What is Harvest used for?

Harvest is a time tracking tool with expenses, reporting and invoicing, built for professional service teams that bill clients by the hour. It is a good fit for agencies billing clients by the hour, consultants measuring project profitability and teams planning workload capacity.

Yes. Harvest has a free plan, and paid plans start at $11 per seat per month. A free trial is also available.

Is Harvest open source?

No. Harvest is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Harvest include Kimai, Solidtime and Traggo.

What are some alternatives to Harvest?

Harvest competes with Clockify, Hubstaff and Time Doctor. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Harvest alternatives.

Harvest: features, pricing and alternatives

About Harvest

Harvest is a hosted time tracking and invoicing product for professional teams. People log hours against projects and clients, and the same data feeds reports and invoices, which connects the time spent on work to the money billed for it.

The platform covers time tracking, reporting and analysis, invoicing with online payments, and a companion product called Harvest Forecast for scheduling team capacity. It offers desktop and mobile apps and integrates with tools such as Asana, Slack and Stripe. The vendor's solutions pages target agencies, architecture, construction, law firms, accounting, consulting, design and software teams.

Harvest is proprietary software delivered as a cloud service. The homepage advertises a free 30-day trial with no credit card required, and larger teams can contact sales for onboarding. It suits small and mid-sized firms that need to measure profitability on client work.

Key features

Time tracking against projects and clients
Reporting and analysis of hours
Invoicing with online payments
Expense tracking
Harvest Forecast for team scheduling
Desktop and mobile apps
Asana, Slack and Stripe integrations

Good fit for

→Agencies billing clients by the hour
→Consultants measuring project profitability
→Teams planning workload capacity

Tags: time-tracking; invoicing; expenses; reporting; professional-services; billing; forecasting

Harvest: questions and answers

What is Harvest used for?: Harvest is a time tracking tool with expenses, reporting and invoicing, built for professional service teams that bill clients by the hour. It is a good fit for agencies billing clients by the hour, consultants measuring project profitability and teams planning workload capacity.
Is Harvest free?: Yes. Harvest has a free plan, and paid plans start at $11 per seat per month. A free trial is also available.
Is Harvest open source?: No. Harvest is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Harvest include Kimai, Solidtime and Traggo.
What are some alternatives to Harvest?: Harvest competes with Clockify, Hubstaff and Time Doctor. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Harvest alternatives.