Remote and distributed teams can’t rely on someone walking past a desk to know what’s being worked on, which is why time tracking software has become one of the first tools a distributed team adopts. Toggl Track, Harvest, and Clockify are three of the most widely used options, and each takes a different approach to pricing, reporting, and billing. This guide compares their current plans and features directly from each vendor’s own pricing and integration pages, verified in November 2026, so you can pick the right one without digging through marketing pages yourself.
At a Glance
| Tool | Starting Paid Price | Free Plan | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toggl Track | $9/user/month (billed annually) | Yes, up to 3 users | Freelancers and small teams who want simple, privacy-first tracking |
| Harvest | $9/seat/month (billed annually) | Yes, 1 seat / 2 projects | Agencies and consultancies that invoice clients by the hour |
| Clockify | $3.99/seat/month (billed annually) | Yes, up to 5 users | Larger or budget-conscious teams needing the cheapest per-seat cost |
Short Verdict
All three tools cover the basics of starting a timer and generating a report, but they diverge once you need to bill clients or manage a distributed team at scale. Harvest is the strongest choice if invoicing is central to your workflow, since billing and expense tracking are built in from the free tier. Clockify wins on raw price-per-seat as headcount grows, and its free plan covers more users than the other two. Toggl Track sits in the middle, with the cleanest interface and strong calendar and project-management integrations, but its free tier is capped at just three users.
What These Tools Are
Toggl Track, Harvest, and Clockify are all cloud-based time tracking platforms built around a simple core: a start/stop timer (or manual entry) that logs hours against a client, project, or task, which then rolls up into reports. For remote teams, the categories split mainly on how much project-management and billing functionality is layered on top of that core timer.
Toggl Track is positioned as a lightweight, privacy-conscious tracker. Its own marketing is explicit that the desktop app “never monitors screens, keystrokes, or webcams,” which sets it apart from employee-monitoring-style tools. Harvest leans toward agency and consulting workflows, bundling time tracking with invoicing, expense tracking, and accounting integrations (QuickBooks Online, Xero, Stripe) from day one. Clockify, built by the CAKE.com group that also makes the Pumble chat app and Plaky project tool, is positioned as the budget and scale option, with a free plan that supports more users than either competitor and a tiered structure that adds administration, billing, and security features as you move up.
Pricing Breakdown
All prices below are per user (or per seat) per month, in USD, as published on each vendor’s own pricing page. Clockify and Harvest list a billed-monthly price alongside a lower billed-annually price; Toggl Track’s page follows the same pattern.
| Plan | Billed Annually | Billed Monthly | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toggl Track | |||
| Free | $0 | $0 | Up to 3 users; personal reports; Google/Outlook calendar sync |
| Starter | $9 | $12 | Team-level reports, billable rates, timeline view, PTO tracking |
| Premium | $16 | $24 | Profitability/labor-cost reports, timesheet approvals, Jira & Asana integrations, SSO |
| Enterprise | Contact sales | Dedicated onboarding, customer success manager, custom integrations | |
| Harvest | |||
| Free | $0 | $0 | 1 seat, 2 projects; invoicing and expense tracking included |
| Teams | $9 | $11 | Unlimited seats, team reporting, invoicing, up to 4 custom reports |
| Enterprise | $14 | $17.50 | Unlimited custom reports, profitability reporting, timesheet approvals, SAML SSO |
| Enterprise Plus | Custom | Custom integrations, dedicated CSM, white-labelling | |
| Clockify | |||
| Free | $0 | $0 | Up to 5 users; reports limited to a 1-month range |
| Basic | $3.99 | $4.99 | Administration features; no invoicing |
| Standard | $5.49 | $6.99 | Timesheeting, billing, invoicing and recurring invoices |
| Pro | $7.99 | $9.99 | Profitability and productivity reporting |
| Enterprise | $11.99 | $14.99 | Advanced control and security (SSO, custom roles) |
On reporting and invoicing, the three tools land in different places. Toggl Track lets any user create and download an invoice PDF from a report, but calculating a billable amount requires a paid plan, the free-tier PDF carries a Toggl watermark, and sending invoices to QuickBooks is a Starter-plan-and-up feature. Harvest builds full invoicing, recurring invoices, and payment integrations (Stripe, PayPal, Deel) into every plan, including Free, which is why it remains the default choice for agencies that bill clients directly out of their time tracker. Clockify holds invoicing back until the Standard plan, so its cheapest paid tier (Basic) is administration-only.
Idle-time and activity handling also differs. Clockify includes idle detection on every plan, including Free. Harvest’s Mac and Windows desktop apps flag inactivity after a default 10 minutes idle, then let you discard the idle time, keep it, or log it as a separate entry. Toggl Track lists “idle time notifications” as part of its automated desktop tracking, which detects when you’ve stepped away from the keyboard and lets you discard or keep that time; none of the three vendors publish camera, screenshot, or keystroke monitoring, since all three position themselves against invasive employee-monitoring software.
