Harvest Alternatives (2026): 11 Time and Invoicing Tools Compared
A Harvest alternative is a tool that takes tracked time to an invoice, or just tracks the time, without the part of Harvest you have stopped accepting. In 2026 that part is usually the price: Harvest Teams costs $9 a seat on annual billing, the free plan stops at one seat and two projects, and the year's reviews describe renewal increases and payment features tied to a paid plan or a Stripe account under new ownership. The alternative question is which of Harvest's three jobs you need done: the timer, the invoice, or the automatic capture it never offered.
This guide starts from the reasons people leave, with dated quotes, gives October 2026 pricing for every tool with minimums and billing cycles, and sorts the alternatives by whether they invoice, sync to QuickBooks and Xero, or track automatically. Clockify and TimeCamp replace the whole workflow for less; Toggl Track replaces the timer; Everhour moves budgets into the project tool; Timing, Memtime and Timely replace the forgotten timer with automatic capture.
The short answer
If the renewal price is the problem, Clockify Standard at $5.49 and TimeCamp Starter at $3.99 do time, invoicing and approvals for half or less of Harvest Teams at $9, and both bill month to month.
If you need the invoice, not just the hours, Clockify, TimeCamp, My Hours and Everhour all invoice from tracked time; Clockify and TimeCamp sync to QuickBooks and Xero as Harvest does.
If you want the simplest timer and nothing else, Toggl Track is the cleanest replacement for solo users and small teams, and its free plan covers three people. If you need a Mac that tracks itself, Timing and Memtime record automatically with no timer.
Three starting points by the reason you are leaving, then more by use case.
Clockify
Time, invoicing, approvals and QuickBooks sync from $5.49, free for five
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Toggl Track
The cleanest timer, projects and clients, free for three users
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Everhour
Timers and budgets inside Asana, Jira, ClickUp and monday
See the detailWhat Harvest costs and does in October 2026
Harvest
The incumbentWhat it is
Harvest is a time and expense tracker built to end in an invoice. Timers run against clients, projects and tasks with billable rates and budgets; expenses attach receipts; invoices generate from tracked time, go out by email, take payment through Stripe, and sync to QuickBooks Online and Xero. A redesign shipped in April and May 2026 with a weekly calendar view, white-label invoices, custom roles, an expense reimbursement flow, a new desktop app, UBL e-invoicing and an accounts receivable aging report. There is no screenshot, activity or app tracking of any kind.
Better than Harvest
- Time to invoice to payment to the ledger without re-keying, with a two-way QuickBooks sync
- No monitoring of any kind, which suits agencies and professional services
- Thirty-day trial and a free plan that is genuinely usable for a freelancer with two clients
Where Harvest is still better
- Free plan stops at one seat and two projects, so the second contractor moves you to $9 a seat
- Reviewers in 2026 describe steep renewal increases and payment features tied to Stripe; the sample is small and the vendor has not published a price change
- Scheduling is a second subscription (Forecast); seats cannot be removed mid-cycle
Who should switch to it
Agencies, consultancies and freelancers who bill by the hour and want the invoice and the payment inside the same tool, and who are comfortable with the current owner's pricing direction. Our time tracking software review places it among its peers.
Prices were read from getharvest.com/pricing and getharvest.com/forecast/pricing on October 28, 2026. The Harvest blog footer now reads "Bending Spoons Operations S.p.A." and reviewers refer to new ownership; we did not find an official announcement of the acquisition date or terms, so treat it as reported rather than confirmed.
Why people leave Harvest
Harvest has a small and unusually negative Trustpilot profile: 24 reviews, 96% one star, almost all from 2026 and almost all about money. The profile is unclaimed and Harvest has not invited reviews, so it over-represents the angry; the themes are still the ones to check before renewing.
Renewal price increases
The 2026 reviews describe annual bills rising several times over at renewal, in one case from about $4,700 to $29,700, and in another from $120 to $1,400. Those are single-reviewer figures we could not verify and Harvest has published no price change; the pattern of complaint is consistent enough to read your renewal notice carefully.
the price will go from $120 a year to $1,400 a yearTrustpilot, one star, July 11, 2026
Fixed by: month-to-month billing with published prices: Clockify, Toggl Track, TimeCamp, My Hours.
