Last checked November 9, 2026

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Harvest tracks time and sends invoices. On 9 November 2026 its pricing page lists Free at $0, Teams from $9 per seat a month billed yearly, and Enterprise from $14. The help center describes Flex, a per-seat rate plus usage, and Unlimited, a fixed usage fee, and it still describes legacy plans. Kyle Kingsbury wrote on 8 November 2026 that his bill went from $13.32 to $133.98 a month (https://aphyr.com/posts/427-rip-harvest). That $133.98 is his reported bill. Invoice Ninja sends invoices and tracks time, and you can run it yourself. Kimai is the open-source timesheet and writes invoice files from hours. solidtime imports a Harvest file, and invoicing is not on its free plan. Akaunting keeps invoices and expenses, and timesheets are a paid app. Crater keeps invoices, and time tracking is still an open item on its roadmap.

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What you pay for Harvest

Teams starts at $9 per seat a month, billed yearly ($108 per seat a year), or $11 billed monthly. Enterprise starts at $14, or $17.50 billed monthly. One customer reported $133.98 a month.

Checked 9 November 2026 on https://www.getharvest.com/pricing. Free is $0, with 1 seat and 2 projects, plus time tracking, invoicing, and expenses. The page says usage of some features may still require a fee. Teams starts at $9 per seat a month when billed yearly, $108 per seat a year, or $11 per seat a month. Enterprise starts at $14 per seat a month when billed yearly, $168 per seat a year, or $17.50 per seat a month. Enterprise Plus is custom pricing, with no dollar amount on the page. The cards say a base rate includes core features, and additional invoices, projects, clients, and tasks are billed from use. The page says prices are in USD. The help article checked the same day says Teams and Enterprise are each billed as Flex or Unlimited (https://support.getharvest.com/hc/en-us/articles/31447072608397-Information-about-pricing-plans). Its opening describes Flex as a per-seat rate plus usage on the prior period's active projects, active clients, active tasks, and invoicing. A later sentence in that article describes Flex as paying only for seats that are active in a period. The pricing page agrees with extra charges for invoices, projects, clients, and tasks, and it does not print the per-unit rates or the Unlimited fee. The help article still describes legacy plans for accounts that upgraded from a trial before 7 November 2024. Where the article's 'two plans' line leaves out Free and Enterprise Plus, the pricing page is the list used here. Kyle Kingsbury wrote on 8 November 2026 that his bill went from $13.32 to $133.98 a month after a move to Enterprise Unlimited, that Flex was $12.65 a month for him and adds a 2% fee on invoice card payments on top of ordinary card processing of about 3%, and that a support reply came from a language model (https://aphyr.com/posts/427-rip-harvest). He also wrote that Bending Spoons bought Harvest in 2025. Those figures are his report. They are not printed on Harvest's pricing page. The help article's own example of a second Flex bill, $44 for seats and then $404 with usage, is Harvest's example, not a list price.

Harvest website·Price page

Who it is for

For small teams and individuals. Its price on file: Teams starts at $9 per seat a month, billed yearly ($108 per seat a year), or $11 billed monthly. Enterprise starts at $14, or $17.50 billed monthly. One customer reported $133.98 a month. It is in the Money group.

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A timesheet that can send an invoice

These scores are from the checklist on this page. A full score means it matches our checklist. It is not a drop-in replacement. We check each app against public docs and price pages.

Invoice Ninja is #1 (92). Kimai is #2 (88). solidtime is #3 (60).

Invoice Ninja

#1 · Closest

6 of 6 checked features. A full score means it matches our checklist. It is not a drop-in replacement.

You only get part of: export time to a spreadsheet.

Kimai

6 of 6 checked features. A full score means it matches our checklist. It is not a drop-in replacement.

What you give up: expenses.

solidtime

6 of 6 checked features. A full score means it matches our checklist. It is not a drop-in replacement.

What you give up: invoices from tracked time and expenses. You only get part of: more than one person.

Where they differ

Invoices from tracked time
Worth 10 points. Invoice Ninja does all of it. Tasks can be turned into an invoice. Kimai does all of it. Invoice files from billable time, including PDF and DOCX. Card checkout is not the core invoice. solidtime does none of it. Not in the free cloud plan or the open-source edition. Cloud Professional and the paid on-premise license include invoicing.
Expenses
Worth 6 points. Invoice Ninja does all of it. Vendors and expenses are on the hosted free plan. Kimai does none of it. Not in the free core. The store lists the expense plugin at €99 a year excl. VAT. Checked 9 November 2026. solidtime does none of it. No expense ledger on the pricing or docs pages checked 9 November 2026.
Export time to a spreadsheet
Worth 8 points. Invoice Ninja does part of it. Reports export to CSV, and tasks can be imported from CSV. A Harvest detailed-time file does not drop in unchanged. Kimai does all of it. Timesheets export to CSV, XLSX, PDF, and HTML. solidtime does all of it. An organization export is a ZIP of CSV files, including time entries.
More than one person
Worth 6 points. Invoice Ninja does all of it. Hosted Free and Pro are one user. On the Invoice Ninja forum, hillel wrote that self-host includes the hosted Pro and Enterprise features, and Enterprise is where extra hosted users start. Kimai does all of it. solidtime does part of it. Free cloud is one user. The open-source edition is described for small teams. Cloud team controls are on Professional.

