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Harvest

Updated: Sep 2, 2026

Turn hours into profit — track time, bill clients, optimize team time, and measure performance with confidence

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About Harvest

Overview

Harvest is a time tracking and invoicing platform built for professional service teams. It helps businesses track billable hours, generate invoices, monitor project profitability, and manage team capacity from a single dashboard.

Unlike standalone timers or basic invoicing tools, Harvest combines real-time time tracking, expense logging, budget alerts, reporting, and client invoicing in one workflow. Over 70,000 companies use it to turn tracked hours into paid invoices.

Key Benefits

  • 73,000+ businesses use Harvest to track time and bill clients.
  • Over $50 billion in payments processed through the platform.
  • Users can log time via one-click timers, daily or weekly timesheets, or directly from a connected calendar.
  • Built-in profitability and utilization metrics help keep projects on budget.
  • Auto-generated invoices from tracked time and expenses include online payment and automatic overdue reminders.
  • Free 30-day trial with no credit card required on any plan.

How It Works

Users set up their workspace by creating clients, projects, and tasks. Team members log time using the timer, timesheet view, or calendar integration. Managers review and approve submitted timesheets, then generate invoices from billable time and expenses with a few clicks.

Use Cases

  • Freelance consultants use the Free plan to track time on up to 2 projects and send invoices.
  • Advertising and marketing agencies track billable hours across client accounts and monitor project margins.
  • Architecture and construction firms log time on-site via the mobile app and run profitability reports.
  • Law firms submit timesheets for approval and roll billable expenses into client invoices automatically.
  • Software development teams use capacity planning and forecasting to balance workloads across sprints.
  • Accounting and finance teams export billable data to their accounting tools and run custom reports.

Why Choose This Product

Harvest is best suited for professional service teams of any size that need structured time tracking tied directly to invoicing and profitability analysis. New users can start with a free 30-day trial on any plan; the Free plan is limited to 1 seat and 2 projects, and paid plans incur usage-based fees beyond the base rate for additional invoices, projects, clients, and tasks.

Harvest Pros & Cons

Strengths
  • Free tier available for individual freelancers
  • 30-day free trial on all plans, no credit card required
  • Over 70,000 businesses and $50B+ payments processed
  • Built-in profitability and utilization reporting
  • Multi-platform support: web, desktop, iOS, Android
Limitations
  • Free plan limited to 1 seat and 2 projects
  • Additional invoices, projects, clients, and tasks beyond base rate incur usage-based billing on paid plans
  • Enterprise tier requires contact for onboarding support under 50 seats

Key Features

Multi-method time tracking

Users can log hours using one-click timers, daily or weekly timesheets, or directly from a connected calendar.

Auto-generated invoicing

Generate invoices from tracked time and expenses with built-in online payments and automatic overdue reminders.

Budget alerts

Set budgets by hours or fees and receive live alerts before going over budget.

Team capacity planning

View team utilization rates and capacity in real time to identify overloaded or under-allocated members.

Roles and permissions

Assign per-person billing rates and roles with granular permissions controlling what each teammate can see and do.

Forecasting and scheduling

Use Forecast integration for project workload planning, scheduling, time-off tracking, and what-if scenario modeling.

Custom tagging and hierarchy

Slice and dice data with custom tags, tasks, projects grouped by client for clean reporting.

Expense tracking

Log expenses per project with receipt photo attachments and submit or approve expense claims.

Multi-tiered billing rates

Set billing rates by person, project, or task type and Harvest automatically applies the correct rate.

Profitability reporting

Monitor project margins as work progresses and see estimated vs actual costs at a glance.

Harvest Pricing

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Free
Free one-time
  • 1 seat
  • 2 projects
  • Time tracking
  • Invoicing
  • Expense tracking
  • Mac & iOS apps
Teams
$9/mo
  • Unlimited seats
  • Time tracking
  • Team reporting
  • Invoicing
  • Accounting and payment integrations
Enterprise
$14/mo
  • Profitability reporting
  • Timesheet approvals
  • Activity log
  • Custom reports and exports
  • SAML-based SSO
  • Require notes
Compare plans
Feature
Free
Free one-time
Teams
$9/mo
Enterprise
$14/mo
1 seat
2 projects
Time tracking
Invoicing
Expense tracking
Mac & iOS apps
Unlimited seats
Team reporting
Accounting and payment integrations
Profitability reporting
Timesheet approvals
Activity log
Custom reports and exports
SAML-based SSO
Require notes

Pricing extracted from the product website and may change. Check the source for current details.

Frequently asked questions about Harvest

What happens at the end of my trial?

You can sign up for any plan with a free 30-day trial. No credit card is required. At the end of the trial, you can choose to continue on a paid plan or downgrade to the Free plan.

Can I change my plan after subscribing?

Yes. You can upgrade or change your plan after subscribing whenever your needs change, and your data carries over.

How do I sign up for the free plan?

The Free plan is limited to 1 seat and 2 projects with time tracking, invoicing, expense tracking, and Mac & iOS apps. It is built for individual freelancers and is free forever.

Is Harvest free?

Harvest offers a free plan with optional paid upgrades. See the pricing section for what's included in each tier.

How much does Harvest cost?

Harvest offers the following plans: Free, Teams, Enterprise. See the pricing section for what's included in each tier and any per-seat or usage-based costs.

What platforms does Harvest support?

Harvest is available on: Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android.

How Harvest compares

 
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Starting priceFreeFree$9/yr$7/mo
Pricing modelFreemiumFreeFreemiumPaid
PlatformsWeb, macOS, Windows, iOS, AndroidWeb, Windows, macOS, iOS, AndroidWeb, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android
Top features
  • Multi-method time tracking
  • Auto-generated invoicing
  • Budget alerts
  • AI-powered timesheets
  • Automatic time capture
  • Auto-allocate time
  • Automatic Activity Tracking
  • Focus Sessions
  • Goals & Alerts
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