Accelo vs. Clockify

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Accelo
Score 3.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Accelo is a Professional Services Automation (PSA) platform designed to provide visibility into operational risks for service-based organizations. While traditional tools often focus on historical data, Accelo is intended to surface real-time risks such as Project Overruns, Resource Overloading, and Scope Creep. The platform integrates the full client lifecycle, including CRM, Quoting, Project Delivery, Support Ticketing, Time and Expense Tracking, Retainer Management, and…N/A
Clockify
Score 8.5 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Clockify, from COING in Palo Alto, is a time tracker and employee timesheet software for teams of all sizes. Clockify lets users track how much time is spent working on tasks, as well as keep track of employee timesheets and billable hours, project completion, reports, and schedules.
$0
forever, unlimited everything
Pricing
AcceloClockify
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Clockify Free
$0
forever, unlimited everything
Clockify Plus
$9.99
per month, per workspace
Clockify Enterprise
$9.99
per month, per user, per workspace
Clockify Premium
$29.99
per month, per workspace
Clockify Server
Starts at 450
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AcceloClockify
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional DetailsUnlimited usage and number of users for free. Paid plans are solely for access to additional features. Self-hosting software on own servers available.
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Community Pulse
AcceloClockify
User Ratings
AcceloClockify
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(8 ratings)
8.6
(13 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(3 ratings)
8.2
(4 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
AcceloClockify
Likelihood to Recommend
Accelo
Accelo is a system that can do it all. It's extremely sophisticated. Depending on the sophistication of your organization, or specifically the abilities of the people you put in charge of the implementation, it can almost be too sophisticated. It all just depends on your situation. The more you use it, the more data you give it, the more you'll be able to see and do. It's incredibly powerful. But it's definitely not a tool that would be appropriate for smaller boutique type organizations that have only basic needs.
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CAKE.com, Inc
Clockify is an easy 10 over 10 recommendation for me. I would recommend this anyone especially if they're required to track their time and productivity while on the job. Office workers, tellers, bankers - any desk jobs really can very well use the awesome features of Clockify to the fullest extent. It is easy to use, very simple to set up, and doesn't require that much resource from your computer for up-keep
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Pros
Accelo
  • Timing Client Work: You are able to better manage your time on your clients.
  • Housing Client Info in one Area: You can view all you need for any given client in one area.
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CAKE.com, Inc
  • Clockify records exact times on a per project basis when you click Start/Stop.
  • User interface is very easy. It is easy to add a project on the fly, change the times I just recorded if I forgot to click Stop for example. The interface is intuitive and gives me the flexibility I need.
  • Reporting gives me everything I need from times, hours per project, billable or not, per client and any tags I've created. This provides enough flexibility for many different use cases.
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Cons
Accelo
  • Accelo is excellent on the adaptation to its deep functionalities.
  • Managing multiple project is very challenging.
  • Not easy to collect multiple reports across platforms.
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CAKE.com, Inc
  • In general, manuals or how to use instructional videos are always welcome - just covering the very basic are very good to get everyone up and running.
  • Maybe work on your scalability - the main reason why we switched to a different provider is because the company was ramping up and the competitors have more features that come with not just time and productivity tracking.
  • I always like the classic blue and white pallets on the app but sometimes I just wish there's more option to customize how it looks just to give it a little more flavor.
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Likelihood to Renew
Accelo
Looking forward to seeing more refinement of features provided and upcoming features promised :)
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CAKE.com, Inc
I'm using the free version at the moment and loving it. What a great product, easy, responsive and has better up time than Yahoo Mail. :) What isn't there to like?
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Usability
Accelo
No answers on this topic
CAKE.com, Inc
Very affordable, accessible and simple. For this very reason I would say, it culminates to Clockify being very beginner and start-up friendly. It is its strongest suit after all, and this is the main reason why I would recommend this to anyone. I am very thankful for me ex colleague who recommended this to me, we're no longer working together but I still hear that he's still using Clockify to this very day on his own business
