A Harvest alternative that costs the same every month.
In 2026 Harvest moved to usage-based pricing. As well as seats, the bill can now depend on your active projects, clients and tasks, and on the revenue you invoice through it. Customers on older plans saw their renewals rise many times over. The BBC reported one firm going from $130 to $2,110 a month.
HourToBill is one plan at $12 a month, whatever you track and whatever you invoice. It is built for one person: a timer against a client, then an itemised PDF invoice at month end.
No card. $12 a month after the trial. One plan, no seats.
Due 30 September 2026 · Net 30
| Date | Description | Hrs | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04 Aug | Warehouse process review, site visit | 6.0 | $570.00 |
| 08 Aug | Supplier data audit | 4.5 | $427.50 |
| 12 Aug | Stock reconciliation workshop | 7.0 | $665.00 |
| 19 Aug | Findings write-up and recommendations | 9.0 | $855.00 |
| 26 Aug | Board presentation and Q&A | 3.0 | $285.00 |
- Hours billed
- 29.5
- Total due
- $2,802.50
A flat price matters more to one person than to a team.
A usage-based bill is hardest on the people who can least predict their month. A solo consultant does not know in January how many clients they will have in June. When the price moves with your clients and your invoiced revenue, a good month costs more, and you find out at renewal.
Harvest is a real product with years of work behind it: team timesheets, expenses, approvals, forecasting, and desktop and mobile apps. Most of that exists to manage other people’s hours. If the only hours you track are your own, you are paying for a team tool.
Here the loop is short. Start a timer against a client and stop it when the work ends. At month end every unbilled hour becomes a dated, priced line on a PDF invoice, numbered in your own sequence. Your own payment link goes on the invoice and your client pays you directly, so none of your fees pass through us.
Harvest against this, line by line.
Harvest is a good product aimed at teams. Here is the plain split, so you can tell in a minute whether moving makes sense. Harvest figures are from its pricing page and the BBC, as of September 2026.
| What you get elsewhere | What you get here |
|---|---|
| Seats, plus charges tied to active projects, clients, tasks and revenue invoiced. | One plan at $12 a month or $120 a year. The price does not depend on what you track or bill. |
| A free plan for one person, limited to 2 projects. | No free plan. 14 days free, no card, then $12. Unlimited clients from the first day. |
| Team timesheets, approvals, capacity and forecasting. | None of it. One account is one person. |
| Expense tracking and receipts. | No expenses or mileage. Hours only. |
| Invoices built from projects, with payments taken through the platform. | The invoice is built from unbilled hours in a date range. Your own payment link, and no cut of your fee. |
| Imports and integrations with many other tools. | No import from Harvest yet. You add your current clients by hand, a couple of minutes each. |
Stay on Harvest if any of this is true.
You track other people’s time. You need approvals, project budgets, capacity planning or expense claims. You rely on its integrations or its desktop and mobile apps. Those are real reasons to stay, and nothing here replaces them.
Before you move, check what your renewal actually costs. Harvest says customers can switch plans in one click or ask for help finding a lower price, and the BBC reported discounts offered to people who pushed back. If a cheaper Harvest plan fits you, staying may be the least work.
The case for moving is narrow: you work alone, you bill by the hour, and you want a price you can predict. If that is you, the trial answers the question in about five minutes, because you finish it holding a PDF.
Before you buy.
Why did Harvest raise its prices?
Harvest was bought by Bending Spoons in 2025 and moved to usage-based pricing in 2026, charging by active projects, clients, tasks and invoiced revenue as well as seats. Customers on older plans saw the largest rises when their renewals came up. That is from the BBC’s report of 20 August 2026. Your own renewal notice has your real figure.
Can I import my data from Harvest?
Not yet. Export your time entries and invoices from Harvest before you cancel, so your records do not depend on a subscription you stopped paying for. Here you add the clients you currently bill by hand, which takes a couple of minutes each.
Is there a free Harvest alternative?
Clockify and Toggl track time for free, and Harvest still has a free plan for one person with 2 projects. What costs money here is the step that turns tracked hours into an itemised invoice without you retyping them.
Does the price depend on how much I invoice?
No. It is $12 a month or $120 a year, one plan, with unlimited clients and invoices. There is no usage charge and no percentage of your fees.
Does it work for a small team?
No. One account is one person, with no seats and no second login. If you bill for anyone else’s hours, Harvest or Productive.io are the right tools and this is not.