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What is Harvest?

Harvest 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…

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Harvest has proven to be invaluable for users looking to customize their time tracking and pull detailed time reports. Users have found it …
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Very user friendly!

10 out of 10
May 03, 2021
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Our entire company uses Harvest to capture the timesheets for our staff for given tasks, roles and projects; and then use that information …
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Harvest Review

5 out of 10
November 11, 2019
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It is being used by all employees and officers of the company. It addresses the tracking of time to projects, which provides data for …
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Harvest Free

$0

Cloud
forever

Harvest Pro (Annual)

$10.80

Cloud
per month per seat

Harvest Pro (Monthly)

$12

Cloud
per month per seat

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Details

What is Harvest?

Harvest 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.

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

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Harvest Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android

Frequently Asked Questions

Harvest starts at $0.

Toggl Track, Clockify, and QuickBooks Time are common alternatives for Harvest.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 8.4.

The most common users of Harvest are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Harvest has proven to be invaluable for users looking to customize their time tracking and pull detailed time reports. Users have found it helpful for managing time tracking and expense management, both for client reimbursement and company reimbursement. The software has been effective in accurately reflecting time worked on projects for clients, as well as paying hourly contractors. Additionally, Harvest has been praised by users for its ability to show clients how much time is used to complete projects and requests, aiding in project estimation and determining how much to charge clients. Harvest also facilitates invoicing, keeping all financial reporting in one accessible location and providing complete insight into the profitability of each project by tracking billable and non-billable time and expenses. It further supports businesses in evaluating the health of their operations through comprehensive reports. With its simple and effective invoicing feature, Harvest minimizes fees compared to other methods and helps organizations track time and expenses efficiently, analyze productivity, assess profitability, and plan for a successful future with accurate quotes for future projects. By providing insights into individual team members' time and project finances, Harvest aids in measuring outcomes, matching time spent on projects, making informed decisions, managing clients and individual projects, recording billable and non-billable hours, tracking work across departments, improving billing processes, providing accurate reports on hours spent on projects, replacing rough estimations, importing tracked hours from other software systems, managing digital marketing services, budgeting internal projects, ensuring transparency in time allocation within small teams or agencies, capturing timesheets for staff members, applying different rates to specific tasks, increasing accuracy in tracking client work throughout the entire organization, tracking service hours for each client and account to uphold agreements, streamlining time tracking and expense management for better project budgeting and reporting purposes. Overall, users appreciate Harvest's user-friendly interface and intuitive design that make time tracking and expense management easy and effective.

Simplicity and Intuitiveness: Many users have praised Harvest for its simple and intuitive user interface, which has made the onboarding process smooth and minimized the learning curve. They appreciate how easy it is to navigate and set up tasks in the software.

Flexible Time Tracking: The availability of multiple ways to track time in Harvest has been highly valued by users. With options to run timers constantly or add all their time at the end of the day, users can choose a method that suits their working style. This flexibility accommodates different preferences and enhances productivity.

Accurate Time Tracking: Users find the start-stop functionality of timers in Harvest effortless and accurate. They have mentioned that this feature allows them to track their time with precision, ensuring that billable hours are recorded properly. The ability to round up to the next 6 minutes also simplifies the time tracking process for billing purposes.

Limited Integration with Other Software: Some users have expressed frustration with Harvest's limited integration capabilities, particularly when it comes to project management systems like Basecamp and Asana. They feel that the lack of seamless integration hinders their workflow and makes it difficult to manage projects efficiently.

Difficulty in Finding Specific Items: Several reviewers have mentioned that they find it challenging to locate specific items within Harvest's interface. They feel that the organization of tabs for time, projects, team, and reports is not always clear, making it time-consuming to find what they need.

Lack of Robust Accounting Functionality: A number of users have commented on Harvest's lack of robust accounting functionality. They feel that while the software excels in time tracking and invoicing, it falls short when it comes to more advanced accounting features needed by growing companies.

Users commonly recommend the following actions when using Harvest:

Firstly, they suggest trying out the free trial of Harvest to see if it fits their workspace needs. They also recommend integrating Harvest with project management tools like Trello or Asana to minimize manual data entry.

Secondly, reviewers advise exploring Harvest thoroughly before implementing it for small businesses. They also recommend considering other time tracking software like Toggl and TSheets to make an informed decision.

