Our Full Review
Clockify has disrupted the time tracking market by offering a truly free plan with unlimited users. While Toggl, Harvest, and others charge per user, Clockify lets teams of any size track time without paying a dime.
After extensive testing, here's our verdict: Clockify is the best free time tracking tool available. It's not the most feature-rich or polished, but for basic time tracking needs, it's remarkably capable—and actually free.
Who Should Use Clockify?
- Budget-conscious teams who need time tracking but can't justify $10-20/user/month
- Freelancers and agencies who bill by the hour and need basic time reports
- Growing teams where per-user pricing becomes prohibitively expensive
- Teams trying time tracking for the first time—zero risk to test it out
Who Should Look Elsewhere?
- Teams needing advanced reporting — Toggl or Harvest offer more sophisticated analytics
- Heavy invoicing needs — Harvest's native invoicing is better integrated
- Premium support expectations — email-only support may frustrate some
- Design-focused teams — Toggl's UI is noticeably more polished
Time Tracking Features
Clockify covers the essentials well:
- Timer mode — one-click start/stop, running timer visible across apps
- Manual time entry — type in start/end times or duration
- Calendar view — visual weekly view to fill in time blocks
- Kiosk mode — shared device clock-in/out for shift workers
- Auto-tracker — desktop app tracks active apps and URLs (paid plans only)
- Approval workflows — manager review and approval of timesheets
Projects & Organization
Clockify lets you structure time tracking logically:
- Unlimited projects and clients (even on free)
- Project color coding for quick visual identification
- Tasks within projects for granular tracking
- Tags for cross-project categorization
- Billable vs non-billable designation
The organizational features are more than adequate for most teams. You won't feel limited by the free tier here.
Reporting
Reporting is where the free vs paid distinction becomes clear:
- Free plan: Summary and detailed reports, exportable to Excel/PDF/CSV
- Paid plans: Scheduled reports, saved report templates, advanced filters, charts
The free reports are functional—you can see who worked on what, for how long. But you'll manually export and filter. If you need scheduled weekly reports or sophisticated charts, you'll need to upgrade.
Invoicing & Billing
Clockify added invoicing in recent years, but it's limited:
- Billable rates can be set per project or user (Basic plan, $3.99/user/mo)
- Invoice generation from tracked time
- Customizable invoice templates
It's serviceable for simple invoicing. If billing is core to your workflow, Harvest's invoicing features are more robust (but cost significantly more).
Integrations
Clockify integrates with popular tools:
- Browser extensions (Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
- Native apps (Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android)
- Direct integrations with Asana, Trello, Jira, Monday, ClickUp
- Zapier for connecting to hundreds of other apps
- API for custom integrations
The integration ecosystem is solid. You can track time directly from most project management tools.
Pricing Breakdown
Free Forever: $0/month, unlimited users
- Unlimited time tracking and projects
- Basic reporting
- Integrations and API
- Mobile and desktop apps
Basic: $3.99/user/month
- Everything in Free
- Billable rates and invoicing
- Bulk edit time entries
- Export to QuickBooks
Standard: $5.49/user/month
- Everything in Basic
- Timesheet approvals
- Recurring projects
- Scheduled reports
- Project templates
Pro: $7.99/user/month
- Everything in Standard
- Forecasting and budgets
- Custom fields
- Invoicing from estimates
- Profit tracking
Enterprise: $11.99/user/month
- Everything in Pro
- Single sign-on (SSO)
- Dedicated support
- Custom subdomain
The Bottom Line
Clockify's free plan is the best deal in time tracking. You get unlimited users and unlimited time tracking, forever. For many teams, that's all they need.
The paid tiers add useful features (billable rates, invoicing, advanced reporting), but even those are cheaper than Toggl or Harvest. If you need those features, Clockify's paid plans are still excellent value.
The trade-off: less polish, email-only support, and a slightly clunkier interface than premium alternatives. For most teams, especially budget-conscious ones, that's a trade-off worth making.