Invoice Ninja, Kimai, and solidtime do all of these: a timer and a timesheet and clients, projects, and tasks.

Also ranked: Akaunting is #4 (48). Crater is #5 (42).

How close is it?

How this works

A full score means it matches our checklist. It is not a drop-in replacement. #1 is the closest free app that did not pay us. An ad, when one is sold, is marked and sits after #1. Paying does not change the score. Open source means you can use, change, and share the code. Run it yourself means the app can live on a computer you control.

#1 · ClosestCode is publicNotes on the review
Invoice Ninja
Invoicing under the Elastic License.
6 of 6 checked features. A full score means it matches our checklist. It is not a drop-in replacement.
You only get part of: export time to a spreadsheet.
Last checked November 9, 2026 · License: Elastic License 2.0
WebRun it yourself
Cost and details How to switch WebsitePaid link · We may earn a fee. That fee does not change the score.
#2Open sourceNotes on the review
Kimai
Open-source timesheets, with invoices from hours.
6 of 6 checked features. A full score means it matches our checklist. It is not a drop-in replacement.
What you give up: expenses.
Last checked November 9, 2026 · License: AGPL-3.0
WebRun it yourself
Cost and details How to switch Importer docs Website
#3Open sourceNotes on the review
solidtime
Open-source time tracking. Invoicing is a paid plan.
6 of 6 checked features. A full score means it matches our checklist. It is not a drop-in replacement.
What you give up: invoices from tracked time and expenses. You only get part of: more than one person.
Last checked November 9, 2026 · License: AGPL-3.0
WebRun it yourself
Cost and details Website
#4Code is publicNotes on the review
Akaunting
Accounting under the Business Source License.
6 of 6 checked features. A full score means it matches our checklist. It is not a drop-in replacement.
What you give up: a timer and a timesheet and export time to a spreadsheet. You only get part of: clients, projects, and tasks and more than one person.
Last checked November 9, 2026 · License: BUSL-1.1
WebRun it yourself
Cost and details Website
#5Open sourceNotes on the review88% of the list checked
Crater
An open-source invoice app. Time tracking was not shipped.
5 of 6 checked features. A full score means it matches our checklist. It is not a drop-in replacement.
What you give up: a timer and a timesheet and export time to a spreadsheet. You only get part of: clients, projects, and tasks.
Last checked November 9, 2026 · License: AGPL-3.0
WebRun it yourself
Cost and details Website

Feature by feature

Full means it does the whole job. Partial means it does some of it. Missing means it does not. Not checked counts as zero. The number under each feature is how much it counts. A bigger number moves the score more.

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Feature comparison. Full, partial, missing, or not checked.
Feature	Invoice Ninja#1 · 926 of 6 checked features	Kimai#2 · 886 of 6 checked features	solidtime#3 · 606 of 6 checked features	Akaunting#4 · 486 of 6 checked features	Crater#5 · 425 of 6 checked features
A timer and a timesheetCounts for 10	FullA timer on tasks. The product is built around invoices.	Full	Full	MissingTimesheets are in the Projects app, listed from $5, and no app is included in an on-premise plan.	MissingTime tracking is an unchecked item on the README roadmap.
Clients, projects, and tasksCounts for 8	FullHosted free stops at 5 clients. That cap is a hosted plan limit.	FullCustomers, projects, and activities. An activity is the timesheet task.	FullClients, projects, and tasks are on the free cloud plan.	PartialCustomers are in the free app. Projects and tasks are in the paid Projects app.	PartialCustomers and invoices. No timesheet tasks.
Invoices from tracked timeCounts for 10	FullTasks can be turned into an invoice.	FullInvoice files from billable time, including PDF and DOCX. Card checkout is not the core invoice.	MissingNot in the free cloud plan or the open-source edition. Cloud Professional and the paid on-premise license include invoicing.	Full	Full
ExpensesCounts for 6	FullVendors and expenses are on the hosted free plan.	MissingNot in the free core. The store lists the expense plugin at €99 a year excl. VAT. Checked 9 November 2026.	MissingNo expense ledger on the pricing or docs pages checked 9 November 2026.	Full	FullThe README says it tracks expenses and payments.
Export time to a spreadsheetCounts for 8	PartialReports export to CSV, and tasks can be imported from CSV. A Harvest detailed-time file does not drop in unchanged.	FullTimesheets export to CSV, XLSX, PDF, and HTML.	FullAn organization export is a ZIP of CSV files, including time entries.	MissingThe free app has no timesheet to export.	MissingThere is no timesheet to export.
More than one personCounts for 6	FullHosted Free and Pro are one user. On the Invoice Ninja forum, hillel wrote that self-host includes the hosted Pro and Enterprise features, and Enterprise is where extra hosted users start.	Full	PartialFree cloud is one user. The open-source edition is described for small teams. Cloud team controls are on Professional.	PartialFree on-premise is 1 user and 1 accountant on the plans page checked 9 November 2026.	Not checkedA second person on one company was not in the README checked 9 November 2026.