Lastly, users highly recommend Harvest for any-size team to track time and analyze data effectively. They find it helpful for invoicing clients and suggest utilizing the Reports section for quick invoice generation. Additionally, they recommend creating a quick how-to guide for employees to ensure easy adoption of Harvest's features.

These recommendations highlight the importance of trying out the free trial, exploring the software fully, and considering integration with project management tools. Users also emphasize the benefits of using Harvest for tracking time, analyzing data, and managing invoices efficiently.

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Alex Greenwood | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
As a dedicated user of Harvest, I've found it to be an invaluable asset in both tracking time and managing project timelines. Initially, I adopted Harvest for personal time management, but its utility quickly extended to overseeing our team of contractors. The intuitive interface simplifies the logging of hours spent on various tasks, fostering a more organized workflow. Additionally, Harvest excels as a predictive tool for future project planning. By analyzing past project data, I can accurately estimate the duration and resource allocation for upcoming proposals. This not only streamlines our proposal process but also enhances our efficiency in project execution. Moreover, Harvest’s reporting features offer deep insights into productivity trends, allowing us to identify areas for improvement and adjust our strategies accordingly. Overall, Harvest has become an indispensable tool in our arsenal, significantly contributing to our operational effectiveness and strategic planning.
  • Track time
  • Track billing
  • Invoicing
  • It can be a little wonky on reporting
  • I wish invoicing was a little easier
  • I wish it could be easier to set up unusual tasks
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.
Alan Bloxham | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use it across the whole organization to clock-in and clock-out. We also use it for dozens of clients. It helps us to track the amount of time so we can bill our clients correctly. The software helps us stay on budget for each of our clients by allowing us to input a specific budget amount and receive notifications when we are close to hitting that limit.
  • Project budget management - You can add a budget for each project, which we use for our individual clients.
  • Precise time tracking - By rounding up to the next 6 minutes (1/10th of an hour), it makes for easy time tracking and efficient money to time billing.
  • Easy syncing - I can start tracking time on my phone and turn on the clock from my computer. It automatically syncs across all my devices.
  • All-User Notifications - Although a notification can be sent out to the primary account, as employees it would be nice to receive those emails as well.
I've found Harvest to very useful when needing to track time for multiple projects in a month, whether those are individual projects or with multiple clients. It is not useful enough just for tracking an employees hours, there are cheaper options.
Emily Chesley | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Harvest between our graphic design and interior design departments to track billable time, as well as analyze hours spent on projects for time and billing efficiency. Harvest allows us to seamlessly track time between departments and collaborative projects which is especially helpful with employees working from home as well as from different states. Overall using Harvest has allowed us to improve our billing process on projects with our sales team.
  • Project time management can be set up for multiple projects and multiple tasks within each project to allow for more accurate billing.
  • We can use Harvest in conjunction with the workflow organization tool Trello so that we can dedicate projects, attach, and view time spent on projects so that information is easily accessibly to anyone who needs it across multiple departments.
  • Harvest sends/emails regular time analysis reports so you can see where your time has been spent between projects.
  • It would be nice if time tracking for a day on one project would just show cumulatively instead of showing each time entry that was started and stopped.
  • As a project manager I would like to be notified with other team member time reports to know when time has been logged and be able to check for accuracy.
It's helpful to collect billable design time between multiple designers in order to create accurate invoices for customers. Also helpful for managing multiple departments and analyzing time spent on different tasks on a project. Employees are able to track time from different time zones which is especially helpful when working from home, or when travelling for work.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our entire company uses Harvest to capture the timesheets for our staff for given tasks, roles and projects; and then use that information to run reports to be used as data for billing. This is the basic minimum requirement that we needed. The ability to apply different rates to specific tasks and run reports and insights on that specific task is very valuable.

At this time we are not using it to send and receive invoices because the software we we coming from didn’t offer that and we had developed other processes. Although I can see that it is part of the Harvest suite. So far I enjoy how user-friendly and intuitive Harvest is.
  • Time tracking is very easy for even non-technical users
  • Reports are intuitive and easy to understand
  • Billing function is available
  • Easy to manage tasks, roles and projects for any given client
  • 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
Harvest salt or immediate need for a replacement time tracking system that had become out of financial reach. It was a simple solution that everyone in our organization picked up really quickly. For myself at the administrative level, I have had no trouble adding clients, adjusting tasks, migrating tasks and running reports.

