, Swiss francs or pounds.
Worth knowing
- Plans include a fixed number of users: 1, 5 and 15. Additional users on Enterprise cost $5 a month each.
- Timesheet approval and the employee planner are listed only on the Enterprise plan.
- Cancelling an account permanently deletes its data, so export first.
- Payment is by PayPal or Visa or MasterCard cards, as stated on the pricing page.
Key features
- Project time tracking
- Time tracker on the mobile app, plus monthly or weekly timesheets on the web app, with reminders and planned-versus-actual comparisons.
- Attendance time
- Clock-ins, breaks and overtime with automatic flextime balances, escalation rules and detailed time reports.
- Absence management
- Several leave types, bank holidays handled automatically, time-off requests and a department calendar.
- Invoices and estimates
- An invoice wizard turns tracked time into invoices, and web-based offers cover estimates. Clients can pay by PayPal or credit card.
- Tasks and planning
- Tasks with tags, attachments, checklists and dependencies, plus an employee planner and skill-based resource planning on Enterprise.
- Swiss data hosting
- The vendor says data is stored in a Swiss data center with automatic backups; trial data is kept 60 days after the trial ends.
Zistemo pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Zistemo is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $15 per month for 1 user, billed monthly ($158 per year).
- Starts at
- $15 per month for 1 user, billed monthly ($158 per year)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial, no credit card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $15per month for 1 user, billed monthly ($158 billed yearly) | Unlimited invoices, estimates, clients, projects and expenses, time tracking by project, late payment reminders and 1 GB storage. |
| Pro | $45per month for up to 5 users, billed monthly ($475 billed yearly) | Starter extended to 5 users, with team timesheets, a live tracker, reminders, billable team rates and access levels. 2 GB storage. |
| Enterprise | $75per month for up to 15 users, billed monthly ($790 billed yearly) | Pro plus timesheet approval, team performance overview, an employee planner, skill-based resource planning and an own SQL database copy. |
Read from zistemo.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Zistemo before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountYearly billing costs less than 12 months
The pricing page has a Yearly toggle: for example $158 a year for Starter against $15 a month, and $475 against $45 for Pro.
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Common questions
Does Zistemo have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Zistemo is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Zistemo have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Zistemo is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Zistemo open source?
Zistemo is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.