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Reliability and Availability
Accelo
No answers on this topic
CAKE.com, Inc
I have never had an issue logging in or it not being available. I use Clockify every work day during the week, frequently starting/stopping projects. I've had past experience with other systems that suddenly aren't usable for an hour and that is something I have never experienced with Clockify. They are doing something right on their backend. Nice job, Clockify folks
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Performance
Accelo
No answers on this topic
CAKE.com, Inc
I already mentioned how it feels light across the wire. Pages load fast in the web browser. I have not tried the browser plug-in nor the mobile app. I give it a 9 instead of 10 as the desktop app seemed to hesitate when I clicked the start/stop of a project/task
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Support Rating
Accelo
From the beginning the Accelo team has been very invested in ensuring our success and overall happiness with the platform. The initial implementation specialists and trainers did a fairly good job of learning our company and needs, and tried to tailor the trainings accordingly. However, once we made the formal switch to the platform, meaning we no longer were using our legacy systems, we found that we had a lot of questions....and a lot of ideas and recommendations. The support team is extremely responsive and seemingly happy to receive our continual feedback. And if we encounter an issue that seems to be a system issue, they work diligently to fix it (we've actually had an engineer join a call with us to learn of the issue - and subsequently fix it)
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CAKE.com, Inc
I dealt very little with customer support because Clockify is so easy to use. That being said, the few times I did, I got fast responses and any issues that I did have were solved in a very fast manner.
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Alternatives Considered
Accelo
Accelo doesn't really exceed any competitors in any one area of their product, but in 2015 when we made the move this was the best option that included all the tools we wanted. However, user adoption was low in some areas due to the UI, so we scaled back Accelo and added other tools.
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CAKE.com, Inc
Harvest is very similar to Clockify. The only difference is that Harvest also has an invoicing and billing system built into it. So if you're billing your clients based off of time directly, Harvest may be a better option as far as that goes. Of course, Harvest only has minimum billing increments of 6 or 10 minutes, there is no 10-minute option so that's something where Clockify has them beat. They are both very easy to use.
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Scalability
Accelo
No answers on this topic
CAKE.com, Inc
Because it feels light on the wire and runs so smoothly with great up-time. I have to assume that the same is true as it scales. I'm a single user so maybe I don't see if there are any scalability issues. With the way it seems architected to run so quickly across many platforms (desktop, mobile, web, browser plug-in), I have to think that it is using recent technology that provides scalability options
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Return on Investment
Accelo
  • It substantially reduced the number of systems we use to run our business.
  • It reduced the need to train our staff on a variety of platforms.
  • It gave us the ability to have a client-facing portal that directly integrates with our backend systems.
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CAKE.com, Inc
  • The free plan really did everything we needed for the 6 months or so we used it. Without Clockify, we would have had to pay roughly $40+/month for a software tool.
  • When we upgraded to the paid version, it was still only $10/month and helped us be able to have minimum billing increments which is a huge monetary increase.
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ScreenShots

Accelo Screenshots

Screenshot of project analytics. Accelo keeps projects on track with templates, task management, Gantt charts, AI-predicted completion dates, portfolio views, and built-in client approvals.Screenshot of the scheduling interface. Accelo matches work to the right person by skill, workload, and availability — with utilization reports, capacity forecasting, and dynamic allocations that keep delivery and pipeline aligned.Screenshot of the revenue dashboard. Revenue leakage hides in unbilled hours, missed scope, and late invoices. Accelo captures time automatically, tracks budget and margin live, automates invoicing end-to-end, and manages retainers and scope creep before the damage is done.Screenshot of an overview of capacity. Most firms make decisions on data that's already a month old. Accelo delivers real-time reporting across utilization, profitability, and project financials — with custom dashboards that give every role the signal they need to act.

Clockify Screenshots

Screenshot of Time trackerScreenshot of TimesheetScreenshot of Time tracking appsScreenshot of DashboardScreenshot of ReportsScreenshot of Projects