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Clockify vs Harvest
Harvest
Consulting
Time tracking software for teams that care about where their time goes
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Clockify the free plan stops at 5 users; Harvest the free plan is one seat and two projects, so it suits a solo freelancer and nothing larger
- They diverge on capability: Clockify covers Timer & manual time entry, Harvest covers Time tracking.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Clockify and Harvest actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Clockify
- Timer & manual time entry
- Timesheets
- Calendar view
- Projects & tasks
- Reports & analytics
- Team dashboard
- Kiosk mode
- Offline mode
Only in Harvest
- Time tracking
- Expense tracking
- Invoicing
- Project budgets
- Team capacity
- Detailed reports
- Mobile apps
- Browser extension
Both cover
- Trello
- Asana
- SSL
- GDPR
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Clockify
- Employee time trackingnot Harvest
- Project time budgetsnot Harvest
- Client billingnot Harvest
- Productivity analysisnot Harvest
- Payroll calculationnot Harvest
Harvest
- Time tracking against projects and clientsnot Clockify
- Turning tracked time into invoicesnot Clockify
- Expense capture alongside billable hoursnot Clockify
- Team capacity and utilisation reporting on the paid plansnot Clockify
- Feeding billed time into QuickBooks or Xeronot Clockify
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Clockify
- The free plan stops at 5 users
- Free accounts are throttled to 30 API requests per hour and 3 webhooks
- Reporting on the free plan only covers a 1 month range
- Invoicing needs Standard at $5.49 per seat per month and GPS tracking needs Pro at $7.99
- SSO, SCIM provisioning, a custom subdomain and the audit log are Enterprise only at $11.99 per seat per month
Harvest
- The free plan is one seat and two projects, so it suits a solo freelancer and nothing larger
- Team reporting and unlimited projects require the Teams plan at $9 per seat per month
- Profitability reporting, timesheet approvals and custom reports need Enterprise at $14 per seat per month
- SAML single sign-on is Enterprise only
- QuickBooks, Xero and Stripe integrations are withheld from the free plan
Pricing, plan by plan
Clockify
Free- FreeFree
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited projects
- Time tracking
- Basic$3.99/user/month
- Bulk edit
- Billable rates
- Rounding
- Standard$5.49/user/month
- Timesheet approvals
- Invoicing
- Scheduled reports
- Pro$7.99/user/month
- Profit & loss
- GPS tracking
- Screenshots
Harvest
FreeNo published plan breakdown. See the Harvest review.
Which should you pick?
Choose Clockify if
- You need timer & manual time entry.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Windows, Macos, Linux, Ios, Android, Browser-extension.
- You also want timesheets.
Choose Harvest if
- You need time tracking.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android.
- You also want expense tracking.
Questions people ask
- Is Clockify or Harvest better?
- Neither clearly leads. Clockify starts at Free and Harvest at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Clockify or Harvest?
- Clockify starts at Free and Harvest at Free.
- Does Clockify or Harvest run on more platforms?
- Clockify runs on Web, Windows, Macos, Linux, Ios, Android, Browser-extension. Harvest runs on Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android.
- Can I use Clockify for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Clockify best used for?
- Clockify is most often used for employee time tracking, project time budgets, client billing, productivity analysis. Of those, employee time tracking and project time budgets are not what Harvest is typically brought in for.
- What can Clockify do that Harvest cannot?
- Clockify covers Timer & manual time entry, Timesheets, Calendar view, Projects & tasks. Harvest covers Time tracking, Expense tracking, Invoicing, Project budgets. Both handle Trello, Asana, SSL, GDPR.