Best Affordable Time Tracking Software (2026): Top 8 Compared

Clockify is a time tracker from CAKE.com that covers timers, timesheets, attendance, invoicing and scheduling. Its pricing page lists a free plan, four paid plans and a bundle with the company's Plaky project management and Pumble chat products.

The Free plan costs $0 for up to five users. It includes unlimited tracking, a start-and-stop timer, manual timesheets, an auto tracker that records time on apps and websites and is visible only to the user, calendar sync with Outlook or Google Calendar, mobile and desktop apps that work offline, a Pomodoro timer, idle detection, integrations, a team activity dashboard and reports.

Basic costs $3.99 per seat per month billed annually, or $4.99 monthly. It adds time entry for other users, hidden pages, required fields, bulk edit, a kiosk, time audits, estimates, project templates, billable rates and data import. Standard costs $5.49 annually or $6.99 monthly and adds time off, invoicing and recurring invoices, timesheet approval and locking, attendance and overtime reports, a manager role and a QuickBooks integration. Pro costs $7.99 annually or $9.99 monthly and adds activity monitoring, scheduling, forecasting, expenses, labor cost and profit, budgets, GPS tracking and a data region choice. Enterprise costs $11.99 annually or $14.99 monthly and adds single sign-on and a custom subdomain.

The page states that every active or invited user occupies a paid seat, including the owner, admins and managers. Staff who use only the kiosk can take limited seats priced from $0.79 per month annually on Basic.

Clockify also appears on StatWharf's general time tracking software comparison. On this page it fits a team of up to five that needs timesheets and reports at no cost, or a larger team that wants invoicing and approvals at a published per-seat rate.

My Hours is time tracking software for project work. Its pricing page describes the product around tracking time on projects with a team, and its plan comparison groups features under tracking, organising, billing, reporting and team management.

The Free plan costs $0 USD and is limited to five active users. Basic costs $4 USD per user per month billed annually, or $5 billed monthly, and is aimed at teams that need only core time tracking. It includes unlimited projects and clients, time tracking on projects and tasks, a basic billable rate and detailed reports.

Pro costs $8 USD per user per month billed annually, or $9 billed monthly, and is aimed at freelancers and teams that actively manage their time. It adds priority support, rate and budget calculation, granular user permissions and an approval workflow with an audit log. Enterprise is custom-priced and adds a dedicated customer success manager, mandatory single sign-on, onboarding help and custom integrations and reports. Paid plans start with a 14-day free trial.

The comparison table lists timer and manual entry, timeline and timesheet views, weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly or monthly timesheet periods, unpaid break tracking, expenses, custom fields, budget alerts by email, billable rates per project, user or task, labor costs, profit and loss, invoicing of billable time, attendance reports and PDF and Excel exports, with availability varying by plan.

The fit on this page is a small consultancy or agency that bills clients by the hour and wants project budgets and approvals without moving to a higher-priced tool.

Toggl Track is a time tracker from Toggl that pairs tracking with light planning. Its pricing page offers annual and monthly billing and states that annual billing saves up to 33 percent.

The Free plan costs $0 and is described as free for a limited number of users and free forever. It includes manual and real-time timers, a focus mode, Google and Outlook calendar integrations, simple planning with tasks, boards and task estimates, and personal-level reports. The page does not state the user limit for the Free plan.

Starter costs $9 per user per month billed annually, or $12 monthly. It adds billable rates, team-level productivity and revenue reports, timeline views, tags and milestones, and capacity basics such as PTO, public holidays and flexible hours. Premium costs $16 per user per month billed annually, or $24 monthly. It adds labor cost and profitability reports, fixed fee projects, project dashboards comparing actuals with estimates, timesheet approvals, data accuracy features, Jira and Asana integrations and single sign-on. Enterprise is quoted and adds personalised onboarding, a dedicated customer success manager and custom access levels.

Two add-ons are listed. Time Off Management costs $2 per user per month and covers approvals, balances and policies. Capacity Management costs $5 per user per month annually, or $6 monthly, and adds longer-range capacity views and profit forecasts. Paid plans start with a 30-day trial.

Toggl Track also appears on StatWharf's general time tracking software comparison. On this page it fits an individual or small team that wants a polished timer and calendar sync at no cost. A team that bills clients should price Starter, where billable rates begin.

TrackingTime is a time tracking and team time management product. Its pricing page describes a path that starts with time tracking and adds billing, team accountability and financial control as a team's needs grow.

The Free plan costs $0 and is listed as time tracking for unlimited users. The plan comparison shows unlimited users, tasks, projects, clients and subtasks on every plan, including Free. Real-time and manual time entry, reminders, billable and non-billable hours, a Chrome extension, mobile and desktop apps and more than 50 integrations, including Slack, Microsoft Teams, Asana and Google Calendar, appear in the feature list.

Starter costs $4.50 per user per month billed annually, or $6 monthly. It adds saved, shared and branded reports, automatic weekly reports, AutoTrack, work schedules and views, and a dashboard with calendar integration; the FAQ states that CSV and Excel exports begin here. Pro costs $6.50 per user per month billed annually, or $8.50 monthly, and adds billing rates, costs and invoicing, retainers and expenses, timesheet approvals and lock rules, timecards, time off and custom fields. Business costs $10 per user per month billed annually, or $13.50 monthly, and adds time off accrual and carry forward, unlimited external viewers and clients, advanced roles and supervisors, single sign-on, audit logs and a 99.9 percent uptime SLA.

The FAQ states that the 14-day trial needs no credit card, contract or signature and that an account moves to Free automatically if no card is added. Only active users are billed, and fees are prorated when users are added. Academic and non-profit pricing is offered on request.

