Harvest
About Harvest
Harvest is an online time and expense tracking tool for teams and projects of all sizes. Harvest harnesses the power of time tracking to help users answer critical questions about their team's time, project progress, and the health of the business. Plus, it turns billable time into invoices that make it easy to get paid online. Businesses can use Harvest to carry out time tracking, expense tracking, project management, billable hours tracking, task assignment, invoicing, scheduling, and more.
One of the biggest challenges with tracking time is getting team members to do it. The Harvest app - available for Mac, Windows, iPhone, and Android - makes time tracking easy for teams by letting them track time in the way that's easiest for them. Users can track time as they work - by starting a timer from their desktop, phone, or browser - or enter hours all at once, after they're done. Harvest even integrates with third party tools including Asana, Basecamp, and Trello - so that team members can track time from applications they already use.
Harvest also helps businesses put that timesheet data to work by turning it into intuitive, visual graphs that provide insight into teams and projects. Managers can see what each team member has worked on and what's taking up the most time. See project cost, how much time has been tracked to each project, how much budget is left, and how many billable hours have been worked. And when it's time to invoice clients, Harvest allows users to create an invoice right from the tracked time within the application. Email this data to each client and get paid online with the help of PayPal and Stripe integrations.
A monthly subscription to Harvest costs $12 USD/person/month (billed monthly) or $10.80 USD/person/month (billed annually). A free plan is available for single users. Discounts are available for nonprofit organizations and educational institutions.
Pricing starting from:
US$11.00/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
Key benefits of Harvest
Typical Customers
- Freelancers
- Small Businesses (2-50)
- Mid-size Companies (51-500)
- Large enterprises (500 and more)
Deployment
- Cloud-based
- On-premise
Supported Languages
English
Pricing starting from:
US$11.00/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Features
Total features of Harvest: 48
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- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Easy to use timekeeping and expense reimbursement platform
Reviewed on 14/8/2024
We use Harvest for tracking time against projects as well as managing employee and client expenses.
We use Harvest for tracking time against projects as well as managing employee and client expenses.
Pros
Easy to use timekeeping + expense system across all employees
Cons
Lack of integration with other agency tools, i.e., Google Suite
Response from Harvest
Thank you so much for your feedback! We love receiving customer requests and have passed this request for a deeper integration with Google Workspace along to our Product team for consideration.
- 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 3/8/2024
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.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10
Tracks Time, Dimishes Trust with Employees
Reviewed on 11/6/2021
I personally did not solve any business problems using Harvest, nor did I see any benefit to me as...
I personally did not solve any business problems using Harvest, nor did I see any benefit to me as an employee. The only benefit I could see to the employer was being able to play Big Brother by using Harvest to monitor every second of my day. This software contributes to a corporate culture of distrust.
Pros
The only thing good I can say that I like about Harvest is that it is pretty easy to use. You simply search the client or project name, indicate whether it is a billable or non-billable task and then set the timer. There is also a space to elaborate on the specific details of the task being done.
Cons
What I like the least about this software is that the tracking is too granular. Employees that are subject to using it feel like Big Brother is watching and that the employer doesn't trust them. It also doesn't allow for any explanation of extenuating circumstances. For example, if an employee is tracking within Harvest and is expected to track in real time, there is no way to explain a computer glitch or if a system crashes in the middle of a task and the employee has to re-do the task from the beginning. In addition, if you are a billable employee, you are literally tethered to your computer all day, as you must "Harvest" every minute of your day if the employer wants an accurate read of activity. It is tedious and demeaning.
- Industry: Telecommunications
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Easy to Use!
Reviewed on 26/9/2024
Overall, I enjoy the platform for how efficient and easy to use it is.
Overall, I enjoy the platform for how efficient and easy to use it is.
Pros
It is easy to use and user friendly, even to those who have never used the platform.
Cons
There is currently no way to link tasks to specific user roles, however that is not a major issue.
Response from Harvest
We're happy to hear it's been so easy to use Harvest for you and your team! I've noted your feedback on tasks and teammates for the rest of the team.
- Industry: Accounting
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Easy to use - custom reports makes it easy to generate internal insights
Reviewed on 3/9/2024
I find Harvest easy to use, we use it to track time working on clients' files. Internally I use the...
I find Harvest easy to use, we use it to track time working on clients' files. Internally I use the reports to analyze how I use my time, and give myself benchmarks to improve.
Pros
It's easy to use. Time stamps can be adjusted. I LOVE the reports functionality, you can pull reports in a lot of different ways.
Cons
I can't think of any drawbacks to Harvest.
Response from Harvest
Thanks for the kind words! We love to hear how people leverage their reporting insights.
Harvest FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Harvest.Q. What type of pricing plans does Harvest offer?
Harvest offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$11.00/month View Pricing Plans
- Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Harvest Premium costs $14 USD/person/month (billed annually) for unlimited access to all of Harvest's Premium features. Harvest Pro costs $11 USD/person/month (billed annually) for unlimited access to all of Harvest's Pro features. A free plan is also available for single users with limited needs. Discounts are available for nonprofit organizations and educational institutions.
Q. Who are the typical users of Harvest?
Harvest has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Harvest support?
Harvest supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Harvest support mobile devices?
Harvest supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Harvest integrate with?
Harvest integrates with the following applications:
Akita, Alfred, Alfred, Apollo, Apollo, Appsmith, Asana, Basecamp, Beanstalk, Bidsketch, Breeze, Brightpod, BugHerd, Chrometa, ClickUp, Coupler.io, Databox, Deel, Domo, DoneDone, EazyBI Cloud, Firefox, Flow, Formstack Forms, Freshservice, GitHub, GoSimplo, Google Calendar, Google Workspace, Grow, Height, Hygger, IFTTT, InvoiceSherpa, Jira, Jitbit Helpdesk, Klipfolio, Lawcus, Mailform, Make, MeisterTask, Microsoft Outlook, Nifty, Parallax, Pastel, PayPal, Plecto, Proposify, QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Online Advanced, Rindle, Salesmate, Skyvia, Slack, Smartsheet, Stripe, SyncHub, Teambook, Teamwork.com, Trello, Tugger, Xero, Zapier, Zendesk Sell, Zendesk Suite, monday.com
Q. What level of support does Harvest offer?
Harvest offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat
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