Charges without warning
Several reviewers say the renewal or the end of the trial was charged without a notice they recognized. Harvest's own FAQ says an unupgraded trial is deactivated, so the complaints concern paid renewals.
charged to my credit card without warningTrustpilot, one star, July 31, 2026
Fixed by: tools that email before renewal and let you cancel to a free tier: Clockify, Toggl Track, My Hours.
Payment features tied to Stripe
Reviewers report that exporting an invoice as PDF or taking payment now routes through a paid plan or a connected Stripe account, with Harvest taking an application fee on top of Stripe's processing fee.
Harvest deducted an $80 application fee on top of Stripe's $58 processing feeTrustpilot, one star, March 21, 2026
Fixed by: invoicing that exports freely and lets you choose the processor: Clockify, TimeCamp, Everhour, or invoice from your accounting software and track time elsewhere.
The free plan's two-project limit
One seat and two projects is a trial in disguise for anyone with three clients. The next step is $9 a seat, and seats cannot be removed until the cycle ends.
Fixed by: larger free tiers: Clockify (5 users), TimeCamp (unlimited users), My Hours (5 users), Toggl Track (3 users).
Scheduling is a second subscription
Harvest Forecast costs $5 per person on top, and the seat count includes everyone scheduled, not only the schedulers.
Fixed by: capacity planning inside the time tool: Everhour, Toggl Track (Capacity add-on, $5), Timely.
Nothing automatic
Harvest is a manual timer. People who forget to start it reconstruct the day from memory, and there is no record of what the computer was doing.
Fixed by: automatic capture with privacy controls: Timing and Memtime (private, local-first), Hubstaff (team-level, optional screenshots).
Comparison at a glance
| Tool | Pricing, October 2026, per user per month | Free plan | Invoicing and accounting sync | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | $9 (Teams), $14 (Enterprise), annual | 1 seat, 2 projects | Yes, Stripe payments; QuickBooks and Xero | Web, Win, Mac, iOS, Android |
| Clockify | $3.99, $5.49, $7.99, $11.99, annual | 5 users | Yes; QuickBooks and Xero | Web, Win, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, kiosk |
| Toggl Track | $9, $16, annual | 3 users | No invoicing; billable reports; QuickBooks via integration | Web, Win, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android |
| Everhour | $8.50, annual, 5-seat minimum | 5 users, no integrations | Yes; QuickBooks and Xero | Web, extension, iOS |
 TimeCamp | $3.99, $6.99, $9.99, annual | Unlimited users | Yes; QuickBooks and Xero | Web, Win, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android |
 My Hours | $4 (Basic), $8 (Pro), annual | 5 users | Yes; QuickBooks | Web, iOS, Android |
 Timely | $9, $16, $22, annual | None (14-day trial) | No invoicing; billable reports; QuickBooks | Web, Win, Mac, iOS, Android |
 Hubstaff | $4.99, $7.50, $10, annual; 2-seat minimum | None (14-day trial) | Yes; QuickBooks, Gusto, PayPal | Win, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android |
 Timing | Professional $10 monthly; Connect $168 a year; Expert quoted | None (30-day trial) | No; exports | Mac only |
 Memtime | Basic $14, Connect $21, Premium $29 annual ($18, $26, $35 quarterly) | None (14-day trial) | No; syncs to project tools | Win, Mac |
 RescueTime | Solo $7, Team $10 per user, annual | Lite | No | Win, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android |
 Jibble | Free; paid tiers quoted | Unlimited users | No; exports to QuickBooks and Xero | Web, Win, Mac, iOS, Android, kiosk |
Where a vendor's page did not label monthly against annual, the lower figure is shown as annual, which matched the stated discount in every case. Harvest, Toggl, TimeCamp, Clockify and Timely charge 20 to 30% more month to month.
Which alternative fits
Tools that cannot do what you still need drop out of the top three.
The alternatives in detail
Clockify
Harvest's feature set at half the priceWhat it is
Clockify covers what most Harvest customers use: timers against clients and projects, billable rates, budgets and estimates, expenses, invoicing from tracked time on Standard, approvals, and QuickBooks and Xero sync. Payments are through a connected processor of your choice rather than a built-in one, and there is no application fee. It is the most common destination for teams leaving Harvest over price.
