Harvest
Time tracking with built-in invoicing and expenses, long popular with agencies and consultancies.
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About Harvest
Harvest combines time tracking with the steps that follow it: turning billable hours and expenses into invoices, taking online payment, and reporting on project budgets and team capacity. People track time with a timer or timesheet in the web app, desktop and mobile apps, or browser extensions and integrations that add a timer to tools like Asana, Jira, Trello and GitHub. Managers see budget burn, uninvoiced hours and how busy each person is, and the separate Harvest Forecast product handles scheduling. There is a free plan for a single person with two projects; Teams and Business plans are priced per seat with a 30-day free trial and add unlimited seats, team reporting and approval workflows. Apps run on the web, Mac, Windows, iOS and Android. It is less suited to companies that want automatic activity capture or attendance and shift features, and the per-seat price is higher than budget trackers.
Best for: Agencies and consultants who bill clients for hours and want invoices from the same tool.
Pros and cons
What works
- Time, expenses and invoicing in one place
- Budget and capacity reports for project managers
- Large set of integrations with timer buttons
Why people leave
- Free plan covers only one seat and two projects
- No automatic activity tracking
- Higher per-seat price than budget trackers
Top Harvest alternatives
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Toggl Track66.5A simpler timer with a more generous free plan, if you invoice from elsewhere.
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Tick62.6Budget-focused time tracking for agencies, with tight Basecamp integration.
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Everhour59.6Timers inside your project tool plus budgets and invoicing.
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My Hours57.2Project time tracking with billable rates and invoices at a lower price.
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Kimai55.3Open-source alternative with invoicing that you can self-host for free.
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Harvest: common questions
Is Harvest free?
Harvest has a free plan and paid plans. Free plan: Yes, 1 seat and 2 projects (checked on Harvest's own site).
Is Harvest open source?
No, Harvest is not open source. Open-source alternatives include Kimai and solidtime.
What platforms does Harvest run on?
Harvest is available for Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android and Browser extension.
What are the best alternatives to Harvest?
The highest-ranked Harvest alternatives right now are Toggl Track, Tick and Everhour. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.