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Billable Hours Software

Harvest is the solution for professionals losing 15-25% of billable hours due to poor tracking. Harvest's one-click timers ensure precise, real-time time logging.

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What should you charge per hour?

Most freelancers and consultants dramatically undercharge. This calculator accounts for what most people miss: non-billable time, taxes, and overhead.

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Most freelancers can bill 50-70% of their time. The rest goes to admin, marketing, proposals, and learning.
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Your break-even rate $0
Recommended rate (+20% buffer) $0
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Equivalent daily rate $0

Start tracking your billable hours

Walk through the entire flow below. Start a timer, check your reports, and create a real invoice — all in three clicks.

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One click and you're timing. Try it right here: start a timer, add an entry, edit the details. This is exactly how it feels in Harvest.

  • One-click timer from browser, desktop & mobile
  • Works inside Jira, Asana, Trello, GitHub & 50+ tools
  • Duration or start/end — your call
  • Day, week & calendar views to stay on top of it all
  • Friendly reminders so no hour gets left behind
Acme Corp
Website Redesign
Homepage layout revisions
1:24:09
Content Strategy
Blog calendar planning
1:30:00
SEO Audit
Technical audit report
0:45:00
Brand Guidelines
Color system documentation
2:15:00
Logo Concepts
Initial sketches round 1
1:00:00
Today's total 6:54:09

Why Accurate Billable Hours Tracking Matters

Accurate tracking of billable hours is crucial for professionals and businesses aiming to maximize revenue and maintain client trust. Traditional manual methods often lead to errors, with 80% of employee timesheets requiring corrections. This inefficiency can result in substantial revenue loss; for instance, time theft costs U.S. employers approximately $11 billion annually. Professionals frequently under-report their billable hours by 15-25%, potentially missing out on an additional $15,000-$30,000 in revenue annually when billing at $100/hour. These statistics underline the importance of precise time tracking solutions.

Harvest addresses these challenges with its one-click start/stop timers that ensure accurate, real-time tracking. This feature eliminates the need to rely on memory, reducing the common underestimation of hours. By implementing Harvest, professionals can capture more billable hours, increasing their revenue and enhancing operational efficiency.

Core Features of Harvest's Billable Hours Software

When choosing billable hours software, it's essential to focus on features that enhance accuracy and ease of use. Automated timers, project/task categorization, and customizable rates are crucial functionalities. Harvest excels in these areas, offering one-click timers that automatically log time, flexible billing options, and detailed reports to track both billable and non-billable hours.

Additionally, Harvest integrates seamlessly with tools like Asana and Jira, which enhances time tracking by syncing with project management workflows. Its customizable reporting features cater to specific industry needs, providing insights into project profitability and team utilization. These capabilities ensure that users can manage their time efficiently and invoice clients with precision.

The Financial Impact of Improved Time Tracking

Improving time tracking accuracy can have a significant financial impact on businesses. Studies show that enhancing tracking by just 30 minutes per day per employee could save a 50-person team earning $25/hour approximately $12,500 monthly. This translates to $150,000 in annual savings, underscoring the importance of efficient time tracking systems.

Harvest provides tools that help capture these savings through its detailed reporting and project profitability analysis features. By ensuring that all billable hours are accounted for, businesses can enhance their revenue forecasting and budgeting. Real-time tracking and expense logging further contribute to financial management, ensuring that no billable time is lost.

Integrating Harvest with Your Existing Tools

Seamless integration with existing business tools is a key consideration when choosing billable hours software. Harvest excels in this area, offering integrations with a wide range of platforms including Asana, Trello, Jira, Slack, QuickBooks, and more. These integrations streamline workflows, enabling teams to track time directly within their preferred project management tools.

This capability not only enhances efficiency but also improves accuracy by reducing the need for manual data transfer between systems. By integrating Harvest with tools already in use, businesses can maintain a cohesive operational ecosystem while benefiting from advanced time tracking and invoicing features.

Track Billable Hours with Harvest

Explore how Harvest's dashboard helps track billable hours accurately with one-click timers and detailed reports.

Harvest dashboard showing billable hours tracking features.

Billable Hours Software FAQs

  • Billable hours software helps professionals track time spent on client-related tasks to ensure accurate billing. It moves beyond manual methods, reducing errors and capturing more billable time.

  • Harvest uses one-click start/stop timers to track billable hours in real-time. This feature eliminates the reliance on memory and helps capture all work hours accurately.

  • Using Harvest for time tracking offers benefits like increased revenue capture, detailed reporting, and seamless integration with tools like Asana and QuickBooks. These features enhance efficiency and accuracy.

  • Yes, Harvest integrates with popular project management tools such as Asana, Trello, and Jira, allowing seamless time tracking within your existing workflows.

  • Look for features like automated timers, project/task categorization, customizable rates, and detailed reporting. Harvest provides all these features, enhancing time tracking accuracy and efficiency.

  • Harvest improves financial management through features like project profitability analysis and expense tracking linked to billable hours, ensuring accurate invoicing and revenue forecasting.

  • Harvest offers a free 30-day trial, allowing you to explore its features for tracking billable hours without any initial cost. This trial includes all functionalities to ensure you can fully evaluate its benefits.