Better than Harvest
- Standard at $5.49 does time, expenses, invoicing and approvals, against Harvest Teams at $9
- Free for five users with no project limit
- Month to month, cancel to free at any time
Where Harvest is still better
- No built-in payment collection on the invoice; you connect your own processor
- The interface is denser and less polished
- Free plan reporting was cut back in April 2026
Who should switch to it
Agencies and small teams that want the Harvest workflow, including invoices, for less, and want to be able to leave without a renewal surprise.
Switching
Export Harvest time, clients and projects to CSV; Clockify imports time entries with email, project, description, start and duration columns, and clients and projects separately.
Toggl Track
The simplest timerWhat it is
Toggl Track is a timer with projects, clients, tags and billable rates, team reports on Starter and approvals, labor costs and profitability on Premium. It does not invoice; billable reports export to your accounting tool. Its pricing FAQ states that it never monitors employees, takes screenshots or logs keystrokes.
Better than Harvest
- The cleanest timer and the widest integration list
- No monitoring by policy, like Harvest
- Free for three users with unlimited projects
Where Harvest is still better
- No invoicing, so the invoice happens elsewhere
- Same $9 entry price as Harvest; approvals cost $16
- Capacity planning is a $5 add-on
Who should switch to it
Solo consultants and small teams that found Harvest's invoicing unnecessary and want the timer without the billing stack.
Switching
Toggl's universal importer takes Harvest's CSV; map clients and projects first.
Everhour
Budgets inside the project toolWhat it is
Everhour puts a timer, estimates and budgets on the tasks in your project tool and reports, invoices and approves from there. Invoicing syncs to QuickBooks and Xero. No desktop agent and no monitoring.
Better than Harvest
- Budgets and burn visible where the team works
- Invoicing and QuickBooks and Xero sync in the one paid tier
- Resource planning included rather than a second product
Where Harvest is still better
- Needs a supported project tool; the free plan has no integrations
- 5-seat minimum and no refunds on annual
- No desktop timer outside the browser
Who should switch to it
Agencies and product teams in Asana, Jira or ClickUp that want Harvest's budgets without leaving the task.
Switching
Historical Harvest time stays in CSV exports; Everhour starts fresh against mapped projects.
TimeCamp
Cheapest with invoicing and automatic trackingWhat it is
TimeCamp tracks time manually or automatically from application and website use, with billable rates, budgets, invoicing on Starter, approvals and timesheets, attendance, and QuickBooks and Xero sync. The automatic capture is optional and can be limited to the user's own view.
Better than Harvest
- Invoicing from $3.99; free for unlimited users
- Automatic time capture for people who forget the timer
- Attendance and approvals on the lower tiers
Where Harvest is still better
- Automatic tracking is monitoring if a manager can see it; set the visibility deliberately
- Reports and interface are less refined than Harvest's
- Payment collection requires a connected processor
Who should switch to it
Small firms that want the lowest-priced route from time to invoice, and teams who lose hours to forgotten timers.
Switching
TimeCamp imports CSV time entries and projects; keep Harvest's invoices as PDFs for the records.
My Hours
Project time and invoices for small teamsWhat it is
My Hours tracks time by project and task with billable rates and budgets, generates invoices from tracked time, and offers approvals, roles and QuickBooks sync on Pro. It is a web and mobile product with no desktop agent and no monitoring.
Better than Harvest
- Free for five with invoicing
- Clear project profitability reports
- Pro at $8 includes approvals, which Toggl prices at $16
Where Harvest is still better
- No desktop app or browser extension
- No Xero sync
- A smaller vendor with a smaller integration list
Who should switch to it
Consultancies with up to a few dozen people that bill by project and found Harvest's price hard to justify.
Switching
CSV import of projects, tasks and time entries; invoices are not imported.
Timely
Automatic capture with a timelineWhat it is
Timely records a private timeline of what each person worked on and lets them drag it into time entries, with projects, budgets, capacity planning and QuickBooks reporting. The timeline is visible only to the user by default. No invoicing.
Better than Harvest
- Automatic capture that stays private to the employee
- Planning and capacity included
- Billable reports and budgets as detailed as Harvest's
Where Harvest is still better
- No invoicing
- No free plan and a user cap on the lower tiers
- Prices above Harvest's
Who should switch to it
Professional services teams that lose billable hours to forgotten timers and want capture without surveillance.
