Clockify vs Toggl Track

Clockify is a time tracking app from CAKE.com, a software company that also makes the Pumble team chat and Plaky project management tools. Its defining trait is a free plan with unlimited projects and tracked time for up to 5 users, which made it one of the most widely used time trackers among freelancers, agencies and companies of all sizes.

People track time with a start-stop timer, manual entries or weekly timesheets, across the web app, desktop and mobile apps, and a browser extension that adds a timer inside tools like Jira, Asana and Trello. A kiosk mode turns a shared device into a punch clock for on-site staff. Reports summarize hours by project, client, user and tag and can be shared or exported. Paid tiers are priced per seat: Basic adds admin controls, Standard adds timesheet approvals and invoicing with billable rates, Pro adds scheduling, expenses and project budgets, and Enterprise covers SSO and custom domains. GPS location tracking is available on higher tiers.

Clockify suits teams that need reliable hours for client billing, payroll or project costing without paying for basic tracking. The interface is denser than Toggl Track, which many users find more pleasant and stronger at reporting, and some admin features sit behind paid seats for everyone in the workspace. Harvest combines time tracking with invoicing for agencies, and Hubstaff is stronger for remote workforce monitoring.

Toggl Track is a time tracking app from Toggl, a fully remote company founded in Estonia in 2006. It is built around one-click timers and manual entries that work the same on web, desktop, mobile and a browser extension that adds a timer button inside more than a hundred tools such as Asana, Jira, Trello, GitHub and Google Docs, so people record time where they already work.

Entries are organised by client, project, task and tag, with billable rates, project estimates and budgets that show profitability. Reports summarise hours by any dimension and can be shared or exported, while idle detection, reminders, calendar integration and an automatic background tracker help fill gaps. The free plan covers up to five users with core tracking; paid Starter and Premium plans are priced per user and add billable rates, project templates, timesheet approvals, fixed-fee projects, forecasting and more administration, with Enterprise for larger organisations. Toggl also makes other productivity apps alongside Track.

Toggl Track fits freelancers, agencies and consultancies that bill by the hour or need to understand where team time goes, and teams that want tracking people will actually use. Its invoicing is basic, producing PDF invoices from reports rather than acting as a billing system, advanced reporting is limited to paid tiers, per-user pricing adds up for larger teams, and it is intentionally not an employee monitoring tool. Clockify is a lower-cost alternative, Harvest includes invoicing and expenses, and Timely focuses on automatic tracking.