Toggl Track vs Harvest (2026)
Both track billable hours. The split is whether you need to invoice from them.
Pricing and review data verified 2026-08-24 · Sourced from Capterra
The verdict
Harvest wins when tracked time has to become an invoice. Toggl Track wins on day-to-day timer experience and reporting. Neither is an attendance system.
No credit card required · ClockIt is one of the products compared here, and we say plainly below where Toggl Track is the better choice.
At a glance
| Toggl Track | Harvest | ClockItThird option | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capterra rating | 4.7 (2,588) | 4.6 (651) | 4.6 (135) |
| Starting price | $10 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 | Consultants, agencies and knowledge workers tracking billable time against clients and projects. | 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 | Shift workforces that clock in and out of a physical location. | 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 | Toggl Track | Harvest | ClockIt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Time clock / punch in | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shared kiosk mode | No | No | Yes |
| Biometric hardware | No | No | Yes |
| GPS tracking | No | No | Yes |
| Geofencing | No | No | Yes |
| Shift scheduling | No | No | Yes |
| Shift swaps | No | No | Yes |
| PTO / leave management | — | — | Yes |
| Overtime rules | No | No | Yes |
| Payroll export | PartialVia reports export | 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.
Toggl Track 4.7 / 5 from 2,588 Capterra reviews
“Tracking with Ease for profitability”
Toggl has made my client billing so much faster and easier. There is no need to click back and forth between toggl and platforms I'm using with the auto track function. I love being able to attach a client time track report with my invoices so clients can see a breakdown of time. The reports and analytics have also given me some great insight as to how I work and where I'm spending my hours. As well as assisting in balancing my time between different client's projects more evenly.
Laura M., Digital marketing consultant and copywriter · Marketing and Advertising · November 29, 2024 · Capterra
“A fine option for a small team”
not as intuitive as I wish it was, bad app both on desktop and mobile
Haley G., Business Development Coordinator · Marketing and Advertising · January 9, 2025 · 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
Toggl Track
Toggl Track is a project time tracker with a reputation for staying out of the way — one-click timers, browser and desktop apps, and reporting built around billable hours and project profitability. It is deliberately not an attendance system: there is no shift scheduling, no geofence, and no shared wall device. For an agency measuring where hours went it is among the best in the category; for a manager who needs to know who is on site right now, it is the wrong tool.
Strengths
- Excellent timer UX across desktop, browser and mobile
- Strong billable-hours and project profitability reporting
- Free plan for small teams
Limitations
- No shift scheduling or attendance workflow
- Per-user price climbs quickly for larger teams
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 Toggl Track 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 Toggl Track or Harvest cheaper?
Toggl Track starts at $10 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, Toggl Track or Harvest?
On Capterra, Toggl Track rates 4.7 from 2,588 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 Toggl Track or Harvest support biometric time clocks?
Toggl Track: 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
No credit card required · Free plan available