What it costs

Invoice Ninja

Free plan: Hosted free is $0 and stops at 5 clients, with invoicing, expenses, and billable time. You can run the same app on your own server. A forum reply says that copy includes the hosted Pro and Enterprise features.; Hosted free: 5 clients; Hosted Free and Pro: 1 user. Extra hosted users start on Enterprise.
They host it: Pro is $14 a month or $140 a year. Enterprise is $18 a month billed monthly. Checked 9 November 2026. The pricing FAQ says $18 a month is the 1–2 user price. The January 2026 pricing update lists $18 a month for 2 users ($180 a year) and further steps up to $300 a month for 100 users. Self-hosted white-label is $40 a year on that update.
Run it yourself: Setup: medium. Docker or a small virtual machine. Hosted plans are separate. White-label on a server you run is $40 a year on the January 2026 pricing update.

Kimai

Free plan: The AGPL app is free to run on your own server, including invoicing and timesheet export. The CSV importer plugin is marked for free on the store.; Importer docs
They host it: Standard is €2.99 per user a month on the annual view and €3.99 on the monthly view. Professional is €3.99 and €4.99 on those views. Per user, excl. tax. The page says annual billing saves 20%. The two printed Standard prices are not a 20% gap. Checked 9 November 2026.
Run it yourself: Setup: medium. Docker, or PHP with MariaDB or MySQL. The expense plugin is €99 a year excl. VAT on the store, and it keeps working after that year without updates. Cloud Professional includes expense tracking.

solidtime

Free plan: Cloud Solo is free for 1 user, with clients, projects, tasks, and reporting. Billable rates and invoicing are not on that plan.; 1 user on the free cloud plan; Invoicing is not included
They host it: Professional is €9 per user a month, or €8 per user a month billed annually. Excl. VAT. Invoicing, billable rates, and team controls are on this plan. Checked 9 November 2026.
Run it yourself: Setup: medium. The open-source edition is €0 and does not include invoicing. The on-premise page showed Business at €199 a year excl. VAT with the team-size control on 5 users, and the comparison table says Business is from €49 a year. Invoicing is on that paid license. Checked 9 November 2026.

Akaunting

Free plan: Standard on-premise is free: 1 company, 1 user and 1 accountant, and 1,000 invoices. Checked 9 November 2026. No app is included, so the Projects timesheets are not in that copy.
They host it: No hosted price on file.
Run it yourself: Setup: medium. On the on-premise plans page checked 9 November 2026, Premium is $72 a year or $756 lifetime, Elite is $168 a year or $1,764 lifetime, and Ultimate is $684 a year or $7,224 lifetime. Apps are purchased separately. The Projects app page says from $5.

Crater

Free plan: The AGPL invoice app is free to run yourself. No hosted price for this repository was on the GitHub page checked 9 November 2026.
They host it: No hosted price on file.
Run it yourself: Setup: medium. A Laravel and Vue app. The README still lists time tracking as unfinished. Issue 1265, opened in August 2023, says the project is no longer in active development.

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Migrate from Harvest to Invoice Ninja

Export Harvest time as CSV and invoices as CSV or PDF, then map those columns into Invoice Ninja. Harvest's headings do not drop in unchanged.

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Questions

What changed about Harvest's bill in November 2026?

The pricing page lists Teams from $9 per seat a month billed yearly and Enterprise from $14. The help center says those two plans are billed as Flex, per seat plus usage, or Unlimited, a fixed usage fee, and it does not print the usage rates or the Unlimited fee. Legacy plans are still described for some older accounts. Kyle Kingsbury's $133.98 figure is one reported Enterprise Unlimited bill, not a list price.

What leaves Harvest with a CSV?

Administrators can export company time as CSV from Settings, then Import/Export, and from the time reports. Invoice reports export to CSV, and all invoice PDFs can be exported as a ZIP. Payment links, approvals, and the people logins do not travel inside those files. Confirm the current clicks in Harvest's help, because the articles name more than one report screen.

Does a paid placement change the Harvest ranking?

No. A sponsored row is labeled and cannot be rank 1. The checklist on this page is the same either way.

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What you pay for Harvest

Who it is for

How to switch

A timesheet that can send an invoice

Where they differ

How close is it?

Feature by feature

What it costs

Did you switch?

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