For integrations, Harvest and Toggl Track both list native Slack and Asana connections on their own integrations pages: Harvest’s Slack app lets you start timers and check project budgets from inside Slack, while Toggl’s Asana integration (a paid-plan feature) and Slack integration let you start timers from either tool. Clockify’s own integrations page lists a native Asana connection but does not list a native Slack app; Clockify promotes its own CAKE.com chat tool, Pumble, instead, and Slack connectivity is left to third-party automation tools like Zapier rather than a first-party app.
Pros
- Toggl Track: Clean, fast interface; strong calendar integrations on the free plan; explicit no-surveillance stance; native Slack and Asana integrations on paid tiers.
- Harvest: Invoicing, expense tracking, and payment integrations built into every plan, including Free; native Slack and Asana apps; idle detection with granular options on desktop.
- Clockify: Lowest per-seat price of the three on every paid tier; free plan supports up to 5 users; idle detection included even on Free.
Cons
- Toggl Track: Free plan is capped at just 3 users; invoicing needs a paid plan to calculate billable totals or remove branding; Jira/Asana integration is Premium-only.
- Harvest: No published free-trial middle ground between Free (1 seat) and the paid Teams plan; priciest entry point into paid reporting among the three.
- Clockify: Free-plan reports are capped to a one-month date range; invoicing is withheld until the Standard tier; no native Slack app.
Who It’s a Good Fit For
Freelancers working solo are well served by any of the three free plans, but Harvest’s free tier is the only one that ships with real invoicing out of the box, which matters if you’re billing clients directly rather than exporting hours to another tool. Small teams (roughly 3–10 people) who need to collaborate without hitting a user cap will likely outgrow Toggl Track’s free plan fastest and should budget for Starter or Clockify’s Basic/Standard tier instead. Larger or budget-conscious organizations that need SSO, custom roles, and dozens or hundreds of seats will find Clockify’s per-seat economics hard to beat, while agencies with complex client billing, retainers, and approval chains will likely still prefer Harvest’s Enterprise tier or Toggl Track’s Premium plan for the deeper reporting.
Who Should Look Elsewhere
Teams that need built-in invoicing on a tight budget should be cautious with Clockify’s Basic tier, since invoicing only unlocks at Standard ($5.49/seat/month annually). Teams larger than 3 people who want to stay on a truly free plan should skip Toggl Track in favor of Clockify’s 5-user free tier or Harvest’s single-seat free plan paired with a paid upgrade sooner. And teams that specifically need a native Slack integration without third-party automation tools should lean toward Harvest or Toggl Track rather than Clockify.
Bottom Line
There’s no single winner here because the three tools are optimized for different jobs. If client invoicing is the priority, Harvest’s all-plan billing features make it the safest default. If the priority is the lowest possible per-seat cost at scale, Clockify’s tiered pricing and generous 5-user free plan win out. If the priority is a clean, fast interface with solid calendar and project-tool integrations and you’re not worried about outgrowing a 3-user free tier, Toggl Track remains a strong, well-regarded choice. Whichever you pick, confirm current pricing directly on the vendor’s page before committing, since all three have changed their pricing within the past year.
FAQ
Does Toggl Track have a free plan for teams?
Yes, but it’s capped at up to 3 users according to Toggl’s own pricing FAQ. Beyond that, you need the Starter plan at $9/user/month billed annually ($12 billed monthly).
Can I send invoices directly from Harvest’s free plan?
Yes. Harvest’s free plan (1 seat, 2 projects) includes invoicing and expense tracking, which is not the case for Toggl Track’s or Clockify’s free plans.
Which tool is cheapest for a 20-person remote team?
Based on published per-seat pricing, Clockify’s paid tiers (from $3.99/seat/month billed annually) are the lowest cost of the three once you exceed the free-plan user caps, though the right plan depends on which features — invoicing, SSO, custom roles — your team actually needs.
Do any of these tools track screenshots or keystrokes?
No. Based on each vendor’s own product pages, none of the three markets screenshot, webcam, or keystroke monitoring; all three focus on timers and idle-time detection rather than activity surveillance.
Does Clockify integrate with Slack?
Not natively. Clockify’s own integrations page lists a native Asana connection but does not list a first-party Slack app; connecting the two currently relies on third-party automation platforms like Zapier.
Sources
- Toggl Track — Pricing
- Toggl Track — Automated Time Tracker (idle detection)
- Toggl Track Support — Creating Invoices in Toggl Track
- Toggl Track — Integrations
- Harvest — Pricing
- Harvest Support — How does the idle timer work for Mac and Windows apps?
- Harvest — Integrations
- Clockify — Pricing
- Clockify — Integrations
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