Harvest
Best for Simple time tracking and invoicingHarvest keeps the path from time to invoice short. A team starts a timer, logs hours against a project and task, and then turns those hours into a polished invoice with one click. Estimates forecast hours and cost before work starts, expenses sit beside time on the same project, and reports show billable hours, budgets, and profitability. The Teams plan at $9 per seat per month billed annually covers unlimited projects, clients, and invoices, while Enterprise at $14 per seat per month billed annually adds timesheet approval, profitability reporting, and SAML single sign on.
Harvest fits small teams and solo consultants who want time tracking and invoicing without a heavy project platform. The free plan covers one seat and two projects, which suits a freelancer testing the flow. The limit is planning: Harvest has no kanban boards, Gantt charts, or workload views, so a team that needs task management will pair it with Asana or Trello, or pick Teamwork instead. For time and invoices alone, Harvest is the simplest tool here.
Price: $9 per seat/month (billed annually)
Free plan: Yes
Website: getharvest.com
What we like
- Very simple timers and timesheets
- invoices, estimates, and expenses in one place
Watch out for
- Project planning is lighter than full PM tools
- reporting depth needs the Enterprise plan