I am unsure as to the best practices at this time for a particular clients that have very specific price rate associated to very specific roles, it will still list the roles that we do not want in the drop-down menu and I would really like to eliminate that. I do not want room for error or for any particular user to pick the wrong task. It still lists them as non-billable but there are no non-billable hours associated to that client, so we don’t need those at all on the drop down.

Brian Manning | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We implemented Harvest for time tracking and expense management across multiple clients and at one point had a few hundred consultants billing through it. It was used across the organization and solve time tracking in preparation for invoicing clients as well as expense management for clients reimbursement and company reimbursement. It was also use to pay hourly contractors.
  • Excellent user experience... well designed, intuitive interfaces, etc.
  • Slick mobile app
  • Robust reporting
  • Easy to create invoices
  • More flexibility in the ability to set sub projects and better standardization of tasks.
  • Complete integration of forecasting and time-tracking.
  • Better integration with quickbooks online and Bill.com.
Excellent for individual contractors to track their time and expenses to bill clients. Excellent for small / medium agencies and consultancies to track time and expenses and bill clients as well as forecast resources plans for burn rates. Excellent for internal corporate teams trying to track time on projects.
Tegan Jenner | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Harvest is used by every employee at my company. We use harvest for expense tracking and for hour tracking against all of our different client contracts. Harvest allows us to customize how we track our time, and makes pulling detailed time reports very easy. The user interface is very easy to use, and a vast improvement over our previous time-tracking software we were using.
  • Easy to use -- simple user interface which leaves little room for error.
  • It's got a personality -- for example, at the beginning of a day, before you log any time, there is a different quote each day that relates to time.
  • It's extremely flexible -- everything within the tasks can be altered and manager so that it's personalized to fit your client/project needs.
  • I really don't have anything bad to say about Harvest. It does everything I need and more, and it was extremely easy to learn to use.
We have a client > Project > task style system at work where contacts are based on hours spent by a cross-functional team. Harvest is able to organize our hours by client, project, task, user, etc. This way, we can pull reports on time spent by function, by project, etc -- which is extremely helpful to measure over/under burn against our contracts.