Switching
Timely imports projects and clients; time is captured fresh from the timeline.
Hubstaff
Time, invoices and payroll with optional proof of workWhat it is
Hubstaff tracks time with activity levels and optional screenshots, invoices clients from tracked time, pays contractors through PayPal, Wise, Gusto and Deel, and schedules shifts on the higher plans. Screenshots can be turned off or blurred per project; it is the only tool here that offers proof of work at all.
Better than Harvest
- Client invoicing and contractor payments in one tool
- Optional screenshots for clients that require evidence
- Linux agent and GPS job sites
Where Harvest is still better
- Activity scores and screenshots are monitoring; Harvest users may not want any
- 2-seat minimum
- Invoicing is on Grow, not Starter
Who should switch to it
Agencies paying remote contractors by the hour who want invoicing, payroll and the option of evidence.
Switching
Hubstaff imports members and projects from CSV; see our Hubstaff alternatives guide for its own trade-offs.
Timing
Automatic, local-first tracking for MacWhat it is
Timing records which apps, documents and sites are active on a Mac and builds a timeline the user turns into time entries, with rules that assign work to projects automatically. Data stays on the Mac unless team sync is enabled. No invoicing.
Better than Harvest
- Nothing to start or stop
- Data stays local by default
- Rules automate project assignment
Where Harvest is still better
- Mac only
- No invoicing or team billing
- Monthly pricing above Harvest's annual rate
Who should switch to it
Mac-based freelancers and designers who want an honest record of their day without a timer.
Switching
Export Harvest projects; Timing starts recording immediately.
Memtime
Offline automatic capture that fills in your project toolWhat it is
Memtime records activity offline on the user's machine, shows only the user their timeline, and pushes time entries into project and billing tools including Clockify, Jira and accounting systems. It is built for law and consulting firms that bill in six-minute increments.
Better than Harvest
- Capture is private to the user by design, with no manager view
- Pushes entries into the billing system you already use
- Six-minute increment support for professional billing
Where Harvest is still better
- The most expensive tool here
- No invoicing of its own
- No mobile app
Who should switch to it
Law and consulting firms where the problem is unbilled time and the billing system already exists.
Switching
Memtime connects to Clockify, Toggl and project tools; Harvest itself is not a listed connector.
RescueTime
Focus analytics, not billingWhat it is
RescueTime records app and website use automatically, scores focus time and blocks distractions. It is a personal productivity tool with a team layer, not a billing tool, and has no invoicing or client tracking.
Better than Harvest
- Automatic and private by default
- Focus sessions and distraction blocking
- Cheaper than Harvest for the solo user
Where Harvest is still better
- No projects, clients or invoicing
- Team view is aggregate, not timesheets
- Not a Harvest replacement for billing
Who should switch to it
People who used Harvest to understand their own day rather than to bill for it.
Switching
Not a timesheet tool; run it alongside whatever you bill from.
Jibble
A free time clockWhat it is
Jibble is attendance: clock in from phone, web or kiosk with GPS and face recognition, timesheets, overtime rules, approvals and exports to QuickBooks and Xero. It tracks time against activities and projects but does not invoice.
Better than Harvest
- Free for unlimited users
- Attendance features Harvest never had
- Exports to QuickBooks and Xero
Where Harvest is still better
- No invoicing or client billing
- Paid pricing not published
- Built for shifts, not project profitability
Who should switch to it
Teams that used Harvest for hours rather than invoices and want a free clock.
Switching
Import employees from CSV; start at a pay-period boundary.
How to leave Harvest cleanly
- Read the renewal notice and the date. Harvest bills annual plans in advance and does not remove seats mid-cycle, so cancel or downgrade before the renewal, and remove inactive seats first.
- Export everything. Time entries, expenses, clients, projects and every invoice as PDF and CSV. Invoice history is the record your accountant needs; the new tool will not import it.
- Settle open invoices in Harvest. Payments routed through Stripe continue to post to the Harvest invoice; close them before the account lapses so the receipts match.
- Overlap one billing cycle. Every alternative here offers a trial of 14 to 30 days; track in both for one cycle and reconcile the invoices.
- Reconnect the accounting sync in the new tool and disconnect Harvest's QuickBooks or Xero connection, or duplicate entries will post.
