Clockify vs Harvest (2026)
A free unlimited-user tracker against a paid tracker with invoicing built in.
Pricing and review data verified 2026-08-24 · Sourced from Capterra
The verdict
Clockify wins on cost at any team size. Harvest wins if you bill clients from tracked hours and want invoicing in the same tool.
No credit card required · ClockIt is one of the products compared here, and we say plainly below where Clockify is the better choice.
At a glance
| Clockify | Harvest | ClockItThird option | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capterra rating | 4.8 (9,259) | 4.6 (651) | 4.6 (135) |
| Starting price | $4.99 Per User, Per Month | $11 Per User, Per Month | $2.99 Per User, Per Month |
| Free plan | Free version available | Free version available | Free version available |
| Best for | Teams that want unlimited users tracking time for free and can live with features arriving by tier. | Agencies and professional services firms that turn tracked hours into client invoices. | Teams of 10–100 that want a physical clock on the wall as well as an app, without a per-site hardware contract. |
| Not for | Anyone who needs a fingerprint or face terminal on the wall. | Hourly shift teams needing schedules, geofencing or a shared time clock. | Freelancers billing hours to clients — a solo timer does that job with less setup. |
Feature comparison
| Feature | Clockify | Harvest | ClockIt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Time clock / punch in | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shared kiosk mode | Yes | No | Yes |
| Biometric hardware | No | No | Yes |
| GPS tracking | PartialPro tier | No | Yes |
| Geofencing | PartialPro tier | No | Yes |
| Shift scheduling | PartialPaid tier | No | Yes |
| Shift swaps | — | No | Yes |
| PTO / leave management | PartialPaid tier | — | Yes |
| Overtime rules | PartialPaid tier | No | Yes |
| Payroll export | Yes | PartialVia reports export | Yes |
| Offline mode | Yes | — | — |
| API access | Yes | Yes | Yes |
“—” means we could not verify that feature for that product, not that it is missing.
What users actually say
The highest-rated and most critical review we found for each product, quoted verbatim.
Clockify 4.8 / 5 from 9,259 Capterra reviews
“Clockify is an ultimate masterpiece for tracking time.”
Tracking time with Clockify is so easy and the automations help reduce the manual work of clocking in and out. The interface is clean and the dashboard has very interactive visualizations making it easy to read all time data. It has a reporting function that provide detailed time usage reports to show where and on what am spending my time. The collaboration tools help me and my team to work together when creating work schedules and allocating time shifts.
Chad C., District Manager · Oil & Energy · February 18, 2025 · Capterra
“Clockify Review- Healthcare”
I did not like how there was no GPS tracking feature, which could potentially lead to falsifying hours.
Samantha R., MA · Hospital & Health Care · August 5, 2026 · Capterra
Harvest 4.6 / 5 from 651 Capterra reviews
“Great for managing multiple clients”
Harvest is excellent for managing my time tracking across multiple clients, and multiple projects for each of those clients. Having worked in a previous organization that required time tracking, yet didn’t have a tool implemented, it was so cumbersome to maintain my time on a spreadsheet. I also appreciate the ability to make changes—if I forget to switch my timer between clients, or if I attend an event not in front of my computer (where I didn’t start a time on my phone).
Olivia R., VP of Finance · Financial Services · August 20, 2025 · Capterra
“Harvest is a decent tracker”
too expensive, required constant monitoring
Cynthia K., Director · E-Learning · October 27, 2024 · Capterra
A closer look
Clockify
Clockify is the most-reviewed time tracker in the category, largely because its free plan allows unlimited users and unlimited projects. The core is a timer with project and task attribution, extended upward through paid tiers into a kiosk, GPS, scheduling and time-off. The trade-off is that the features an attendance buyer usually wants — GPS, geofencing, time off, required fields — sit on the Pro and Enterprise tiers rather than in the free plan that draws people in.
Strengths
- Free plan with unlimited users, the most generous in the category
- Very large, consistent review base
- Kiosk mode and GPS available on paid tiers
Limitations
- Attendance features are spread across tiers rather than included
- No biometric hardware support
Available on: Web, Android, iPhone/iPad · Support: Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat
Harvest
Harvest pairs straightforward time tracking with expense capture and invoicing, so hours logged against a client can become a bill without leaving the tool. That invoicing tie-in is the reason most teams choose it, and the reason it shows up in comparisons against project trackers rather than against attendance systems. It has no shift scheduling and no location enforcement, so it rarely fits a workforce that punches in at a fixed site.
Strengths
- Time, expenses and invoicing in one workflow
- Clean reporting on project budgets and cost
- Long-established, stable product
Limitations
- No shift scheduling or attendance controls
- Per-seat pricing is high relative to time-clock tools
Available on: Web, Android, iPhone/iPad · Support: Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat
Where ClockIt fits
ClockIt is an employee time clock and attendance platform that pairs a web and mobile app with physical biometric terminals. It is one of the few products in this category that talks to fingerprint and face terminals directly over the ZKTeco ADMS push protocol, so punches from a wall-mounted device land in the same timesheet as mobile and kiosk punches. Scheduling, leave, overtime rules and payroll-ready exports are included rather than tiered, and there is a free plan you can start on without talking to sales.
Worth a look if neither Clockify nor Harvest solves your actual problem — most often because you need a fingerprint or face terminal on the wall rather than a tablet, or because scheduling and leave are priced as extras elsewhere.
Common questions
Is Clockify or Harvest cheaper?
Clockify starts at $4.99 Per User, Per Month. Harvest starts at $11 Per User, Per Month. Compare the total for the modules you actually need rather than the headline seat price — several products in this category price the time clock separately from scheduling.
Which has better reviews, Clockify or Harvest?
On Capterra, Clockify rates 4.8 from 9,259 reviews and Harvest rates 4.6 from 651 reviews, captured 2026-08-24. Ratings across this category cluster tightly, so review volume tells you more about maturity than quality.
Do Clockify or Harvest support biometric time clocks?
Clockify: no. Harvest: no. ClockIt connects directly to ZKTeco and eSSL fingerprint and face terminals over the ADMS push protocol, so hardware punches land in the same timesheet as app and kiosk punches.
Try ClockIt alongside your shortlist
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