Harvest

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Online time tracking, invoicing and project reporting

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Fazal Rahman
Fazal Rahman
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  • Industry: Management Consulting
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for Free Trial
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Your monthly Timesheet is here

Reviewed on 2023-10-21

It has facilitated and decreased the tension of submitting and justifying my timesheet at the end...

It has facilitated and decreased the tension of submitting and justifying my timesheet at the end of the month I will be using it always.

Pros

I like the description which is being added for each task and has decreased the amount of my effort at the end of the month for submission of my timesheet and I don't need to add further justification for my overtime and other tasks during the official and unofficial hours.

Cons

There is nothing to be least liked about harvest.

Ezra
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

A great time tracking/invoicing platform for people new to freelancing – or seasoned pros.

Reviewed on 2024-08-03

I've been using Harvest for well over a decade now, and I have no plans to switch. It's been with...

I've been using Harvest for well over a decade now, and I have no plans to switch. It's been with me through my first steps testing the waters of freelancing to going freelance full time. I make heavy use of the macOS app, which makes it easy for me to track my time throughout the day. And I rely on its invoicing and reporting features to get paid quickly and easily. What's not to love?

Pros

Harvest is easy to use, streamlined, with just the features I need and none of the features I don't. I primarily use it for time tracking and invoicing for my freelance business. There are enough configuration options for me to customize my time tracker and invoices for every client, and it takes just a minute or two to set up clients and send invoices.

Cons

Recently I've moved toward a monthly invoicing cycle, and there is no way for Harvest to automatically generate an invoice on the first of the month for all of the time tracked in the previous month. It's a small annoyance to make/send the invoice myself but a little more automation here would be welcome.

Leslie Ann
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Time Entry Could be Better

Reviewed on 2024-10-27

It provided a platform for time entry, but due to the lack of user buy in, I don't think it...

It provided a platform for time entry, but due to the lack of user buy in, I don't think it provided accurate time entry.

Pros

Harvest was able to produce reporting that we could use for capturing capitalizable time and it was easy to update cost rates.

Cons

Time entry was difficult to do quickly, due to difficulties selecting the correct projects, etc. The reporting was outdated (the file would be sent to your email; you weren't able to just download the file at the time of export). It was difficult to identify the role of the various users without clicking into their profile.

Response from Harvest

We're sorry Harvest didn't work for your team, and we appreciate you taking the time to share these pain points! I've noted your feedback for the rest of the team.

Kaitlin
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Report detailed time info

Reviewed on 2024-11-22

Relatively intuitive time-tracking and reporting software. Just have to remind myself sometimes to...

Relatively intuitive time-tracking and reporting software. Just have to remind myself sometimes to clock out when I'm switching projects or ending work for the day.

Pros

I like drilling down to specific details about a project while tracking my time; Harvest lets me bill to a project and add auto-populated info about what I'm working on so I can report this info to clients.

The mobile app ran well on my Android phone and was helpful away from my desk.

Cons

I had to manually round my time (our organization bills in increments). This would be a helpful feature if Harvest could do this automatically.

Allison
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Easy to use for individual time tracking and project time tracking.

Reviewed on 2024-10-23

Overall it's been a good experience. I've been using it for the past 1 1/2 years to manage my own...

Overall it's been a good experience. I've been using it for the past 1 1/2 years to manage my own time and also track project time for clients.

Pros

I like that it's fairly intuitive. The user interface is clean and friendly. It integrates well with Google Chrome. I find it easy to set up projects and track time.

Cons

I wish on an individual time card you could see what time (clock time) was logged instead of total time. I.e. see that 10 minutes was logged from 9:00-9:10 instead of just 10 minutes total.

Response from Harvest

Thanks for your kind words and the feedback! I've recorded your request for timestamps when tracking via Duration.

Edward
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

High quality timesheet tool

Reviewed on 2024-09-23

Pros

Quality. The UI is very slick; they've really gone deep on how people use the product. Things like keyboard shortcuts and supporting regular vs decimal time when entering timesheets are a real time saver.

Cons

Some of the month-by-month project reporting requires paging through each month. It would be nice to see several months in one view.

Alternatives Considered

Toggl Track

Reasons for Switching to Harvest

At the time, down to integrations with Xero.

Response from Harvest

Thanks for the compliments on our UI! I've noted your feedback on our reporting for the rest of the team.