How these tools were chosen
Each tool was checked on October 28, 2026 against the same list: published pricing with minimums and the billing cycle, free plan limits, whether it invoices from tracked time and syncs to QuickBooks or Xero, whether it monitors anything, platforms, and whether Harvest's data can be moved into it. Quotes come from Trustpilot reviews read the same day; G2 and Capterra refuse automated access and app store reviews were not used. No vendor paid for inclusion and there are no affiliate links. Harvest's Trustpilot sample is 24 reviews, which is enough to show a pattern and not enough to measure it.
Key takeaways
- Harvest in October 2026: free for 1 seat and 2 projects; Teams $9 and Enterprise $14 per seat on annual billing ($11 and $17.50 monthly); Forecast scheduling $5 extra; invoicing with Stripe payments and QuickBooks and Xero sync; no monitoring.
- Its 2026 Trustpilot reviews (24, 96% one star, unclaimed profile) concentrate on renewal price increases, charges without recognized notice and payment features tied to Stripe; the vendor has published no price change.
- Clockify Standard ($5.49) and TimeCamp Starter ($3.99) invoice from tracked time and sync to QuickBooks and Xero for less than Harvest Teams; My Hours Pro ($8) adds approvals.
- Toggl Track ($9, free for 3) is the simplest timer replacement but does not invoice; Everhour ($8.50, 5-seat minimum) puts budgets inside Asana, Jira and ClickUp.
- Automatic capture that Harvest never had: Timely ($9 to $22), Timing (Mac, $10 monthly) and Memtime ($14 to $29), all private to the user by default.
- Hubstaff ($4.99 to $10, 2-seat minimum) adds contractor payments and optional screenshots; Jibble is a free time clock.
- Before leaving: cancel before the renewal date, export every invoice as PDF, settle Stripe-routed invoices, and disconnect Harvest's accounting sync before connecting the new one.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best alternative to Harvest?
Clockify for most teams: it tracks time, expenses and budgets, invoices from tracked time and syncs to QuickBooks and Xero from $5.49 per user on annual billing, with a free plan for five. Toggl Track is the better timer if you do not need invoicing, and Everhour is better if your budgets belong inside Asana, Jira or ClickUp.
Is there a free alternative to Harvest?
Clockify is free for 5 users with unlimited projects, TimeCamp is free for unlimited users, My Hours is free for 5, Toggl Track for 3, and Jibble is free for unlimited users as a time clock. Harvest's free plan allows 1 seat and 2 projects.
How much does Harvest cost in 2026?
Teams is $9 per seat per month billed annually or $11 monthly; Enterprise is $14 annually or $17.50 monthly; Enterprise Plus is quoted. Harvest Forecast, the scheduling product, is a separate $5 per person annually ($6.25 monthly). Prices were read on October 28, 2026.
Did Harvest raise its prices?
Harvest has not published a price change, and the list prices on its site were unchanged in October 2026. Several 2026 Trustpilot reviewers describe large increases at renewal, in one case from about $4,700 to $29,700 a year, which we could not verify. Read your renewal notice and compare it to the list price before paying.
Which Harvest alternatives include invoicing?
Clockify (Standard and above), TimeCamp (Starter and above), My Hours (Basic and above), Everhour (Team) and Hubstaff (Grow and above) all generate invoices from tracked time. Toggl Track, Timely, Timing, Memtime, RescueTime and Jibble do not.
Which alternatives sync with QuickBooks and Xero?
Clockify, TimeCamp and Everhour sync with both. My Hours and Hubstaff sync with QuickBooks. Toggl Track and Timely report to QuickBooks through integrations. Jibble exports to both. Harvest offers a two-way QuickBooks sync and a Xero integration.
Who owns Harvest?
Harvest's blog footer reads Bending Spoons Operations S.p.A., the Milan-based owner of Evernote, WeTransfer and Meetup, and reviewers refer to new ownership in 2026. We did not find an official announcement of the acquisition date or terms.
Can I export my data from Harvest?
Yes. Time entries, expenses, clients and projects export to CSV and Excel from the Reports and Manage sections, and invoices export as PDF. Do it before the subscription ends. Clockify, Toggl Track, TimeCamp and My Hours import CSV time entries; none imports Harvest invoices.