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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Harvest

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AHarvest is used to track time, gain insights from past projects, and get paid for work. Dedicated apps and integrations with popular tools like Asana and Slack allow Harvest to fit into a team’s workflow. A selection of visual reports are offered to keep projects running smoothly and an organization's team supported. Harvest also helps to turn a team’s tracked time and expenses into professional nvoices and collect payment quickly with integrated online payments.

    $13.75

    per month per seat

    QuickBooks Online Advanced

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AQuickBooks Online Advanced is a SaaS-based accounting software designed to scale with growing businesses. It includes the functionalities of QuickBooks Online, as well as more robust business analytics, customization, and resource management.N/A
    Pricing
    HarvestQuickBooks Online Advanced
    Editions & Modules
    Harvest Pro
    $13.75
    per month per seat
    Harvest Premium
    $17.50
    per month per seat
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HarvestQuickBooks Online Advanced
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details20% discount for annual billing on Pro and Premium plans.—
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    Community Pulse
    HarvestQuickBooks Online Advanced
    Considered Both Products
    Harvest
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    Intuit
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    25 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    155 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    24 Answers
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    138 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    25 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    158 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    128 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    19 Answers
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    135 Answers
    Features
    HarvestQuickBooks Online Advanced
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Harvest and QuickBooks Online Advanced
    Feature
    Harvest
    -
    Ratings
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    7.9
    118 Ratings
    4% above category average
    API for custom integration00 Ratings7.797 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings8.0103 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Harvest and QuickBooks Online Advanced
    Feature
    Harvest
    -
    Ratings
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    8.4
    213 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.4187 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.3209 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Harvest and QuickBooks Online Advanced
    Feature
    Harvest
    -
    Ratings
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    8.2
    228 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings8.3215 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.5228 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings7.7219 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Harvest and QuickBooks Online Advanced
    Feature
    Harvest
    -
    Ratings
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    8.2
    236 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Accounts payable00 Ratings8.4221 Ratings
    Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.5222 Ratings
    Cash management00 Ratings8.5195 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation00 Ratings9.1226 Ratings
    Expense management00 Ratings8.5207 Ratings
    Time tracking00 Ratings7.7111 Ratings
    Multi-currency support00 Ratings6.557 Ratings
    Multi-division support00 Ratings7.297 Ratings
    Regulations compliance00 Ratings8.3104 Ratings
    Electronic tax filing00 Ratings8.8127 Ratings
    Self-service portal00 Ratings7.9122 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings8.298 Ratings
    Intercompany Accounting00 Ratings8.0101 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings8.4202 Ratings
    Enterprise Accounting00 Ratings7.989 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting00 Ratings8.4112 Ratings
    Centralized Rules Framework00 Ratings8.887 Ratings
    Standardized Processes00 Ratings8.4153 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Harvest and QuickBooks Online Advanced
    Feature
    Harvest
    -
    Ratings
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    6.2
    91 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Inventory tracking00 Ratings6.291 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Harvest and QuickBooks Online Advanced
    Feature
    Harvest
    -
    Ratings
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    6.8
    152 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Pricing00 Ratings6.8111 Ratings
    Order entry00 Ratings6.5100 Ratings
    Credit card processing00 Ratings7.2131 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HarvestQuickBooks Online Advanced
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (52 ratings)
    7.9
    (238 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (21 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    8.4
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (18 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.4
    (10 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HarvestQuickBooks Online Advanced
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Harvest
    Harvest is ideally suited for a variety of scenarios, particularly in the realms of freelance or consulting work, where accurate hour tracking for billing is crucial. It excels in small to medium businesses managing team projects, allowing for effective resource allocation and time management across multiple concurrent projects. For budgeting and forecasting, Harvest provides valuable data, aiding in accurately estimating the duration and cost of future projects based on past data. It's also highly beneficial for remote or distributed teams, thanks to its cloud-based platform that facilitates seamless coordination. Additionally, its detailed reporting features enhance client transparency, fostering trust through clear communication of time spent on projects. However, Harvest may be less suitable for larger enterprises with complex integration needs or specialized industries requiring more niche features. Small startups or individuals on tight budgets might find the cost challenging, especially if they don't fully utilize all its features. Lastly, for those needing only basic time tracking, simpler or free tools might be more appropriate, making Harvest an unnecessary expenditure for basic needs.
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    Intuit
    Well suited for a larger company with many classes that need to be differentiated. It is relatively intuitive to use, whether you have used other versions of QuickBooks, or any other accounting software. Easy to dig into your accounts from wither the Balance Sheet or the Profit and Loss when trying to analyze performance.
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    Pros
    Harvest
    • Offers several options on using the tool, for example, you can use the app on your phone, the app for desktop, or simply have the website open.
