Clockify vs Harvest Comparison 2026
Clockify tracks time for up to five users free with no cap on the tracking itself, then $3.99 a seat a month billed annually at Basic for the administrative features: entering time for others, bulk edits, billable rates. Harvest's free plan covers one person and two projects, then $9 a seat a month at Teams, and its whole reason for existing is turning tracked hours straight into an invoice with the rates already applied. Clockify is the cheaper way to track time across a small team; Harvest is the one that also bills for it.
At a glance
- Clockify starts cheaper, at $3.99.
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
Clockify | Harvest | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $3.99 | From $9 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | 30 days |
| API | Yes |
Clockify
Time tracking free for up to five people
Clockify tracks time across projects and clients and leaves the tracking itself uncapped on the free plan, which covers up to five users. Paying adds the administrative parts a business needs rather than more tracking: entering time for other people, required fields, bulk edits and billable rates. Reports export in the shapes an accountant asks for. Each paid capability sits on a specific tier, so it is worth checking which one holds the feature that prompted the upgrade before choosing.
Our note
Ignore the tier the page leads with and check Basic first, because it is $1.50 a seat cheaper and carries most of what people upgrade for. Compare with Toggl Track on the free plan rather than the paid ones, since that is where the two differ most and where most teams will stay.
Harvest
Time tracking that turns into an invoice
Harvest counts hours against a project and then bills them, which removes the worst half hour of any freelance month: reading a timesheet back and typing it into an invoice. Expenses and receipts attach to the same project. The free plan covers one person and two projects, and for a solo creator that is often where it stops.
Why people weigh these two
- Harvest instead of Clockify
- Harvest tracks time and then turns it into an invoice, one of the jobs Clockify spreads across its paid tiers; free tier, paid from $9.
- Clockify instead of Harvest
- Clockify keeps time tracking free for up to five people and starts paid plans at $3.99, undercutting Harvest for anyone who mostly needs the hours counted.
Which one should you pick
Buy Clockify if the team is bigger than one person and tracking time is the whole job, since five users free with unlimited tracking is the most generous offer in the category. Basic at $3.99 a seat a month adds the administrative gaps, like entering time for a colleague, without touching invoicing at all.
Buy Harvest if the hours you track need to become a bill, since it turns approved time straight into an invoice with a pay button attached. The free plan is one person and two projects, tight but real, and $9 a seat a month at Teams is where invoicing enters the picture. Anybody billing a flat project fee rather than by the hour gets much less out of either tool.
Common questions
- Does Clockify turn tracked hours into an invoice, like Harvest?
- No, Clockify tracks time and adds administrative features like billable rates and exports, but invoicing is not part of it. Harvest is built specifically to turn approved hours into an invoice with the rates already applied.
- Which one is cheaper for a small team?
- Clockify: free for up to five users with unlimited tracking, then $3.99 a seat a month at Basic. Harvest's free plan covers only one person and two projects, and its paid tier starts higher at $9 a seat.
- Does Harvest's free plan work for a team?
- Not really, it is capped at one seat and two projects, which is usually where a solo freelancer stops rather than where a team starts. Clockify's free plan covers five users with tracking left uncapped.
- Can Harvest collect payment directly from an invoice?
- Yes, Stripe and PayPal are wired in, so an invoice a client opens has a pay button on it already. Clockify's listing does not describe an equivalent payment collection feature.
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