We also use Harvest as part of our expense tracking, and similar to the time tracking, it's sleek and easy to use. Even the less-tech-savvy people in our office have easily mastered Harvest.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Harvest to track time for each employee. We also use it to track time for different projects that we bill hourly for. Every employee uses it to track their daily hours as well as the hours that they put in for various clients. It makes billing much easier because we can show how long each employee worked on each project.
  • Track time
  • Track time by project
  • Track multiple projects at once
  • Simplify reporting
Harvest is excellent if you have employees that you want to report or track time to you for payroll or to a client for billing reasons. It doesn't make as much sense to use if you are an individual only working on a single project. It simplifies and is the most helpful when you are using multiple projects or have multiple people working on them.
McKay Salisbury | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Harvest for our time tracking, invoicing, and some billing. Our business uses billable hours so we use the harvest app to track the time we spend on each client. We can set different billable rates for different people or rates for different tasks. It also handles flat-rate projects, recurring monthly fees, and retainers quite well. At any time, we can see our billable time, how much each client owes, and how much of that has already been invoiced. Twice a month we invoice everyone for what they owe using Harvest. It's pretty simple to use and reliable.
  • Tracking billable time - You can set different rates for different people on each project. Or you can charge for the task type. It also will track expenses that you can bill on to clients.
  • It will make invoices really quickly. This is the reason we switched to Harvest. We track our time and then simply send them the invoices. We can also set up automatic reminders for late payments. Clients can click the invoices and pay electronically which is nice.
  • It's quite simple to set up a project and to use it. The apps are great and function very well and reliably.
  • I would like to have a way to track the "total work time" instead of it just adding the time altogether. For example, often there is time that is not billable but then you also don't really want to track either. It would be nice if each day workers could clock in and out for payroll purposes.
  • Right now if you switch the rate you want to charge a client for a specific person, you can't, it would affect the past charges. You have to create a new project. It would be nice if they had an option to change the rate, but only have that affect changes in the future.
  • It would be great if they integrated with real merchant accounts. Right now it just uses things like Stripe and PayPal but usually, we charge the credit card ourselves so it would be nice to be able to do that ourselves through Harvest.
  • I would love to be able to have more options for minimum billing increments. Right now it lets you choose 1 hour, 30 minutes, 15 minutes, or 6 minutes. It would be great to use 10-minute increments but that's not an option with Harvest.
Any firm that needs to track billable time will get great use out of Harvest. Also, if you want to manage your time and billing in one place, Harvest may be great for that.
Blythe Warwas | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Harvest across our organization to track all of our time on our own projects, client projects, and really, everything else that goes on! It helps us really understand where our time and money are going, and it's user-friendly for everyone in our organization. I have been using it for almost 2 years, and it has become second nature to switch timers and keep everything on track.
  • Easy to learn.
  • Connects easily to other important software as we use, such as Asana.
  • Highly organizable for all types and sizes of projects.
  • We would like to be able to see on a clock when you started and stopped each time. Harvest will show you this number while the timer is running, but not after the timer has been stopped.
  • Better functionality to warn you when you are almost done with the time you had put in a timer would be good.
  • In the search projects function, it would be nice to be able to view an entire project instead of just the timers within that project.
Harvest is ideal for when we have a big project such as a promotion because we can divide up all of the time into what each department might need. This might include a specific few hours for graphic designers, a specific few hours for social media managers, etc. Later, we can see the specific record of where the time went. Harvest is sometimes less appropriate when you have a very large number of projects that a lot of people need access to. It still functions well, but it can be difficult to find the specific timer you need mixed into the fray.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We used Harvest to time track hours for our customer success team. Both engineers and customer success managers used it. We found it helpful and a non-arduous way to time track (since time tracking can be the absolute worst!). Harvest is an enjoyable time tracking experience, and we'd recommend it again.
  • Easy of use
  • Intuitive
  • Integrates into other apps easily
  • At the time, it didn't integrate into Slack, but now it does.
  • Would be nice to integrate into Salesforce, not sure if it does this.
Well suited for cross-team time tracking, including engineers and customer success managers, who do very different tasks during the day. It also integrates well with Slack, which was helpful for managers in mid-level management reporting to higher-ups. Introducing it to the team was relatively painless and suffered less too.
Marc Duke | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
One of my clients uses Harvest and when I started working with them they asked me to use it to record all of my time and expenses on the projects I was working on. It solves the simple problem of tracking what time is done on what. As well as to record when expenses are incurred and on what project. Every second I spend on doing work for this client is recorded on Harvest plain and simple as it's a great solution to track what you are doing and for how long.
  • Mobile app.
  • Chrome extension.
  • Combining time entries for the same project.
  • Integrating into invoicing.
It's great to record time, you have to set it up correctly in terms of sub codes for specific codes and areas but once that is sorted it is really easy to use either via the Chrome extension, web page or better still the mobile app. The ability to record simple narrative to describe what you are doing is also great and it's simply a case of stopping the clock when you are finished doing what it is you are doing. If you are working in a business where time matters then Harvest is excellent.
Erin Harris | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Harvest is used by the owner of Cantle Tech, Inc. so she can control payment to her employees and how many hours and time to bill individual clients and projects. It's easy for her to manage and it's easier for me to track my time through this online portal than to create and manage individual invoices for hours worked on various projects.
  • Specific project tracking
  • Daily hour tracking
  • Historical time tracking
  • I need to put in quarters, military time (.25, .5, .75) as opposed to time quarters (.15, .3, .45) which confuses me.
  • I need to have the owner often assign me to a project that I've been working on before I can put the row in my list of projects.
Harvest is well suited for teams that are located in different geographic areas. My time is communicated remotely through the system easily as long as I'm connected to the internet, I can track my time and it's instantly sent to my manager. It's easy to use and it's not overwhelming to manage and keep up with.
November 11, 2019

