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Tyme vs Harvest

Harvest is time tracking built around invoicing. Tyme is time tracking built around the timesheet, free for the whole team and hosted in the EU. Here is the difference, point by point, with sources.

Harvest facts last checked on . Prices in USD as shown on Harvest's site.

  • Price

    Tyme
    Free. One plan, every feature, any team size, no card, during early access.
    Harvest
    Free for one seat and two projects. Teams $9 and Enterprise $14 per seat per month on annual billing; $11 and $17.50 monthly. On paid plans, additional invoices, projects, clients and tasks are billed on usage.[1]

  • Timesheet approvals

    Tyme
    Included. Submit a week, approve or send back, approved time is locked, admins can lock older periods.
    Harvest
    On the Enterprise plan and above.[1]

  • Billable rates and budgets

    Tyme
    Included. Billable and cost rates per person, per project or both; budgets in hours or money.
    Harvest
    Billable and cost rates on Teams and above. Budgets update as the team tracks time.[1][2]

  • Where your data is stored

    Tyme
    The EU (Netherlands), for every workspace. No setting to choose and no plan to buy.
    Harvest
    Google Cloud. Its security page does not say which region, or mention an EU hosting option.[3]

  • Activity monitoring and screenshots

    Tyme
    None. Tyme never records apps, websites, keyboard or mouse activity, and never takes screenshots.
    Harvest
    No monitoring features are described. The Enterprise activity log is an audit trail of time entries and edits, not of what people do on their computers.[1]

  • Apps

    Tyme
    A web app that works on phones. No native mobile or desktop apps.
    Harvest
    macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps, and browser extensions for Chrome, Edge and Firefox.[1][4]

  • Integrations

    Tyme
    None yet.
    Harvest
    50+ core integrations, including Asana, Slack, Stripe, QuickBooks Online and Xero. Accounting and payment sync is on Teams and above.[1]

  • Invoicing and payments

    Tyme
    Not included. Export a report to CSV or Excel and invoice from there.
    Harvest
    Included on every plan, Free included. Clients can pay online through Stripe or PayPal.[1][2]

  • Scheduling and forecasting

    Tyme
    Not included.
    Harvest
    Through Harvest Forecast, a separate product that integrates with Harvest. Its price is not on the pages checked.[1]

  • Reports and exports

    Tyme
    Dashboard, time report by client, project, task, tag, team or person, CSV and Excel export, print to PDF, client share links.
    Harvest
    Basic reports on every plan. Custom reports are limited to four on Free and Teams and unlimited on Enterprise; custom CSV exports and profitability reporting are Enterprise only.[1]

  • AI features

    Tyme
    None today. A plain-language weekly summary and a calendar-based draft of your week are being built and will be opt-in.
    Harvest
    None of Harvest's own listed on its pricing, features or security pages.[1][2]

Choose Tyme if

  • You want timesheet approvals without paying for the Enterprise plan.
  • You need your data kept in the EU.
  • You have more than one person and do not want to pay per seat, or per extra project and client.
  • You invoice from your accounting tool and only need clean hours to feed it.

Choose Harvest if

  • You want to invoice clients and take payment from inside your time tracker.
  • You need native desktop and mobile apps, or a browser extension, today.
  • You rely on QuickBooks, Xero, Stripe or Asana integrations.
  • You schedule people across projects with Harvest Forecast.

Sources

  1. [1]Harvest pricing(https://www.getharvest.com/pricing)
  2. [2]Harvest features(https://www.getharvest.com/features)
  3. [3]Harvest security(https://www.getharvest.com/security)
  4. [4]Harvest integrations(https://www.getharvest.com/integrations)

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