Harvest

The Professional Services Standard

Harvest launched in 2006 in New York. Nearly two decades of focus on one thing: helping professional services teams track time and bill clients. Over 70,000 companies trust it. No pivot to employee monitoring. No feature bloat. Just tracking, invoicing, and reporting done right.

Time Tracking That Doesn't Fight You

The timer is simple. Start it, pick a project and task, add a note. Stop it. The weekly timesheet view lets you fill in hours retroactively — most Harvest users prefer this over real-time timers. Browser extensions and integrations with Asana, Basecamp, Trello, and Slack mean you don't need to leave your workflow. Reminders nudge forgetful team members before the week closes.

Invoicing Built Right In

This is where Harvest separates itself from Toggl and Clockify. Convert tracked hours into invoices with a few clicks. Set different bill rates per person, per project, per task. Clients get professional invoices with detailed hour breakdowns. Stripe and PayPal integration lets clients pay directly. Automatic payment reminders chase overdue invoices so you don't have to.

Forecast: The Resource Planning Add-On

Harvest Forecast ($5/person/month extra) adds visual resource scheduling. See who's available, who's overbooked, and where projects are heading. It's not a full project management tool, but for staffing decisions it's excellent. Agencies planning sprints or allocating consultants find it invaluable.

The Pricing Conversation

Harvest dropped their multi-tier pricing. Now it's just Free (1 seat, 2 projects) or Pro ($10.80/seat/month, everything). That simplicity is refreshing, but means a team of 20 pays $216/month. Toggl's free plan covers 5 users, and Clockify is free for unlimited users. Harvest bets that built-in invoicing justifies the premium. For firms billing $100-300/hour, it absolutely does.