Clockify vs Harvest: Which Time Tracker Fits Your Team in 2026?
Clockify is a fraction of Harvest’s seat price, with a 5-user free plan and time-clock features. Harvest bundles invoicing and accounting sync into every paid plan, then adds usage charges. Here is the real difference.
By Bill Belcamino · Last updated September 19, 2026 · Our methodologyResearched and fact-checked by the HelpCompare team
Free for up to 5 users; Basic $3.99/seat/mo (annual)
Clockify
VS
Free for 1 seat; Teams from $9/seat/mo (annual) plus usage charges
Choose Clockify for the lowest price per seat ($3.99 to $11.99 a month on annual billing), a free plan for up to 5 users and time-clock features; choose Harvest if invoicing, expenses and accounting sync in the base plan are worth $9 a seat or more, plus usage charges Harvest does not publish.
Quick verdict: Clockify is much cheaper: $3.99 to $11.99 a seat a month on annual billing, against Harvest’s $9 (Teams) and $14 (Enterprise) before its unpublished usage charges. Clockify’s Standard plan ($5.49) already includes invoicing, approvals and time off, and its free plan covers 5 users against Harvest’s 1. Clockify also covers hourly-staff needs such as kiosk clock-in, attendance, GPS and optional screenshots. Harvest is the more polished billing tool for agencies: invoicing and expenses on every plan, Stripe payments, and QuickBooks Online, Xero and Gusto connections on Teams and up. Clockify’s Xero and QuickBooks Payroll links are paid add-ons.
Free for up to 5 users; Basic $3.99/seat/mo (annual)
Free for 1 seat; Teams from $9/seat/mo (annual) plus usage charges
Free plan
Yes — up to 5 users
Yes — 1 seat, 2 projects
Is Clockify cheaper than Harvest?
Clockify. For 10 people on annual billing, Clockify Standard (with invoicing and approvals) is $54.90 a month; Harvest Teams starts at $90 before usage charges and Harvest Enterprise (needed for approvals) at $140. Harvest’s Flex billing adds charges for active projects, clients, tasks and invoicing above a free allowance, at rates it does not publish.
Flex billing: projects, clients, tasks and invoicing above an allowance — rates not published
Accounting and payroll
QuickBooks on Standard; Xero ($4.99/mo) and QuickBooks Payroll ($6.99/mo) add-ons
QuickBooks Online, Xero and Stripe on Teams; Gusto sync
Time clock / GPS
Kiosk from Basic; GPS on Pro
No kiosk documented
Single sign-on / SCIM
Both on Enterprise
SAML SSO on Enterprise; no SCIM
Support
24/7 email, chat and phone on all plans
Scheduled phone support on Teams and Enterprise
Free trial
7 days of Pro, no card
30 days, no card
Verified September 19, 2026Prices recorded from each vendor’s own pricing page. See sources
Prices in USD from clockify.me/pricing and getharvest.com/pricing; features from each vendor’s pricing page and help center. All checked September 19, 2026.
Both track time against clients and projects and turn it into billable reports. Clockify is priced and packaged like a utility that scales to hourly staff; Harvest is priced like a billing tool for professional services.
Price and what it excludes
Clockify’s five tiers run from $3.99 to $11.99 a seat a month on annual billing, 20% below monthly. Harvest bills Teams and Enterprise either as “Flex”, a per-seat rate plus usage-based charges for active projects, clients, tasks and invoicing above a free allowance, or as “Unlimited” with a fixed usage fee. Harvest does not publish the usage rates, the free allowances or the Unlimited price, so its per-seat prices are a floor, not a total.
Invoicing and accounting
Harvest invoices on every plan, including Free (where invoices need Stripe to be emailed or exported), and syncs with QuickBooks Online, Xero, Stripe and Deel on Teams and up, plus Gusto. Clockify invoices from Standard, syncs with QuickBooks there, and sells Xero invoice sync ($4.99 a month) and QuickBooks Payroll ($6.99 a month) as add-ons.
Hourly staff and control
Clockify offers a shared kiosk, attendance and overtime, time off, GPS, and optional screenshots, spread across its tiers. Harvest documents no kiosk. For control, Clockify puts SSO, SCIM and audit logs on Enterprise; Harvest puts SAML SSO and approvals on Enterprise and says it does not offer SCIM.
Cost calculator: what does your team actually pay?
Clockify
$0/mo
Harvest
$0/mo
List prices checked September 19, 2026. Harvest’s seat prices are “starting from” rates and exclude Flex usage charges, which Harvest does not publish, so its figure is a minimum. Clockify add-ons (Xero, QuickBooks Payroll), kiosk-only seats and taxes are not included.
Choose Clockify if…
You want the lowest price per seat, a free plan for a small team, or time-clock features for hourly staff, and invoicing from Standard is enough.
Choose Harvest if…
You run an agency or consultancy that invoices by the hour, want Stripe payments and QuickBooks, Xero or Gusto sync in the base plan, and can get a usage quote.
Total cost over time
Uses your selections above. Estimate excludes add-ons, overages, and negotiated discounts.
Ready to pick your time tracker?
Start Clockify on its free plan and Harvest on its 30-day trial, and run the same client project through both.