Maysa
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  • Industry: Design
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

The interface looks a bit dated

Reviewed on 2024-10-03

Harvest is a great choice for freelance graphic designers looking for a simple and effective tool...

Harvest is a great choice for freelance graphic designers looking for a simple and effective tool to manage their time and billing

Pros

Intuitive interface for tracking time on each project, eh? Powerful tools to generate professional invoices, and the price is right, bud

Cons

The interface could be a bit more modern, hey? And some advanced features require a paid subscription

Response from Harvest

Thanks for the kind words! I've noted your feedback on our UI for the rest of the team.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Online Media
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Efficient and well-integrated time-tracker tool

Reviewed on 2024-09-01

Pros

The best thing about Harvest for me is how it well it can be integrated with other tools, so you can log your time from anywhere.

Cons

The only thing I don’t really like about Harvest is that it’s quite pricey.

Response from Harvest

Thanks for the kind words! We love hearing that our integrations are helping you track time efficiently, and I've noted your feedback on pricing for the rest of the team.

Chad
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Solid solution for solos and teams

Reviewed on 2024-11-30

Ive been using it for years. It works great to keep track of multiple projects for 1 client...

Ive been using it for years. It works great to keep track of multiple projects for 1 client simultaneously

Pros

Simple to track time and have multiple tasks at differnt hourly rates

Cons

The reporting interface could use some uodates.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Harvest Review

Reviewed on 2024-05-08

Pros

It's helpful and effective at streamlining time schedules.

Cons

The pro subscription cost is slightly more expensive than other options.

Jennifer
Jennifer
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  • Industry: Hospital & Health Care
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

It simplifies time tracking and is easy to use

Reviewed on 2023-08-24

It eliminates the complexity and difficulty of keeping track of time and is very easy to use. We...

It eliminates the complexity and difficulty of keeping track of time and is very easy to use. We can see how much time is being spent on which projects and for which clients.

Pros

Harvest is a convenient tool for keeping tabs on time and money spent on various projects and clients. We use it to monitor expenditures in real time and to plan for future initiatives by analyzing past work and resources.

Cons

There have been no problems where I have been unable to complete a task. There aren't any serious issues, however, the platform might need some further functionality since it's so basic.

Sammantha
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great Platform for Self-Employed

Reviewed on 2024-10-28

Overall, Harvest has been great! I’m glad I found it for tracking my contracted time.

Overall, Harvest has been great! I’m glad I found it for tracking my contracted time.

Pros

I love the invoicing option within Harvest.

Cons

Wish I could name projects the same name just with different codes

Response from Harvest

Thanks for the kind words! Harvest started as a tool to help our founders track their time and invoice clients for their two-person business, and we love hearing about other small businesses and self-employed folks finding us.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Broadcast Media
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Time Tracking with Harvester

Reviewed on 2024-03-15

Great, i think has some comprehensive feature and makes everything in one place when is regard to...

Great, i think has some comprehensive feature and makes everything in one place when is regard to time-tracking.

Pros

When working with multiple projects and clients, time-tracking can be a must and for me is crucial. What i like most is eas of use because is user friendly and integration options with mobile access.

Cons

Nothing yet, but would be greate to have a desktop app.

Arjan
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  • Industry: Civil Engineering
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Great tool for time tracking, especially for small projects

Reviewed on 2023-11-13

We are very content with Harvest. It made tracking our projects and function requests way easier....

We are very content with Harvest. It made tracking our projects and function requests way easier. Which in turn made it easier to see if we sold the projects for a high enough price.

Pros

Easy to use time tracking. We use it every day to see how much time we spent on each project and function. We can easily see how much time was spent and how much time was calculated for the task.

Cons

We do not really have any cons. Exept that it takes quite some time to set it up the right way.

Brandon
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  • Industry: Financial Services Software
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Effective and reliable time tracking

Reviewed on 2023-10-31

Harvest has helped us simplify and streamline our processes while maintaining security and...

Harvest has helped us simplify and streamline our processes while maintaining security and organization. This platform is a solid choice for any company looking for an easy to use and secure platform for time tracking.

Pros

I like its intelligent approach and the ability to track our time, expenses and billing in detail. Harvest gives us a clear view of our resources, allowing us to make informed decisions and stay in control. I also value the security it offers, with measures such as two-factor authentication and data encryption, giving us peace of mind in protecting sensitive information.

