Clockify

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.

Free covers up to five users with unlimited tracking. Basic is US$3.99 a seat a month billed annually or US$4.99 monthly and adds entering time for others, required fields, bulk editing, kiosk mode, exports and billable rates. Standard is US$5.49, Pro is US$7.99 and Enterprise is US$11.99, each with a monthly figure printed beside it. A bundle across the vendor's other products is quoted at US$27.97 a seat.

A small team that wants everybody tracking time without paying for it, since five users free with unlimited tracking is the most generous offer in this category. The cheap paid tier suits somebody who only needs to enter time on a colleague's behalf. Anybody who wants time to flow into invoices and profitability reporting should check which tier holds that feature, because they are spread across four.