The fit is a team that has outgrown a five-user free cap and wants to keep tracking at no cost while it decides whether paid reporting or billing is needed.

Connecteam is an employee management app sold as separate hubs for operations, communications and HR. Its time tracking sits in the Operations Hub, which the pricing page lists as including a time clock, job scheduling, forms and quick tasks. The page states that prices are in US dollars.

The Small Business Plan is free for life for businesses managing up to ten employees. The page describes it as including all hubs and features, with an asterisk pointing to the full feature list, and the comparison table shows some limits on it, such as a single time clock.

Paid Operations Hub plans charge a flat price for the first 30 users plus a fee per user beyond that. Basic costs $29 per month billed yearly, or $35 monthly, plus $0.80 or $1.00 per additional user per month. It includes real-time clock in and out with GPS, unlimited jobs such as clients and projects, payroll integration, basic scheduling with open shifts and unlimited checklists, forms and tasks. Advanced costs $49 yearly or $59 monthly, plus $2.50 or $3.00 per extra user, and adds full time clock customisation, auto clock out, up to ten geofence sites and repeating shifts. Expert costs $99 yearly or $119 monthly, plus $4.20 or $5.00 per extra user, and adds unlimited geofence sites, auto-assigned shifts, time clock auto-reports and API access. Enterprise is custom-priced.

The FAQ states that yearly billing costs the equivalent of ten months on monthly billing, that monthly plans can be cancelled at any time without refund of prepaid amounts, and that annual plans carry a prorated refund within the first 30 days. A 14-day trial needs no credit card.

The fit is a small service, retail or field business whose staff clock in from a phone at a site rather than log hours against client projects.

Harvest is time tracking and invoicing software for teams that bill clients for their time. Its pricing page offers monthly and annual billing, states that annual billing is 20 percent cheaper, and lists all prices in US dollars.

The Free plan costs $0 forever and is built for individual freelancers. It includes one seat and two projects, with time tracking, invoicing, expense tracking and Mac and iOS apps. The page notes that some features may involve payment fees.

Teams starts from $9 per seat per month billed annually, which the page shows as $108 per seat a year, or from $11 per seat per month billed monthly. It includes unlimited seats, team reporting, team capacity tracking, invoicing and accounting and payment integrations with Stripe, QuickBooks Online, Xero, Deel and others. The page states that the base rate covers core features and that additional invoices, projects, clients and tasks are billed based on usage as a team grows.

Enterprise starts from $14 per seat per month billed annually, or $168 a year, or from $17.50 monthly. It adds unlimited custom reports, profitability reporting by client, project, task and team, timesheet approvals, an activity log, SAML-based single sign-on and required notes on time entries. Enterprise Plus is custom-priced and adds custom integrations, product customisation, a dedicated customer success manager, assisted data migration and white labelling. Paid plans start with a 30-day free trial.

Harvest also appears on StatWharf's general time tracking software comparison. On this page it fits a freelancer with one or two active clients who wants to send invoices from tracked hours at no cost. A team should model the usage-based charges, because the starting rate covers only the base allowance.

Apploye is employee time tracking software with screenshot and activity monitoring. Its pricing page shows annual, quarterly and monthly billing, a 100 percent money-back guarantee and, on the check date, a promotion of 40 percent off the Power plan for the first three months, available until 19 November.

Starter costs $0 per seat per month for up to ten users and is aimed at individuals and small teams. It includes timesheets, screenshots captured while the timer runs, limited app and URL tracking, limited activity analytics from keyboard and mouse use, attendance and leave, a dashboard with basic reports, projects and tasks, invoicing for up to three clients, and payroll and member management.

Elite costs $4.50 per user per month billed annually, $6 quarterly or $7 monthly. It adds full screenshot monitoring, app and URL tracking, activity analytics, shifts and schedules, a real-time view of who is working on what, custom reports, timesheet approval, unlimited projects and tasks, integrations with Slack, ClickUp, Asana and Jira, offline tracking and data import and export. Power lists at $8 per user per month billed annually, $10.50 quarterly or $12 monthly, and adds live screenshots on demand, productive and unproductive app labels, suspicious activity detection, mouse jiggler and auto-clicker detection and an assigned account manager. Enterprise is custom-priced and adds single sign-on, a HIPAA business associate agreement and on-premise or private cloud deployment.

The fit is a remote or outsourced team whose manager wants visual proof of work alongside hours. Teams that do not want screenshots or activity scores should compare the timer-based products on this page.

Everhour is a time tracker for agencies and project teams that integrates with project management tools. Its pricing page offers yearly and monthly billing and states that yearly billing saves 15 percent.

The Free plan costs $0 for up to five seats and is aimed at individuals and small teams. It has limited features, covering time tracking, projects and tasks, reports and data export. The FAQ states that the free plan does not include integrations, which are available only on the paid plan, and that a team that connects an integration during the trial will need a paid plan to keep it.

Team costs $8.50 per seat per month billed yearly and is aimed at growing teams and agencies. It includes all features, unlimited seats, native integrations, billing, budgeting and invoicing, single sign-on and advanced permissions, with a minimum of five seats. The FAQ explains that a team of two or three is still charged for five. The monthly rate is not shown in the static page. Custom pricing applies from 50 seats and adds volume discounts, personalised demos, priority support and a dedicated manager.

The page states that Everhour does not place features behind higher tiers. A 14-day trial of all features needs no credit card. The yearly discount requires a commitment, and unused months are not refunded on cancellation. Payment is by credit or debit card only, and charges are made in US dollars.

Everhour also appears on StatWharf's general time tracking software comparison. On this page it fits a team of up to five that needs basic tracking at no cost, or an agency that wants integrations and invoicing on one plan. A team of two should note that the five-seat minimum sets the paid entry bill at $42.50 per month on yearly billing.