Choosing time tracking software starts with the free-tier ceiling, because that is where every team begins and where the five differ most. TimeCamp gives away unlimited users and unlimited projects forever; Clockify frees up to 5 users with unlimited tracking; Harvest gives exactly 1 seat and 2 projects; Toggl's free plan holds a limited number of users without publishing the number; Hubstaff's free plan holds 1 seat for the organization owner. Paid pricing diverges just as hard: Clockify starts at $3.99 per seat per month annual with no seat minimum, TimeCamp at $3.99 per user per month annual, Harvest Teams at $9 per seat per month annual, Toggl Starter at $9 per user per month annual, and Hubstaff Starter at $4.99 per seat monthly annual with a 2-seat minimum plus six per-seat add-ons at $1.67 to $3.33. What you buy past tracking also splits: Harvest turns hours into invoices and payments, Toggl adds capacity planning, PTO and profitability, TimeCamp adds an AI time tracker metered at roughly $6 per user per month, and Hubstaff alone adds screenshots, activity levels, GPS and payroll. Decision: the cheapest capable team plan buys Clockify; unlimited free users buy TimeCamp; client invoicing buys Harvest; reporting and capacity buy Toggl; monitoring field work buys Hubstaff. Prices re-checked on the date shown.
4.4/5: free for a limited number of users; Starter $9/user/mo annual ($12 monthly), Premium $16 ($24). Unlimited projects and tags even free, capacity planning and PTO bundled into paid tiers.
Free tier: Yes · 30-day trial on Starter and Premium
Paid from: $9/user/mo (Starter, annual) (Seat-based. The free tier covers a limited number of users with unlimited projects and tags; paid tiers add billable rates, team capacity signals, PTO and holiday tracking, and a dedicated customer success manager on Premium. Enterprise plans are custom-quoted via sales.)
Toggl Track is the design-first tracker: free tier for a limited number of users, then Starter $9 per user per month and Premium $16 on annual billing, with capacity planning layered on top.
4.3/5: free for up to 5 users; Basic $3.99/seat/mo annual ($4.99 monthly), Standard $5.49 ($6.99), Pro $7.99 ($9.99). Kiosk limited seats from $0.79; deactivated users do not occupy seats.
Free tier: Yes
Paid from: $3.99/seat/mo (Basic, annual) (Seat-based; every active or invited user occupies a seat and deactivated users do not. The free tier allows up to 5 users with unlimited time tracking, timesheets, auto tracker and desktop apps. Kiosk access for shared devices is sold as limited seats at $0.79 to $2.39 per seat per month annual. A combined CAKE.com bundle is listed at $27.97 per seat per month, advertised as saving 53%.)
Clockify is the volume leader on price: free for up to 5 users with unlimited tracking, then Basic $3.99 and Standard $5.49 per seat per month annual — the cheapest paid entry in this comparison.
4.2/5: free 1 seat and 2 projects; Teams $9/seat/mo annual ($11 monthly, 20% off annual), Enterprise $14 ($17.50). Invoices and payment processing inside the product.
Free tier: Yes · 30-day trial on Teams and Enterprise, no card required
Paid from: $9/seat/mo (Teams, annual) (Seat-based with unlimited users on the free plan's limits replaced by seat counts on paid plans. Teams covers unlimited seats' worth of tracking and invoicing features; Enterprise adds unapproved time tracking rules, expense and budget forecasting, and custom provisioning. Payments and invoices run inside Harvest, so a share of billing volume flows through the platform.)
Harvest is the invoicing-shaped tracker: a free plan with 1 seat and 2 projects, Teams at $9 per seat per month annual, Enterprise at $14, and payments processed through the product itself.
4.1/5: free forever with unlimited users and unlimited projects; Starter $3.99/user/mo annual ($5.49 monthly), Premium $6.99 ($9.99), Ultimate $9.99 ($13.99). AI time tracker billed by tokens at about $6/user/mo.
Free tier: Yes · 14-day trial on paid plans, no card
Paid from: $3.99/user/mo (Starter, annual) (Seat-based, but the free plan already allows unlimited users and unlimited projects. An AI Time Tracker add-on bills by token usage at an estimated $6 per user per month for time-entry suggestions, with the trial including $10 in credits. Enterprise is custom-quoted.)
TimeCamp is the unlimited-free pick: a free forever plan with unlimited users and unlimited projects, paid tiers from $3.99 per user per month annual, and an AI time tracker billed by token usage.
3.9/5: free 1 seat; Starter $4.99/seat/mo annual ($7 monthly, 2-seat minimum), Grow $7.50 ($9), Team $10 ($12), Enterprise $25 annual. Add-ons $1.67-$3.33/seat incl. locations and screenshots.
Free tier: Yes · 14-day trial, no card; 30-day money-back guarantee
Paid from: $4.99/seat/mo (Starter, annual, 2-seat minimum) (Seat-based with a 2-seat billing minimum on every paid tier. The free plan covers exactly one seat for the organization owner. Per-seat add-ons run alongside the plan: Insights $2.50, Tasks $2.50, Data retention $1.67, more screenshots $2.50, Locations $3.33 and Silent app $2.50 per seat per month, some with a 3-month trial.)
Hubstaff is the monitoring-first tracker: a 1-seat free plan, paid tiers from $4.99 per seat per month annual with a 2-seat minimum, plus per-seat add-ons for insights, screenshots, locations and silent app tracking.
Bottom line: Toggl (4.4) wins on reporting and capacity; Clockify (4.3) on price, free for up to 5 users and $3.99 paid; Harvest (4.2) on invoicing, TimeCamp (4.1) on free breadth with unlimited users; Hubstaff (3.9) is the monitoring pick with a 2-seat minimum and per-seat add-ons. Pick the free ceiling first, then decide whether the paid tier should buy reports, invoices or oversight.
TimeCamp, which keeps unlimited users and unlimited projects on its free forever plan. Clockify is free for up to 5 users, Harvest gives 1 seat and 2 projects, Hubstaff's free plan holds 1 seat, and Toggl's free tier holds a limited number of users without publishing the cap.
Clockify Basic and TimeCamp Starter, both $3.99 per user or seat per month on annual billing. Clockify has no seat minimum; Hubstaff's $4.99 Starter requires at least 2 seats.
Harvest. Invoices and payment processing are inside the product, on Teams at $9 per seat per month annual. Clockify, TimeCamp and Toggl include invoicing features but process no payments.
Only Hubstaff, which sells screenshots, activity levels, GPS, geofencing and payroll, some as per-seat add-ons from $1.67 to $3.33. The others deliberately skip monitoring.
Yes — Clockify, Toggl, Harvest and TimeCamp all bill only for the seats you use. Hubstaff requires a minimum of 2 seats on every paid tier.
Toggl, which bundles capacity management, PTO, public holidays and flexible hours into its paid tiers. TimeCamp Ultimate adds attendance, and Harvest Enterprise adds budget forecasting.