    • The timer integrates with other platforms. For example, our team uses Asana as our project management tool. Now, in real-time, I can know which projects my team is working on and whether we're implementing good time management strategies to meet our goals.
    • The summary break downs are wonderful! You can view an individual's hours as well as project hours. There are even notifications you could receive when your team is getting close to reaching the allotted time for a client's project.
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    Intuit
    • Budgeting is easy to input. Our entities have multiple departments, so using classes to separate and report the results of each department is important.
    • Reports are easy to customize to provide meaningful data to the board and department managers.
    • QuickBooks Online Advanced has a large market share of accounting software in use, so it is relatively easy to find new employees with prior experience with QuickBooks Online Advanced.
    • Able to open both entities at the same time, which is helpful due to the number of transactions between the two entities.
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    Cons
    Harvest
    • I’m still trying to figure out how tasks best associate to a specific project. There’s a couple different places to edit that and I’m a little confused as to best practice.
    • Does not integrate into basecamp which is our project management system
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    Intuit
    • Continued growth around AI usage and tool.
    • There are still some reporting gaps that make setting up custom reports not absolutely top-tier.
    • There can be a lot of UI clutter as different features keep getting turned on. Can become harder to navigate.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Harvest
    No answers on this topic
    Intuit
    It has become second nature to use Quick Books at the company. If you need a report you log in and pull the report. It helps expedite reconciliation of bank accounts, the automation of most tasks make it easy to get mundane tasks completed quickly.
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    Usability
    Harvest
    Again, just a minor compatibility issues using with other platforms such as Basecamp, but it does do everything promised. The only downfall we have found is having to create a job in both platforms and then connecting them later vs being able to create a project once and having them automatically connect.
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    Intuit
    QuickBooks Online Advanced is highly usable and intuitive for most day-to-day financial tasks. Its interface is clear, and core functions such as invoicing, reconciliation, and reporting are easy to perform. While some advanced features like report customization or integrations can be less straightforward, overall the platform offers a smooth and efficient user experience.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Harvest
    No answers on this topic
    Intuit
    In the 5 years I have been using it, I cannot recall there ever having been an outage or not being able to access the system. Sure, there are issues with internet speeds sometimes that are unrelated to Intuit but it is a very reliable system.
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    Performance
    Harvest
    No answers on this topic
    Intuit
    Since we do not integrate the software with other systems, I do not have any issues with speed related to that. Pages tend to load pretty quickly, but there are times when reports or other pages take a little longer to load than usual. It is not an overly frustrating amount of time, though, and it happens infrequently.
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    Support Rating
    Harvest
    They're very responsive and do their best to answer whatever questions we've had. Sometimes, the question or request we've made is for a feature that doesn't yet exist, however in most cases those features have been built later and did eventually address our need.
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    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Harvest
    No answers on this topic
    Intuit
    The online training is good enough.
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    Implementation Rating
    Harvest
    No answers on this topic
    Intuit
    I did not participate in this part particularly much. The implementation was simple and easy to perform. There were not any major issues that arose during the process. QuickBooks has made the processes pretty streamless and I believe they had anticipated many difficulties ahead of time. This was easy enough
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    Alternatives Considered
    Harvest
    Harvest is significantly better than Jira. I think Jira's is not originally intended to be used as a time logging/management system, but we had been previously using it as that. It was much clunkier, and many employees had a difficult time using it as a user interface goes. Harvest is much more user friendly and has simplified the daily time-logging process for everyone in our office
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    Intuit
    QBO is great because it does accounting very well, and it can integrate well with everything. I appreciate that it has third-party integrations with many other software companies, so we can focus on doing our accounting through QuickBooks while adding other software as needed through those integrations.
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    Scalability
    Harvest
    No answers on this topic
    Intuit
    Software is very flexible
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    Return on Investment
    Harvest
    • Harvest has improved our payment schedules. Since we switched, we get paid for projects much sooner.
    • Harvest has saved us a ton of time with payroll. We are able to track our users time and pay them appropriately based on their billable hours.
    • Harvest is becoming a lifesaver around tax time. The reporting features have allowed us to pull reports for our tax accountant.
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    Intuit
    • Spreadsheet sync reduces manual data entry significantly. Exporting data into my customized Excel workbook that has complex formulas and macros for automating makes uploading changes and reconfiguring easy and convenient, saving a lot of time.
    • Automating AP approval has reduced lost paper copies, improved internal controls, and reduced audit findings.
    • Having banking connections has improved cash flow management, streamlined credit card expenses and reconciliation. I have found that utilizing it for my primary operating account actually makes things more difficult and can easily double-post payments, so I avoid using it on the checking account. It has been well for the credit card account, though.
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    ScreenShots

    Harvest Screenshots

    Screenshot of the time tracking experience in HarvestScreenshot of project progress tracking, with budgets and costsScreenshot of team capacity trackingScreenshot of a visualization displaying where a team's time is goingScreenshot of Harvest invoicing, that turns tracked time and expenses into invoices so users can get paid online