Harvest Review

Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is being used by all employees and officers of the company. It addresses the tracking of time to projects, which provides data for billing.
  • Non-complicated user interface.
  • The ability to place notes along with time and project & task headings
  • Reminders can be set that are helpful for making sure everyone keeps on top of posting their time and notes.
  • Much, much to generic-simple (e.g. Client addresses are a SINGLE data field, making it almost useless for export to other organizational software such as Outlook or Quickbooks).
  • Only 3 security level settings where at least 5 or 6 are needed (this has caused a MAJOR amount of ADDED workload for admin work, therefore MAJOR ADDED OVERHEAD EXPENSE and difficulty in being efficient).
  • Can only have one Attention To person when creating an invoice (should be a pull-down menu of all related contacts); this has caused UNNECESSARY duplication of client and project records to cover our needs when billing.
  • Over the past 4 years, we have repeatedly requested the key items that would be of help to be improved or changed ... we ALWAYS get the same response that they "are not working on this area at this time, nor have any plans to do so in the near future".
  • Someone at Harvest decided to change access/security rules AFTER we were using the system ...this change has BLOCKED use of particularly important areas from the only users (Admin Assist) available to perform the needed work ... which NOW HAS TO BE DONE OUTSIDE OF HARVEST (where it was possible to stay inside the program previously) NOTE: when asked why they changed this, there was no really good explanation and we were told they do not have plans to fix it back or create a better fix.
  • If the Admin (with full access) creates a Draft Invoice, a Project Manager CANNOT see it to help add to it or proof it.
A small company where there are no concerns the CEO is really the only person needing to have full access rights because he/she does all the work that requires full access (set up of clients, management of projects, set up of users, creating and sending billing, receiving payables).
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Harvest for the entire company. We are small online business owners who support multiple clients. Harvest allows us to log our hours so we know how long each project is taking. Then, once the projects are complete, we are able to view how long each project took us. If it is a retainer project, Harvest will send you a warning email to let you know when you are about to use up your hours for the retainer. It is a great resource for small business owners. It also sends invoices which is great so you don't need multiple apps.
  • Managing multiple users time clocks.
  • Harvest has a checkbox that allows your clients to direct pay their invoice on the due date recurring each month. It allows for streamless billing.
  • Harvest allows you to break up each client into projects and tasks. You can overview exactly where your employee's time has gone.
  • Invoicing could be a little easier to use. The retainer invoices are a little confusing.
  • The pricing for multiple users is a little high.
If you have multiple projects and are billing customers on a monthly basis then harvest would be a great option for you. It's a great option for small online businesses. In a company with over 20 employees, it might get confusing.
Sarah Porter | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
All employees use Harvest to reflect time worked on projects for clients. Our whole organization uses it. We use it as a tool to show clients how much time is used to complete projects, requests, and brainstorming. This answers the question clearly for ourselves and our clients; which is helpful when we decide on how much to charge clients for projects.
  • 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.
  • Personally, I don't care for the app on the desktop. It might be my computer, but it times out frequently. I do, however, like the function that it'll notice you've been away from your desk (idle) and gives you options to remove that time or keep the time.
  • Maybe have templates people could build for themselves! I add the same first three time entries daily, they're tasks that I do throughout the day that I start & stop. It'd be nice if they're built into my own 'daily template' so that I wouldn't have to manually add them daily.
A project with many people working on it can be broken down into manageable chunks of time that can be TRACKED! It's nice that all of us on that project will receive a notification if we're close to the time allocated for that project, this way we need to speed up what is remaining for the project and stop brainstorming and get creating!

We do NOT use Harvest for tracking employee hours for the day. We don't use it as a time card tracking purpose when used that way, it becomes too cumbersome and we found it could water down actual time worked on projects, because people will utilize project time for bathroom use, coffee refills, etc.
Brie Goumaz | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Harvest is how my company managers multiple clients as a digital marketing company. I am able to send invoices, and track time all in one location. Not only can you send detailed invoices for hourly clients but you can auto send retainers. Some of my clients also don’t want to think about paying their bill each month so they opted into auto pay which takes out the money each month for them.
  • Billing
  • Time tracker
  • Managing clients
  • Autopay could be easier to implement.
If you need a way to time yourself and have multiple clients who pay in different ways then Harvest is great for you. You don’t have to create invoices every month, as they can be auto created and sent. This wouldn’t be for you if didn’t need a timer to go along with your invoicing.
Joe Hallissey | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
As our non-profit continues to grow both in mission and personnel, senior leadership desired to understand how some key groups spent their time. Specifically, how many work hours are spent on revenue vs. non-revenue projects. Harvest has helped quickly and easily provide reports to back up what were a rough estimation of hours spent on projects in the past.
  • Track time -- it just works. From starting and stopping a timer to entering hours after the fact, Harvest is a quick and easy solution for time tracking needs.
  • Setting up clients, projects, and tasks. Within your dashboard, there's a top-level tab to show all your open projects by client. Each project can be opened to drill down to tasks, budget, and people assigned.
  • Reporting -- whether you need a very basic report like us, or something more complex, Harvest has it all. From the reports tab, you can easily sort by person, task, project, and more.
  • Good pricing. At only $12 per month/user, it can fit in the budgets of even the smallest organizations that need time tracking.
  • No way to batch assign time to multiple employees. As a "project manager" within the system, I can go into any employee's timesheet and add or remove hours, but a situation I frequently face is that several employees are all working on the same task. I wish there was a way to assign them all the same entry in one go.
If you are a freelancer or a small team looking to track time worked across projects, then Harvest is a good tool for you. It easily allows each person to select the client, project, and task with enough flexibility for a variety of use cases. Admins can choose what tasks are shown on a per-project basis or standardize across all projects.

