Harvest

Harvest is a cloud-based time tracking and invoicing platform developed by Iridesco LLC in 2006. The tool solves the problem of manually tracking billable hours and creating accurate client invoices.

Features

• One-Click Time Tracking: Start and stop timers across desktop apps for Mac and PC, mobile apps for iOS and Android, and web browsers with automatic reminders to track daily.
• Automated Invoicing: Generate professional invoices in two clicks from tracked time entries with automated payment reminders and integrations with Stripe, PayPal, QuickBooks Online, and Xero.
• Real-Time Budget Monitoring: Set hourly or fixed-fee budgets for projects with instant alerts when spending approaches limits and visual progress tracking throughout project lifecycles.
• Visual Reporting Dashboard: Access detailed reports on billable versus non-billable hours, team capacity utilization, project profitability, and internal costs with custom filter options.
• Native Integrations: Track time directly from Asana tasks, Trello cards, Slack channels, GitHub issues, Basecamp to-dos, and JIRA tickets via browser extensions and Power-Ups.

Use Cases

• For Freelancers: Track billable hours across multiple client projects and generate invoices with attached expense receipts for simplified tax documentation.
• For Development Agencies: Monitor team utilization rates and compare estimated versus actual project costs to improve future scope estimates and maintain profit margins.
• For Marketing Teams: Allocate time across client campaigns and use historical project data to create accurate proposals for similar future work.
• For Consulting Firms: Approve team timesheets before client billing and export detailed time reports to accounting software for streamlined financial reconciliation.

Harvest costs $10.80 per user monthly when billed annually or $12 monthly with month-to-month billing. The platform offers a 30-day free trial and serves over 70,000 companies globally.