Clockify vs Harvest: security, offline & remote work
How Clockify and Harvest compare on compliance reports, sign-in controls, offline access and the setup details that matter for remote, hybrid and in-office teams. Every value links to the vendor page it came from.
Works offlineMobile and desktop apps track time offline (the Windows app has a 'Force offline' mode) and sync automatically once back online.source
Works offlineThe iPhone and Android apps track time and log expenses offline and sync when reconnected; the browser and desktop apps need an internet connection, though a running timer keeps running.source
Offline works only in the mobile apps; browser and desktop apps require a strong internet connection.source
Remote, hybrid & in-office
IP allowlisting
Not published
Not published
Device & session controls
Not published
Not published
Office & room hardware
Clockify's kiosk turns a shared device into a clock-in/clock-out station (PIN from Basic, QR code from Standard, photo capture on Pro); kiosk-only 'limited' users are billed at a lower seat rate.source
Audit reports: Clockify states a SOC 2 report on its own site; we found no SOC 2 statement for Harvest. If your security team requires SOC 2, ask Harvest directly before shortlisting.
Single sign-on: Clockify includes it on Enterprise; Harvest includes it on Enterprise. If your team signs in through Okta, Microsoft Entra ID or Google, price the plan that includes SSO, not the entry plan.
Working offline: Clockify and Harvest let you keep working without a connection. Details are in the Offline mode row above.
Where your data lives: Clockify lets you choose US, EU, UK, Australia on Pro. This matters for teams hiring across the EU, UK or Australia.
In the office: Clockify: Clockify's kiosk turns a shared device into a clock-in/clock-out station (PIN from Basic, QR code from Standard, photo capture on Pro); kiosk-only 'limited' users are billed at a lower seat rate.
Clockify: worth knowing
RemoteOn Pro and Enterprise, admins can optionally turn on GPS location tracking for field staff and screenshots every 5 minutes; users are notified when these are enabled. source
SecurityWorkspace owners on Pro or Enterprise can store data in the US, EU (Germany), UK or Australia. source
OfficeKiosk photo capture on Pro takes a photo at kiosk login to prevent buddy punching. source
Harvest: worth knowing
SecurityWhen enabled, two-factor authentication is an account-wide sign-in requirement for everyone, and it is mandatory for accounts connected to Xero. source
RemoteAll Harvest data is stored in the U.S. (Google Cloud, with AWS backups), with no customer-selectable region. source
OfficeHarvest's Gusto payroll sync is only for US-based Gusto customers and must be run by an Administrator. source
Checked September 19, 2026 against each vendor’s own trust center, help docs and app pages. Hover or tap “source” to see the exact wording we relied on. “Not published” means we could not find the vendor saying it on its own site — it doesn’t mean the feature is missing. Plan names are the lowest plan the vendor says includes the feature. Security · Offline · Remote vs office · Download the data
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Clockify cheaper than Harvest?
Yes. Clockify costs $3.99 to $11.99 a seat a month on annual billing. Harvest Teams starts at $9 a seat and Enterprise at $14, before usage charges that Harvest does not publish.
Can Clockify import Harvest data?
Yes, by CSV. Clockify’s help center has a Harvest migration guide: export a CSV from Harvest, match Clockify’s columns and import it in Workspace settings. Importing time entries needs a paid plan or trial.
Does Harvest have a free plan?
Yes, for 1 seat and 2 active projects. Clockify’s free plan covers up to 5 users.
Which is better for invoicing?
Harvest includes invoicing and Stripe payments on every plan and QuickBooks and Xero sync on Teams. Clockify invoices from its Standard plan and sells Xero sync as an add-on.
Does either take screenshots?
Clockify offers optional screenshots and activity monitoring on Pro. Harvest documents idle detection in its desktop apps but no screenshots.
Migration Guides
Already decided? Here’s how to actually switch.
Step-by-step migration guides covering what transfers automatically, what doesn’t, and how to handle the gap — in both directions.
Every “best time tracker” listicle tells you why to buy. Here’s the other half: the specific conditions under which Clockify or Harvest is the wrong purchase for your team.
Clockify
✓
Buy Clockify if:
Price per seat is the main constraint
You have hourly or field staff who clock in
A small team can live on the free plan
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Do NOT buy Clockify if:
You want invoicing on the cheapest plan
You need a long trial
You want Xero sync without an add-on
Harvest
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Buy Harvest if:
You invoice clients from tracked time
You want Stripe, QuickBooks, Xero and Gusto in the base plan
You want a 30-day trial
✕
Do NOT buy Harvest if:
You need a published total price
You need approvals without Enterprise
You have many small projects that raise usage charges
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Bill has worked in software and digital marketing for more than 20 years. He spent nine years as an engineer at HP, served as COO scaling a platform past 200,000 users, and ran Google’s $70M/year search syndication partnership at Alot.com. He has bought, trialled, integrated and cancelled more SaaS tools than he can count, and started HelpCompare because the real cost of switching tools is the part nobody covers.
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Researched and fact-checked by the HelpCompare team. Pricing on this page was last verified on September 19, 2026. No paid sponsorships, no affiliate commissions.
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