On the other hand, I'm not sure if Harvest is the right tool for large organizations. There are too many small things an admin needs to do to each project/client that it would be difficult to do so across many people and clients.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Harvest is being used to track employee time, contractor time, manage project details, and manage/reconcile client budgets. It is being used across the whole organization for time tracking but project and account managers use it more thoroughly to manage project details as it pertains to resource and budget. It allows our organization to have access to resource allocation that is easily viewed in report format for audits and billing.
  • Track time.
  • Generate reports on resource allocation.
  • Manage budget.
  • More options/alternatives for complex contractor time submission.
  • More robust reporting functionality.
  • Integration to Slack.
Harvest is a great tool to track team resources within an organization's project scope. It allows employees and contracts to submit their time (manually or by using an integrated timer) to various projects. Project and account managers can use this information to reconcile against project budgets. Harvest also allows approved members to generate reports that consolidate resources, budget and other project details.
Lynzee Jablonka | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Harvest is used by everyone at our agency. We use it to track our time and productivity as well as managing scopes of projects to monitor profitability. Harvest allows us to get a better understanding of the time restraints and requirements associated with each type of campaign or project our agency takes on.
  • Integrates with other project management apps (i.e Asana)
  • Allows us to allocate specific amounts of time to various tasks
  • Gives the managers a better sense of what part of our process is most time consuming
  • The mobile app lacks a lot of the functionality that the website offers, if I were to change anything, I'd definitely update the mobile app
Any time that you need to track hours to compare billable/nonbillable time or manage profitability, Harvest can be helpful. I'd imagine most agencies need to make sure their employees are mostly (if not 100%) billable so this would be a great tool to help manage that. The function that allows you to scope out a project by hours/task is great monitoring the time each task in the process takes as well as informs any educational opportunities to better train the staff for efficiency.
Laura Cain | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our entire organization uses Harvest. For one, it gives us a good idea of how much time on average each employee is working in a given week. Most importantly, however, it gives us a good idea of work is being spread across clients - are we spending too much time on a certain client, or not enough on another? Additionally, we compare the time data to revenue data to see if there is anything to learn or improve from our pricing model.
  • Consistently making updates to better serve their wide variety of users
  • Allows for a decent amount of customization - you can put in different tasks for different departments, you can put in project costs on a one-time or recurring basis to compare time to money, etc.
  • It's pretty easy to pull customizable reports to fit what data you want to look at.
  • Sometimes it can be difficult to find the item that you're looking for, as there are tabs for time, projects, team, reports etc. and it's not always clear where the item you're looking for will be housed.
  • It would be nice if things could be broken out more clearly by department, as sometimes the entire organization will be added to a new project when really only a couple of people should have.
Harvest is pretty customizable to your needs, and even if you don't do any sort of performance reviews around time tracking (we don't), it's a very helpful tool to give insights on how time is being spent. Additionally, it's given us insights that we wouldn't have even expected, like that reports were taking significantly longer than they should have to build, which led us to implementing a new tool to help streamline report building.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I was a part of a small engineering consulting group that used Harvest for time and expense tracking as well as tracking budgets for specific projects. We used Harvest for both Time & Materials projects and Firm Fixed projects. Everyone in the company used it for tracking their hours spent on each project. Project lead and managers used Harvest for making sure each project was on budgetary schedule. The owner of the company also looked at the reports generated from Harvest.
  • Easy to use for everyone in the organization.
  • The reporting that can be done for projects, clients, and employees is really helpful.
  • You can use a mobile app, desktop app, or the website to do expenses and time tracking.
  • The expense reporting is much easier than any other solution I have used.
  • The interface and expense reporting doesn't allow you to do much customization if you need specifics.
  • The desktop app is very basic so everyone in our company just had a tab open in a browser for Harvest.