Cons

It needs to improve its ability to generate customized reports. Sometimes, we run into limitations when we want to customize reports to fit our needs exactly.

yin syuan
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  • Industry: Design
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

good website for company to track the time and project budget

Reviewed on 2024-06-03

Pros

easy to check how colleagues' capacity and also manage different projects' budget.

Cons

will be easier if the harvest and forecast can automatic change the timesheet and forecast hours.

Roy
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  • Industry: Legal Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Excels at time tracking and expenses, don't look for more.

Reviewed on 2024-12-04

Pros

Does exactly what it says it can do, track time and it does it well.

Cons

Only does one thing for the monthly price that adds up per seat.

Julie
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  • Industry: Civil Engineering
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Harvest Review

Reviewed on 2023-10-20

Mostly positive!

Mostly positive!

Pros

The pros are: cloud based ease and user friendly

Cons

The cons would include customization as I wish to customize more

Vadym
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great time tracking tool

Reviewed on 2023-08-25

My overall experience is pretty good. I use Harvest on weekly basis and this tool helps our company...

My overall experience is pretty good. I use Harvest on weekly basis and this tool helps our company to track time and then to manage the profitability of our clients.

Pros

It's really easy and intuitive in using. Also Harvest can be integrated with other tools that simplifies a lot it's using. Also weekly automated reports are great

Cons

probably harvest is a tool without disadvantages for me, but it would be great if there is more customization options for generating reports with specific insights and data from tracked time and projects.

Iñaki
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

A time & money saver

Reviewed on 2023-08-09

Pros

It is so easy to track time every day, see what other team mates are working on and review the expenses / costs of a project vs the revenue it brings, helping us improve our processes

Cons

Overall I feel it's a great product with very little lacking, can't complain

Brenden
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Easy and fast time tracking

Reviewed on 2024-05-31

Pros

No one likes time tracking, that’s why I like the simplicity of Harvest.

Cons

There can be more insight dashboarding for time spent retrospective

Sai
Sai
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  • Industry: Internet
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Ideal platform for time tracking and project management

Reviewed on 2023-07-05

Harvest was a perfect fit for our team’s professional services needs

Harvest was a perfect fit for our team’s professional services needs

Pros

Harvest is an intuitive platform for time tracking, tracking billable hours, and invoicing. Harvest is a great platform for consulting and professional services teams

Cons

Harvest’s UI is easy-to-use but publishing additional resources and FAQs could make the experience better

Zachary
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Data and information is power, and Harvest helps capitalize on better understanding company...

Reviewed on 2023-05-20

Working with Harvest has been an overall positive experience because it helps us keep track of...

Working with Harvest has been an overall positive experience because it helps us keep track of billable/nonbillable hours and analyze how our company time is spent. This data has already given us insights into policy changes that maximize performance, profit, and output.

Pros

* The API is easy to work with and works well. * We use Harvest for billing/invoicing, and it saves HR/accounting lots of time.* It gives us data on billable/nonbillable work hours we have been able to examine to restructure the way we work on projects to reach our financial goals. We've already seen progress towards these goals and we could not have made these realizations without Harvest.

Cons

The 'payment type' (i.e. net 15, net 30, custom, etc.) is set static at a default--having the ability to customize this per client would be very helpful.Its sales tax functionality is quite limited, even with Quickbooks integration.The desktop Harvest app is a little 'buggy', but nothing that we can't work around.

Alexa
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  • Industry: Accounting Software
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

Great Time Keeping System

Reviewed on 2023-06-20

Pros

The ability to track time for clients through time entry for precise billing.

Cons

So far, no complaints. It meets most of our expectations.

Mindy
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  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

A great all-in-one tool!

Reviewed on 2023-04-13

Overall, this is an excellent tool and if you paired it with a robust PM tool like Asana (which...

Overall, this is an excellent tool and if you paired it with a robust PM tool like Asana (which integrates with it beautifully), you'd have a nice solid tool stack!

Pros

I love how robust Harvest is excellent for tracking all project-related expenses for time and billing. I love that I can plug in different hourly prices per team member or skill set to have a precise report on project costs.

Cons

I don't love Harvest for actually managing project tasks. The highest level, maybe, but not actual PM and forecasting.