Toggl Track vs Harvest

Toggl Track and Harvest are both productivity options. Toggl Track lists 8 features across 6 platforms; Harvest lists 8 features across 6 platforms — see the full breakdown below, sourced from each vendor's own site rather than ratings or reviews.

Side-by-side summary

ComparingToggl TrackHarvest
CategoryProductivityProductivity
Alternatives tracked33
PlatformsWeb, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Browser extensionWeb, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Browser extension
Pricing modelFree + paid plansFree + paid plans

Best for Toggl Track

Positioned for teams of any size that need to track billable hours, project profitability, and productivity, with an open API and 100+ integrations including Jira, Salesforce, and Asana.

Best for Harvest

Positioned for creative agencies, consultancies, professional services, and freelancers needing streamlined time tracking tightly connected to project budgets and client invoicing.

Feature comparison

Every feature listed here comes directly from each vendor's own official site.

Toggl Track

  • One-click timer across web, desktop, mobile, and browser extension
  • Background activity tracking that converts app and website usage into time entries
  • Calendar view with the ability to import calendar events
  • Customizable profitability and productivity reports
  • Workload analysis dashboards
  • Project- and client-specific financial tracking
  • Timesheet reports with approval workflows
  • 100+ integrations plus an open API

Harvest

  • One-click time tracking across web, desktop, mobile, and browser extensions
  • Automated timesheet submission, review, and manager approval workflows
  • Client invoicing generated directly from billable hours and tracked expenses
  • Integrated online payments via Stripe and PayPal
  • Project budget tracking with visual progress and burn-down alerts
  • Team capacity and utilization reports to balance workloads
  • Expense tracking with receipt attachment and multi-currency support
  • 50+ native integrations with Asana, Trello, Slack, QuickBooks, and Xero

Pros and cons

Toggl Track

Pros
  • One-click timer across web, desktop, mobile, and browser extension
  • Background activity tracking that converts app and website usage into time entries
  • Calendar view with the ability to import calendar events
  • Customizable profitability and productivity reports
  • Workload analysis dashboards
  • Project- and client-specific financial tracking
  • Timesheet reports with approval workflows
  • 100+ integrations plus an open API
Cons
  • Paid subscriptions are licensed per user, and even vacant licenses can remain billable until an admin removes them.
  • The Free plan is limited to 3 users; larger teams need a paid organization plan.

Harvest

Pros
  • One-click time tracking across web, desktop, mobile, and browser extensions
  • Automated timesheet submission, review, and manager approval workflows
  • Client invoicing generated directly from billable hours and tracked expenses
  • Integrated online payments via Stripe and PayPal
  • Project budget tracking with visual progress and burn-down alerts
  • Team capacity and utilization reports to balance workloads
  • Expense tracking with receipt attachment and multi-currency support
  • 50+ native integrations with Asana, Trello, Slack, QuickBooks, and Xero
Cons
  • Free plan is strictly limited to 1 user and 2 active projects
  • Lacks native employee monitoring features like screenshots or keystroke activity
  • No built-in shift scheduling or GPS geofenced location tracking

Key differences

  • Toggl Track lists One-click timer across web, desktop, mobile, and browser extension, Background activity tracking that converts app and website usage into time entries, Calendar view with the ability to import calendar events, Customizable profitability and productivity reports, Workload analysis dashboards, Project- and client-specific financial tracking, Timesheet reports with approval workflows, 100+ integrations plus an open API that Harvest doesn't list.
  • Harvest lists One-click time tracking across web, desktop, mobile, and browser extensions, Automated timesheet submission, review, and manager approval workflows, Client invoicing generated directly from billable hours and tracked expenses, Integrated online payments via Stripe and PayPal, Project budget tracking with visual progress and burn-down alerts, Team capacity and utilization reports to balance workloads, Expense tracking with receipt attachment and multi-currency support, 50+ native integrations with Asana, Trello, Slack, QuickBooks, and Xero that Toggl Track doesn't list.

Choose Toggl Track if…

Choose Toggl Track if this fits: Positioned for teams of any size that need to track billable hours, project profitability, and productivity, with an open API and 100+ integrations including Jira, Salesforce, and Asana. Compared with Harvest specifically, Toggl Track also offers One-click timer across web, desktop, mobile, and browser extension, Background activity tracking that converts app and website usage into time entries, Calendar view with the ability to import calendar events, and 5 more features that Harvest doesn't list.

Choose Harvest if…

Choose Harvest if this fits: Positioned for creative agencies, consultancies, professional services, and freelancers needing streamlined time tracking tightly connected to project budgets and client invoicing. Compared with Toggl Track specifically, Harvest also offers One-click time tracking across web, desktop, mobile, and browser extensions, Automated timesheet submission, review, and manager approval workflows, Client invoicing generated directly from billable hours and tracked expenses, and 5 more features that Toggl Track doesn't list.

Facts on this page are sourced from each vendor's official site (linked below), not from ratings or reviews. Products change — verify anything that matters to your decision directly on the vendor's own site before switching. See our Disclaimer and Sources Policy.

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