Consulting · head to head
Harvest vs Hubstaff
Harvest
Consulting
Time tracking software for teams that care about where their time goes
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
Hubstaff
Productivity
Time tracking and team management for remote teams
- From
- $5.99/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Harvest has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Harvest the free plan is one seat and two projects, so it suits a solo freelancer and nothing larger; Hubstaff billed per seat; the pricing page's own proration example states the Team plan costs $10 per seat per month, with fees adjusted when seats are added or removed mid-cycle
- They diverge on capability: Harvest covers Time tracking, Hubstaff covers Time tracking with timer.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Harvest and Hubstaff actually diverge.
Identical on both: 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 Harvest
- Time tracking
- Expense tracking
- Project budgets
- Team capacity
- Detailed reports
- Browser extension
- Asana
- Trello
Only in Hubstaff
- Time tracking with timer
- Activity monitoring
- GPS location tracking
- Screenshots
- Reports and analytics
- Team management
Both cover
- Invoicing
- Mobile apps
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Harvest
- Time tracking against projects and clientsnot Hubstaff
- Turning tracked time into invoicesnot Hubstaff
- Expense capture alongside billable hoursnot Hubstaff
- Team capacity and utilisation reporting on the paid plansnot Hubstaff
- Feeding billed time into QuickBooks or Xeronot Hubstaff
Hubstaff
- Productivitynot Harvest
- Collaborationnot Harvest
- Task managementnot Harvest
- Organizationnot Harvest
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
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
Hubstaff
- Billed per seat; the pricing page's own proration example states the Team plan costs $10 per seat per month, with fees adjusted when seats are added or removed mid-cycle
Pricing, plan by plan
Harvest
FreeNo published plan breakdown. See the Harvest review.
Hubstaff
$5.99/month- FreeFree
- Basic time tracking
- Limited to 1 user
- Basic reports
- Starter$5.99/month
- Time tracking
- Team management
- Reports
- Pro$9.99/month
- Everything in Starter
- GPS tracking
- Activity monitoring
Which should you pick?
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.
Choose Hubstaff if
- You need time tracking with timer.
- You work on Web, IOS, Android, MacOS, Windows.
- You also want activity monitoring.
Questions people ask
- Is Harvest or Hubstaff better?
- Neither clearly leads. Harvest starts at Free and Hubstaff at $5.99/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Harvest or Hubstaff?
- Harvest has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Harvest and $5.99/month for Hubstaff.
- Does Harvest or Hubstaff run on more platforms?
- Harvest runs on Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android. Hubstaff runs on Web, IOS, Android, MacOS, Windows.
- Can I use Harvest for free?
- Yes. Harvest has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Hubstaff starts at $5.99/month.
- What is Harvest best used for?
- Harvest is most often used for time tracking against projects and clients, turning tracked time into invoices, expense capture alongside billable hours, team capacity and utilisation reporting on the paid plans. Of those, time tracking against projects and clients and turning tracked time into invoices are not what Hubstaff is typically brought in for.
- What can Harvest do that Hubstaff cannot?
- Harvest covers Time tracking, Expense tracking, Project budgets, Team capacity. Hubstaff covers Time tracking with timer, Activity monitoring, GPS location tracking, Screenshots. Both handle Invoicing, Mobile apps.
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