  • Some of the admin features like adding/removing people from projects and defining their roles is not intuitive.
If you are an individual consultant or a small company who needs to be able to track spending/hours on a variety of projects then Harvest seems like the gold standard to use. There is minimal setup and it comes with a variety of useful tools out of the box that can get you started right away. It becomes less appropriate as the company gets very large and needs a lot more customization for reporting, expenses, etc. If it has what you need out of the box, great, but if you need anything else then customization makes it worth looking elsewhere.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Working for lots of clients, it's important to track my time effectively and be able to relay to clients what I've been working on. Using Harvest allows me to categorize my work by project and by task. It's great for helping me stay on track with my assignments and ensure I'm not going over budget on projects.
  • Harvest is great for tracking time and putting a certain amount of time into a certain project or task.
  • Having the desktop app to Harvest makes it easy to start and stop projects without having to log in to the website.
  • Sometimes Harvest has the tendency to get really slow if I haven't restarted it in a few days.
  • The reporting in Harvest is okay, but could be a bit more detailed and easy to use when it comes to mapping out times on certain projects.
Harvest is great if you have project-by-project work or work for various clients. It's great, especially for freelancers to track how much time is being used on a certain task or project.
Lark Ismail | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Harvest for individual team members to track time spent on client projects. Then, on our billing side, we manage invoices based on entered hours or just a flat project rate. From within the program, we can update the invoices, send them to the client with a customized message, and mark paid once payment is received.
  • Easy time tracking with browser add-ons/plugins.
  • Invoice management (sending/receiving invoices).
  • Invoice status - clear dashboard that shows a client's status and unpaid invoices.
  • Stronger contact management, possibly more like a CRM.
  • Automatic project creation (I currently use third-party automation software to do this in a roundabout way).
  • Harvest on Mac is able to give a notice when the timer has been left on and keep track of how long it appears to have been running ideally. This would be great if possible on other devices and browsers.
I've recommended this to clients in the past looking for a time tracking solution. It's easy to recommend to everyone because it has a low price point to start and is available on all devices and browsers with no conflicting issues. I use integrations with Harvest for my team, but the most ideal scenario for Harvest may be for freelancers since they may not need any additional features or other programs to run this side of their business.
Aislinn Kenyon | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use it primarily for time tracking -- making sure our employees are counting their time in categorized buckets so we can accurately budget how much time is spent on each internal project.
  • Project and task organization.
  • Clear visuals of budgets.
  • Easy start/stop of timers.
  • A pop-up if you are logged in during regular work hours, but you aren't tracking any time, as a reminder to those who get sidetracked.
Harvest is well suited for companies who have remote workers. The ease of starting and stopping timers keeps tabs on the remote workers, and allows them the freedom to take pauses when they need to without wasting company time. It's not as useful for offices where everyone is there for a specific time period, or those who have a very generalized role, such as secretary.
Joy Reschke | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Harvest allows our business to track time and expenses efficiently. It is used across our entire organization to analyze daily, quarterly, and yearly productivity. The data supplied is critical to assessing our profitability, and we are able to track business success by reviewing metrics every month. We are able to plan with for a successful future!
  • Harvest keeps our projects on track by showing our team how much time we spent on any given project and compares this to our estimate.
  • Harvest has an easy-to-use interface, making it an accessible tool for our entire team.
  • When we review our annual performance (time vs. profitability), Harvest is the primary tool we use.
  • I would love to improve the search function in the drop-down menu so that more clients can be viewed at a time.
  • The process of starting a new project is great! However, I would prefer that the Time & Materials rates would always default to a standard setting rather than defaulting to what was last used.
Harvest is the ideal tool for any size company. Our design and accounts team use the service to track our time, and our finance department is able to compare our time with the estimate for each project. This allows our company to lay the groundwork for present and future profitability in real time.
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